2:05 PM ET The NHL is investigating an anonymous allegation toward former Florida Panthers GM Dale Tallon for conduct while in the Toronto bubble, deputy commissioner Bill Daly confirmed to ESPN. FloridaHockeyNow first reported the incident, claiming Tallon used a racial slur. Daly would only confirm that the alleged comment did involve race. Florida parted
The NHL is investigating whether former Florida Panthers general manager Dale Tallon made racially insensitive comments during the team’s two-week stay in the playoff hub city of Toronto. NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly confirmed the investigation to The Associated Press on Friday. In an email, Daly did not provide any details of the allegations, which
This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. Here’s what you need to know right now from the world of sports: It’s been a wild week And the news kept coming today. As we head into the
A promising pipeline of prospects is an integral part of a team’s long-term success. During the Detroit Red Wings’ 24-year playoff streak, they managed to strike gold in the later rounds of the draft several times, which considerably lengthened their reign of Stanley Cup contention. Even now, the Red Wings possess a solid core of
Three KHL teams from Moscow and one from Podolsk, the Russian capital’s satellite town, started their “own” pre-season tournament yesterday. The Moscow City Mayor’s Cup has been sponsored by the mayor of Moscow since 2008, which is how it got its name. Moscow Mayor Cup (Image courtesy of the mayor and Moscow government) On Thursday,
8:38 AM ET The NHL postponed all playoff games on Thursday and Friday to stand in solidarity with other sports leagues protesting racial injustice, including the recent police shooting of Jacob Blake. This decision came after the league took some criticism for playing all three playoff games on Wednesday as scheduled, while games in other
The NHL is on the cusp of postponing its two playoff games tonight, in support of Black Lives Matter. The NHL and the players’ association have been meeting since members of the Hockey Diversity Alliance called for a one-day shutdown earlier Thursday. The league continued with games on Wednesday despite protests and postponements in other
Jon Cooper was asked Wednesday morning about a power play that has come up empty in recent weeks. “We have some pretty good players on the ice,” Tampa Bay’s head coach responded. “Pucks are going to go in.” Turns out he was onto something. The Lightning scored three times with the man advantage to snap
“Why did it all turn out like this for me? I had so much promise. I was personable, I was bright. Oh, maybe not academically speaking, but… I was perceptive. I always know when someone’s uncomfortable at a party. It became very clear to me sitting out there today, that every decision I’ve ever made,
The opening round of the playoffs has cemented a depressing realization; the Anaheim Ducks are not even close to being a playoff team. Having not seen Ducks hockey since March, it’s been hard not to measure the Ducks against the teams currently playing to find the closest comparison and convince oneself that they aren’t that
12:45 PM ET Back in March, as teams were offering vague plans about compensating their arena workers after the NHL paused the regular season, the Vegas Golden Knights stepped up with a minimum of $500,000 of support from their foundation. More than that, they received a $100,000 pledge of help from one of their players
They had just awoken from naps. That was one defence, when players were asked why the NHL played hockey while the other sports sat. The NBA had staged a wildcat strike for racial justice Wednesday, and other leagues had followed. But not the NHL. The reasoning of Philadelphia coach Alain Vigneault was, “I have no
A group advocating for diversity in hockey is calling for the NHL to suspend Thursday’s playoff games in the aftermath of a police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Wisconsin last weekend. San Jose Sharks winger Evander Kane says the Hockey Diversity Alliance has formally requested the NHL suspend a pair of post-season
Less than 24 hours after a heartbreaking overtime defeat on Tuesday night, the Boston Bruins looked to rebound in Game 3 against a Tampa Bay Lighting team still without captain Steven Stamkos. It didn’t take long for the emotion of Game 2 to wear off, as the Bruins looked flat for most of the contest,
Argue all you want about whether or not the Edmonton Oilers actually have two top-four (most people argue top-two) defensemen on the current roster. That’s not entirely the point. What NHL insider and former NHL general manager Brian Lawton meant when he said he could see the Oilers trading two of their top-four d-men before
2:39 PM ET The NHL will not play any playoff games Thursday in solidarity with other leagues protesting the recent police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin, sources told ESPN. The decision postpones games between the New York Islanders and Philadelphia Flyers, and the Vegas Golden Knights and Vancouver Canucks. Sources had told ESPN that
EDMONTON—To gauge the Vancouver Canucks’ chances of taking the series lead against the Vegas Golden Knights, just trace your finger down the list of blocked shots. On Tuesday, for the first time in the playoffs, almost the entire Canucks’ bench bought in, with 16 of 18 skaters throwing themselves in front of a hail of
Nazem Kadri scored the go-ahead goal with 6:06 remaining in a wild third period as the Colorado Avalanche regrouped to beat the Dallas Stars 6-4 in Game 3 on Wednesday night. Dallas has a 2-1 advantage in the second-round series. Game 4 will be Friday. WATCH | Rob Pizzo recaps what happened in NHL on