Training camps are just around the corner, and as players hit the ice in preparation for another season there are plenty of storylines to watch and questions to be answered. Here’s our look at what needs to be answered in the Atlantic Division. New York Islanders general manager Lou Lamoriello told reporters Friday that goaltender Ilya Sorokin could miss the first couple of days of training camp due to an upper-body injury. Lamoriello said Sorokin was hurt during off-season workouts Read more…

For a division that houses two of the game’s all-time greats, a couple of the league’s most mercurial contenders, and more than few of the sport’s most dynamic offensive practitioners, there are bound to be questions. How will the Metro’s best navigate roster turnover while trying to find the next level? Who among the middle-of-the-pack has played their off-season well enough to break through? When does rebuilding give way to resurgence? Ahead of the 2024-25 campaign, we’re taking a closer Read more…

NHL veteran Phil Kessel is not looking to call it quits on his career just yet. Despite Kessel not playing since the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs, he’s still seeking an opportunity in the league, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman told Kyle Bukauskas on 32 Thoughts: The Podcast. “He wants to play, I’ve heard this,” Friedman shared. “So, Paul Bissonnette had a tweet this week about ‘How come Kessel can’t get a job?’ and I was looking at it because I had heard, Read more…

Sean O’Malley and Merab Dvalishvili took dramatically different paths to get to UFC 306 but this bantamweight championship matchup at the Sphere is the fight the division has needed for some time. Already this week we’ve explored one player who needs to deliver this season for each team in the Central Divison, and have also taken a crack at predicting how the standings would play out. Today we look a little closer and explore a question facing each of the Read more…

UFC President Dana White was in the audience soon after U2 began its highly celebrated run at the Sphere last fall, taking in all that one of the world’s most unique venues has to offer. Training camps are just around the corner, and as players hit the ice in preparation for another season there are plenty of storylines to watch and questions to be answered. While many of these questions won’t truly be resolved until the 2024-25 season is well underway, Read more…

On Saturday night at UFC 306, the organization’s second Noche UFC event, the organization’s debut at the Sphere will exhibit how the experience of combat sports can be taken to new heights. With an interesting mix of teams at the top and teams on the rise, the Pacific Division has a wide range of possible outcomes this season, and several different perspectives to view the season through. In this division we’re considering how big contracts will affect the sustainability of Read more…

There have been many memorable rivalries in women’s mixed martial arts over the years yet Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko are set to make some history this weekend at UFC 306 inside the Sphere. Over the past four or five years, the UFC bantamweight division has come to rival the historically robust lightweight and welterweight ranks in terms of depth and overall level of consistency and skill produced inside the Octagon. For some, the 135-pound weight class has emerged as Read more…

Dana White and the UFC’s expanded production team preparing for this weekend’s anticipated Sphere event can exhale after all 20 fighters successfully made weight Friday morning. LAS VEGAS — UFC President Dana White was in the audience soon after U2 began its highly celebrated run at the Sphere last fall, taking in all that one of the world’s most unique venues has to offer. He watched inside the technological marvel near the Las Vegas Strip that makes full use of its massive Read more…

Toronto Maple Leafs superstar sat down with Sportsnet to talk about Noche UFC, taking pride in his Mexican heritage and how the event is celebrating it. Finally, he gives his prediction for what should be a stellar bout in the Sphere. LAS VEGAS — In the days leading up to the UFC’s ambitious live event from the Sphere, I jumped at the opportunity to attend V-U2 An Immersive Concert Film that captured U2’s residency at the venue, which boasted providing Read more…

UFC 306 fight week has a unique flair with Saturday’s anticipated event taking place at the ballyhooed Sphere in Las Vegas. Here’s what you need to know this week before a card expected to be a one-off visual spectacle. There have been many memorable rivalries in women’s mixed martial arts over the years yet Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko are set to make some history this weekend at UFC 306 inside the Sphere. Grasso will put her women’s flyweight title Read more…