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With AHL season canceled, what's next for Canadian teams?

The future of the AHL, and its franchises, looks ominous.

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AHL cancels rest of season

After weeks of speculation, the league has finally pulled the plug on the 2019-20 campaign.

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Best NHL goal celebrations

What's a goal without a good "celly" to follow it up?

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Georges St-Pierre to be inducted into UFC Hall of Fame

The now-retired fighter won 26 of his 28 professional bouts.

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Steve Yzerman's top five career moments

In honor of Steve Yzerman's 55th birthday, here are the five best moments from his historic career.

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Brothers Dejon, Oshae Brissett reunite in Toronto

The two brothers took different paths, but they've arrived at the same destination: their hometown of Toronto.

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Takeaways from Ambrosie's CFL testimony

Ambrosie repeatedly stressed the CFL's financial trouble to a House of Commons committee on Thursday.

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Raptors to reopen team facilites

Access will be limited to one player and one coach at a time.

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Vulgar Brendan Leipsic messages surface online

The forward apologized for the messages, which he claimed were leaked after a friend's Instagram was hacked.

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Dolphins, Jets to play back-to-back in 2020

Miami and New York will face each other twice in a row in weeks 10 and 12.

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CFL facing uncertain future

The Canadian Football League commissioner made the admission during a House of Commons committee on Thursday.

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Former Oilers recount 2006 Stanley Cup Final run

Edmonton made it all the way to Game 7 of the 2006 Stanley Cup Final before falling to Carolina.

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Trudeau: NHL players must quarantine

The Canadian Prime Minister warned that returning NHL players would have to follow strict guidelines.

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Doug Anakin, famed Canadian bobsledder, dies at 89

Anakin helped win Canada's first Olympic gold medal in bobsled back in 1964.

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Post-draft CFL power rankings

With the draft behind them, teams are now looking ahead to the upcoming season.

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Remembering Dwayne Johnson's CFL stint

Who knows where he'd be today if he had impressed Wally Buono enough to make the Stamps' roster a quarter-century ago?

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Thronton shaves iconic beard

The San Jose Sharks forward had been cultivating his facial hair for the better part of two years.

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Best former Canadian mascots

These legendary mascots may be gone, but they're not forgotten.

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CFL Draft 2020: Draft grades for all nine teams

With the CFL Draft in the books, which teams fared best?

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Halak, Bruins agree to extension

The Slovakian goaltender has been in Boston since 2018.

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Laraque battling coronavirus

The former NHL player announced his diagnosis Thursday on social media.

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Swedish NHL players reportedly skating during quarantine

Sweden's relaxed response to COVID-19 has let players hit the ice while the rest are on lockdown.

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Maple Leafs' Campbell loving Toronto

The Leafs' backup was loving his new team before the pandemic halted the season.

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Auston Matthews throws down alley-oop pool dunk

Matthews might have a career in the NBA waiting for him after the quarantine ends.

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Hurricanes to cut ties with AHL affiliate

The Checkers have been Carolina's AHL affiliate since 2010.

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Canucks' Alex Edler spending part of quarantine watching 2011 highlights

The defenseman has been reliving Vancouver's run to the Stanley Cup Final.

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Best Vlad Jr. moments

On the one-year anniversary of Vlad Jr.'s debut, we take a look back at the best moments from his first year in the MLB.

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Joe Montana offers advice to Neville Gallimore

The legendary quarterback offered some words of wisdom to the Canadian third-round pick on Twitter.

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Four Canadians sign with NFL teams as undrafted free agents

They weren't selected in the draft, but these four players still earned NFL opportunities.

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Craig Anderson unsure of NHL future

The Ottawa netminder is turning 39 next month and will be an unrestricted free agent this offseason.

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NHL's best dogs

Hockey players have been able to spend a lot more time with their furry friends during the pandemic.

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NHL exec explains criteria for "hub cities"

The league has proposed playing the rest of the regular season in certain host cities around the U.S. and Canada.

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Meet Chase Claypool, the Canadian wide receiver with high-end NFL potential

It's been a long and difficult journey to the NFL for the Notre Dame senior, but the wait is almost over.

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Merzlikins signs extension with Columbus

The Latvian was one of the best rookie goalies in the NHL this year and is looking forward to the day he can get back on the ice and in front of his fans.

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Andersen hoping to stay sharp during quarantine

The netminder has been holed up with his Toronto teammate since the NHL season was paused.

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The Great One vs. The Great Eight Showcase final: Gretzky, Ovechkin battle it out in 'NHL 20'

Wayne Gretzky and Alex Ovechkin battled it out on Wednesday night in an "NHL 20" stream to raise money for charity.

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Raiders mock draft 2020

It's a new era for the Raiders and they'll be hoping to usher it in with a talented class of rookies.

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NWHL announces Toronto team

The league officially added it's sixth team on Wednesday — and its first in Canada.

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Seven wild sports facts

We've come to expect the unexpected in the sports world, but these stats and facts are truly bizarre.

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Korpisalo signs two-year extension

The Finnish goalie was having a career year before the NHL paused the 2019-20 season.

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Byfuglien leaves Winnipeg

The defenseman's long-running contract saga ended on Friday when he agreed a deal to leave Winnipeg.

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Senators' Thomas Chabot pleased with improvement despite tough year

Chabot was one of Ottawa's bright spots in a year of rebuilding for the franchise.

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Andrei Markov retires

The blueliner spent his entire 17-year NHL career in Montreal, playing 990 games for the team.

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Gretzky, Ovechkin to face off in 'NHL 20'

The two NHL legends will go head-to-head on the virtual ice to raise funds in support of coronavirus relief.

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Damaso Garcia, former Blue Jays star, dead at age 63

The Dominican second-baseman spent seven years in Toronto between 1980-86.

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Reliving Mike Weir's Masters win

Sporting News takes a look back at one of the greatest days in Canadian golfing history.

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Goldobin to leave Canucks, join KHL team

The Russian winger spent four seasons in Vancouver but never found consistency.

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NHL and the coronavirus: Tracking teams' stances on paying employees

The NHL has begun to feel the economic impact from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

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Brind'Amour, Tocchet, Berube forced to adjust to season pause

The Carolina, Arizona and St. Louis coaches spoke to reporters about the current limbo in the hockey world with the NHL season on hold.

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McDavid 'devastated' by Colby Cave news

McDavid's Edmonton teammate has been placed into a medically-induced coma after suffering a brain bleed from colloid cyst complications.

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Flyers goalie Carter Hart: 'It sucks that we're not playing hockey right now'

The Philadelphia goaltender would have been experiencing the playoffs for the first time right now if not for the coronavirus pandemic.

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Curling Canada cancels rest of 2019-20 championships due to COVID-19

The decision means the national mixed doubles, senior, wheelchair and under-18 championships won't be taking place.

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Senators coach D.J. Smith on coronavirus: 'It hit us but it probably saved a lot of us, too'

Ottawa has had five confirmed cases of COVID-19, including the first two in the NHL.

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NHL draft 2020: Final rankings

Canadians Alexis Lafreniere, Quinton Byfield and Jamie Drysdale top the rankings for North American skaters.

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Krug hopes he didn't play last game with Bruins

The experienced defenseman is in the final year of his contract with the team as the NHL remains on pause.

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April 7, 1977: Blue Jays play first ever game

On this day 43 years ago, the Blue Jays played a memorable first-ever game at a snowy Exhibition Stadium.

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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews talks 'Tiger King' and more in chat with Justin Bieber

The NHL star also named his favorite hockey players of all time and the hardest players in the league to defend against.

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Best NHL prospects for Canadian teams

There could be some talented new faces on the ice when hockey finally returns.

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What Donald Trump's talk with commissioners means for 2019-20 NHL season

The commissioners of 13 major sports leagues, including the NHL's Gary Bettman, spoke with the U.S. President on a conference call Saturday.

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Rittich dealing with elbow injury

The All-Star has been recovering at home in the Czech Republic.

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NBA season in peril? Blame the Raptors and the Toronto curse

There's a strange trend between Toronto teams winning championships and leagues cancelling their season.

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Rielly looks back on Leafs' ups and downs in 2019-20

The Toronto defenseman has been holed up at his home in Vancouver during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Jets coach Paul Maurice sees upside to NHL season pause: Healthy playoff hockey

This may be the only silver lining to the pause, but it's something.

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Five things you might have missed from Sportsnet's chat with Wayne Gretzky and Hayley Wickenheiser

Gretzky and Wickenheiser joined Sportsnet's Ron MacLean for the debut of an online series titled "In Conversation."

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Oilers' Alex Chiasson focused on family's safety during NHL's coronavirus delay

The Edmonton forward spoke with the media to address the pause in the NHL season.

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Inside the 1919 Stanley Cup Final

With the 2020 NHL playoffs in doubt, here's a look back at the last time a virus wreaked havoc on the hockey world.

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Canadian food/drink bracket

With an unfortunate lack of sports to help you get your bracket fix, we've assembled an all-star cast of Canadian delicacies to battle it out for the title of most beloved in the country.

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Top ten haircuts in NHL history

The NHL has seen more than its fair share of wacky do's through the years, but a select few have been downright awe-inspiring.

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CFL weighing options for 2020 season amid coronavirus chaos

The season is set to start on June 11 but will likely be pushed back significantly.

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Bauer begins making face shields for medical workers

The company has reportedly already received over 100,000 orders from hospitals.

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Doc Emrick did play-by-play for a windshield-wiper installation — and it was brilliant

He could commentate paint drying and we'd probably still tune in.

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March 23, 1994: When Wayne Gretzky passed Gordie Howe for the NHL's all-time goals record

On March 23, 1994, Wayne Gretzky scored his 802nd NHL goal to pass Gordie Howe for first on the all-time goals list.

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Canada won't send athletes to 2020 Olympics

The announcement comes amid criticism of the International Olympic Committee for a lack of action.

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Who is Connor Mackey? Flames sign highly-coveted undrafted blueliner

Calgary signed one of hockey's top undrafted free agents on Friday.

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NHL considering 24-team playoffs

The league has been exploring options for how to complete the 2019-20 season following the coronavirus outbreak.

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Top 7 Vince Carter moments

With Vince Carter's legendary career potentially over, here's a look back on his top 7 moments in Toronto.

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Stanley Cup playoffs if they started today

With the rest of the season up in the air due to coronavirus, here's a look at how the NHL Playoffs would shape up based on current standings.

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Auston Matthews scores 47th goal of the season

The Maple Leafs' forward is now just a goal behind David Pastrnak and Alex Ovechkin.

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When do the NHL playoffs start?

Sixteen teams will battle for Lord Stanley's Cup starting on April 8.

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Jack Edwards criticized again for bizarre commentary

The Boston play-by-play announcer delivered some strange quotes during a chaotic sequence in Saturday night's Bruins-Lightning game.

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Luongo's jersey retired by Panthers

The former goaltender was honored in a ceremony before Florida's game against Montreal on Saturday night.

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Henri Richard passes away at age 84

The former Montreal captain won 11 Stanley Cups throughout his legendary career.

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Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews scores again to close gap in Rocket Richard race

The Toronto star is one behind Boston's David Pastrnak after tallying No. 46 against San Jose.

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Are Canadiens making the right choice by keeping Claude Julien?

Julien will be back as coach for Montreal next year despite yet another disappointing season.

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Leon Draisaitl's insane season continues with four-goal game against Nashville

The Edmonton Oilers forward has been unstoppable all season.

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Can Canucks stop dangerous skid before it's too late?

Vancouver has hit a rough patch entering the crucial final stretch of the season.

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Hughes falls just short at Honda Classic

Hughes made a huge charge over the weekend but fell one stroke short of winner Sungjae Im.

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Leon Draisaitl reaches 100 points

The Edmonton forward is the first player in the league to reach 100 points this year.

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Stamkos out 6-8 weeks after surgery

Stamkos will undergo surgery to repair a core muscle injury that has plagued him throughout the season.

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Chris Kreider injury update: Rangers winger suffers fractured foot

Kreider was injured while blocking a shot in New York's loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday night

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Jacob Markstrom injury update

After a surprising trade at the deadline for goalie Louis Domingue, news broke of a potential injury to the Canucks' star netminder.

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David Ayres, Carolina Hurricanes EBUG, embraces newfound fame

Ayres has been on a tour of the U.S. after his appearance in Saturday's game against the Maple Leafs made national headlines.

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Champions League: Canadian Alphonso Davies shines on world stage for Bayern Munich

The 19-year-old fullback tore Chelsea apart in his side's 3-0 victory at Stamford Bridge.

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Dubas: 'Not going to come up and bulls—'

The Toronto GM faced the media after a disappointing deadline day for fans.

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Oilers superstar Connor McDavid returns from injury — and of course scores

The Edmonton Oilers' star got a goal and two assists in a 4-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings.

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NHL trade deadline: Flames, Maple Leafs among Canadian teams expected to make deals

It's been a busy window already, and teams could still make more moves before the deadline passes Monday at 3 p.m. ET.

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Ilya Kovalchuk trade grade: Capitals add offensive weapon from Canadiens

The veteran joins the Capitals as they prepare for another run at the Stanley Cup.

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Who is David Ayres? Everything you need to know about the EBUG that helped beat the Maple Leafs

Ayres, an occasional Zamboni driver, was forced into action on Saturday night after Carolina's two main goaltenders were injured.

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Who plays on Hockey Night in Canada tonight? Time, TV channel and live stream for February 22

Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Vancouver all feature this weekend.

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Detroit Red Wings approach trade deadline already eliminated from playoff contention

It has been a long, long season in the Motor City.

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Kings' Gabe Vilardi scores 10 seconds into first NHL shift

The 20-year-old battled through injuries to get an NHL opportunity, which he took beautifully.

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What channel is Raptors vs. Suns on today? TV schedule, time as Toronto returns from All-Star break

The Raptors return to Scotiabank Arena on Friday night against the Phoenix Suns.

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Ovechkin: No. 699

The legendary Capitals winger is now just one goal away from the 700 goals mark.

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Johnsson out 6 months after knee surgery

The Maple Leafs winger left Thursday's game after colliding with teammate Kasperi Kapanen.

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New Jersey Devils, once thought of as contenders, move forward with rebuild

The Devils dealt away two more of their top players Sunday as they continue to look to the future.

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NBA Rising Stars Game 2020: Canadians shine for Team World

Canadians accounted for three of Team World's top scorers in a 151-131 loss to Team USA.

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Kassian suspended seven games

It's the latest in a long line of discipline issues for Edmonton's Kassian.

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Why Winnipeg was right to extend Maurice's contract

The veteran head coach has been with the Jets for six years and just signed a long-term extension.

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Maple Leafs at the deadline

With Toronto on the playoff bubble, GM Kyle Dubas has less than two weeks to improve his roster before the trade deadline.

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