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Coyotes sniff out kudos for renouncing racist bully, deserve howls of disgust for picking him at allThe Arizona Coyotes would like to think that renouncing the rights to their fourth-round pick Mitchell Miller, after it became public that four years ago he had been convicted of bullying a developmentally challenged Black classmate and calling him racial slurs — to a disgusting degree — shines them...

Why aren’t NHL goalies drafted like NFL quarterbacks?The NHL Draft will commence tonight, with Alexis Lafreniere the lockdown No. 1 pick for the New York Rangers. He will be the first winger to be taken first overall since Nail Yakupov eight years ago. Which makes sense, as a winger falls behind centers and defensemen on the list of priorities for tea...

Death, Taxes & MLB Players Being StupidIt was yet another banner day for MLB, which seems to be having them one after another. They’ve sat next to the cooler at the casino, by choice, except that they’ll still walk out of the casino with most of their chips. After all, it’s not their chips they’re playing with. And if the players continu...

Kaapo Kakko Is A Good Teen Who's Too Busy Partying To Go To The NHL Combine

The World Championships were a coming-out party for Kaapo Kakko, who spent the last year tearing up Finland’s top pro league, before proving on an international stage that he can do more than just hang with the world’s best. The 18-year-old winger lit up Worlds for six goals in 10 games as Finland t...

The New York Rangers Will Have The Easiest Decision Of The NHL Draft

The New Jersey Devils beat their lottery odds of 11.5 percent Tuesday night, and landed the first overall pick in this year’s NHL draft. But perhaps even more fortunate than the Devils is another team that jumped up higher than their projected position—the New York Rangers, who’ll draft second....

If You Could Have A Do-Over On One NHL Draft Pick, Who Would It Be?

The NHL Draft is tonight, because the NHL is very good at scheduling events for nights no one will be home to watch it. Auston Matthews will go No. 1, Patrik Laine will go No. 2, Jesse Puljujarvi will go No. 3, and after that, the only sure thing is that some teams’ picks will fill them with regret ...

The Bruins have traded Dougie Hamilton to the Calgary Flames for their 15th, 45th, and 52nd picks in tonight’s NHL Draft. Maybe new general manager Don Sweeney plans on using those picks to trade up, because right now, the swap doesn’t seem to benefit Boston. [Bruins]...

The NHL, with a minimum of fuss, has re-weighted its draft lottery odds and changed the system for selecting the top three picks, in an obvious attempt to de-incentivize tanking. [NHL.com]...