Leafs Sign Another Player

 

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NHL

The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed Nick Ritchie to a two-year, $5 million contract.

The St. Louis Blues have signed Ivan Barbashev to a two-year, $4.5 million contract.

NBA

Now that the season is over, the offseason has begun.

The Oklahoma City Thunder has acquired Derrick Favors from the Utah Jazz for a 2027 second-round draft pick and cash considerations.

MLB

The New York Mets have acquired Javier Baez, Trevor Williams from the Chicago Cubs for prospect, Pete Crow-Armstrong.

The Oakland Athletics have acquired Yan Gomes, Josh Harrison from the Washington Nationals for three minor leaguers.

That's all I have for today.

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Busy Week In Sports

 

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MLB

 

The Toronto Blue Jays have acquired Jose Berrios from the Minnesota Twins for Austin Martin and Simeon Woods Richards.

Jose Berrios

Toronto also acquired Brad Hand from the Washington Nationals for Riley Adams.

Brad Hand

The Chicago White Sox have acquired Craig Kimbral from the Chicago Cubs for Nick Madrigal and Codi Heuer.

NBA

Cade Cunningham was selected first overall by the Detroit Pistons in last night's NBA draft.

Cade Cunningham

NHL

The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed Zach Werenski to a six-year, $57.5 million contract extension.

The Vegas Golden Knights have traded Ryan Reeves to the New York Rangers for a 2022 third-round draft pick.

NFL

The New York Jets have signed Zach Williams to a four-year, $35.15 million contract.

That's all I have for today.

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NHL Offseason Continues

 

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NHL

The Calgary Flames have signed Blake Coleman to a six-year, 29.4 million contract.

The Colorado Avalanche has acquired Darcy Kuemper from the Arizona Coyotes for a 2022 first-round draft pick, a conditional 2024 third-round draft pick, and Conor Timmons.

MLB

The Milwaukee Brewers have acquired Eduardo Escobar from the Arizona Diamondbacks for two prospects.

That's all I have for today.

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Colorado Gives Landeskog An Extension

 

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NHL

The Colorado Avalanche have re-signed Gabriel Landeskog to an eight-year, $56 million contract extension.

Gabriel Landeskog.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have another goalie.

The Leafs have signed Petr Mrazek to a three-year, $11.4 million contract.

MLB

The Houston Astros have acquired Kendall Graverman from the Seattle Mariners for Abraham Toro and Joe Smith.

That's all I have for today.

Stay safe, stay healthy.

Fleury Goes To Chicago

 

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NHL

The twist and turns continue in the NHL offseason.

This is a bit of a surprise, depending how look at it.

The Vegas Golden Knight's have traded Marc-Andre Fleury to the Chicago Blackhawks for Mikael Hakkanainen.

Marc-Andre Fleury is now a Blackhawk.

The Vancouver Canucks have signed Conor Garland to a five-year, $24.7 million contract.

The Winnipeg Jets have signed Paul Stastny to a one-year, 3.75 million contract.

Paul Stastny

NFL

The Washington Football Team has signed Jonathan Allen to a four-year, $72 million contract extension.

MLB

The New York Yankkes have acquired Clay Holmes from the Pittsburgh Pirates for Hoy Park and Diego Castillo.

That's all I have for today.

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Betts On IL.

 

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MLB

The Los Angeles Dodgers have placed Mookie Betts on the 10-day injured list with hip inflammation.

Mookie Betts goes on IL.

The Toronto Blue Jays have traded T.J. Zeuch to the St. Louis Cardinals for cash considerations.

Zeuch is now a Cardinal.

NHL

The Florida Panthers have acquired Sam Reinhart from the Buffalo Sabres for prospect, Devon Levi, and a 2022 first-round pick.

The Panthers also have signed Sam Bennett to a four-year, $17.6 million contract.

Sam Reinhart

Sam Bennett

That's all I have for today.

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Power Goes To Buffalo

 

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NHL

The big news in hockey yesterday was the NHL entry draft.

Here are the top 10 picks:

1. Owen Power - Buffalo,

2. Matthew Benier - Seattle,

3. Mason McTavish - Anaheim,

4. Luke Hughes - New Jersey,

5. Kent Johnson - Columbus,

6. Simon Edvisson - Detroit,

7. William Eklund - San Jose,

8. Brandt Clarke - Los Angeles,

9. Dylan Guenther - Arizona,

10. Tyler Boucher - Ottawa.

Owen Power

The Colorado Avalanche have signed Cale Makar to a six-year, $54 million contract.

The Philadelphia Flyers have acquired Cam Atkinson from the Columbus Blue Jackets for Jakob Voracek.

MLB

The Toronto Blue Jays have placed Danny Jansen on the 10-day injured list with a right hamstring strain and recalled Alejandro Kirk.

Danny Jansen on 10-day IL.

That's all I have for today.

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Cruz Goes To Tampa, Cleveland Changes Name.

 

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MLB

The Tampa Bay Rays have acquired Nelson Cruz from the Minnesota Twins for minor leaguers, Joe Ryan and Drew Strotman.

Nelson Cruz is now a Ray.

The Cleveland Indians are changing their name to the Guardians, starting next season.

NFL

Vince Williams has retired after eight seasons.

Vince Williams

The San Francisco 49ers have signed Fred Warner to a five-year, $95 million contract extension.

NBA

The New Orleans Pelicans have hired Willie Green as their new head coach.

That's all I have for today.

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Bucks Wins First Title In 51 Years

 

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NBA

The big news today,  of course, is the Milwaukee Bucks winning their first NBA title in 51 years last night.

The Bucks defeated the Phoenix Suns 105-98 last night.

2021 NBA Champions - the Milwaukee Bucks.

NFL

There a a few transactions to report today.

The Pittsburgh Steelers have signed Melvin Ingram and Chaz Green to one-year contracts.

The Kansas City Chiefs have re-signed Alex Okafor to a one-year contract extension.

The New York Jets have signed Alijah Vera Tucker to a four-year, $15.9 contract.

NHL

The new expansion team, the Seattle Keaken has signed Adam Larsen to a four-year, $16 million contract.

The expansion draft takes place tonight.

I'm interested to see if Carey Price gets selected.  The Montreal Canadiens unprotected him.  

That's all I have for today.

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More Bad News For Mets

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MLB

It was bad enough that the New York Mets lost Francisco Lindor, now the team has lost their best pitcher.

Jacob deGrom has been placed on the 10-day injured list, (IL.) with forearm tightness.

Jacob deGrom

Speaking of pitchers, the Toronto Blue Jays have placed Alek Monoah on the 10-day IL. with right back contusion.

Alek Monoah

The Miami Marlins have placed Jazz Chisholm Jr. on the 10-day IL. with a left shoulder contusion.

The Marlins have also placed Garrett Cooper on the 10-day IL. with a left elbow sprain.

That's all I have for today.

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NHL Offseason Heating Up Again

 

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NHL

The NHL offseason was slow yesterday, however, today, it picked up again.

The Philadelphia Flyers have acquired Ryan Ellis from the Nashville Predators for Phillippe Myers and Nolan Patrick.

The Dallas Stars have signed Miro Heiskanen to an eight-year, $67.6 million contract extension.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired Jared McCann from the Pittsburgh Penguins for Filip Hallander and a 2023 seventh round draft pick.  (Note: McCann is not protected from this month's expansion draft).

MLB

The Chicago White Sox has signed Lance Lynn to a two-year, $38 million contract extension.

Lance Lynn signs a two-year extension with the White Sox.

Finally, New York Met's Francisco Lindor is out indefinitely with a strained oblique.

Francisco Lindor is out with an oblique injury.

That's all I have for today.

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Saints Player Suspended

 

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NFL

New Orleans Saint's David Oynemata is suspended for six games for violating the performance enhancing drug policy.

NHL

The New Jersey Devils have traded Nick Leddy to the Detroit Red Wings for the 52nd pick in this year's draft.

That's all I have for today.

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NHL Offseason Marches On

 

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NHL

The NHL offseason continues.

It was another busy 24 hours in the league.

The Colorado Avalanche has traded Ryan Graves to the New Jersey Devils for a 2021 second-round draft pick.

The Florida Panthers have bought out the contract of Keith Yandle.

The San Jose Sharks have signed Dylan Gambrell to a one-year contract. 

MLB

The Atlanta Braves have acquired Joc Pederson from the Chicago Cubs for minor leaguer, Bryce Ball.

Joc Pederson

That's all I have for today.

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NHL Offseason Heats Up

 

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NHL

As I mentioned yesterday, the NHL offseason ought to be a wild this year.

Today, there was two more transactions.

The Boston Bruins have signed Brandon Carlo to a six-year, $24.6 million contract extension.

Brandon Carlos signs a six-year contract with the Bruins.

Also, the Montreal Canadiens have signed Alex Belzile to a one-year, two-way contract.

MLB

The Los Angeles Angels have signed Adam Eaton.  Terms of the contract were not disclosed.

That's all I have for today.

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Minnesota Shocks The Hockey World

 

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NHL

The NHL offseason is on and already there's been a shocking move by the Minnesota Wild.

The Wild has bought out the contracts of Zach Parise and Ryan Suter.

Parise, (left), Suter, (right).

The Edmonton Oilers have acquired Duncan Keith, Tim Soderlund from the Chicago Blackhawks for a conditional 2022 draft pick.

Duncan Keith

The Montreal Canadiens have signed head coach, Dominque Ducharme to a three-year contract.

Dominque Ducharme.

 Hockey insiders are predicting it is going to be a wild offseason.

Expect more transactions to come in the near future.

That's all I have for today.

Stay safe, stay healthy.

 

Acuna Jr. Out For The Year, Toronto Signs Dermott

 

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MLB

Ronald Acuna Jr. is helped off the field after tearing his ACL.

This has got to be disappointing for Ronald Acuna Jr.

Days before the All-Star game, Acuna suffered a torn ACL and needs surgery.

This means he is out for the rest of the season, including, the Tuesday's All-Star game.

NHL

The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed Travis Dermott to a two-year, $30 million contract extension.

Travis Dermott signs new contract.

That's all I have for today.

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Kershaw On Injured List

 

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MLB

The Los Angeles Dodgers have placed Clayton Kershaw on the 10-day injured list with left elbow inflammation.

Clayton Kershaw on 10-day IL.

NBA

Phoenix Sun's Dario Saric is out indefinitely with a torn ACL. in his right knee.