RegisterLoginMLB Trade RumorsHoops Rumors7:39 p.m.: The Fourth Period’s Dave Pagnotta reports it’s a one-year deal for McLellan, keeping him behind the L.A. bench through 2024-25.6:54 p.m.: The Los Angeles Kings are close to signing head coach Todd McLellan to an extension, reports Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman. The veteran head coach was entering the 2023-24 campaign on an expiring contract.The move comes ahead of a pivotal season for the Kings, who have yet to win a playoff series exiting their retool/rebuild over the late 2010s. Stakes haven’t been this high in Los Angeles for quite...…RegisterLoginMLB Trade RumorsHoops Rumors7:39 p.m.: The Fourth Period’s Dave Pagnotta reports it’s a one-year deal for McLellan, keeping him behind the L.A. bench through 2024-25.6:54 p.m.: The Los Angeles Kings are close to signing head coach Todd McLellan to an extension, reports Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman. The veteran head coach was entering the 2023-24 campaign on an expiring contract.The move comes ahead of a pivotal season for the Kings, who have yet to win a playoff series exiting their retool/rebuild over the late 2010s. Stakes haven’t been this high in Los Angeles for quite...WW…

RegisterLoginMLB Trade RumorsHoops RumorsThe Anaheim Ducks have announced that they have agreed to a three-year, $6.9MM contract extension with defenseman Jamie Drysdale. Projected to be one of the team’s top two defensemen headed into the 2023-24 NHL season, Drysdale would only play eight games last year, before shoulder surgery to repair a torn labrum would keep him out of the lineup the rest of the season.Rated as the third-best North American skater prior to the 2020 NHL Draft, Drysdale would be the second defenseman off the board, going sixth overall to the Ducks. Capping off an...…RegisterLoginMLB Trade RumorsHoops RumorsThe Anaheim Ducks have announced that they have agreed to a three-year, $6.9MM contract extension with defenseman Jamie Drysdale. Projected to be one of the team’s top two defensemen headed into the 2023-24 NHL season, Drysdale would only play eight games last year, before shoulder surgery to repair a torn labrum would keep him out of the lineup the rest of the season.Rated as the third-best North American skater prior to the 2020 NHL Draft, Drysdale would be the second defenseman off the board, going sixth overall to the Ducks. Capping off an...WW…

RegisterLoginMLB Trade RumorsHoops RumorsEric Francis joined Sportsnet’s Big Show with Rusic and Rose podcast and provided updates on some of the Calgary Flames’ biggest extension rumors. Francis shared, most notably, that the return to training camp has provided top center Elias Lindholm with a newfound energy to get a deal done. This increased motivation was also seen in negotiations with Mikael Backlund, who recently signed a contract extension and received the team’s captaincy. Francis shared that the new excitement could see Lindholm signing an extension as soon as the start of the...…RegisterLoginMLB Trade RumorsHoops RumorsEric Francis joined Sportsnet’s Big Show with Rusic and Rose podcast and provided updates on some of the Calgary Flames’ biggest extension rumors. Francis shared, most notably, that the return to training camp has provided top center Elias Lindholm with a newfound energy to get a deal done. This increased motivation was also seen in negotiations with Mikael Backlund, who recently signed a contract extension and received the team’s captaincy. Francis shared that the new excitement could see Lindholm signing an extension as soon as the start of the...WW…

RegisterLoginMLB Trade RumorsHoops RumorsA veteran of nearly 900 games at the NHL level, the NHLPA reports that forward Derek Stepan has officially hung up his skates. A veteran of 13 seasons, Stepan spent his career with the New York Rangers, Arizona Coyotes, Ottawa Senators, and the Carolina Hurricanes.A product of the University of Wisconsin Badgers of the NCAA, Stepan had a solid collegiate career, scoring 12 goals and 42 assists in 41 games in his final year, taking his team to the National Championship in 2010, eventually losing to the Boston College Eagles. Two years prior to his...…RegisterLoginMLB Trade RumorsHoops RumorsA veteran of nearly 900 games at the NHL level, the NHLPA reports that forward Derek Stepan has officially hung up his skates. A veteran of 13 seasons, Stepan spent his career with the New York Rangers, Arizona Coyotes, Ottawa Senators, and the Carolina Hurricanes.A product of the University of Wisconsin Badgers of the NCAA, Stepan had a solid collegiate career, scoring 12 goals and 42 assists in 41 games in his final year, taking his team to the National Championship in 2010, eventually losing to the Boston College Eagles. Two years prior to his...WW…

RegisterLoginMLB Trade RumorsHoops RumorsThe Anaheim Ducks announced that they have agreed to a new three-year contract with restricted free-agent forward Trevor Zegras that will allow him to join the team prior to the beginning of the regular season. Elliotte Friedman tweeted that the new deal comes with an average annual value of $5.75MM and will carry him through the 2025-26 season. Friedman had said on his 32 Thoughts podcast that he felt the two sides were moving towards a resolution to the contract dispute, and it appears that he was indeed correct.Zegras is already a star in the NHL...…RegisterLoginMLB Trade RumorsHoops RumorsThe Anaheim Ducks announced that they have agreed to a new three-year contract with restricted free-agent forward Trevor Zegras that will allow him to join the team prior to the beginning of the regular season. Elliotte Friedman tweeted that the new deal comes with an average annual value of $5.75MM and will carry him through the 2025-26 season. Friedman had said on his 32 Thoughts podcast that he felt the two sides were moving towards a resolution to the contract dispute, and it appears that he was indeed correct.Zegras is already a star in the NHL...WW…