[ad_1] Auston Matthews and Matthew Knies (Marc DesRosiers-Imagn Images) If you thought Round 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs brought the drama, buckle up. Round 2 in the Eastern Conference is shaping up to be even messier, in the best way possible. The Toronto Maple Leafs are clinging to a rare playoff run, the Florida…
[ad_1] ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland — The morning fog grows so thick outside Mary Brown’s Centre that South Side Hills, an imposing rock outcropping standing between St. John’s and the rough waters of the north Atlantic Ocean, isn’t visible a few hundred meters away. Inside the empty arena, the only voice is not loud but still…
[ad_1] It was inside the Toronto Maple Leafs dressing room that Ike Werner first allowed himself to believe he was going to survive. After having his throat cut accidentally by a skate blade during a Sunday afternoon rec league game at the NHL team’s practice facility earlier this month, a terrifying experience turned surreal when…
[ad_1] Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon or Nikita Kucherov: Who’s the NHL’s best player? It’s gotta be McDavid, right? Not so fast, a surprising number of NHL players say. “McDavid’s going to get all the votes, I’m sure,” one player told The Athletic. “But I think MacKinnon’s better right now.” The three may well end up…
