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NHL All-Star Skills competition live updates: William Nylander wins the One-on-One challenge

Follow along with The Athletic as we see who wins the $1 million NHL All-Star Skills competition.

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Published: 10 months ago

Nikita Kucherov heavily booed in Toronto for tough NHL All-Star Skills performance

There wasn’t an official vote, but don’t expect Nikita Kucherov to be named the most popular NHL All-Star of the weekend. Competing on Friday night at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena at the NHL All-Star Skills competition, Kucherov was one of 12 pl

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Published: 10 months ago

Maple Leafs’ Focus on ‘Grit’ Proving Costly to Addressing Depth

Every season, the story seems to be the same — the Toronto Maple Leafs consistently perform well during the regular season, comfortably keeping themselves in a playoff spot year-round, only…

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Published: 10 months ago

Brandt Plays of the Week: Crosby’s incredible backhand feed

All the best plays from the past 7 days in the NHL, including Sidney Crosby’s eyes in the back of his head, unbelievable backhand feed for the goal, and Auston Matthews reaching two milestones with one blast.

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Published: 10 months ago

2024 NHL All-Star Skills Competition: Auston Matthews and William Nylander compete for $1 million

Auston Matthews and William Nylander will compete for a $1 million prize in the reinvigorated 2024 NHL All-Star Skills Competition (7 p.m. ET, Sportsnet/ESPN/ESPN+). This is easily the most intriguing change to this year’s All-Star format: pitting

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Published: 10 months ago

The NHL returns to international competition and how that affects the Maple Leafs

After a long time away from the Olympics or even the World Cup of Hockey, the NHL is finally giving us … The Four Nations Face-Off. Your first question might be “what the hell is that?” and what it is might seemed pretty watered down. Canada, t

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Published: 10 months ago

"Dream come true": McDavid excited for NHL return to Olympics

It might still be a little more than two years out, but Connor McDavid is eagerly awaiting the chance to play on the sporting world’s biggest stage. Today, the NHL announced its intention to return to the Olympics in 2026 and 2030, to be held in I

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Published: 10 months ago

Canucks, Oilers, Jets & Maple Leafs: Building for the Playoffs

Earlier this week, the Hockey Central Panel talked about what second-half success might look like for the Vancouver Canucks, Winnipeg Jets, Edmonton Oilers, and Toronto Maple Leafs. David Amber, Jamal…

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Published: 10 months ago

Adam EDGE Copeland & Frank Seravalli drop by the Seagram’s VO Whisky Studio: Leafs Morning Take

Business is picking up at NHL All-Star Weekend in Toronto. Well, not actually —but there’s already been two HUGE trades. What are the Leafs up to? All’s quiet on the western front. With Thursday night’s player draft now firmly in the rear-vie

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Published: 10 months ago

Canucks, Leafs made aware of Flames' asking price for Tanev: report

The Calgary Flames are not finished trading, even after their recent deal with the Vancouver Canucks. They still have some of the most desirable assets who will almost surely get moved before the trade deadline, namely Chris Tanev. The asking price

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Published: 10 months ago

Justin Bieber performs surprise concert in Toronto wearing All-Star jersey

It turns out all that Justin Bieber needed to get back on stage was a few stars from the NHL to perform in front of. Bieber, who is in Toronto this week as part of the NHL All-Star weekend, got out for a surprise R&B setlist on Thursday evening

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Published: 10 months ago

Kings fire McLellan, name Hiller interim head coach

The Los Angeles Kings fired head coach Todd McLellan on Friday and named Jim Hiller his interim replacement. McLellan was in his fifth season with the club. Los Angeles has dropped to the first wild-card spot in the Western Conference after losing 14

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Published: 10 months ago