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Before the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams square off in the Super Bowl, we get an appetizer between the Washington Capitals and Ottawa Senators. Game time is coming up. Here's everything you need to know on how to watch and bet on the game, plus more! Capitals head coach Peter Laviolette enters today's game one win shy of becoming the 10th…

How you feel about the Toronto Maple Leafs' 2021-22 is a matter of perspective. Sunny side up: it was the best, most memorable regular season in team history. Toronto smashed its single-season bests for wins (54) and points (115), and superstar center Auston Matthews rewrote the franchise record books. His 60 goals leapfrogged Rick Vaive's…

On the opening day of the Toronto Maple Leafs' training camp, it was revealed that team President Brendan Shanahan had opted not to extend General Manager Kyle Dubas' contract. As a result, Dubas is signed to a contract that expires at the end of the 2022-23 season. That situation likely means that Dubas is on a "show us" contract. He'll have to…

TORONTO -- Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas met with team president Brendan Shanahan late in the summer to discuss possibly getting a contract beyond this season. He was told not yet. The decision would come after this season, likely depending on whether the Maple Leafs win a Stanley Cup Playoff series for the first time since…

It might come across as a surprise to some that Keefe is on the hot seat and the favorite to be canned first. After all, he did just lead the Maple Leafs to a franchise record 115-point regular season. However, for the third year in a row, Keefe couldn't win a playoff round, something the Leafs haven't done since 2004. For a team that's a top…

In NHL.com's Q&A feature called "Sitting Down with …" we talk to key figures in the game, gaining insight into their lives on and off the ice. In this special offseason edition, we feature Ottawa Senators coach D.J. Smith. D.J. Smith can't wait for the start of training camp heading into his third season as coach of the Ottawa Senators. "I guess…

The Leafs have made a few predictable moves that we discussed in previous editions: adding more draft picks, signing unqualified restricted free agents to cheap prove-it contracts (Nicolas Aube-Kubel and Ilya Samsonov were two players we mentioned specifically), and choosing not to trade any of their top players (the assumption being there weren't…

By now. you've certainly heard some Detroit Red Wings fans make the remark that in hiring Derek Lalonde as head coach, the team has basically replaced Jeff Blashill with a virtual clone. To be true, there are similarities in the career trajectories of both men. Both were AHL head coaches. In each instance, Detroit is the team giving them their…