The Dumbest Sport At The Olympics Is Now … Men’s Hockey

Filip Bondy , Contributor I write articles and columns about soccer and other beautiful sports Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. … But there is a lot about the men’s Olympic hockey tournament that should remind you of the 1987 NFL season, which is not a good thing. That fall of ’87 …

Men’s ice hockey begins on Wednesday at the Winter Olympics — but without the world’s top players. For the first time since the 1994 games, National Hockey League players won’t be competing. It isn’t that they don’t want to play. The Canadian star Sidney Crosby, probably the best player in the world, put …

The 2018 NHL trade deadline, which is scheduled for Feb. 26 at 3 p.m. ET, should create a nice market for sellers, with a limited number of teams having already faded from playoff contention. A majority of front offices will probably be seeking to add a piece or two to help put them over the top in their …

MOSCOW — There were few cheers in international hockey when the N.H.L.announced it would skip this year’s Winter Olympics. But it was good news for one team: Russia’s. The Russian Olympic Committee might be barred from the 2018 Pyeongchang Games for widespread doping, but many of the …

With the NHL Trade Deadline quickly approaching, there seems to be plenty of rumors surrounding Edmonton Oilers forward Patrick Maroon. It’s no secret the 29-year-old is a pending unrestricted free agent (UFA) this summer and is the most valuable of Edmonton’s pending free agents. Last week I ran a …

Vancouver Canucks rookie Brock Boeser took home some lucrative prizes after he was named the most valuable player of the NHL all-star game, leading the Pacific Division with a goal and an assist in a 5-2 win over the Atlantic Division in the three-on-three championship. Boeser won $100,000 U.S. for …

It doesn’t look beautiful, of course, with players all outside the NHL turning the puck over for point-blank scoring chances or leaving opponents wide open in front. The talent level is lower, so the risk factors and the entertainment level are up. Goaltenders have to be on their toes for unexpected, game-saving …

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(Reuters) – The Chicago Blackhawks have banned four fans from home games at the United Center after they shouted racist taunts at Washington Capitals forward Devante Smith-Pelly during Saturday’s NHL game. The fans chanted “basketball, basketball” at Smith-Pelly, who is black, while he sat in the …