With Vision Quest coming out tomorrow to complete the excellent Wanda trilogy, I think this narrative of MCU TV being a disaster and a mistake is way off. Let's review:
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New POWERS & LAZ: This mailbag episode definitely had a theme, as fan frustration is high. @scottpowers.bsky.social and I answer then all and discuss Connor Bedard's looking return. Also, I randomly yell at a bunch of clouds regarding dynamic pricing and AI. www.patreon.com/posts/172180...
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Connor Bedard is on the verge of returning for the Blackhawks. Where exactly can he help them: www.nytimes.com/athletic/768...
What will Connor Bedard’s return mean for the Blackhawks? ‘We’re a way better team’ (Gift Article)
The new captain hasn't yet made his season debut, and the Blackhawks hope his return will end their rough start.
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On today's episode of The Athletic Hockey Show with @mbultman.bsky.social and me: – @peterbaugh.bsky.social on Igor Shesterkin's season-ending injury – Which team's surprising starts (good and bad) are we buying? – Habs fans openly lobby for Dylan Larkin Listen here: pod.fo/e/6aba9d
The Athletic Hockey Show: A show about the NHL: Can the Rangers survive without Shesterkin?
One of the NHL’s Vezina frontrunners, and the New York Rangers’ starting goaltender, Igor Shesterkin, is done for the season after sustaining a knee injury against the Capitals Friday night. Th...
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I've never seen anything else he's actually done in terms of standup or movies, but based solely on his Saturday Night Live appearances, Shane Gillis might be the least funny man in America. A charmless milquetoast guy desperately trying and failing to be edgy staring at cue cards makes for bad TV.
Kyle Davidson has been trying to build a Hurricanes-like team full of Hurricanes-like players. But it's a hell of a lot easier said than done. My column off last night's Blackhawks loss, free to read: www.nytimes.com/athletic/767...
Blackhawks aspire to be like the relentless Hurricanes. Easier said than done
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What's the frustration level for the Blackhawks? Patrick Kane: "Very high."
Jeff Blashill: "I have absolute, 100-percent belief in this group. One hundred percent. And this group is going to win. I can't tell you if we're going to start winning Tuesday, next week, a year from now — I have no idea when it's going to be, but this group's going to win, 100 percent."
FINAL: This one went how you'd expect it to go with the champs in town. Carolina wins 5-2. Decent push-back in the third, but obviously too little, too late. The Blackhawks are 1-5. Now, come on, Sox, score some runs, would ya?
GOAL: Martinook makes it 5-1 Carolina. It's been a very Hurricanes game. Shooting at will, blocking shots at will, utterly dominant.
GOAL: Roman Kantserov's first NHL goal comes on a breakaway. 3-1 Carolina.
GOAL: Blake makes it 3-0 shortly after the Hawks power play expired. This is not going well.
GOAL: Shorty for Aho as Byram's stick breaks, and he's helpless to defend the oncoming rush. Aho waited him out then beat Knight clean. 2-0 Canes.
GOAL: Jankowski gets a breakaway and gives the Canes a 1-0 lead at 19:03.
Eddie Olczyk is here at the UC, hanging out with Pat Foley and Denis Savard in a suite. @ByScottPowers wrote about Edzo's return as a team ambassador: www.nytimes.com/athletic/767...
Eddie Olczyk returns to Blackhawks as team ambassador, CHSN studio analyst
Even when Eddie Olczyk has been away from the Chicago Blackhawks, he’s never stopped thinking about them. Olczyk grew up a Blackhawks fan. In 1984, the team drafted him in the first round with t...
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Blackhawks in warmups, sans Bedard (injured) AND Nazar (suspended): Kantserov-Frondell-Bertuzzi Lardis-Greene-Kane Smith-Moore-Greenway Donato-Toninato-Teräväinen Byram-Levshunov Vlasic-Cole Kaiser-Rinzel Knight Söderblom
I heard Chelsea Dagger seven times at Ryan Field today. How many times will I hear it at the United Center tonight?
I regret to inform everybody that Northwestern is *too* good and many of their games will be boring romps. This is a very unfamiliar feeling for us, so please respect our privacy at this confusing time.
Frank Nazar will have a hearing with Player Safety today for his head-shot on Bo Horvat last night.
Mark Stone being awesome while skating like a de-aged Robert De Niro in The Irishman is one of my favorite hockey things.
So much for that regression to the mean on the Sharks' overtime prowess. Three OT wins in four games.
Look, I know the Hawks are losing again and the Sox just took the lead but I just realized ESPN+ is now integrated into YouTubeTV meaning I don't have to switch between apps to watch hockey and this is very exciting news.
New POWERS & LAZ bonus episode: @scottpowers.bsky.social and I discuss Artyom Levshunov's development, how far he's come and how far he still can go: www.patreon.com/posts/171813...
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Matt Boldy should be getting Kirill Kaprizov money. Or close to it. lnstead, he's making $7M. Any regrets? "Tell a 21-year-old that you’re going to get $49M in seven years; it’s kind of a hard one to say no to." On a generation of underpaid stars: www.nytimes.com/athletic/766...
These NHL stars left millions on the table before the 2026 gold rush. Any regrets? (Gift Article)
A skyrocketing cap and wild offer sheets changed hockey's financial landscape overnight, but underpaid superstars aren't looking back.
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There's maybe never been so many criminally underpaid stars in the NHL as there are now. I asked a couple dozen of recent long-term signees if they had any regrets after watching the 2026 summer gold rush: www.nytimes.com/athletic/766...
If you only knew what percentage of my existence on this planet has featured this song on a loop inside my deeply addled brain... youtu.be/KSR2Ov9LuhM?...
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