As speculation intensifies around a potential trade of Mitch Marner's negotiating rights from the Toronto Maple Leafs to the Vegas Golden Knights, one potential trade piece is now off the table. Early Monday morning, multiple reports surfaced that Golden Knights defenseman Nic Hague was being dealt to the Nashville Predators in exchange for defenseman Jeremy Lauzon and forward Colton Sissons. Hague is also expected to sign a four-year extension worth $5.5 million per season.
According to Postmedia’s Bruce Garrioch, Hague was previously a person of interest for the Maple Leafs. His name surfaced amid reports that the Leafs and Golden Knights were discussing a trade for Marner’s negotiating rights before he becomes an unrestricted free agent. While forward Nic Roy was mentioned as a more likely piece in that return, with only one reference to Hague, it is unlikely that this move will cool Toronto's interest in getting something for their star player.
However, the situation grew more complex on Sunday when Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, on his
32 Thoughts podcast, questioned if the Leafs would file for tampering charges against Vegas should Marner end up with the club as a free agent.
“I have no proof that Vegas is guilty of anything, but it's a time around the league where teams are extremely sensitive about it. And as a couple of GMs told me on Saturday, they think the NHL is itching to try and make an example out of someone,” Friedman said. “But if they make a deal with Toronto and send a good player or two to Toronto, I'm betting any chance the Maple Leafs file for tampering goes away. So all those reasons Getting to Marner faster, clearing cap space, Toronto gets good players, and eliminating any possibility of any tampering investigation. Which is being whispered everywhere around the league. All that goes away if this deal gets done”.
Of course, any league action would require proof of tampering. If the league takes action against the Golden Knights for tampering, the club could face the following sanctions:
Up to a $5-million fine
Termination of any contracts that were signed
Forfeiture of draft picks
Awarding draft picks or cash to the offended club
Marner himself could be subjected to a fine of up to $1 million or possibly face a suspension.
Certainly, the awarding of draft picks to the offended club would ensure some sort of compensation. We’ll wait and see. But for now, Hague’s name can be removed from the list of players potentially coming to Toronto.
Hague's name was only mentioned in one report while Nic Roy's name had been mentioned frequently. The move didn't really save Vegas much cap space, clearing just $640,000. The move of Hague shouldn't scuttle talks with Toronto. But it doesn't mean a deal between the two clubs will happen, either.
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The Boston Bruins have been very busy finalizing contracts with their own free agents before NHL free agency officially opens across the league Tuesday at noon ET.
The team announced Monday it has agreed to the following contracts with three restricted free agents:
Henri Jokiharju, D: Three years, $9 million
John Beecher, C: One year, $900,000
Michael DiPietro, G: Two years, $1.625 million
The Bruins don’t have much depth on the right side of their blue line, so it’s not a huge surprise that Jokiharju is returning. The B’s acquired him from the Buffalo Sabres at the trade deadline back in March, and he fit in well over the final six weeks of the regular season.
Beecher is a solid bottom-six forwards who excels on faceoffs (53 percent for his career) and can kill penalties. Signing him for a salary cap hit below $1 million is good value, and he still has room for improvement.
DiPietro is coming off a career-best season with the AHL’s Providence Bruins in which he went 26-8-5 and tallied a .927 save percentage. If the Bruins could move Joonas Korpisalo’s contract, DiPietro could slide into the backup goalie spot behind Jeremy Swayman next season.
The Bruins also announced on Sunday new deals for right wing Morgan Geekie (six years, $33 million), bottom-six forward Marat Khusnutdinov (two years, $925,000 cap hit) and defenseman Michael Callahan (one-year, two-way deal with $775,000 NHL cap hit).
The Bruins now have around $12 million in cap space, per PuckPedia, with free agency about to begin. The B’s also could use this cap space to make trades if they don’t like the options on the free agent market.
The Boston Celtics can negotiate with other teams’ free agents starting Monday night. Well, at least in theory.
The cash-strapped Celtics don’t have many avenues to adding outside talent, though they did create some potential pathways with the two swallow-hard trades to move Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis.
The reality is that the Celtics need to do even more wheeling and dealing before they can truly ponder outside free agents at anything more than a minimum salary. The Celtics can splurge to bring back their own free agents like Luke Kornet and Al Horford, but even that’s no easy chore if Boston wishes to stay off the second apron — and especially if the team yearns to get out of the tax completely.
Before NBA free agency kicks off Monday, let’s tackle some frequently asked questions to set the table for the Celtics this offseason.
What is Boston’s current salary commitment?
After the Celtics finalize their two recent trades, Boston will have 12 players under contract with a total salary commitment of roughly $200 million. You can add $2.8 million and fill another roster spot if the team inks Hugo Gonzalez, the 28th overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft.
How far under the second apron are the Celtics? Are they still over the luxury tax?
Boston sits roughly $4.5 million below the second apron, factoring for their trades and the Gonzalez signing.
The Celtics are $15.4 million over the luxury tax. With repeater penalties, they would be paying $3.25 for every $1 spent over that $187.9 million tax line.
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Wait, what are repeater penalties?
Having paid the luxury tax in multiple recent seasons, the Celtics are subject to higher rates for money paid above the luxury tax.
The Celtics spent $193 million on their roster last season, leading to a projected $52.6 million tax bill. Before the salary-slashing trades to send out Holiday and Porzingis, the Celtics were staring at a potential $500 million total spend between next year’s payroll and the repeater penalties.
That number has been reduced by $180 million after the Holiday and Porzingis deals, but the Celtics are still well over the tax line. In order to reset those penalties, Boston must stay out of the tax in two of the next three seasons.
Should the Celtics try to get under the tax this season?
With Boston’s title chances diminished as Jayson Tatum rehabs from Achilles surgery, the Celtics do have motivation to get out of the tax and stay out for the 2026-27 season as well.
Staying out of the tax for the next two seasons would reset the repeater penalties and allow Boston to more aggressively put together a high-cost roster when Tatum is back at the peak of his powers. It would essentially create a new title window where Boston could splurge on the pieces around a Tatum/Brown/White core.
How can Boston get out of the tax?
The easiest pathway would be to relocate the $27.7 million owed to incoming trade acquisition Anfernee Simons. Moving the contracts of new trade addition Georges Niang ($8.2 million) and/or Sam Hauser ($10 million) also would help Boston lower its salary commitment.
Without a big move like shipping out Simons, the Celtics would have limited funds to fill out their roster.
Can the Celtics afford to retain Luke Kornet?
Kornet already came back to the Celtics on a team-friendly, minimum-salary contract ($2.8 million) last season. It’s tough to see him taking much of a discount to stick around this time. If other teams try to lure him away with eight-figure offers, the Celtics could be hard pressed to match that sort of splurge.
On our Draft Night special of The Off C’Season, colleague Brian Scalabrine wondered if Kornet could fetch a $12 million starting salary. Teams with access to the non-taxpayer midlevel exception have up to $14.1 million to splurge on a free-agent pursuit.
Any big offers could put Boston in a bind. For example, even if the Celtics move Simons and take back limited money, the Celtics still would be hugged up around the tax line. Any room below that line evaporates quickly if you offer even modest money to Kornet and Horford.
Even at 39 years old, Horford continues to stiff-arm Father Time. If Boston was a surefire contender next season, it would make total sense to re-sign him.
But because the Celtics have to navigate these financial hurdles, combined with a potentially robust market for Horford’s services, it’s tougher to see a reunion unless Horford is willing to play on a contract well below his recent pay grade. (Horford made $9.5 million last season.)
Can the Celtics sign free agents on the open market?
If Boston intends to stay off the second apron, it can utilize a bunch of new tools to sign players, including the $5.7 million taxpayer midlevel exception. But, again, the team must clear the necessary space to consider that option first.
The Celtics also cannot advance back into the second apron at any point during the 2025-26 season if they utilize any of the roster options available to first-apron teams. That would include using the midlevel exception, acquiring a player via sign-and-trade, aggregating contracts in a trade, sending out cash in a trade, or utilizing a traded player exception.
The C’s can acquire minimum-contract veterans on the free agent market; they simply need to figure out the rest of their roster first.
So, what should we expect on Day 1 of free agency?
All eyes are on Kornet and Horford. A year after Kornet was first in line to re-sign with Boston, there’s a chance this year’s free agency process takes a bit longer for him. Both Kornet and Horford can examine outside offers while waiting to see what sort of money the Celtics will have available.
If Kornet signs elsewhere, it’s a sign the Celtics are not confident they can move salary at this point of the offseason, or that they simply desire to carry Simons into the season to get a look at his potential fit.
The Celtics do not have to clear the second apron or the luxury tax before the start of the 2025-26 season. League calculations occur on the final day of the regular season, which means teams can still maneuver through February’s NBA trade deadline and beyond.
Boston always could tiptoe into the season having cleared the second apron, then still try to get below the tax before the trade deadline if it doesn’t look like a true title team without Tatum.
There’s flexibility for the Celtics now having moved off the contracts of Holiday and Porzingis. But there’s still a roster to fill out, too. Neemias Queta is the most experienced big on the roster, at least considering Xavier Tillman Sr. rarely touched the floor last season.
We suspect we’ll either see the Celtics, A) Move Simons for limited financial return and then re-sign at least one of their familiar bigs, or B) Package some lower salaries (Niang? Tillman?) to try to create additional space, but then be less likely to bring back Kornet and/or Horford in that instance.
Patience is necessary here. The first dominoes fell quickly for the Celtics as they started getting their books in order. The next domino could set off a chain reaction that might bring this team’s roster into focus.
Its Monday, June 30 and the Cardinals (46-38) are in Pittsburgh to take on the Pirates (34-50). Erick Fedde is slated to take the mound for St. Louis against Andrew Heaney for Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh earned its second sweep of the season on Sunday with a blistering game from Oneil Cruz, who homered twice. The Buccos offense stayed hot against the Mets in a 12-1 win and scored 30 runs over three games to New York's four.
St. Louis is coming off a three-game sweep of the Guardians. The Cardinals outscored the Guardians 21-6 over three games and shutout Cleveland's offense twice. The Cardinals are 10-3 over the previous 13 contests and 3-0 against the Pirates this season.
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Game details & how to watch Cardinals at Pirates
Date: Monday, June 30, 2025
Time: 6:40PM EST
Site: PNC Park
City: Pittsburgh, PA
Network/Streaming: FDSNMW, SNP
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Odds for the Cardinals at the Pirates
The latest odds as of Monday:
Moneyline: Cardinals (-125), Pirates (+105)
Spread: Cardinals -1.5
Total: 8.0 runs
Probable starting pitchers for Cardinals at Pirates
Pitching matchup for June 30, 2025: Erick Fedde vs. Andrew Heaney
Pirates: Andrew Heaney, (3-7, 4.48 ERA) Last outing: 4.0 Innings Pitched, 3 Earned Runs Allowed, 7 Hits Allowed, 3 Walks, and 3 Strikeouts
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Top betting trends & insights to know ahead of Cardinals at Pirates
Both the Pirates and Cardinals have won three straight
The Cardinals have won 5 straight road games
The Under is 13-9-1 in the Cardinals' matchups against NL Central teams this season
The Pirates are up 2.71 units on the Run Line in their last 5 games at PNC Park
St. Louis is 3-0 on the ML against Pittsburgh this season
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It's Monday, June 30 and the Yankees (47-35) are in Toronto to take on the Blue Jays (44-38). Carlos Rodón is slated to take the mound for New York against Max Scherzer for Toronto.
Toronto is coming off a 5-3 win over Boston on Sunday and are 3-1 in the past four games. The Blue Jays are coming off a six-game road trip where they went 4-2 with a one-run extra inning loss.
The Yankees followed up a 7-0 loss on Saturday with a 12-5 drumming of the Athletics on Sunday. Aaron Judge homered twice after going hitless in the first two games of the series.
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Game details & how to watch Yankees at Blue Jays
Date: Monday, June 30, 2025
Time: 7:07PM EST
Site: Rogers Centre
City: Toronto, ON
Network/Streaming: YES, Sportsnet
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Odds for the Yankees at the Blue Jays
The latest odds as of Monday:
Moneyline: Yankees (-156), Blue Jays (+130)
Spread: Yankees -1.5
Total: 8.0 runs
Probable starting pitchers for Yankees at Blue Jays
Pitching matchup for June 30, 2025: Carlos Rodón vs. Max Scherzer
Yankees: Carlos Rodón, (9-5, 2.92 ERA) Last outing: 6.0 Innings Pitched, 0 Earned Runs Allowed, 4 Hits Allowed, 1 Walk, and 5 Strikeouts
Blue Jays: Max Scherzer, (0-0, 5.63 ERA) Last outing: 5.0 Innings Pitched, 3 Earned Runs Allowed, 6 Hits Allowed, 3 Walks, and 4 Strikeouts
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Spread: NBC Sports Bet is leaning towards a play ATS on the Toronto Blue Jays at +1.5.
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Top betting trends & insights to know ahead of Yankees at Blue Jays
The Blue Jays have lost their last 3 games against teams with better records
The Yankees' last 6 matchups against AL East teams have gone under the Total
The Blue Jays have covered in 4 of their last 5 games showing a profit of 1.78 units
The Yankees were on a 16-0 run to the game total Under, but went Over yesterday in a 12-5 win versus the Athletics
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Its Monday, June 30 and the Padres (45-37) are in Philadelphia to take on the Phillies (48-35). Matt Waldron is slated to take the mound for San Diego against Zack Wheeler for Philadelphia.
The Phillies are coming off a 2-1 win over the Braves on Sunday that set them up with a series win after being swept by the Astros. Despite being 3-5 in the past eight games, the Phillies are now in first place of the NL East.
The Padres dropped a contest 3-2 to the Reds on Sunday and lost two out of three in that series. San Diego continues its east coast road trip with its first meeting of the season against Philly and Waldron's 2025 season debut.
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Date: Monday, June 30, 2025
Time: 6:30PM EST
Site: Citizens Bank Park
City: Philadelphia, PA
Network/Streaming: SDPA, NBCSP, MLBN
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Odds for the Padres at the Phillies
The latest odds as of Monday:
Moneyline: Padres (+179), Phillies (-217)
Spread: Phillies -1.5
Total: 9.0 runs
Probable starting pitchers for Padres at Phillies
Pitching matchup for June 30, 2025: Matt Waldron vs. Zack Wheeler
Padres: Matt Waldron, (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Last outing: Making his 2025 season debut
Phillies: Zack Wheeler, (7-3, 2.46 ERA) Last outing: 6.0 Innings Pitched, 1 Earned Run Allowed, 3 Hits Allowed, 3 Walks, and 8 Strikeouts
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Total: NBC Sports Bet is staying away from a play on the Game Total of 9.0.
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The Phillies have lost 4 of their last 5 games against teams with winning records
The Under is 35-29-1 in the Phillies' matchups against National League teams this season
Philadelphia is 11-5 on the ML when Wheeler is pitching this season
San Diego is 7-8 on the ML this season when playing on the East Coast
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The Giants added some experienced depth at the catcher position.
San Francisco signed veteran catcher Austin Barnes to a minor-league contract on Friday, according to his MLB.com page.
Barnes, 35, played 10-plus seasons with the Dodgers from 2015-2025 before he was designated for assignment and later released by Los Angeles in May.
In 612 career games, Barnes batted .223/.322/.338/.660 with 35 home runs and 162 RBI in 1,757 plate appearances.
According to his MLB.com transaction log, Barnes was assigned to the Giants’ rookie ball team in Arizona, which, perhaps not-so-coincidentally, is where San Francisco is set to begin a four-game series against the Diamondbacks on Monday at Chase Field.
Perhaps Barnes might be joining his new team at the big-league level soon?
The Giants added some experienced depth at the catcher position.
San Francisco signed veteran catcher Austin Barnes to a minor-league contract on Friday, according to his MLB.com page.
Barnes, 35, played 10-plus seasons with the Dodgers from 2015-2025 before he was designated for assignment and later released by Los Angeles in May.
In 612 career games, Barnes batted .223/.322/.338/.660 with 35 home runs and 162 RBI in 1,757 plate appearances.
According to his MLB.com transaction log, Barnes was assigned to the Giants’ rookie ball team in Arizona, which, perhaps not-so-coincidentally, is where San Francisco is set to begin a four-game series against the Diamondbacks on Monday at Chase Field.
Perhaps Barnes might be joining his new team at the big-league level soon?
The Stanley Cup is heading back north of the border.
Over the past few weeks, the Cup has been across North America several times.
It started the Stanley Cup Final on the ice in Edmonton before finishing the series in Sunrise, in the hands of the Florida Panthers for the second year in a row.
Following a week of hardcore partying and celebrating with the Panthers, and a quick stop at the repair shop for some minor dings, the Cup headed to Los Angeles for the NHL Draft.
Now it’s heading back up north, but not to its home at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.
Nope, the Cup will now spend some time in Montreal.
According to Phil Pritchard, the Keeper of the Cup, the historic trophy was brought to the HHOF’s official silversmith.
That’s where the names of the 2025 Florida Panthers will be engraved onto the Stanley Cup.
In order to be eligible to have your name on the Cup, a player must appear in at least 41 regular season games or one game during the Stanley Cup Final.
Teams can petition for players to be added who do not fall under that criteria.
Last year, Florida successfully petitioned to have Jonah Gadjovich and Josh Mahura included with the names engraved onto the Cup.
A player who comes to mind who the Panthers may petition for this year is Nico Sturm.
Florida picked him up at the Trade Deadline, but he only played a combined 23 regular season and playoff games, and none after the Eastern Conference Final, though when in the lineup, Sturm was often utilized regularly both at even strength and on the penalty kill.
Interestingly, this is only the third year that the engraving process has taken place before the Cup begins its summer tour with the winning team.
It’s an excellent new tradition that allows the new winners to take their time with the Stanley Cup after it already bears their name.
Just like last summer, it should be fun to see how and where the Panthers celebrate with the Cup over the coming weeks and months.
Photo caption: Jun 17, 2025; Sunrise, Florida, USA; The Florida Panthers look at the Stanley Cup after winning game six of the 2025 Stanley Cup Final against the Edmonton Oilers at Amerant Bank Arena. (Sam Navarro-Imagn Images)
Just days before the start of the free agency period, the Nashville Predators are already making moves.
Late Sunday night, it was announced that the Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Nicolas Hague had been traded to the Predators and signed a four-year contract extension.
It is a $22 million contract, with an annual hit of $5.5 million.
Nashville sent defenseman Jeremy Lauzon and center Colton Sissons to Vegas.
This past season, Hague played in 68 games with the Golden Knights, scoring 12 points and logging 40 penalty minutes. He primarily played on Vegas' third defensive pairing with Zach Whitecloud.
Hague also won the Stanley Cup with the Golden Knights, with fellow Predator Jonathan Marchessault, in 2023. During that run, Hague had six points in 22 games and 37 penalty minutes.
After acquiring Hague, the Predators have about $13.5 million left in cap space, with free agency opening up on Tuesday.
With a 6-foot-6-inch, 245-pound build, Hague fits the identity that Nashville holds for bigger, physical players. Hague's offensive production has been limited during his time in Vegas, but he has provided them with more size on the blue line.
Early on, it's projected that Hague will skate with the Predators' third defensive pairing with Andreas Englund.
Lauzon had one points in 28 games and 37 penalty minutes last season. He was in the final year of a four year, $8.million contract.
Sissons had 21 points in 72 games and a plus/minus of -12. Nashville may be shopping for more center depth in free agency. He was in the final year of a seven-year, $20 million contract.
Nashville will begin its development camp on Monday and it'll run through July 5.
Former F1 world champion’s gives a moving insight into dealing with his grief as a 15-year-old, and reflects on driving with Senna and against Schumacher
“It was awful and to this day I feel the tension that I experienced,” Damon Hill says of the moment he heard on television in November 1975 that his father, Graham, the two-time Formula One world champion, had died in a plane accident. Hill had to leave the living room to find his mother and tell her what had happened.
“It was like having a nuclear bomb and I dropped it on my mum. Of course it was accentuated by the fact I was 15, which is when you haven’t got the defences to deal with it.”
The Pittsburgh Penguins should look to improve their forward depth this off-season. When looking at their roster, it is fair to say that they could use a little bit of help in their bottom six.
Due to this, one player who the Penguins should consider pursuing this summer is Boston Bruins pending free agent Jakub Lauko.
The Boston Herald's Steve Conroy reported that Lauko's agent, JP Barry, confirmed to him that the Bruins won't be sending Lauko a qualifying offer and that he will be an unrestricted free agent on July 1. With Lauko being a solid and young bottom-six winger, he could be a decent player for the Penguins to bring in for their fourth line or as an extra forward.
JP Barry, Jakub Lauko’s agent, tells me Lauko will be a UFA, Bruins apparently not tendering him a qualifying offer
In 56 games this season split between the Minnesota Wild and Bruins, Lauko recorded five goals, 11 points, and 119 hits. Furthermore, in 2023-24 with the Bruins, he had a career-high 176 hits. Thus, if the Penguins signed Lauko, he would undoubtedly give the Penguins much more grit in their bottom six. Furthermore, due to this speed and defensive play, Lauko would also be a potential option for the Penguins' penalty kill if signed.
Overall, with the Penguins needing more youth, bringing in a player like Lauko on a cheap one-year contract could be worthwhile. He is also still young enough where he could hit a higher level offensively, so he would have the potential be a nice pickup for a Penguins team in the middle of a retool.
Australian vice-captain Steve Smith has jumped to defence of Michael Di Venuto after the national batting coach copped criticism from former Test wicketkeeper Ian Healy.
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