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Anton Frondell Would Fit In On 2025-26 Chicago Blackhawks

With the 3rd pick in the 2025 NHL Draft, the Chicago Blackhawks selected Swedish forward Anton Frondell. This came after the New York Islanders selected Matthew Schaefer and the San Jose Sharks took Michael Misa.

Due to Chicago's overwhelming depth on defense and the prominent forward draft class, it was always certain that they'd end up taking a forward. A lot of factors went into Frondell being the guy. 

Connor Bedard and Frank Nazar are seen as the catalysts up front for the Blackhawks at this time. Each of them is there to create offense. Both of them are undersized but widely talented with the puck. Kyle Davidson wanted to make sure to balance things out with his forwards selected in 2025.

Frondell, a 200-foot center, is exactly the type of player that the Blackhawks needed. He can provide offense, but you know you're getting an honest two-way effort from him on every shift. 

Everything that makes Frondell a high-end prospect is what makes him a great fit for Chicago's roster in 2025-26. He isn't going to be a star right away, but he has the tools to help the team as soon as he touches NHL ice. 

If the Blackhawks are up a goal late and need to protect the lead, Frondell may be someone tapped to go out there and defend it. 

Frondell compared himself to Aleksander Barkov after he was drafted. Well, being one of the greatest two-way players of all time is a stretch. However, that play style is welcomed by every team in the league. 

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Anything can happen, and there are things in Frondell's game that need work, but he declared that his goal is to make the team out of camp. The current state of the franchise makes that goal attainable. 

If the Blackhawks had Bedard, Nazar, and Frondell as a three-headed monster down the middle, they'd have three lines that bring something different. 

Frondell is also the perfect age for this group. Most of the roster is going to be under 24 years old in 2025-26, so they can grow up together. 

At first, it seemed like Frondell was destined to go back to Sweden for one season. Now, there is a very real chance that he begins in the NHL right away. 

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Canadiens’ Top 10 Moments Of The 2024-25 Season

It was a rollercoaster of a season for the Montreal Canadiens, they went from the depths of despair, where you only visit when you lose three games in two weeks, in which you give up six goals or more, to the elation of qualifying for the playoffs in the very last game of the season with plenty of ups and down along the ways.

With the main side listing its top-10 moments of the NHL season, I figured it was more than time we did the same for the Canadiens. Choosing just 10 moments wasn’t easy, but it had to be done.

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1. The Canadiens make the playoffs

It wasn’t easy, but Martin St-Louis finally got over its jitters and managed to seal the deal on a playoff participation after failing to do so in its first three attempts. For a few games, it looked like the moment was just too big for the inexperienced Habs as they lost to the Ottawa Senators (5-2), the Toronto Maple Leafs (O 1-0), and the Chicago Blackhawks (O 4-3). But eventually, they pulled it together and scored a 4-2 win against the Carolina Hurricanes.

2. Lane Hutson wins the Calder Trophy

The diminutive blueliner had an incredible season, putting all the naysayer in their place and showing them that he could be successful at the highest level. He broke the Canadiens’ franchise record for the most points by a rookie defenseman. He tied Larry Murphy’s record for most assists by a rookie defenseman in league history, on top of becoming the fourth-highest scorer ever amongst rookie defensemen. More than the numbers, though, Hutson brought back joy in the Bell Center. Whenever he touched the puck, people got excited; he got people out of their seats the way P.K. Subban used to before being traded.

3. Ivan Demidov joins the Habs

The most optimistic fans had hoped it would happen, but logic and Demidov’s contract led us to believe the youngster wouldn’t join the Canadiens before the start of next season. Once SKA  St. Petersburg was eliminated from the playoffs, though, they let the offensive wizard come over, and in his very first game, he scored a goal, sending the Bell Center into a frenzy.

4. Kent Hughes lands the top trade target hours before the draft

As everyone was speculating about who the Canadiens would pick with the 16th and 17th overall picks, the Habs' GM knew who he wanted to select: Noah Dobson. The Canadiens had been looking for another quality puck-moving defenseman who shot right for quite some time. Once Hughes was made aware that Dobson was available, he worked tirelessly to land his man, and he did, at a very reasonable price. He was also able to sign him to a long-term contract, adding yet another piece to his young core.

5. Brendan Gallagher receives the jersey he had worn in his mother’s honour

The alternate captain lost his mother after she courageously battled against brain cancer for years, his teammates supported him through the ordeal, and he received lots of messages from fans online. Still, one of them went above and beyond. Lucie Lachance offered to give him the Hockey Fights Cancer jersey he wore to honour his mom’s battle years ago. Lachance had won it in an auction, but she still wanted to give it to him. Her favourite player offered a jersey swap on the “Jersey Of Our Backs” night, and it led to a very moving moment on the red carpet at the Bell Centre ice.

6. Jakub Dobes bursts onto the scene

Cayden Primeau had an awful start to the season, and by the time Christmas rolled around, the organization and St-Louis had lost faith in the netminder. After the holiday break, he was sent down to the Laval Rocket, and the young Czech netminder was called up. He blanked the Stanley Cup Champion Florida Panthers in his first game and started his career with a five-game winning streak, winning over the Canadiens’ fans easily.

7. Hughes trades Justin Barron for Alexandre Carrier

After trading Jonathan Kovacevich in the off-season, probably because he believed Logan Mailloux or David Reinbacher might have been ready to make the jump to the NHL, he realized he needed more depth on that side. He went out and swapped underachieving Justin Barron, who was struggling to find his footing with the Canadiens, for Alexandre Carrier. The Quebecer’s arrival stabilized the defense, and he played a significant part in the Canadiens’ qualification for the postseason.

8. Patrik Laine shows his knack for scoring

The Canadiens’ GM went out and got the Finnish sniper from the Columbus Blue Jackets to bolster his attack, and it worked, especially on the power play, where he scored 15 of his 19 goals on the season. On December 17th, not long after coming back from a serious knee injury, he scored a hat trick in the Canadiens' 6-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres, blowing up the roof off the Bell Centre.

9. The Canadiens win their home opener

The Habs started the season with a duel with their enemy, the Leafs, and while Toronto offered a dominant performance, it wasn’t as dominant as that of Samuel Montembeault. The Canadiens’ goaltender made 48 saves to blank Auston Matthews and co., starting the season in the best possible way. It would be the first of four shutouts for the netminder, who had only had one before the start of the season. At the end of the campaign, he had a 31-24-7 record, a career high in wins, and a 2.82 goals-against average, also a career high.

10. Nick Suzuki became a point-per-game player

It was only a matter of time before the captain would achieve the feat, but he did it with a lot of panache this season, carrying the team on his back to lead it to the playoffs and showing just how much of a leader he is. In 82 games, he scored 89 points, and as usual, he appeared in every game. If there were any doubts about his being a first-line center, he annihilated them this season.

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Celtics preseason schedule 2025: Dates, times and opponents for all four games

Celtics preseason schedule 2025: Dates, times and opponents for all four games originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston

The Boston Celtics announced their four-game 2025 preseason schedule Wednesday, and it includes a couple familiar opponents.

There will be two games against the Toronto Raptors — at Scotiabank Arena on Oct. 10 and at TD Garden on Oct. 15.

The C’s will travel to Memphis to play the Grizzlies on Oct. 8 in the preseason opener. They’ll also host the Cleveland Cavaliers on Oct. 12.

All four preseason games will be broadcast on NBC Sports Boston.

The preseason will be a good opportunity for Boston’s young players to showcase their talent in a game setting and make a case for more playing time in the regular season.

Players to watch for in the preseason include 2024 first-round pick Baylor Scheierman and 2025 first-round pick Hugo Gonzalez, as well as recent free-agent additions Luka Garza and Josh Minott.

Here’s the full 2025 preseason schedule for the Celtics:

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Archer back to face India at Lord’s as Wood makes surprise bid to return in fifth Test

  • Archer only change for third Test as Tongue drops out

  • Fellow pace bowler Wood targeting final Test at The Oval

Jofra Archer will start his first Test match in more than four years after being named as the only change in the England team to face India in the third Test at Lord’s on Thursday.

Chris Woakes and Brydon Carse are both retained after the defeat to India at Edgbaston which squared the series 1-1, with Josh Tongue making way for Archer.

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D-White aptly sums up Mazzulla's mindset entering uncertain Celtics season

D-White aptly sums up Mazzulla's mindset entering uncertain Celtics season originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston

Expectations have changed for the Boston Celtics — and that’s an understatement.

A year ago, they were fresh off winning their 18th NBA title and had the inside track on raising Banner 19 after bringing back their entire championship core. Twelve months later, they’re preparing for a season without five key members of that title squad.

With Jayson Tatum out for most or all of the season due to a ruptured Achilles tendon and Jrue Holiday, Kristaps Porzingis, Luke Kornet and (likely) Al Horford all gone, the Celtics are viewed as a fringe playoff team at best as they enter what many believe will be a “reset” season.

But if you know anything about Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla, he’s not going to accept mediocrity.

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“Yeah, he’s probably going to love it,” Celtics guard Derrick White said of how Mazzulla will approach a season with lowered expectations during an exclusive interview with Celtics insider Chris Forsberg on the Celtics Talk Podcast.

“That’s just the type of guy he is. He’s going to be excited about this opportunity, people doubting us, people not believing in us. Knowing him, he’s going to come into training camp so excited and ready to go.”

While Mazzulla’s love of adversity is well-documented, don’t be surprised if the Celtics adopt the mindset of their head coach. Tatum’s absence will thrust players like Jaylen Brown, White and Payton Pritchard into larger roles, and they fully intend to embrace that opportunity while playing with a chip on their collective shoulders.

“That’s kind of how my whole NBA and basketball journey has been,” White reflected. “That’s a fun position to be in. But I mean, we didn’t win the championship last year, so we’ve got a lot to prove, and we’ve got to get better.

“(When) you play for the Boston Celtics, that’s what it is, and we all understand that. So, it’s going to be a fun position to prove people wrong, but we also just have to be ready to go.”

The Celtics have reached the NBA Finals in two of the last four seasons and the Eastern Conference Finals in six of the last nine seasons, so it’s been a while since they’ve been true underdogs. But if any group can embrace that role, it’s the core of Brown, White and Pritchard, who have all played with something to prove throughout their NBA careers.

And there’s no better coach to lead them than the darkness-embracing Mazzulla.

White also shared his perspective on being involved in trade rumors, talking with Jayson Tatum amid his recovery and more. Check out the full episode here or on YouTube.

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Giants catcher Bailey makes history with game-ending, inside-the-park home run

SAN FRANCISCO — Patrick Bailey’s entrance into the Major League Baseball record books on Tuesday night began with a tight swing that sent a fastball from Phillies reliever Jordan Romano into Triples Alley.

It ended with Bailey chugging his way around third base then getting mobbed at home plate by his teammates after becoming the third catcher in major league history to hit a game-ending, inside-the-park home run.

The three-run shot had an exit velocity of 103.4 mph and bounced off the brick wall at the Giants waterfront ballpark. It ricocheted back toward center field as Nick Castellanos and Brandon Marsh gave chase.

Bailey said his initial thought was to get a triple before he saw third base coach Matt Williams waving him in.

“Off the ball I just knew I got it well,” Bailey said. “I saw it was towards Triples Alley and I was like, ‘Oh I gotta go. I at least gotta get to third.’ Once I saw the bounce, I was like ‘All right, just don’t fall over.’ ”

It’s the ninth time this season that the Giants have won in their final at-bat, tops in the majors.

It was also the first time in nearly nine years that a player has hit a walk-off, inside-the-park home run in the majors. Cleveland’s Tyler Naquin was the last to do so on Aug. 19, 2016.

The three-run home run lifted the Giants to a 4-3 victory that had the Oracle Park crowd roaring as Bailey crossed the plate.

“He has gotten some big hits this year,” Giants manager Bob Melvin said. “In big situations he’s come through. Not as much as he would like. Hopefully that’s something that catapults him. Haven’t seen him drive a ball like that in a while.”

Bailey couldn’t recall if he had previously hit an inside-the-park home run at any level. And as nice as this one was, Bailey said that he would have preferred to hit a regular home run.

“Tired,” Bailey said when asked how he felt. “I wished it would have gone over the fence.”

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The Spin | Dear cycling: a letter and a warning from cricket’s golden free-to-air summer in 2005

The last Tour de France on ITV is a stark reminder of the final terrestrial Test summer

Dear cycling, hello from 2005. It’s dusty back here, piles of unloved pagers, a cityscape of VHS towers and chest freezers packed with Turkey Twizzlers.

It’s been a strange sort of summer – switchbacking in mood. On 6 July, London won the rights to hold the 2012 Olympics, a last-minute heist from under the Parisian nose; the next day terrorists murdered 52 people on the London transport network. The country was in a state of high alert, but the Australian cricket team, who had landed in early June, stayed to play in the Ashes. I’ll always be grateful for that decision – it turned out to be not only our last summer, but also our greatest.

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Christian Horner sacked by Red Bull after 20 years as principal at F1 team

  • Laurent Mekies appointed as Horner’s replacement

  • Red Bull have had turbulent time on and off track

Christian Horner has been sacked as Red Bull’s team principal with immediate effect. Horner, who has been in charge of Red Bull since the team was formed in 2005, will be replaced by the principal of sister team Racing Bulls, Laurent Mekies.

Horner’s surprise removal as principal and chief executive of Red Bull Racing was confirmed in a statement from Red Bull’s parent company on Wednesday morning and comes just over 17 months since Horner was embroiled in a scandal involving accusations of inappropriate behaviour by an employee, though he was later cleared by an investigation.

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Kings' Maxime Raynaud details friendship with Nique Clifford before NBA Draft

Kings' Maxime Raynaud details friendship with Nique Clifford before NBA Draft originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

Maxime Raynaud and Nique Clifford will begin their NBA journeys as teammates – and old friends.

You see, although the two rookies didn’t share the court leading up to being selected by the Kings in the 2025 NBA Draft, they both established a bond leading up to one of the most important days of their respective careers.

During an interview with NBC Sports California’s Morgan Ragan on “Kings Central,” Raynaud, Sacramento’s No. 42 overall selection, detailed how his relationship with his new teammate formed leading up to the draft.

“I think we were both kind of in awe of the process, sharing advice on the workouts,” Raynaud told Ragan. “We also got to know each other even more and joke around.

“Funny enough, I think we got along pretty well right away. There was no little awkward time when you meet someone new.

“He was in the hot tub, and I was in the cold tub. We actually talked for so long that once I came out, I couldn’t move anymore. It just happened naturally.”

The 7-foot center was a star at Stanford, earning First-Team All-ACC honors as a senior after averaging 20 points, 10.5 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.4 blocks and 0.9 steals. 

A round earlier, on the other hand, Sacramento traded up into the first round of the 2025 NBA Draft for the No. 24 overall pick from the Oklahoma City Thunder, acquiring the rights to Colorado State’s Clifford in exchange for a protected 2027 first-round pick. 

Despite not knowing where they would end up, both rookies quickly established a bond in between pre-draft workouts. 

The rest, as we know, is history.

“Once I got drafted by Sacramento, I was like, ‘Oh, he got drafted by Sac, too,’” Raynaud concluded. “That was a full-circle moment. I was super excited for him. 

“He’s also someone that we played against when he was at Colorado in the Pac 12. And seeing him perform well at Colorado State this year was amazing. I’m super happy it ended this way.” 

Raynaud and Clifford, as teammates and friends, now will look to make a positive impression in Sacramento.

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Chicago Sky star Angel Reese named NBA 2K26 WNBA Edition cover athlete

Chicago Sky star Angel Reese named NBA 2K26 WNBA Edition cover athlete originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

Angel Reese isn’t just a WNBA All-Star — she’s a NBA 2K cover star.

The Chicago Sky forward was named the cover athlete for the NBA 2K26 WNBA Edition video game coming out in September.

Reese joins NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder and future Basketball Hall of Famer Carmelo Anthony as cover stars for this year’s NBA 2K slate. Gilgeous-Alexander is the cover athlete for the Standard Edition of the game, while Anthony is the face of the Superstar Edition. Reese, Gilgeous-Alexander and Anthony stand together on the Leave No Doubt Edition.

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Standard, WNBA, Superstar and Leave No Doubt Editions of the NBA 2K26 video game. (2K Games)

As part of the announcement, Reese also announced her first signature shoe with Reebok, the Reese 1.

“Being on the cover of NBA 2K26 and debuting my first-ever signature shoe with Reebok on that cover, the Angel Reese 1, is more than a milestone — it’s a statement,” Reese said in a press release. “It’s about representation and showing young girls they can be confident, bold, and take up space unapologetically.

Reese, now a two-time WNBA All-Star in just her second season, joins a list of illustrious WNBA players to be featured on an NBA 2K cover.

NBA 2K20 was the first edition of the game to include the full list of WNBA teams. Two-time WNBA MVP and three-time champion Candace Parker was the first woman to grace an NBA 2K cover with the NBA 2K22 WNBA 25th Anniversary Edition. Diana Taurasi (NBA 2K23), Sue Bird (NBA 2K23), Sabrina Ionescu (NBA 2K24) and A’ja Wilson (NBA 2K25) have since starred on the WNBA Edition covers.

“To be cemented in NBA 2K history is a special honor that reflects not only my journey, but also all the veteran WNBA players who have paved the way before me and the growing impact of the league as a whole,” Reese said. “I’m proud to be part of a game that continues to elevate women’s basketball and can’t wait for fans to see how NBA 2K26 brings our game to life like never before.”

2K Games announced that NBA 2K26 will be released on Sept. 5. The Standard Edition will be available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2. The other editions will be exclusive to PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

The WNBA Edition will be exclusively available at GameStop in the U.S.

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Giants' Patrick Bailey soaks in historic inside-the-park walk-off home run

Giants' Patrick Bailey soaks in historic inside-the-park walk-off home run originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

SAN FRANCISCO – Even after making history by doing something that hadn’t been done in the major leagues in nearly a century, Patrick Bailey would have been perfectly fine had it not gone down the way it did.

The Giants’ 6-foot, 225-pound catcher was taxed and breathing heavy as he rounded the bases at Oracle Park in the ninth inning Friday night, admittedly tired after capping an amazing walk-off win over the Philadelphia Phillies with a dramatic and altogether mesmerizing inside-the-park home run that won it.

“I wish it would have gone over the fence,” Bailey told reporters inside the Giants clubhouse following the fifth walk-off hit of his career.

Bailey was probably only half-joking when he said that.

The end result – the Giants rallying to win at Oracle Park, extending their streak to four straight and six of seven – was exactly what the team needed to build more confidence heading into this weekend’s critical showdown with the National League West-leading Dodgers coming to town.

Doing it the way Bailey did, though, was wild.

Remember, Oracle Park had already been stage for one of the wackiest plays of the 2025 season in late April when Heliot Ramos – along with some help from some horrendous defense by the Texas Rangers – turned an infield single into a Little League home run.

It was the closest thing to the Keystone Cops and was just as funny.

Bailey’s wasn’t as wild, but it was far from ordinary.

Phillies reliever Jordan Romano tried to sneak a 94 mph fastball past Bailey on the first pitch of the at-bat, but Bailey came out swinging and lined the ball high off the brick facade in right-center. The ball – hit with an exit velo of 103.4 mph — ricocheted back toward the field past Philadelphia center field Brandon Marsh, who was sprinting to make a play. Marsh had to reverse direction and didn’t grab the ball until it had rolled along the warning track into left-center.

All the time, Bailey was watching and running. 

At the very least, he thought to himself, he had to get a triple. When he saw third base coach Matt Williams waving him home, Bailey had one thought in mind: Don’t fall.

“I picked him up, but I kind of had a feeling I was going,” Bailey said. “I saw him waving and again I was like, ‘Just don’t fall over.’ “

To fully understand the magnitude of Bailey’s accomplishment, consider that he had hit only four triples in 289 games in the majors before doing the unthinkable Friday night.

Sprinkle in the fact that Bailey has been in a season-long funk at the plate. He had a .188 batting average entering Tuesday that was the second-lowest in the National League among batters who had at least 175 plate appearances.

Four days earlier, when the Giants played the Athletics in Sacramento, Bailey struck out four times in four at-bats, earning the dubious Golden Sombrero.

He grounded into a double play during his first at-bat Wednesday, singled in the fifth then struck out swinging to end the seventh.

Then magic – and history – happened.

Bailey became just the third catcher in MLB history to hit a walk-off inside-the-park home run. The other two times it occurred were in 1926 and 1907.

It is also the first time in nearly nine years that a player has hit an inside-the-park home run in the majors. Cleveland’s Tyler Naquin was the last to do it on Aug. 19, 2016.

The last Giants player to do it was Angel Pagan on May 25, 2013, against the Colorado Rockies.

Melvin compared Bailey’s home run to the inside-the-park home run hit by Ichiro Suzuki in the 2007 All-Star game at the Giants’ waterfront ballpark.

“He has gotten some big hits this year,” Giants manager Bob Melvin said. “In big situations, he’s come through. Not as much as he would like. Hopefully, that’s something that catapults him. Haven’t seen him drive a ball like that in a while.”

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Derrick White reacts to Celtics trade rumors, ‘tough' offseason moves

Derrick White reacts to Celtics trade rumors, ‘tough' offseason moves originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston

Derrick White has been key to the Boston Celtics’ success since joining the team in 2022, and he’s expected to take on an even more significant role this upcoming season.

White and Jaylen Brown will likely lead a new-look Celtics squad that parted ways with multiple members of its 2024 championship roster. Jrue Holiday (trade), Kristaps Porzingis (trade), and Luke Kornet (free agency) will play for new teams in 2025-26, and free agent Al Horford will likely follow suit or retire. Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum could miss the entire season after rupturing his Achilles in the playoffs.

Even White and Brown haven’t been safe from trade rumors this summer with the Celtics shedding salary to get under the second apron of the luxury tax. Boston reportedly was open to trade offers for any player on its roster except Tatum, though both White and Brown would command a massive haul.

Nonetheless, they remain on the roster as the Celtics enter unfamiliar territory as underdogs in the Eastern Conference. Although White is sad to see his fellow NBA champions leave, he’s optimistic about what’s next for Boston.

He spoke about the transition during an exclusive interview with NBC Sports Boston’s Celtics insider Chris Forsberg.

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“It’s always tough to see guys leave, especially people that you won a championship with and had so many great battles with,” White said. “Obviously, seeing KP and Jrue get traded, it was tough to see. And then Luke (Kornet) signs somewhere else.

“Having a different team and having those guys leave is kind of difficult, but it’s part of the business and I’m confident the guys that we have coming in and the guys that we still have returning. So it’s gonna be a lot of fun, and it’s gonna be a different challenge, but I think that’s just the great thing about basketball.”

White also shared his reaction to being mentioned as a potential trade chip.

“I think every summer is pretty crazy, especially nowadays,” he said. “But I didn’t feel too worried about anything. My agent and Brad had been talking and all the other rumors and stuff, I wasn’t really too worried about.

“I mean, I feel like it’s cool to be wanted by other teams, but I wanted to stay in Boston, and I was glad they wanted to keep me.”

White also shared his perspective on the Celtics’ retooled roster, playing with a chip on his shoulder, talking with Jayson Tatum amid his recovery and more. Check out the full episode here or on YouTube.

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Panthers preparing for another summer with Stanley Cup

The Stanley Cup will soon be making its way back south of the border.

When it returns, there will be some slight differences.

For the third summer in a row, the winners of the Stanley Cup will be able to enjoy their hard-earned personal time with the historic trophy while seeing their names engraved into the silver.

It’s a tradition that started back in 2023.

That year, before the Vegas Golden Knights had their time with the Stanley Cup, it was brought up to Montreal where the special engraving is done.

Last July it was the same for the Florida Panthers.

One very cool visual reminder of what that could mean to all the Panthers – everyone whose name is on the cup – played out on the ice a few weeks ago, after Game 6 against the Edmonton Oilers.

After they had been awarded the Cup and taken their time skating around the Amerant Bank Arena ice with it, a few players huddled around the cup.

They began pointing to their names, which for most of the team had been added last year, or in the case of Brad Marchand, 14 years prior.

But for the first-time winners, nothing will prepare them for the feeling of seeing their name on the Cup.

Florida’s leadership, consisting of Panthers captain Sasha Barkov, Matthew Tkachuk and other veterans, wanted to make sure the players who had never won the cup were the ones who got to lift it on the ice first.

It went from Barkov to Nate Schmidt to Seth Jones to Tomas Nosek to Vitek Vanecek, to A.J. Greer to Jesper Boqvist to Mackie Samoskevich to Uvis Balinskis to Jaycob Megna to Evan Cormier.

The exceptional and heartwarming moments should start coming in fast and furious once the Stanley Cup starts making its way around the world with all of Florida’s players, coaches and executives.

What are some of your favorite moments from last summer, when the Panthers each received a day with the Stanley Cup to do whatever they wanted?

Leave them in the comments section below!

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Photo caption: Jun 22, 2025; Fort Lauderdale, Florida, UNITED STATES; Florida Panthers center Brad Marchand (63) celebrates with the Stanley Cup during the Stanley Cup championship parade and rally. (Sam Navarro-Imagn Images)