Julian McKenzie

1 day ago | nba.com | Julian McKenzie

Editor’s note: Read more NBA coverage from The Athletic here. The views on this page do not necessarily reflect the views of the NBA or its teams. ***MONTREAL — If you can believe it, there will be more Montrealers in this year’s NBA Finals than in this year’s Stanley Cup Final. The connections between the two players run far deeper than just being from the same home city.

1 day ago | nytimes.com | Julian McKenzie

MONTREAL - If you can believe it, there will be more Montrealers in this year's NBA Finals than in this year's Stanley Cup Final. The connections between the two players run far deeper than just being from the same home city. Bennedict Mathurin of the Indiana Pacers and Lu Dort of the Oklahoma City Thunder grew up minutes from each other in the Montreal-North borough. They played at nearby courts - and eventually for the same basketball programs. Both men are from Haitian families.

2 days ago | nytimes.com | Julian McKenzie

Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov has been named the recipient of the 2024-25 Ted Lindsay Award, given to the league's most outstanding player according to a vote of his peers in the National Hockey League Players' Association. By winning his second career Ted Lindsay, the 31-year-old Kucherov beat out a pair of teammates in fellow finalists Cale Makar and and Nathan MacKinnon of the Colorado Avalanche. MacKinnon was the winner of last year's award.

2 days ago | nytimes.com | Julian McKenzie

The dust has settled. Two teams remain. It's the same song and dance again. A rematch of last year's Cup Final featuring two juggernauts in Florida and Edmonton, proving to us that the regular season only matters so much. How to watch Florida Panthers at Edmonton OilersPanthers at Oilers Game 1Series odds: Oilers -125, Panthers +105The Edmonton Oilers are favored to win Game 1 and the series despite losing to the Panthers last year.

3 days ago | nytimes.com | Julian McKenzie

The Ottawa Senators accomplished their goal of making the playoffs this season. But those standards have already changed months ahead of the 2025-26 year. It wouldn't hurt for them to take a few cues from the two Stanley Cup finalists in the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers, who will meet again in a rematch of last year's final. So we put together a list of lessons the Senators could learn from watching both teams over the next few days.