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6 days ago | essentiallysports.com | Sagnik Bagchi |Sowmya Anantharaman

“There’s some DNA that has to change in our team,” Treliving said on Thursday during a 50-minute session with the media, as per Sportsnet. While that certainly reads like a loaded message, what would such a fundamental change in the current team look like? Well, a former Sportsnet panelist may have some idea of just how many changes the Maple Leafs might require. John Shannon, a Sports Emmy Award-winning analyst, had a chat about the Maple Leafs with The Fourth Period’s David Pagnotta.

6 days ago | essentiallysports.com | Sagnik Bagchi |Sowmya Anantharaman

“It’s a team effort every night … It’s just sticking to our system,” said Carter Verhaeghe after the Florida Panthers won their third consecutive conference final. While the Carolina Hurricanes did manage to avoid the sweep, their Stanley Cup dreams came to an end in Game 5. However, besides making it to the final as the defending champion, something bizarre involving Brad Marchand happened after the match that caught many people’s attention.

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“I really feel like this year I have two horses that could be in the top five, top 10,” Bob Baffert said before the Kentucky Derby. The legendary trainer’s three-year suspension had finally ended, and he was looking forward to making a grand comeback with not one but two horses: Rodriguez and Citizen Bull. Unfortunately for Baffert, Rodriguez sustained a bruise just days before the race, and since then, the 72-year-old has struggled to make his big comeback.

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“We were not ready,” said Mikko Rantanen after the Edmonton Oilers stunned them in the Western Conference Final. It was painful for the fans, considering just how great the Stars looked before the Oilers series. Their ‘new’ Finnish Mafia was at full strength, with Mikko Rantanen riding high on two back-to-back hat tricks against the Colorado Avalanche and Winnipeg Jets. Yet, in a do-or-die game, Peter DeBoer’s team collapsed within the opening 10 minutes.

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“Here we go again,” said Sportsnet’s Gene Principe while interviewing Leon Draisaitl after the Oilers beat the Dallas Stars in their second consecutive conference final clash. The win just confirmed what experts and fans had been anticipating: a rematch between the Oilers and the Florida Panthers. What few knew, however, was how a single interaction between Matthew Tkachuk and Connor McDavid from last year would turn prophetic. Yes. You read that right—last year.