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21 hours ago | sportsnet.ca | Eric Francis

CALGARY — Asked what tops his wish list this summer, Craig Conroy didn’t hesitate. “The right centre would be on the bucket list, for sure,” said the Calgary Flames general manager, whose organization lacks righties and centres more than anything “At the pro scouting meetings in May I’ll challenge them to kind of target people that would be here long term, that can be a difference-maker for us.

1 day ago | sportsnet.ca | Emily Sadler

Draft day is here, and so is the drama. Or, at least we’ve come to expect a little drama, anyway. This year brings the first time that all 32 teams enter draft day holding their own first-round pick. That could change in the hours leading up to the main event, of course, but the fact that everyone has a say in Round 1 is fitting for a draft class that has garnered a wide array of differing opinions. If you’re looking for an early run on quarterbacks, you probably won’t find it Thursday night.

1 day ago | sportsnet.ca | Kristina Rutherford

Gabriel Landeskog is back, but the Colorado captain’s long-awaited homecoming was spoiled by the Dallas Stars, who earned their second straight overtime win to take a 2-1 series lead. In his first game in nearly three years, Landeskog was greeted by a home crowd at Ball Arena that roared in appreciation for the player who’d fought through multiple surgeries and setbacks to earn his way back onto the ice.

1 day ago | sportsnet.ca | Mark Spector

LOS ANGELES — In Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final last year, Evander Kane went minus-3 with no points or shots on net. That was it. A player whose core injury would not even allow him to sit on the bench between shifts — he would routinely stand at the end of the bench throughout last spring’s playoff run — Kane’s ability to play hurt and still help the team had expired. That was June 10.

1 day ago | sportsnet.ca | E. Spencer Kyte

Fight cancellations and short-notice replacement bouts are a common-yet-challenging aspects of mixed martial arts, and they get more difficult and worrisome the further up the card they take place. An early preliminary card bout getting scrapped or an opponent being switched out usually isn’t going to ruffle too many feathers, but when it comes to main card contests and headline acts, all bets are off.