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Boston Globe
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
NESN's homage to the 1975 World Series, which included a look at the epic Game 6, was a home run
It was right in this 50-something's wheelhouse, and according to Amy Johnson , NESN's coordinating producer who oversaw the project, the feedback has been positive. 'Especially from those that remember the '75 team, that generation,'' she said. The inspired broadcast included a vintage score bug and simple-text graphics of the time. Play-by-play voice Dave O'Brien and analyst Lou Merloni dressed in gaudy jackets and ties that looked as if they were lifted straight from Gene Rayburn's wardrobe on 'Match Game.' (Look it up, kids.) Advertisement NESN went with a retro look for its broadcast of Tuesday's Red Sox-Reds game. NESN Reporter Jahmai Webster — wearing a shirt that looked as if it came from an exhibit on Studio 54 — voiced over some immersive flashbacks, including a look back at the epic Game 6 and a tribute to Luis Tiant , who should have been in Cooperstown long ago. Former Sox pitcher Rick Wise was an insightful guest in the booth. A graphic featuring wood paneling — ubiquitous in homes and on cars in the '70s — was a particularly nice touch. Advertisement The only disappointment was out of NESN's and the Red Sox' control. Rain, which coincidentally wreaked havoc with the schedule in the '75 World Series, forced Tuesday's game to be halted in the third inning, thereby interrupting the plan for the third and fourth innings of the broadcast to be fully retro. Related : I asked Johnson if there was more the NESN team wanted to add to the broadcast but didn't quite get to — a perm for O'Brien, or something like that, perhaps. 'I think it was almost the opposite, where we added more as we went,' she said. 'It started very basic and very simple and then as we talked about it more and thought about it more, we added more to it. This was so much fun to do because it was such a great team effort from everyone at NESN to everyone in our crew at Fenway. The buy-in is what made it a lot of fun and I think it came across on the air and with everyone involved.' Johnson said the plans to go vintage for this series had been in the works since March, with the network's sizable content-planning department involved from the get-go. Her own preparation included watching broadcasts of '70s baseball games on YouTube to be able to capture just the right groovy vibe. 'On the in-game graphics alone, we've been working for over a month trying to get those just right to make sure they were readable, accurate, and that we had enough different versions to accurately cover two whole innings of baseball — which we thought we'd have, before the rain arrived — without leaving people kind of wanting more information. Related : Advertisement 'There are very few questions unanswered on a screen in a baseball game these days, so we were trying to kind of find that middle ground. It's been really nice to hear from people who said we got it right.' NESN has more special Red Sox broadcasts planned, which are probably necessary given the underachievement of the team so far this summer. This coming week, NESN will pay tribute to the Green Monster, with Monday's broadcast originating from the Monster Seats. That's worthwhile — it will give the broadcasters a chance to see the Sox from a different vantage point. But should the Red Sox continue their mediocre ways for the next few months, who would mind another broadcast or two that takes a look back? In throwing it back to 1975, NESN proved it can do nostalgia just right. Forsberg knows his stuff A few years back, a Celtics executive gave me his impromptu scouting reports on the media members who cover the team on a regular basis. The word on NBC Sports Boston's Chris Forsberg was one of respect for the effort he puts in to understand the financial aspect of the NBA. 'He really has a great grasp on the salary cap,' the executive said. That's always stuck in my mind, and it has been proven true time and again over the past few weeks as the Celtics have shed popular players because of the dreaded penalties for being over the second apron. Forsberg's insight has been a welcome contrast on NBC Sports Boston to Michael Felger's disingenuous, predictable, and misleading 'the owners are being cheap' narrative. Advertisement Chad Finn can be reached at
Miami Herald
01-07-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Panthers re-signing Nosek as they continue to bring back Cup championship roster
The Florida Panthers already signed their top three pending free agents in Sam Bennett, Aaron Ekblad and Brad Marchand. Why stop there? The Panthers are also re-signing fourth-line forward Tomas Nosek to a one-year deal, with reports Tuesday morning saying the deal is for the league minimum $775,000. Once the deal is official, the Panthers will have all 12 forwards from their Stanley Cup-clinching Game 6 against the Edmonton Oilers — plus reserves Jesper Boqvist and Mackie Samoskevich — under contract, plus five of their six defensemen from that game and starting goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky. For now, at least. The deals to bring back Bennett, Ekblad, Marchand and Nosek have the Panthers about $1 million over the salary cap before factoring in salaries for restricted free agents Samoskevich and goaltender Daniil Tarasov. Florida is able to be up to 10 percent above the $95.5 million cap during the offseason but need to be cap compliant by the start of the season. They can get there either by trading away players currently on the roster or by utilizing long-term injured reserve once the season begins. That's for another time. With Nosek, the Panthers bring back a steady fourth-line center who was instrumental on the team's penalty kill. Nosek only played in 59 regular season games for Florida last season, missing time early due to injury and then being a healthy scratch at points down the stretch after Florida acquired Marchand and Nico Sturm at the trade deadline. But he was pivotal during Florida's playoff run, with coach Paul Maurice crediting Nosek's line with A.J. Greer and Jonah Gadjovich on the wings as being the spark the team needed to win Game 3 of the second round against the Toronto Maple Leafs after the team dropped the first two games of that series. This story will be updated.
Yahoo
01-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
NHL free agents 2025: Ranking best players available
The biggest question as the NHL heads to free agency on July 1 is who will be left. Sam Bennett, the Conn Smythe Trophy winner as playoff MVP, was re-signed by the Florida Panthers before the NHL draft on an eight-year, $64 million deal. Toronto Maple Leafs center John Tavares also left money on the table with a four-year deal averaging $4.38 million per year. Ottawa Senators forward Claude Giroux and Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn each signed bonus-laden one-year deals to stay with their teams. Advertisement Matt Duchene is also back with the Stars, trade deadline acquisition Trent Frederic re-signed with the Edmonton Oilers for eight years, and Chicago Blackhawks leading goal scorer Ryan Donato is sticking around. Jonathan Toews already decided on the Winnipeg Jets for his NHL comeback. And now reports out of Canada say the Maple Leafs and Vegas Golden Knights are discussing the possibility of a sign-and-trade deal involving Toronto's Mitch Marner. If that happens, it would take the top free agent off the market. Panthers general manager Bill Zito is still hoping he can bring back Brad Marchand and Aaron Ekblad. Here are the NHL's top pending unrestricted free agents with the salary cap going up: 1. Forward Mitch Marner, Toronto Maple Leafs The team that signs him will get a prolific scorer. He had a career-best 102 points last season and three other 90-point seasons, all with Toronto. The postseason is another story. The Maple Leafs have been to the second round only twice during his nine years with the team. The Leafs aren't likely to want to lose him for nothing so look for them to trade his rights. 2. Forward Brad Marchand, Florida Panthers He was shockingly traded to the Panthers in March, then put together a playoff to remember with 10 goals. Six of those were in the Stanley Cup Final as he made some spectacular moves. Brad Marchand lifts the Stanley Cup after the Panthers' Game 6 victory against the Oilers. 3. Forward Nikolaj Ehlers, Winnipeg Jets The speedster is a consistent 20-goal scorer and could get more in a place that plays him more than 16 minutes a game. 4. Defenseman Aaron Ekblad, Florida Panthers Ekblad is the franchise's top-scoring defenseman after being drafted No. 1 overall in 2014. He led Panthers defensemen in playoff scoring despite missing four games with suspensions, including two at the tail end of a 20-game PED ban. He has expressed an interest in returning. 5. Forward Brock Boeser, Vancouver Canucks He was a 40-goal scorer in 2023-24. He, like the team, dropped off last season, but he still scored 25 goals, his sixth season of 20 or more. 6. Forward Mikael Granlund, Dallas Stars Granlund played well on Dallas' all-Finland line after arriving in a trade from the Sharks. He plays on the power play and penalty kill and had a hat trick in the second round. 7. Defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov, Los Angeles Kings The shutdown defenseman averaged more than 23 minutes a game, had a career-best plus-26 rating and scored 30 points (second best in career). 8. Forward Patrick Kane, Detroit Red Wings He's no longer the prolific scorer he was earlier in his career, but he has topped 20 goals in the two seasons since he returned from hip surgery. 9. Forward Pius Suter, Vancouver Canucks He'll draw interest after a 25-goal season, 10 more than his prior career best. 10. Defenseman Ivan Provorov, Columbus Blue Jackets He averages 23 minutes a game, kills penalties and gets power play time. Fellow Blue Jackets defenseman Dante Fabbro signed a four-year, $16.5 million deal on June 29. 11. Goaltender Jake Allen, New Jersey Devils There aren't a lot of free agent goalies out there. Allen had a steady 2.66 goals-against average and .906 save percentage in 29 starts while serving as Jacob Markstrom's backup. 12. Defenseman Nate Schmidt, Florida Panthers He had been bought out by the Winnipeg Jets and rejoined former coach Paul Maurice in Florida. He was a key contributor in the Panthers' run with three goals in their first two playoff games. 13. Forward Connor Brown, Edmonton Oilers He showed in Edmonton that he can move up and down the lineup. Teams will appreciate that type of versatility. 14. Forward Andrei Kuzmenko, Los Angeles Kings Kuzmenko bounced around a lot after scoring 39 goals in his first NHL season in 2022-23. He played for three teams this past season and finished strong with the Kings. 15. Defenseman Matt Grzelcyk, Pittsburgh Penguins He's coming off a career-best 39 assists and 40 points. 16. Forward Jonathan Drouin, Colorado Avalanche He had 93 points in his two seasons with Colorado, but missed nearly half the season in 2024-25 with injuries. 17. Defenseman Brent Burns, Carolina Hurricanes He's 40 and his scoring numbers have dropped, but he still can play a lot of minutes. He hasn't missed a game since the 2013-14 season. 18. Forward Corey Perry, Edmonton Oilers He's also 40 but still had 10 playoff goals this season. Even though he has come up short in five recent trips to the Stanley Cup Final, he does get to the championship round. He won in 2007. 19. Forward Evgenii Dadonov, Dallas Stars He scored 20 goals but had diminished ice time in the playoffs, including some scratches. 20. Forward Christian Dvorak, Montreal Canadiens He kills penalties, wins faceoffs and is usually good for double digits in goals. (This story has been updated with new information.) This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: NHL free agents rankings 2025: Best players available to sign
Yahoo
23-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Panthers crush Oilers in Game 6 to capture second consecutive Stanley Cup
Matthew Tkachuk, one of the faces of the Florida franchise, hoists the Stanley Cup in celebrations after the Panthers' Game 6 championship-clinching win over the Oilers (inset) on June 17, 2025. SUNRISE, Fla. — Stanley's stay in South Florida is getting extended. The Florida Panthers repeated as Stanley Cup champions by beating the Edmonton Oilers 5-1 in Game 6 of the final on Tuesday night, becoming the NHL's first back-to-back winners since Tampa Bay in 2020 and '21 and the third team to do it this century. Advertisement Sam Reinhart scored four goals, becoming just the sixth player in league history and first since Maurice Richard in 1957 to get that many in a game in the final. His third to complete the hat trick sent rats, along with hats, flying onto the ice. Matthew Tkachuk, one of the faces of the franchise, fittingly scored the Cup clincher. More rats were part of the victory celebration when the clock hit zeroes. Panthers players mobbed in the corner, while the Oilers watched in dismay. 'Good evening, South Florida,' Commissioner Gary Bettman said before presenting the trophy to captain Aleksander Barkov. 'It feels like we just did this.' Advertisement Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 28 of the 29 shots he faced, closing the door on a rematch with the same end result. The only goal came from fellow Russian Vasily Podkolzin in garbage time, long after the outcome was decided. Matthew Tkachuk, one of the faces of the Florida franchise, hoists the Stanley Cup in celebrations after the Panthers' Game 6 championship-clinching win over the Oilers on June 17, 2025. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect That was followed by chants of 'We want the Cup!' as time ticked down. The Panthers already had it. Now they get to keep it. 'This is as good as the first one,' Reinhart said. 'We learned some lessons. We stayed on the gas, foot on the pedal, and obviously the result speaks for itself.' Not long after the Lightning made three trips to the final in a row, Florida has done the same and now has the makings of a modern-day dynasty. Advertisement The Panthers have won 11 of 12 playoff series since Tkachuk arrived by trade and Paul Maurice took over as coach in the summer of 2022. Sam Reinhart (13) celebrates his goal as Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner looks on during the Panthers' Stanley Cup-clinching Game 6 victory. Jim Rassol-Imagn Images 'We've got to be a dynasty now,' Tkachuk said. 'Three years in a row finals, two championships. This is a special group.' The only time they have been on the wrong side of a handshake line was the final in Vegas in 2023, only after several key players were dealing with banged up and gutting through significant injuries. From the core of Tkachuk, Reinhart, Barkov and Sam Bennett on down the roster, they were much healthier this time around and were boosted by key trade deadline additions Brad Marchand and Seth Jones. Advertisement Bennett led all goal-scorers this postseason with 15, and Marchand had six in the final alone. The Panthers players hold up the Stanley Cup after their championship-clinching win over the Oilers in Game 6. AP Bennett won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP. Barkov handed the Cup to first-time champion Nate Schmidt, and all the others winning it for the first time got it soon after. 'It's amazing to be able to be here,' Schmidt said. 'I don't know whether to laugh or cry.' Getting depth contributions from throughout the lineup allowed them to overpower Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and the Oilers, who struggled with Florida's ferocious forecheck and switched goaltenders multiple times in the final. Stuart Skinner got the nod in Game 6 and was again done in by mistakes in front of him that ended with the puck in the net behind him and had his own blunder on Reinhart's second goal. Advertisement McDavid tried to take over but was again stymied by Barkov, Jones and Bobrovsky. He finished with seven points in his second career trip to the final, again denied his first title. Sam Reinhart (13) celebrates his goal during the second period of the Panthers' 5-1 Stanley Cup-clinching win over the Oilers in Game 6. AP 'We lost to a really good team,' McDavid said. 'Nobody quit, nobody threw the towel in, but they're a heck of a team. They're back-to-back Stanley Cup champions for a reason.' Canada's Stanley Cup drought reached 31 seasons and 32 years dating to Montreal in 1993. Teams in the U.S. Sun Belt have won it five of the past six times, four of them in Florida. This run through Tampa Bay in five, Toronto in seven, Carolina in five and Edmonton in six showed how clinical the Panthers have become under Maurice, who has coached more NHL games than everyone except Scotty Bowman and is now a two-time champion. Advertisement So is Marchand, who last hoisted the Cup in 2011 with the Boston Bruins. The 14-year gap is the third-longest in league history, just shy of 16 for Chris Chelios from 1986 to 2002 and 15 for Mark Recchi from '91 to '06. 'It's incredible,' Marchand said. 'It's a feeling you can't really describe. Seeing the family and everyone up there and everyone that supported me and helped me get to this point, words can't put this into reality how great it feels. Such an incredible group.'
Time of India
21-06-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
Matthew Tkachuk played through a torn adductor and hernia to win the Stanley Cup—now faces surgery decision
Photo byWhen the Florida Panthers clinched their second straight Stanley Cup on June 21 with a commanding 5-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers, few realized just how much pain one of their stars had endured to help bring the championship home. Matthew Tkachuk revealed after Game 6 that he had played through a torn adductor and a hernia for the entire 2025 postseason. The injury, which dates back to February, didn't stop him from tallying 23 points across 23 games. Now, as the celebrations cool off, Tkachuk faces an uncertain summer—one that may include surgery. The Panthers star revealed the full extent of his injury after Florida clinched back-to-back championships—his offseason now hinges on a 50-50 call about surgery Matthew Tkachuk first sustained the injury during the Four Nations Face-Off on February 17, when he was representing Team USA in a 3-1 win over Canada. It was the third period of that international showdown when things went wrong. Speaking to reporters after Saturday night's Stanley Cup clincher in Sunrise, Florida, the 27-year-old said, 'I feel good. Definitely way better after a win. Should be all good.' But the road back wasn't as straightforward. Following the injury, Tkachuk missed the final 25 games of the regular season. At the time, the Panthers only publicly described it as a groin issue. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Here's A List Of Cheapest Steel Suppliers (See The List) Steel Suppliers | search ads Search Now Undo On March 3, general manager Bill Zito told reporters, 'Matthew's going to be out for an extended period of time. We hope to get him back for the playoffs.' He returned just in time for the postseason, though his minutes were limited early on. In the first-round series against the Tampa Bay Lightning, Tkachuk was kept under 14 minutes of ice time in three of five games as he worked his way back into form. Despite the physical toll, Tkachuk delivered when it counted most—ending the playoffs with eight goals and 15 assists. His final goal came in the opening period of the championship-clinching Game 6 against the Oilers. Still, his offseason remains clouded with uncertainty. Speaking at the Panthers' post-game media availability on Saturday, Tkachuk shared, ' It's 50-50 right now if I'll need surgery ,' adding that he has more tests scheduled before a final decision is made. The recovery time for adductor surgery typically ranges from six to eight weeks. Florida Panthers' Stanley Cup repeat: Grit, pain, and legacy With the Panthers now cementing themselves as a modern-day dynasty—making the Stanley Cup Final three years in a row and winning it in back-to-back seasons—Tkachuk's toughness has become part of the team's larger legacy. His postseason resilience is a reminder of just how far players push their limits when the Cup is on the line. Whether or not he ends up undergoing surgery, Tkachuk's performance in the 2025 playoffs will be remembered as one of the grittiest of his career. Also Read: 'Get this shit the f**k off my Screen!': NHL fans rip Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's screen time during Stanley Cup final Follow all the live updates, scores, and highlights from the India vs England Test match here . Game On Season 1 kicks off with Sakshi Malik's inspiring story. Watch Episode 1 here
