Stone-cold bummer: Streaking Knights lose star

Often criticized commissioner Gary Bettman flipped the script and came up with a sensible return to action plan for hockey. NBA, MLB and others should take notes.

Oak View Group CEO Tim Leiweke appears to be on a mission to bring another professional sports franchise to Seattle. There’s a certain recklessness to the way Tim Leiweke issues his promises. In his two-and-a-half year run as president of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, and when the imported executive got going on the microphone, cocksure claims about the future successes of the teams that fell under his jurisdiction were free-flowing.

Although Sidney Crosby is out indefinitely with a concussion, the Penguins still have plenty of firepower