The news is as bad as was anticipated from the moment Blake Wheeler was helped off the ice by his Rangers teammates.

Clay Holmes is entering his walk season and, to date, he says the Yankees have not initiated conversations about an extension.

Consider these two NHL futures bets coming out of the All-Star break.

Ryan Pulock chose his words carefully on Thursday night when asked, after a 4-0 loss to the Blues in St. Louis, if the Islanders are where they need to be mentally.

Yankees wunderkind Spencer Jones sent a long and loud message in his very first at-bat in big league camp, hitting a 470-foot homer off Tigers big league right-hander Morgan Englert at Joker Marchant Stadium.

Top free-agent pitcher Blake Snells camp and the Yankees are continuing to discuss potential scenarios they talked again Monday but so far its just talk without much progress.

The collection, which is being sold by Heritage Auctions, includes Mike Bossys 1980 and '81 championship rings along with a number of game-worn jerseys and pucks.

If were talking about wingspan, no team in hockey history has had a line with the combined wingspan of Edstrom, who stands 6-foot-7, and Rempe, who tops out at 6-8 and a half.

The Islanders have a tough matchup Monday night when they hit the road to face the Stars.