Next year, Brian Daboll and Robert Saleh will be measured against what these teams mightve looked like if someone else were running beside them.

Friday night marks the third meeting in a season series thats been split between the Central Division foes.

The Yankees deal Thursday night for consistent veteran right-hander Marcus Stroman came as quite a surprise considering the uneasy history of the parties. But it made some sense when you realize how many of the Yankees recent efforts for even bigger pitching stars failed and how badly their viable rotation options dwindled.

Post sports gambling editor/producer Erich Richter is in his first season in the Bettors Guide.

When Thelma Krause was introduced many in the crowd booed her. They jeered her, an 80-year-old widow who was flanked by her grandchildren.

This isnt new for this club that has been on kind of a binge and purge tear that began with the defeat in Ottawa that at the time was a shocker.

The operative stat in the 3-1 loss to the Predators: three high-danger chances allowed at five-on-five, the fewest of the season for the Islanders.

Tyler Pitlick was scratched for a second straight game and may be facing a difficult road ahead to get back into the Rangers lineup.

The appreciative cheers for RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley turned into MVP chants for Jalen Brunson as the Knicks beat up the Raptors, 126-100.