The 19-year-old defenseman has 11 assists this season. The Blackhawks will loan defenseman Henri Jokiharju to Finland’s national junior team for the upcoming World Junior Championship, the team announced Tuesday. The 19-year-old Jokiharju will miss at least four games as the tournament runs from Dec. 26 to Jan. 5 in Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia. Dec. 27: vs. Wild Dec. 29: at Colorado Jan. 1: vs. Bruins (Winter Classic) Jan. 3: at Islanders Jokiharju has no goals and 11 assists in 32 games during his rookie season with Chicago. Finland was third in Group A during the...

Despite a ton of injuries, the Packers defense has improved in 2018 With the Green Bay Packers officially eliminated from playoff contention, the offseason starts now despite two games remaining on the schedule. Priority one for the Packers will be finding a new head coach. The widely held assumption is that the team is in the market for an offensive-minded head coach to help Aaron Rodgers and company get out of the doldrums. If this is indeed the path Green Bay goes down, the next coach should almost immediately offer to retain defensive coordinator Mike Pettine. Despite suffering a ton of...

The impending return of DeMarcus Cousins has been long awaited, as the Golden State Warriors have battled their share of injuries early on this season, waiting until he’s able to take the floor again. Head coach Steve Kerr has grown tired of the incessant questions about his potential return after the big man was assigned […] The post Steve Kerr insists DeMarcus Cousins isn’t that close to a return appeared first on ClutchPoints.

even with a more full rotation, the offense in particular has plummeted Reportedly mandated by management to come in with an approach that ran opposite to those instilled by Fred Hoiberg, things were always going to change under Jim Boylen. And Boylen’s ‘new’ ideas of what the Bulls should be have drastically changed the identity of the team. But after seven games on the job, the results have not been good. The offense is somehow failing even further Since Boylen has taken over as coach, the Bulls have dropped in almost all notable advanced metrics. Though the offense...

Across all levels of sport, there are fans who think they know what’s best for their respective teams. In the old days, these fans were forced to express their opinions within their personal circles. Or, if they were adamant, they might have received a few minutes of air time on their local radio show. Nowadays, […] The post Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell calls out the ‘Twitter GM’s and Twitter coaches’ appeared first on ClutchPoints.

While Nick Foles is trying to lead the Philadelphia Eagles to a playoff berth, coach Doug Pederson is still thinking about Carson Wentz who has been sidelined because of his back injury. As Foles received all the praise last year for leading the Eagles to the Super Bowl, Wentz had to wonder what it would […] The post Eagles’ Doug Pederson says it’s ‘tough’ for Carson Wentz to not play appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The New England Patriots lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday because, frankly, they played like crap. There are many... Read More »

President Donald Trump's former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn arrives at federal court in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Frustration from Matt Patricia, Darius Slay merchandise, Rashan Gary and more. In a stat that will surprise absolutely no one, the Detroit Lions’ offense is among those that throw short passes more often than anyone else. Our friends over at NFL Matchup—one of the few NFL preview shows worth actually watching—dropped this statistic on Tuesday morning: Frustrated by tons of short passes from your team's offense? (Hi, angry #Vikings fans...)Here are the teams with the most/fewest SHORT PASSES this year.#Skol #HereWeGo #OnePride #Colts #RaiderNation #BroncosCountry #GiantsPride...

A quick review of the right field position down on the Astros farm. Now that the season is over we will review each position in the minor league system. This week we move on to the right field position. For these list I am using the position the player played most in 2018. Here are the previous position reviews: Catcher First Base Second Base Third Base Shortstop Left Field Center Field TOP PERFORMERS Kyle Tucker Tucker came into the season as the Astros top position player prospect and the #15 prospect in all of baseball by Baseball America. He did not disappoint in 2018. He started the...