Three separate elements from Yariel Rodriguez’s fourth big-league start are of note for the Toronto Blue Jays as the Cuban right-hander continues his acclamation to the rotation.

If it seems unfair to ask Connor Hellebuyck to be perfect in order to keep the Winnipeg Jets’ season alive on Tuesday, that’s because it is.

Brandon Barriera, the Toronto Blue Jays’ first-round pick in 2022, underwent a hybrid ligament-replacement and internal-brace surgery on his left elbow Monday morning, a procedure that typically comes with a 12 to 18 month recovery period.

In the fall of 2008, Schenn — now the Predators’ senior defenceman at age 34 — was an 18-year-old rookie with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Their player development coach was Jim Hughes, whose eldest sons, Quinn and Jack, were rink rats and got to know many of the Toronto players.

It’s not even May and already you get the sense some are keeping an eye what Toronto Blue Jays prospect Orelvis Martinez is doing at triple-A Buffalo. But it's time to slow the roll on thoughts of a call-up, writes Jeff Blair.

The Oilers would never win it all until they ceased being that team that only won games that Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl won for them. On Sunday, it was Stuart Skinner and Vincent Desharnais who were the leading men in Hollywood, and helped the Oilers take a stranglehold on this series.