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Meanwhile, 2024 fourth-round pick Victor Johansson will represent Team Sweden as both teams look to compete for a medal. Team Canada is looking to rebound after two disappointing showings at the tournament back-to-back in 2024 and 2025, going without a medal two years in a row for the first time since 2013/2014, meanwhile Team Sweden find themselves in a similar spot after finishing fourth last season.

On the day after Christmas, the Toronto Maple Leafs have hired their replacement for the recently fired assistant coach Marc Savard and it's someone that was already in the organization. Announced by the team on Friday morning, the Maple Leafs have hired Steve Sullivan to fill the hole that Savard left on the bench. There has been no clarification if he will handle the power play like Savard did, or other assistant coach Derek LaLonde will remain in that role for the man advantage.

Toronto police are investigating after Jewish prayer scrolls were removed from three condos in North York on Thursday. The scrolls, called mezuzahs, contain religious texts and are often placed on the doorposts of homes as a symbol of the Jewish faith. Just before 12:30 p.m. on Christmas day, three mezuzahs were taken from three units near Finch Avenue E. and Bayview Avenue, according to a statement from Ashley Visser, spokesperson for Toronto Police Service (TPS). Officers are investigating and the hate crime unit has been notified, Visser said in the statement.

That means the Jays won't select until pick #39, coming after the Prospect Promotion Incentive picks (#26 through #28) and Competitive Balance Round A (#29 through #37). Toronto will also not pick in Round 2 as compensation for signing Dylan Cease, who declined the Padres' Qualifying Offer this winter. This means that Pick #39 will be pretty important for the Jays, as they currently hold just 19 picks in the upcoming draft and could lose another if they sign Kyle Tucker this offseason.

The federal agency says 23 people in seven provinces got sick with the bacterial illness after eating or handling certain flavours of the frozen snack between early October and late November. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency recalled several pepperoni and bacon Pizza Pops on Sunday due to an E. coli contamination that is under investigation. The outbreak has now reached Alberta, Ontario, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador.

But aside from a hip injury in 2021, Kirk has been healthy throughout his career. Their backup catcher, Tyler Heineman, also had a short stint on the injured list because of a concussion. His numbers dipped once reaching the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons, slashing just .207/.295/.370 with three home runs in 105 plate appearances, but Valenzuela is better known for his defence, throwing out just over a third of would-be stealers last season.

The No-Movement Clause will come into play, so you have to do this together. It's not just your decision to do you, you have to go up to Auston and say 'You know, it's been a rough year and a half now'. Two years when you factor in what happened last year the injury, or the trip to Germany or whatever, it's been a tough two years.

One person is dead after a shooting in Scarborough, Toronto police say. Police say in a post on X, formerly Twitter, that a person was found with a gunshot wound just after 3:30 p.m. at Highland Creek Trail and Old Kingston Road, near the University of Toronto Scarborough campus (UTSC). UTSC has issued a safety alert advising anyone in a building to stay inside and anyone outdoors to leave the area. The homicide unit has been notified, police say.

#BlueJays have signed 1B/OF Jorge Burgos to a minor-league deal, per the transaction log. The 23 y/o played 98 games at AA last season, slashing .206/.295/.386 with 14 HR, 73 RBI & 101 wRC+. Current Cleveland #Guardians minor league players who are now free agents for the 2026 season. INF Christian Cairo INF Yordys Valdes 1B/OF Jorge Burgos RHP Trey Benton RHP Bradley Hanner RHP Allan Hernandez RHP Carlos Hernandez RHP Triston Mckenzie LHP Parker Mushinski RHP

Matias Maccelli suited up for the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday for the first time in nine games. With the team searching for a spark, the Leafs inserted Maccelli into the lineup in hopes that a change could generate some offence. Acquired by Brad Treliving in the offseason from the Utah Mammoth, Maccelli's first season in Toronto has been underwhelming so far.

A player selected in the Rule 5 draft must spend the entirety of the season on the 26-man roster, or else he has to be offered back to his former team (in this case, the San Francisco Giants and Boston Red Sox respectively). Now, I'm no mathematician, but the math isn't adding up. With six or seven spots locked down between Eric Lauer, José Berríos, Jeff Hoffman, Tyler Rogers, Yimi García, Louis Varland, Braydon Fisher, and Brendon Little, one of these two players will likely return to their original team, if not both.

The victim was brought to the hospital in life-threatening condition and his condition is still serious but is no longer life-threatening, according to Insp. Jonathan Rose. The preliminary information we have is that this was a targeted event, Rose told reporters at a news conference later Monday morning. Rose said there is no threat to public safety at this time. However, Rose said he understands locals will be concerned about the violence.

Donovan won't fill the power void, but an Anthony Santander bounce-back could be the answer to increasing power production. Over Donovan's four-year career, he's hit 40 home runs and knocked in 202 runs. Donovan has averaged a .772 OPS, a 0.67 walk-to-strikeout ratio, and his lowest wRC+ is 115. The 28-year-old has been great at getting on base and has been relatively healthy, playing in at least 115 games in three of his four big league seasons.

Thankfully the emergence of Daulton Varsho as an elite defensive centre fielder and a power bat has temporarily put to rest the yearly referendum on whether trading for him made sense. On December 23, 2022, the Blue Jays pulled off a surprise move by dealing outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and catching prospect Gabriel Moreno for Varsho. This transaction was the first of many in an organizational shift towards acquiring or signing defensive-minded players in the vein of promoting run prevention over run creation.

After two straight games where the Caps gave up the first goal - and proceeded to lose by a large margin - it seemed important for them to get off to a stronger start last night against the visiting Leafs. Thanks to Justin Sourdif and Aliaksei Protas, they did just that, getting the Caps on the board with the eventual game-winning goal just a little over 14 minutes into the first period.

The Welland Hospital and schools in the area are in lockdown as Niagara police say they're investigating reports of a shooting. There's a heavy police presence on Second Street between Plymouth Road and Lincoln Street in Welland, say police. Residents are asked to shelter in place or avoid the area as of Friday morning "while our officers work to make the area safe," police said in a news release.

On this date last year, Major League Baseball teams had spent around $2.1 billion on free agents. So far this year, that number is shy of $1.4 billion. And as big as that difference seems, it's impossible not to notice the gap between the two numbers shares the same first digit as Juan Soto's $765 million megadeal with the New York Mets signed last December.