Brendan’s Sports Shorts; Thursday, July 2nd

NHL

Day 1 of NHL’s free agent frenzy began on Wednesday with several signings and trades.

A full list of signings can be found here.

Darnell Nurse is done in Alberta’s capital.

Edmonton traded the blueliner to the San Jose Sharks for fellow blueliners Shakir Mukhamadullin and Zack Sharp.

The Oilers then made a bigger splash, signing 36-year-old goaltender Frederik Andersen to a one-year, $2.8 million deal.

Andersen had a 16-14-5 record with a 3.05 goals-against average and an .874 save percentage for the Stanley Cup-champion Carolina Hurricanes.

NBA:

Jaylen Brown has a new home.

The Boston Celtics are reportedly dealing the star player to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for Paul George, two first round picks and two second round picks.

Brown leaves Beantown as a five-time All-Star as well as the 2024 Eastern Conference finals and NBA Finals MVP in helping Boston win its 18th championship.

MLB:

Toronto Blue Jays 9 New York Mets 3

Soccer: (World Cup)  3 Wednesday games in the knockout stage

England  2  Congo DR  1
Belguim  3  Senegal 2
United States 2  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0

There are three elimination games today (Thursday) at the World Cup: Spain against Austria (Noon PT), Portugal vs. Croatia (4:00) and Switzerland against Algeria (8:00).

Canada will play Morocco in the round of 16 Saturday (10 a.m. PT in Houston).

CFL:

Week 5 of the CFL season starts Thursday night (6:00 PT) with (2-1) Toronto at (1-2) Calgary.

The (0-3) B.C. Lions host the (3-0) Edmonton Elks Saturday at 4 PM in Kelowna.