By: Eric Duhatschek, Hailey Salvian, Max Bultman and Lukas Weese

On Tuesday, the Hockey Hall of Fame revealed the newest members that will be enshrined among the sport’s legends. Pavel Datsyuk, Shea Weber, Jeremy Roenick, Krissy Wendell-Pohl, Natalie Darwitz, Colin Campbell and David Poile make up the 2024 class to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame this November.

Of the seven names, five were players and two were builders. It is the first time since 2010 that two women are being inducted into the same Hockey Hall of Fame class.

Datsyuk played 14 NHL seasons, all with the Detroit Red Wings. During his career, he recorded 314 goals and 604 assists. Nicknamed the “Magic Man,” Datsyuk will be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.

Shea Weber played 16 years in the NHL, 11 with the Nashville Predators and five with the Montreal Canadiens. Playing 1,038 career games, Weber tallied 224 goals and 365 assists. Weber, a two-time first-team All-Star, won two Olympic gold medals with Team Canada in 2010 and 2014 along with world championship gold in 2007.

Jeremy Roenick played for 20 seasons in the NHL and was a member of five different teams. Drafted No. 8 in 1988, Roenick began his career with the Chicago Blackhawks (1988 to 1996), before…

Alex DeBrincat had been having a “chill day” at home with his wife and one-year-old son Sunday when the call finally came.

For weeks, the possibilities of a trade to his native Detroit had been speculated freely. DeBrincat had even discussed the subject over golf with Dylan Larkin recently. Now, it was real. DeBrincat would be a Red Wing, joining the team he grew up watching, as a much-welcomed — and much-anticipated — scorer, on a new four-year contract.

“It kind of came together pretty quick,” DeBrincat said via Zoom Monday morning, already in Metro Detroit. “So it was very exciting.”

Exciting for DeBrincat and his wife Lyndsey (also from Southeast Michigan), certainly, and as DeBrincat pointed out, “I don’t think anyone’s happier than my parents.”

But also exciting for the Red Wings. Monday morning, Steve Yzerman was walking through Little Caesars Arena when he ran into veteran defenseman Ben Chiarot in the hallway. The enthusiasm was there, too.

“He’s excited that we brought not only Alex but other players in, because they want to be as competitive as they possibly can be,” Yzerman said. “So I think the guys will feel good that we’ve added NHL quality players to the roster and we hope to be more competitive, and the players will feed off of…

If you have questions about the future of your team’s live games on your local cable, satellite or digital provider, particularly those on Bally Sports channels, we’re here to answer with what we know so far.

Diamond Sports Group, the Baltimore-based corporate parent of the 19 Bally Sports channels that air 47 NBA, MLB, NHL and WNBA teams, announced Feb. 15 that it would skip a $140 million debt payment due that day and use the month-long grace period as part of its effort to financially reorganize itself.

Many observers interpret the move as a precursor to a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, though that is not a certainty. Diamond has $8 billion-plus of debt, incurred as part of parent Sinclair’s 2019 purchase of the regional sports channels, and lost $1.2 billion in the most recent fiscal quarter.

“Certainly more likely that they will file bankruptcy because they did not make the payment,” said Schuyler Carroll, a bankruptcy attorney who is not connected to Diamond. “But not necessarily that they will file bankruptcy. They are still continuing discussions with their creditors to try and avoid bankruptcy. But those can often be difficult.”

Diamond in a Feb. 15 statement said it “intends to use the 30-day grace period to continue progressing its ongoing…