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National reporter (NHL Draft/prospects) at @TheAthletic . Author of On The Clock: Behind the Scenes with the Toronto Maple Leafs at the NHL Draft, out now.
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The real scoring race:
Buffalo Sabres goals: 61
Connor McDavid points: 60
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50-year-old Jaromir Jagr scored a goal off a pass from 40-year-old Tomas Plekanec today, in the year 2023.
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So the Seattle Kraken already have their first W with these logos.
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The silence from the Blues is all the more deafening.
Nazem Kadri’s wife shares what their family has endured for the past 48 hours through the Jazzy Kadri Instagram account.
These racist attacks are sickening.
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Far as I’m concerned: Joe Veleno should be done for the Worlds.
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A free first question at Torts’ next media availability: “What was the difference between you threatening to bench players for kneeling during the national anthem, and Ivan Provorov being ‘true to himself’?”
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Tanner Jeannot, scratched by the Lightning on the night their season ended, was acquired for:
- 1st round pick (2025)
- 2nd round pick (2024)
- 3rd round pick (2023)
- 4th round pick (2023)
- 5th round pick (2023)
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This is unacceptable behaviour from Josh Holden, who twice grabs and yanks Tomas Jurco during the Spengler Cup.
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John Tavares is in Year 6 of 7 in his contract and has 360 points in 363 games while playing second-line mins and winning 56.9% of his draws. In his age 31-33 seasons, he has missed five games and the Leafs have 54.2 xGF% with him on the ice.
He lived up to his end of the deal.
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This was called a good goal this season. Sharing for no reason in particular.
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The Scheifele hit is gutless. Don’t let anyone off the hook with taking points about point of contact. It’s predatory and the only way it’s not suspendable is if the rules are broken. There’s no reason to deliver it. It’s a frustrated player trying to hurt someone. It’s bullshit.
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This might be worse than the phantom high stick and the missed too many men call. This is some clutch and grab era stuff.
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Connor Bedard’s return to the WHL tonight: 4G, 2A, 6PTS, 13SOG.
He now has 40 goals and 93 points in 36 games this season. The equivalent of a 91-goal, 212-point pace across 82 games.
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Several Providence Bruins, including John Farinacci and Fabian Lysell, wearing neck guards tonight.
Good for them. In the best interest of the players and leagues to move towards mandatory use. They’re pretty noninvasive nowadays, too.
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Gold medals the last six years:
🇫🇮: 🥇🥇🥇
🇨🇦: 🥇🥇
🇺🇸: 🥇
Finland is a hockey superpower, and quickly surpassing Russia. There’s a new hierarchy.
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Now the Leafs just need to trade for Ilya Kovalchuk so that they can run the first line that every kid in NHL 08 traded for in Be A GM mode.
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Hockey’s second-round seeds by conference:
East: 2, 5, 7, 8
West: 2 5, 6, 8
Basketball’s:
East: 1, 2, 3, 4
West: 1, 2, 3, 4
Spot the difference.
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*Turns the Michigan into a fake play*
“I’m not so sure it’s good for the game,” Torts says,“and I stand by that… It’s too showman.”
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Imagine if you’re a lifelong Leafs fan, you’ve saved up some money to go to your first game ever, you’re taking your wife or your kid, it has cost you a week’s salary, you drove a few hours, and that was the game they gave you.
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A 36-year-old Alex Ovechkin is tied for the NHL scoring lead with 53 points.
On pace for 114 points, which would be a career high.
Unbelievable.
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Tonight’s Calgary Hitmen game against Connor Bedard’s Regina Pats at the Saddledome is going to be a sellout. Capacity is 19,289.
Incredible.
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I’m told
#MNWild
prospect Marco Rossi has received the full green light to resume training and skating. Big news for him and his family after a long journey to this point.
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If I’m a teammate of Tyler Bertuzzi’s, I’m pissed. At him, for his selfishness regarding the success of the team and especially for the risk he’s taking with everyone’s health. At the Red Wings, for not taking a team-first stance in a sport that claims to be about those things.
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What JT Miller did today, in speaking out against the NHL’s plans for the Canucks, and in turn the Canucks’ plans for their players, takes a tremendous amount of courage.
That he was put in a position to feel the need to say it at all is an indictment on the league.
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Actually cannot believe we’re even talking about it as being a good call. That’s offside in any level of hockey.
Tyke. Peewee. Atom. Bantam. Midget. Beer league. Junior. And the NHL. It don’t matter. He’s carrying the puck across the line and it’s a foot offside.
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Hat-tricks by 16-year-old Canadians at the World Juniors.
Wayne Gretzky: Dec. 23, 1977
Wayne Gretzky: Dec. 25, 1977
Connor Bedard: Dec. 28, 2021
(Yes, Wayne Gretzky scored two hat-tricks, two days apart, at 16.)
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In case you need a good laugh: Connor Bedard is still technically eligible to play in the 2023, 2024 and 2025 World Juniors.
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Happy for the Sabres and the Kraken, two teams starting from scratch.
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This, from Evgeni Malkin, should absolutely warrant a suspension.
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Quebec City: "We’re a historic city with the second-newest NHL-sized arena in Canada, can we get… an NHL team?"
"No."
"OK, how about the 2022 Memorial Cup?"
"No."
"OK, so the 2023 World Juniors then?"
"No."
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I was curious, so I looked it up: Wayne Gretzky had 11 different point streaks of 18 games or longer, including… oh my.
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Honestly shocked that there’s a Panthers Conn Smythe debate happening.
Bobrovsky is going to save more goals above expected than any goalie since the tracking began. If he doesn’t win it, a goalie can’t win it. With all due respect to Tkachuk, it should be a landslide.
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Harry Styles is the best act going in popular music send tweet
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Connor Bedard has 39 points in his last 10 hockey games.
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Hot take: Keith Yandle is one of the worst defencemen in the NHL and if not for the ironman streak, would have been scratched a long time ago.
The Flyers have young D they need to get reps to down the stretch. Their development shouldn’t be sacrificed just to prolong his streak.
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Win or lose this game, Kyle Dubas and Sheldon Keefe should be in charge of the Leafs next season, and 34, 16 and 88 should all be the core.
That’s a hard thing to do, but it’s almost surely the right thing.
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Connor Bedard on comparisons to Connor McDavid:
“I mean I'm young and McDavid’s two points per game in the show.”
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Zach Benson, in 26 seconds. I tried to tell y’all.
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Here’s the logo for the Newfoundland Growlers, the anticipated future ECHL team of the Leafs.
It is magnificent.
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100 WHL games for Connor Bedard: 82 G, 95 A, 177 PTS, 539 SOG
All from age 15-17.
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I feel like we don’t talk enough about how Steven Stamkos once scored 60 goals at the age of 21.
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Connor McDavid‘s 82-game pace: 50 goals, 146 points.
Eight players in NHL history have done that, in years where the league’s average save percentages were in the .870s or .880s and 7-8 goals were scored per game.
He’s doing it in a .910 league where under 6 goals are scored.
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William Nylander is one of the best young hockey players on the planet. He posted two 61 point seasons on the only two full years of his ELC. He’s a worlds MVP. Nobody is trading him for Chris Tanev or your favourite team’s mediocre goddamn defenceman.
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How can the NHLPA be OK with this? They went to bat for the players who wanted to bow out, as you’d expect a union to. And now what for the many more who were eager to use things like the tape? And what about unionized members who are gay? What messages does this send to them?
The NHL has created its own 'Don't Say Gay' policy, with a ban on Pride Tape.
Disgraceful. Despicable. Outrageous. Petty.
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Is Alex Pietrangelo a HHOFer?
Two Stanley Cups. Olympic gold. World Cup gold. World Junior gold. Three-time Second Team All-Star. Should finish with 700-800 points.
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“According to McLean, one NHL team even phoned his office on Tuesday to place an order for an entire case of Pride Tape.”
"As players, we’re going to continue to offer support and be allies."
"You'll probably see me with the Pride tape on that night anyway."
The pushback on the NHL’s ban on Pride tape is already underway, writes
@ian_mendes
⤵️
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Some Canadian just won 20,000 Czech crowns (roughly $1200 Canadian) and the in-arena host asked him what he would do with it.
“DRINK MORE BEER.”
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Personally, I wouldn’t recommend healthy scratching your 20-year-old fifth-overall pick who was fifth on your team in scoring as a rookie as a strategy for a team that isn’t a contender.
#CBJ
Fs Kent Johnson and Liam Foudy, and D Adam Boqvist will be healthy scratches tonight in the season opener vs. Philadelphia
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@simmonssteve
The Leafs’ best player spoke candidly in a scrum. James transcribed it. It was already widely reported, clipped, and shared before and after James did. For you to respond like this and make it personal is unprofessional, Steve.
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Just today:
- Five positive tests with the Tampa Bay Lightning
- Eight positive tests with the Philadelphia Phillies
The sports world decided to play with fire. This is going to increasingly be the result.
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So Zach Hyman quietly donated $100K to SickKids yesterday.
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If you sucker punch a guy and he gets injured, that should be a suspendable play. No matter how the sucker punch “looked” on camera, it’s still a sucker punch and the result is still an injury.
DoPS’ job should be to deter that kind of play.
What are we doing here?
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The department off player safety has failed to meet its mandate to such a spectacular level, that they’ve actually CREATED six (decidedly not safe) fights in the opening minutes of a game through their neglect of it.
The league should be embarrassed.
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Sidney Crosby, at age 35, is on pace for 47 goals and 110 points. Each mark would be the second-most of his career.
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I spent parts of three months living the life of a third-rung pro hockey player in the ECHL.
This is the story of four of those days, and a road trip from hell in a league beyond understanding.
In one:
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Alexis Lafreniere is a literal bull. Dude just can’t be knocked off the puck.
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While everyone’s talking about Gaudreau and Columbus: Columbus is a lowkey great city. One of my favourites in the NHL. So underrated.
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“When I saw him I did the make it rain dance on him. Then I gave him a hug.” - Mitch Marner, on William Nylander.
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An urgent update on the scoring race: The Coyotes, with one goal tonight, have overtaken Connor McDavid in hockey’s biggest race.
Here’s where things stand:
Arizona Coyotes goals: 43
Connor McDavid points: 42
McDavid has one game in hand. All eyes are on him tomorrow night.
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Tim Stutzle says he already has a flight tonight to go to Ottawa. “I hope I can play in the NHL this season. That’s 100% my goal and I will work very hard for that.”
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Became a dad of two today (he and mum are doing great)! Just logging on here from the hospital to say that according to a source, Brandt Clarke is not being traded by the Kings.
Hope everyone’s enjoying the Super Bowl!
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The OHL has postponed two more IceDogs games to provide players with enough time to cope and access support resources. The right call.
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I still can’t believe this save from Mason McTavish. Should go down in history as one of the greatest plays in tournament history.
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Nazem Kadri has points in six straight, 13 in his last 10, and he consistently looks like a top top three forward on a top three team. Send tweet.
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Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl have 42 points in 11 games and their team is about to improve to a sterling 5-6 record on the season to show for it.
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Three coaches have been fired after losing to the Sabres, which is either a coincidence or says something about what teams think of the Sabres.
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Vacation boredom: My Team 🇨🇦 if the Olympics were held today.
Stamkos - McDavid - Marner
Marchand - Crosby - MacKinnon
Huberdeau - Tavares - Barzal
Point - Bergeron - Stone
Ex. Suzuki
Toews - Makar
Theodore - Pietrangelo
Morrissey - Hamilton
Ex. Ekblad
Kuemper
Jarry
Thompson
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It’s December and Tage Thompson is on pace for 126 points and 65 goals.
Seven-year deal at $7.1-million AAV kicks in next season…
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Non-zero chance Logan Cooley has already scored one of the five best goals of the year.
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My body, mind, and soul are ready for the NHL’s 12pm, 4pm and 8pm bubble game schedule. Give it to me. All of it.
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The tank for Bedard is going to be biblical. The lottery night pins and needles for each team's fans before the logo is revealed. The reaction after WHICHEVER team wins it. The actual selection. It's all going to be a spectacle.
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Jack Edwards has always been like this and I’ll never understand the people (including loads of non-Bruins fans and media) who’ve positioned him as some play-by-play god and man of the people. He’s just a jerk with a microphone. Good for Pat Maroon.
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At this point, the Leafs may finish third or fourth in a 31-team league and still play a team that is higher than them in the standings in the *first round*. It’s hard to imagine a grinding 82-game season being devalued more.
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The four greatest CHL draft year seasons in modern history:
Points per game:
1. Sidney Crosby: 2.71
2. Connor Bedard: 2.58
3. Connor McDavid: 2.55
4. Patrick Kane: 2.50
Goals per game:
1. Connor Bedard: 1.26
2. Patrick Kane: 1.07
3. Sidney Crosby: 1.06
4. Connor McDavid: 0.94
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2024 NHL prospect pool rankings: No. 32 New York Islanders
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I’ve never raced to transcribe a presser moment quite like the one Sea Dogs head coach Gardiner MacDougall just had here.
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Marie-Philip Poulin:
U18s: 10GP, 26PTS
World Championships: 44GP, 55PTS
Olympics: 22GP, 35PTS
Total: 76GP, 116PTS
A national treasure, and now a 3x Olympic champion.
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If Rocky Wirtz is saying all of this out loud, in the most public of public forums, ask yourself what is he saying and doing behind closed doors?
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The groups for the 2025
#WorldJuniors
in Ottawa:
Group A (Canadian Tire Centre):
1. 🇺🇸
4. 🇫🇮
5. 🇨🇦
8. 🇱🇻
9. 🇩🇪
Group B (TD Place):
2. 🇸🇪
3. 🇨🇿
6. 🇸🇰
7. 🇨🇭
10. 🇰🇿
Bring on Canada-USA on New Year’s Eve.
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Zero experience. Huge introduction. And Jake Allen has been great in his first two nights on the panel.
NHL goaltender Jake Allen (
@34jallen
) breaks down Adam Lowry's goal and how players in today's game are aiming for a goalie's "triangle". 📐
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I’m not there but sounds like Adam Fantilli has, uh, done some damage at Blue Jackets development camp.
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Steve Yzerman and Joe Sakic going from being two of the best players of one era to two of the best general managers of the next seems kind of unfair.
Is it possible to go into the Hall of Fame twice?
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Saw Harry Styles with the fiancée last night. He was very, very good. Dude is talented, has stage presence. The screaming was a lot though.
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“I’m shocked he’s not drafted.” - Connor Bedard on Thomas Milic
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Jason Spezza has 40 points in 81 career games with the Leafs.
His average ice-ice time during those 81 games is 10:43.
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After my own video review, I think we’ve got:
Matthew: Sanderson, you're dead. You're dead.
Brady: No. Nope. Then Barky. Barky.
Matthew: Dead.
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In Kyle Dubas' five seasons as Leafs GM, they averaged 106 points.
Before he took over, their points record was 105.
He was the AGM of that team, too.
An unprecedented run of regular season success that he deserves a ton of credit for, even if he didn't finish the job.
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I could’t disagree in stronger terms.
Switzerland, Denmark, Austria, Latvia and Belarus, the five countries that typically make up those “two teams too many” have produced 120 NHL players.
Germany, once one of those, has now produced 42 thanks in large part to its U20 program.
"I'm not sure that game does either team any good in terms of getting better. I don't think either team learned a whole lot." Bingo, Dave Cameron. WJC has at least two teams too many. And countries like Austria learn nothing, nor does it get better, by getting its butt kicked.
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“I don’t think I’ll be getting 2,800 points in the NHL.” - Connor Bedard on hearing his name alongside Wayne Gretzky’s.
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Has Sidney Crosby flown under the radar? Through all the talk about McDavid and Draisaitl, and Matthews and Marner, and Barkov and Hubeardeau, and MacKinnon and Rantanen, and Kane, and OV’s resurgence, there’s Sid playing at a 96-point pace and eighth in the league in scoring.
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Just wanted to say I see all of you demanding more coverage of the Blackhawks story, and you’re doing the right thing by asking better of us.
Keeping your job (or its prospects open, or your sources, or your friends in journalism) should not matter more than doing your job.
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What happens when a junior hockey team moves 25 players into its arena for the season?
My look inside the suite life of the Red Deer Rebels:
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The Rangers, February of 2018: Announce long, painful rebuild.
The Rangers, July of 2019: Sign Panarin, acquire Trouba, draft Kakko.
That’s how you do it.
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It is hard to have a worse first game with a new team than Seth Jones’ tonight. He honestly looks like a liability. Dude’s eight-year, $9.5M AAV deal doesn’t even kick in until *next* season.
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