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Colorado Avalanche superstar Nathan MacKinnon will miss approximately four weeks due to an upper-body injury, the team announced Tuesday.
MacKinnon departed the first period of Monday's defeat to the Philadelphia Flyers and did not return. When he got to the bench, he winced after taking a wrist shot and looked to favor his left side. He also seemed to be in pain after blocking a shot and was struck by Flyers forward Scott Laughton.
The loss of the perennial Hart Trophy contender is the latest setback for the defending Stanley Cup champions. Many Avalanche players are now on the shelf, including Gabriel Landeskog, Valeri Nichushkin, Evan Rodrigues, Bowen Byram, Josh Manson, and Artturi Lehkonen.
"The men will have to step up. It's going to be difficult "On Monday, Avalanche coach Jared Bednar stated. "You have to go out and play hard every night, no matter what cards you're given."
In 2022-23, MacKinnon has been his usual explosive self, with eight goals and a league-leading 26 assists in 23 games. Prior to the season, the 27-year-old agreed to an eight-year, $100.8 million contract deal.
With such a long list of injured players, the Avalanche are now fourth in the Central Division but hold the last playoff berth in the Western Conference.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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