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The New York Rangers acquired winger Vladimir Tarasenko and defender Niko Mikkola from the St. Louis Blues on Thursday in exchange for a conditional first-round selection pick in 2023, a conditional fourth-round draft pick in 2024, forward Sammy Blais, and prospect Hunter Skinner. Tarasenko has 10 goals and 29 points in 38 games this season with the Blues. After being picked 16th overall in 2010, the 31-year-old winger has spent his entire career with the Blues, helping the team win its lone Stanley Cup in 2019. Tarasenko, once regarded as one of the NHL's top offensive players, has been limited by three shoulder operations in the last 28 months, but he is on the mend. Tarasenko will still provide value to the Rangers' top-six, boosting a club that is hoping to make a run at the Cup after reaching the Eastern Conference final last year. Tarasenko could benefit from a change of scenery. Despite his continued top-six scoring, the Blues only controlled 45 percent of the predicted goals at 5-on-5 when he was on the ice. Tarasenko should thrive with the Rangers with better linemates and leadership. New York has failed to establish consistent line combinations this season, but Tarasenko could be paired with Artemi Panarin and Mika Zibanejad to form a unit with three dangerous scoring talents with high-end speed, puck abilities, and playmaking ability. Although the Rangers have struggled to score goals at times, they now have three scoring lines that can be used successfully in what should be an ongoing arms race at the top of the Metropolitan Division. Tarasenko is set to become an unrestricted free agent at the conclusion of the season, but the Rangers will almost surely want to work out a long-term agreement that works for both parties. Winning is the best medicine, and if Tarasenko can help the Rangers win their first Stanley Cup since 1994, we can only think he'll want to stay in the spotlight at Madison Square Garden for the long future. Tarasenko was chosen to his fourth All-Star game this season, representing the Blues.
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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