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The NHL's department of player safety penalized Maple Leafs forward Michael Bunting for three games Wednesday for an illegal hit to the head on Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Erik Cernak.
When asked about the hit following Tuesday's Game 1, Lightning head coach Jon Cooper declined to make a formal remark, saying that the department of player safety may investigate, which is precisely what transpired.
"I'm not sure. "I'll give you the company line, 'The league will look at that,' but it seems to check a lot of boxes for me," Cooper said. After the game, Toronto's bench boss shared his own take on the hit.
"Bunting, to me, is attempting to win the line and position himself to win a race for the puck." It got away from him, and their guy was caught off guard," Sheldon Keefe explained.
Bunting, who is set to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season, topped the NHL in 5-on-5 penalties drawn during the regular season with 41.
In Game 1, Toronto was defeated 7-3 by Tampa Bay. After Bunting was ejected, Calle Jarnkrok took his place on a line with Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner, and it appears the Swedish winger will skate alongside the Leafs' top two stars once again in Game 2, and likely for the foreseeable future, as Toronto tries to claw its way back into the series after a devastating series-opening loss.
It also looks like rookie forward Matthew Knies, who signed an entry-level contract with Toronto late in the regular season and has one assist in three games, will be drafted into the lineup for his first taste of Stanley Cup playoff action. The second game is scheduled for Thursday night at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.
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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