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Owen Power is cruising out of the gate
Since 2010, only three rookies have averaged 23-plus minutes per game: Jonas Brodin, Miro Heiskanen and Moritz Seider. It's early, but Owen Power is trying to be the fourth. He's already playing over 23 minutes per game and it’s hard to see him slowing down. Amazingly, he’s really doing it as a 5v5 force. Power is on the second power play unit and averages just 46 seconds per game on the penalty kill. If anything, that second number could increase and result in even more ice time. His most common 5v5 defense partner is Kale Clague and they have dominated with over 65 percent of the shot attempts when they are together. Power is largely playing against first and second lines — you pretty well have to when you play that much — and has even chipped in seven points in 13 games along the way. Power is an effortless skater, moving around the rink and using his 6-foot-6 frame to cover the ice and dictate play. You constantly have to remind yourself he’s that big because players that big at just 19 are not supposed to be that coordinated. What happens when his body fills out? Yikes. That is butter smooth. Buffalo had to wait a year but they got a good one first overall.
This is the Brandon Hagel the Lightning paid for
Last season the Tampa Bay Lightning paid an eye-popping premium for Brandon Hagel, who is a good forward that can put the puck in the net. Along with two fourth-round picks, the Lightning acquired Hagel for Taylor Raddysh, Boris Katchouk, a third-rounder in the 2023 draft and a first-round pick in 2024. He was in the midst of a career-high 21-goal season when he was traded - he had never even scored in double digits before then, though he was only 23 at the time. But the player wasn’t the only thing the Lightning were acquiring. It was the cap hit, as most know.
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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