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We are officially in the dog days of summer, NHL fans. Luckily, there was a trade of significance to discuss, free agents still on the board and restricted free agents figuring out their next steps. Let's dive in.
DeBrincat trade working wonders for the Blackhawks
Last summer, the rebuilding Chicago Blackhawks traded a then 24-year-old Alex DeBrincat for the seventh overall pick, the 39th overall pick and a third round pick in the 2024 draft. At the time, he was coming off a career-high 78-point season and scored 41 goals for the second time in his career, but had only a year remaining on his contract.
It seemed slightly counterintuitive at the time; a bad team trading a quality young player away for further futures. Why trade a good young player for a lottery ticket, hoping that the lottery ticket becomes as good as the young player you are trading away right this second? But a year later, it's already looking like a franchise-altering type of trade. There is little doubt that DeBrincat is a player of quality and removing him from the lineup for future assets contributed to making them worse, which culminated in them winning the draft lottery and selecting Connor Bedard.
Their seventh overall selection in 2022, Kevin Korchinski, jumped from 0.97 points per game in his draft year, to 1.35 points per game in his draft plus one year — as a defenseman. By all accounts, he is building the pedigree of a future impact player and will be cost controlled for years to come. Meanwhile, DeBrincat had a down year production-wise, forced his way out of Ottawa to his hometown Detroit Red Wings and signed a four year deal with a $8.75 million cap hit, far below the $9 million qualifying offer that the Blackhawks never had interest in paying, knowing that it would hurt any leverage they possibly had with his restricted free agent status.
In return, Ottawa received Dominik Kubalik — who these very Blackhawks actively cut bait with just a season ago and walked to free agency — as well as Donovan Sebrango, a conditional first round pick in the 2024 draft and fourth round pick in the 2024 draft. It's a masterstroke from the Blackhawks in terms of reading the situation correctly, selling at the right time, and if they hit on the picks they received, they will be making out like absolute bandits.
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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