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Which Boston Bruins fact would have been harder to believe before the 2022-23 NHL season -- David Pastrnak not having a contract extension by Christmas or the team starting out 28-4-3?
It's probably the latter, but the fact that Pastrnak remains unsigned beyond the current campaign is still surprising.
Pastrnak was asked in September if he was optimistic something would get done with the Bruins, and said, "Yeah, of course." The Bruins have made it known on several occasions throughout 2022 that they want to re-sign the 26-year-old right wing.
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So where are we in negotiations between the two sides?
"There’s been ongoing dialogue, but my sense is the gap in positions is real," The Athletic's Pierre LeBrun wrote Thursday. He also noted, "The good news is that talks haven’t broken off."
Pastrnak's agent, J.P. Barry, told LeBrun on Wednesday, "I’ve been in regular discussions with (general manager) Don (Sweeney) about our respective positions for a few months. We remain apart at this juncture. We will continue to negotiate.”
Pastrnak is having a tremendous season and leads the Bruins in goals with 24, assists with 24 and points with 48. He has tallied at least one point in 30 of the team's 35 games. Pastrnak ranks tied for sixth in points and tied for fourth in goals scored among all players.
The Bruins must find a way to come to terms with Pastrnak before free agency begins in early July. Losing a player of Pastrnak's caliber for nothing would be a massive setback, especially for a franchise like the Bruins that has one of the league's worst prospect pools and lacks young stars at the NHL level.
There's still plenty of time for both sides to find common ground, but the longer they go without an extension, the more likely it is for this situation to become a distraction.
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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