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The Nashville Predators announced on Thursday that center Ryan Johansen would be out for an anticipated 12 weeks following surgery on his right leg. Johansen was injured in the second period of Tuesday's shootout victory against Vancouver after Canucks defenceman Quinn Hughes cut the back of his ankle with his skate blade accidently. Following the incident, Johansen departed the arena on crutches. The 30-year-old will miss the rest of the regular season because to the 12-week timetable. He could theoretically return if the Predators make a deep playoff run, but the team still has a long way to go to even qualify for the postseason, as it now stands seven points shy of the Western Conference's last wild-card slot. "We're in a struggle to make the playoffs, and it's going to be tough not being out there with my brothers, but y'all fans motivate us every day, and our group is going to need you for this push," Johansen said on Instagram following his surgery on Thursday. Johansen is having a bad year this season, with only 12 goals and 28 points in 55 games. He was coming off one of his greatest seasons of his career, scoring 26 goals in 2021-22. Despite a decline in scoring output, the fourth-round selection in the 2010 draft remained an important member of Nashville's forward corps and saw time on the first power-play unit. The Predators are 26th in the league in goals per game and are already missing leading scorer Filip Forsberg, who has been out with an upper-body injury since Feb. 11. With little over a week before the March 3 trade deadline, the Predators might benefit from becoming sellers if they fall any further behind. Nashville has four games remaining before making a decision, beginning with Thursday's game against the San Jose Sharks.
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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