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Tkachuk suffered fractured sternum in Cup Final
Florida forward Matthew Tkachuk, injured earlier in the series, did not play in Tuesday’s Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final, and after the 9-3 loss to the Golden Knights, Panthers coach Paul Maurice said the star played through a broken sternum in Game 4.

A fractured sternum really, really seems like the kind of thing you shouldn’t be playing a full-contact sport with. Tkachuk is an incredibly lucky man to have come out the other side mostly unscathed–and I do say “lucky” deliberately. If the same thing had happened again, he might not have. The NHL needs to stop this.

The useful, and useless, lessons the NHL can learn from Vegas and Florida
In a copy cat league, NHL teams are bound to try and learn from this year’s finalists and emulate something in their own roster builds. Justin Bourne writes about the useful, and useless, takeaways from the 2023 Stanley Cup Final.

Shockingly, the final takeaway is “get elite players”.

Blues name Babcock skills coach, Weber as asst.
The St. Louis Blues have hired Michael Babcock as a skills coach and former defenseman Mike Weber as an assistant on Craig Berube’s staff.

The Blues are improving their Michaels/60 this offseason.

2023 NHL Draft: Top 10 left wings
The 2023 Upper Deck NHL Draft will be held June 28-29 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. The first round will be June 28 (7 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN, TVAS) and rounds 2-7 are June 29 (11 a.m. ET; NHLN, SN, TVAS). NHL.com is counting down to the draft with in-depth profiles on top prospects, podcasts and ot…

Some interesting players will be available later this month.

11-Time Stanley Cup Champion, Hall of Famer Henri Richard diagnosed with stage 3 CTE

16 of the 17 players they’ve studied have been diagnosed with CTE.

Incoming Senators owner Andlauer figures to be busy in a hurry
For a guy who doesn’t officially own the Ottawa Senators yet, Michael Andlauer has a lot on his plate. Here’s a look at some of the key decisions the team faces in the coming weeks.

Things are moving along for the Ottawa Senators.

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