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Happy Wednesday, everyone. Hope your week is coming along nicely.
Before we get too far into today’s newsletter, I encourage you to go check out “The Only,” a documentary on former USWNT goalie Briana Scurry streaming on Paramount+. Scurry’s story — from being the USWNT’s only Black starter and only openly gay player to winning several titles to dealing with depression stemming from a career-ending concussion — is remarkable. You can get a free one-month trial of Paramount+ by using GLORY as your offer code.
Ok, now that you’ve signed up and watched it, let’s get to the sports news.
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JOHNNY GAUDREAU
NHL free agency opens in a few hours, and Johnny Gaudreau is going to get some big-time money very, very soon. The 28-year-old left winger — coming off career-highs in goals (40) and assists (75) — is undoubtedly the best player set to hit the open market, writes our NHL scribe Austin Nivison.
- Nivison: “Following his dominant 115-point season, Gaudreau will have some very large numbers placed in front of him on Wednesday… Whichever team lands Gaudreau will get an elite difference-maker.”
While Gaudreau is the top player available, there are plenty of other big names who could find new homes quickly, including:
- Three key pieces of the Stanley Cup-winning Avalanche: center Nazem Kadri, goalie Darcy Kuemper and left winger Andre Burakovsky
- Two-time Cup-winning left winger Ondrej Palat
- Former All-Star and longtime Flyers standout Claude Giroux
You can check out Austin’s entire list of top names here and the list of teams that need to improve here.
Honorable mentions
And not such a good morning for…
UTAH JAZZ FANS
If Jazz fans thought the Rudy Gobert trade was a commitment to Donovan Mitchell… think…
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