from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,

- Nominated for the Most NHL Moment of 2023 and winner by acclamation:

The league’s favorite-son, cringe-worthy franchise in Chicago selecting the next prodigy, Connor Bedard, with the first-overall selection in the draft that should have been stripped from the organization for enabling the Kyle Beach sexual assault scandal but wasn’t because, well, the NHL.

- The state of both NHL goaltending and Jonathan Quick’s game has reached the juncture where the Rangers might actually be able to get a No. 1 for their No. 2 — what do you think, Leafs Nation? — but wouldn’t even be able to think about doing it.

- How is Ninth Avenue’s soulless marketing campaign for the Alex Ovechkin Turtle Race to 894 going these days?

OK, who do you have in a bare-knuckle fight for the Jack Adams as coach of the year, Philadelphia’s John Tortorella or Vancouver’s Rick Tocchet?

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