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Chris Johnston
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Chris Johnston
@reporterchris
Toronto
Born October 16
Joined December 2008
- How Joel Quenneville was allowed to step behind a NHL bench tonight is beyond me. Given what we've learned in the last 30 hours, there's no reason for him to be working while the league process plays out.
- A view of the @BlueJays clinching their berth in the ALCS, as heard inside Scotiabank Arena more than 45 minutes after the Leafs-Habs game ended:
00:00 - Sidney Crosby's international resume: 🏅 - 2005 world juniors 🏅 - 2010 Olympics 🏅 - 2014 Olympics 🏅 - 2015 world championship 🏆 - 2016 World Cup 🏆 - 2025 4 Nations Team Canada 🇨🇦 is 48-6 with him in uniform.
- As we pass the 3.5-hour mark of this 'decentralized' NHL draft ... Let's all vow to never do it like this again.
- J.T. Miller on Trump's call: "It was so awesome to get his support. It's a pretty big deal for him to take time out of his schedule to talk to us for five minutes. It's just another one of those things where we're kind of pinching ourselves this tournament."Team USA received a call from the President this morning to wish them luck ahead of tonight’s #4Nations championship game.
- Sources: ESPN is signing a seven-year deal with the NHL as part of the league's new U.S. media rights package.
- The NHL says 10.1 million North American viewers tuned in for Saturday's USA/Canada game at #4Nations -- topping every non-Stanley Cup Final game since 2014.
- Brad Marchand, on fans booing the U.S. anthem at Bell Centre last night: "They should not be booing the Americans during that anthem. They have nothing to do with the political things that are going on. I do feel bad for those guys in that moment. I don’t think it’s right."
- They are blaring Nickelback in the celebratory Team Canada dressing room.
- It's hard to quantify how much credibility the #NHLBruins organization lost in this whole Mitchell Miller fiasco, but let it be noted that Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand and other players stood up in opposition to a morally bankrupt decision by management. Kudos to them.
- Here are the full remarks from Kyle Dubas on the Toronto Sun's cover featuring John Tavares:
- Condolences to Alex Ovechkin, who announced the death of his father on Instagram this morning.
