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Update on potential NHL players so far: (Bolded players are confirmed) Canada Dylan DeMelo (Winnipeg Jets) Ryan O'Reilly (Nashville Predators) Mark Scheifele (Winnipeg Jets) John Tavares (Toronto Maple Leafs) Robert Thomas (St. Louis Blues) Morgan Rielly (Toronto Maple Leafs) is interested in playing *Matthew Schaefer (New York Islanders) and Mathew Barzal (New York Islanders) are open to playing *Connor Bedard (Chicago Blackhawks) is expected to make a decision in the next week or so *Logan Thompson (Washington Capitals) declined the invitation *Tom Wilson (Washington Capitals) and Dylan Strome (Washington Capitals) are leaning towards no *Josh Morrissey declined the invitation Finland Aleksander Barkov (Florida Panthers) Anton Lundell (Florida Panthers) Urho Vaakanainen (New York Rangers) Latvia *Uvis Balinskis (Florida Panthers) will join if cleared Sweden *Simon Holmstrom (New York Islanders) and Emil Heineman (New York Islanders) are interested *Linus Karlsson (Vancouver Canucks) has said that he will go if asked *Jesper Bratt (New Jersey Devils) is undecided *Jacob Markstrom (New Jersey Devils) will not play Slovakia Martin Pospisil (Calgary Flames) Adam Sykora (New York Rangers) Switzerland Nico Hischier (New Jersey Devils) Timo Meier (New Jersey Devils) Jonas Siegenthaler (New Jersey Devils) United States Ryan Leonard (Washington Capitals) Oliver Moore (Chicago Blackhawks) *Jack Hughes (New Jersey Devils) is still deciding *Matthew Tkachuk (Florida Panthers) is expected to play *Gabe Perrault (New York Rangers) declined *Cole Hutson (Washington Capitals) has expressed interest

Van Mathias posted a 58.18 100m breaststroke time at the Bergen Swim Festival. Now the #5 performer all time.

Sydney Pickrem has officially retired

Anže Kopitar (Ice Hockey) (will retire after the NHL playoffs this year) Jonathan Quick (Ice Hockey) Two of the biggest pieces of the LA Kings core that won two Stanley Cups during the early 2010's Along with the two Stanley Cups, Kopitar also won the best defensive forward award two times and a leadership award in 2022. Quick was the Stanley Cup playoff MVP in 2012 and also won an Olympic silver medal in 2010.

Taylor Ruck with a new PB in the 100 fly. 57.71! Also won the 50 free in 24.78. Oliver Dawson won the 100 breast in 1:00.20. After his performances this week, was hoping he would break the minute barrier but it's still a new PB for him. Hopefully we see some breaststroke Canadian records go down at trials. He also split 59.79 on the mixed medley relay. I would also say it was a pretty good meet for Ella Jansen overal. Was just off her PB in the 200 free and set new PB's in the 100 free, 50 fly, 200 back and 200 IM (with the 200 back and 200 IM PB's happening 20 minutes apart). Hoping to see her take that next step this summer.

I'm still holding out hope that we will see another Canadian man go sub 48 seconds in the 100 free this cycle. Sauve, Kim and Gaziev would be the most likely candidates.

Had a look at the historical rankings. It looks like Dawson's 59.05 breaststroke split from yesterday's relay is a Canadian textile record. Only Mathieu Bois 58.86 split from the 2009 World Championships is faster and that was with a super suit. Richard Funk previously had the record with a 59.25 split. Canadian Record in the individual 100m breaststroke is 59.85 from Scott Dickens. We could see that go down tomorrow.

Day 1 of the Canadian Open was today. Oliver Dawson set a new PB in the 50m breaststroke going 27.46. That's just 0.01 shy of Scott Dickens Canadian record. Then in the 4x100m medley relay, he had a 59.05 split for Team Alberta . Taylor Ruck won the women's 100m backstroke in 59.07. Good swim for her 3 months out from Canadian trials. Also a decent swim from Ella Jansen in the 200m freestyle going 1:57.62. Just a bit off her best time.

April Fools? please

Italy makes the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic but fails to qualify for the World Cup. What a world we live in.

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this or not. Eurovision Asia is a thing now. It is schedule for November 14th. are already confirmed to be participating. More countries are supposed to be announced. Eurovision Song Contest Asia

Émilien Jacquelin is moving from biathlon to cycling and will join the Decathlon-CMA CGM team for six months He still plans on resuming his biathlon career.

Josh Liendo won 3 NCAA titles (50 free, 100 free, 100 fly) Tristan Jankovics finished 3rd in the 400 yard IM. Lorne Wigginton was 4th.

Piper and Paul likely end their career with a silver medal at World Championships. They used a different free program than they did during their other competitions this season.

Stephen Gogolev finishes 4th overall and had the 4th best score in the free skate. What a season for him! His 4th place finish also means that Canada gets two men's spots for next year's world championships.