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The NHL Draft had exactly zero surprises at the top, and that's not a knock — it's a statement. Toronto took Penn State winger Gavin McKenna first overall, and honestly, the eighteen-year-old earned it. Fifteen goals, fifty-one points in thirty-five games for the Nittany Lions. The Leafs didn't flinch, didn't pivot, didn't blink.
Meanwhile, the ripple effects of draft night kept moving. Boston landed JJ Peterka from Utah in a deal that went through the Mammoth just one year after they originally acquired him. The Bruins needed a winger with real offensive upside, and Peterka, still just twenty-three, fits that profile. Short stay in Salt Lake City, but a significant landing spot in New England.
Shifting to the World Cup pitch, Ousmane Dembele put on a performance that reminded the entire planet why he's wearing the Ballon d'Or. The Paris Saint-Germain forward torched Norway with a stunning first-half hat-trick, only the fourth by a French player in World Cup history, as Les Bleus rolled four to one. Erling Haaland never even started. Dembele's response? He called it his least impressive game of the tournament. Bold words backed by big numbers.
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