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World Cup 2022 Preview: Group D — Can Denmark be the midnight bomber what bombs at midnight?If you ascribe to the theory that this will be a truly goofy World Cup — that the short run-up, the injuries everywhere (not clear the amount of injured is all that abnormal but let’s go with it), the odd setting — and that some team from out of nowhere could make a run, you’re probably sizing up yo...

I guess I can kiss Nazem Kadri’s ass nowThe redemption narrative is the easy one. Everyone loves it, and it usually writes itself, which is why writers will flock to it at every opportunity (especially hockey writers who by the time the Stanley Cup Final is over are barely sober enough to find their hotel room key), and it feels good to a...

Fight fire with fire, burning with fearYou have to hand it to Avalanche coach Jared Bednar. He does have one of the best checking centers in the NHL at his disposal in Nazem Kadri. It would be easy, explicable, and defensible to just toss Kadri over the boards every time the Oilers put Connor McDavid out there, and be done with it. After...

Nazem Kadri kept it in check, the Blues reverted to type and got it shoved where it belonged

At the top, this isn’t some kudos party for how Nazem Kadri reacted to the racist threats he received from Blues fans after Game 3. This is just about his response on the ice, and we’ll get to some deadbrained hockey reaction to the more serious stuff in a second. ...

Here’s another violent hit the NHL will do little about

The NHL is going to have another black mark that it won’t do enough about after Nazem Kadri went... well, Nazem Kadri:...