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Kudos to Canada and the NHL draft

By Bill Simmons
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Monday, June 25, 2007

On Friday, I was flicking channels at 4:15 p.m. PT, stumbled across Gary Bettman's mug on Versus, realized he was introducing the 2007 NHL entry draft and immediately fired up the laptop for a running diary. Why? I don't know. I don't follow hockey anymore. I couldn't name 20 players. But here's what transpired: 4:19 PM (in progress): Tragically, I missed most of Bettman's speech before he announced the Blackhawks were on the clock. But here's how it probably went down: "Ladies and gentleman, ...

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