Cleveland Indians prospect Bobby Bradley, the Triple-A home run leader, has been promoted from the minors and will make his major league debut Sunday against the Detroit Tigers.

The Indians recalled Bradley from Triple-A Columbus and optioned left-hander Josh Smith to Columbus in a corresponding move.

Bradley, 23, will start at first base and bat seventh in the lineup Sunday against Tigers left-hander Daniel Norris.

A third-round draft selection of the Indians in 2014, Bradley was batting .292 with 24 homers and 55 RBIs in 67 games for Columbus this season. He has hit at least 23 homers in each of the last five seasons in the minors.

The Indians promoted Bradley one day after designating outfielder Leonys Martin for assignment. Martin batted just .199 for the Indians this season and was mired in a 6-for-60 slump.

The Washington Nationals released right-handed reliever Trevor Rosenthal on Sunday after his struggles continued in his second stint in the major leagues this season.

Rosenthal had a 22.74 ERA in 6 1/3 innings over 12 appearances this season. In his final game for Washington on Saturday, he allowed three earned runs and three walks without recording an out as the Nationals blew a four-run lead in a 13-9 loss to the Braves.

The 29-year-old Rosenthal had rejoined the Nationals in June after starting the season with a 36.00 ERA in seven games -- not recording an out over his first four appearances -- and agreeing to go to extended spring training.

Things didn't go much better upon his return, as he had a 10.80 ERA over five appearances this month.

The Nationals have a major league worst 6.32 ERA from their bullpen this season.

An All-Star in 2015 with the St. Louis Cardinals, Rosenthal underwent Tommy John surgery in 2017 and missed all of the 2018 season.

The Nationals recalled right-hander Austin Voth from Double-A Harrisburg to fill the open roster spot. Voth, 26, was 1-1 with a 6.57 ERA in four games (two starts) for the Nationals last year.

The Atlanta Braves have optioned right-hander Mike Foltynewicz to Triple-A Gwinnett, the team announced Sunday.

Foltynewicz, a first-time All-Star last season, is 2-5 with a 6.37 ERA over 11 starts in 2019. He allowed eight runs on eight hits in four innings against the Washington Nationals on Saturday, though the Braves rallied for a 13-9 win.

"I've got a 7 ERA on a first-place team," Foltynewicz said after the game. "It's just tough. I'm battling every night. It's just tough. It's just the person I am. I'm going to wear that stuff on my sleeve, especially when things aren't going my way. It's just tough. It's all my fault, too."

The Braves recalled right-hander Chad Sobotka from Gwinnett in a corresponding move. Sobotka has an 8.25 ERA in 12 innings over 13 relief appearances for Atlanta this season.

Foltynewicz, 27, hasn't pitched past the sixth inning this year, with his ERA sitting above 5.00 all season.

He got a late start in 2019 after opening the season on the 10-day injured list with a right elbow bone spur, making his debut April 27.

Netball star Maria Folau will not be punished for supporting sacked rugby player husband Israel Folau.

Australian rugby union authorities terminated the devout Christian's contract over a social media post in which he said "hell awaits" gay people.

New Zealand international Folau, 32, shared a post from her husband on social media asking people to support his legal action against his sacking.

Australia's netball authorities - where Folau plays - have backed her.

In a statement, the sport's national governing body Netball Australia said it is "committed to providing welcoming, inclusive and supportive places for all people to play and watch our great game".

"We are aware that Adelaide Thunderbirds' athlete Maria Folau re-posted her husband's GoFundMe page details via social media. There is no action required by the league," the statement said.

"We will continue to support Maria as a valued member of the Thunderbirds and the Suncorp Super Netball league."

A statement by the chief executive of regional body Netball South Australia, Bronwyn Klei, said Folau has not broken the rules of her contract.

Klei added: "First and foremost, I want to be very clear that Netball South Australia is fiercely determined to provide an inclusive environment that allows anyone to participate in the great game of netball regardless of gender, belief, age race or sexual orientation.

"We also believe in fairness and perspective. Like millions of other people across Australia, Maria Folau uses her personal social media platform to share her life and beliefs with her family, friends and fans.

"While Netball SA is no way endorses the reposting, we do not believe Maria has contravened our social media policy."

Folau was in action on Sunday, missing two shots on the buzzer as her Thunderbirds side drew 51-51 with New South Wales Swifts in the Australian Super Netball Premiership.

Folau - the background

Capped 73 times by Australia, Israel Folau has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise AU $3m (£1.6m) for his legal case against his sacking.

By Sunday morning, more than 8,500 people had contributed AU $662,000 (£360,000) to the appeal.

Rugby Australia says Folau - who has also represented his country in rugby league and Australian rules football - was sacked "because of a serious breach of the Professional Players' Code of Conduct".

He has taken the matter to the Fair Work Commission, Australia's workplace relations tribunal, claiming his contract was unlawfully terminated.

Last weekend, Folau was recorded delivering a sermon at his church in Sydney. He said "the devil" is trying to influence the debate over transgender rights.

His wife has been questioned about his comments since his original social media post in April, but refused to comment.

Australia netball international Ashleigh Brazill recently said she received the New Zealander's support when she married her female partner.

Folau has 138 Test caps for the Silver Ferns and is expected to feature for her country at this summer's Netball World Cup in Liverpool, which starts on 12 July.

MADISON, Ill. – Ty Gibbs scored his first ARCA Menards Series victory with a last-lap pass on Sam Mayer in Saturday’s Day to Day Coffee 150 at World Wide Technology Raceway.

Gibbs had the dominant car over the last third of race, but came down pit road under the final caution flag of the night with 10 laps to go. When the race restarted with six laps to go, Gibbs was eighth but he knifed his way through the field to second within three laps. He stalked Mayer the final three laps, and the two made contact in the final corners and Mayer drifted up the track and Gibbs went on to the victory.

“I had a pretty big gap coming to the white flag and I gained on him in turns one and two,” Gibbs said. “He overdrove it into three and four and gave me that shot and we’re at a short track so you might as well take it. It’s for the win and that’s pretty big. It’s a hard deal, but it’s been a long day. We had a motor issue and we fought back and won. It just shows how hard my guys work.

“I come to the track every week with the same determination and mentality to win the race,” he continued. “Every single weekend we run as hard as we can. We are super excited to that that first win.”

Mayer ended up third, and was not thrilled with the events of the last lap.

“I didn’t get passed,” Mayer said. “We had a fifth or sixth place car and we ended up third, so that’s good. But we were leading at the white flag. The GMS Racing guys gave me a really great car and made great calls to give us chance to win the race. I am really happy to come out of here with a third-place finish, which is probably better than we were going to be without that last caution. But we didn’t get passed on the last lap, we got moved on the last lap.”

Christian Eckes was able to sneak past Mayer in turn four to take second behind Gibbs. Eckes immediately climbed aboard his Kyle Busch Motorsports-owned Truck to compete in the CarShield 200 for the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series. He knew he didn’t have a shot to win without the last caution of the night, and his crew chief Kevin Reed made the only call he could to give him a chance to win.

“We had a great car but we weren’t going to catch Ty under green,” Eckes said. “We made the only call we could to pull off the win and we took it. We restarted second and finished second, so I guess it evened out. It was a great call by Kevin and the guys, and it was the only shot we had to win.”

Gibbs was joined post-race by his grandfather Joe Gibbs, team owner of Joe Gibbs Racing. The elder Gibbs is a member of the National Football Hall of Fame and is a 2020 inductee of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. While he has seen a lot of memorable moments in both sports, watching his grandson win for the first time was an emotional experience.

“I’ve been lucky to see a lot of really special moments in both football and in racing, but this is up there near the top,” he said. “We had a lot of success in football, and I thought Denny (Hamlin) winning the Daytona 500 with J.D. on the car was as good as it could get. But this is really special. When that last caution came out and we restarted eighth I was just…I was really discouraged. But he did a great job. Coy (Gibbs, Ty’s father) was here tonight and it’s just special we can all be here to see this.”

Corey Heim and Carson Hocevar rounded out the top five.

The finish:

Ty Gibbs, Christian Eckes, Sam Mayer, Corey Heim, Carson Hocevar, Drew Dollar, Travis Braden, Gavin Harlien, Thad Moffitt, Bret Holmes, Joe Graf Jr., Eric Caudell, Michael Self, Dick Doheny, Brad Smith, Chandler Smith, Tanner Gray, Tim Richmond, Tommy Vigh Jr., Mike Basham, Rick Clifton, Wayne Peterson.

KNOXVILLE, Iowa – Russ Hall picked up his first Pro Sprint Series presented by Pace Performance win at Knoxville Raceway Saturday night.

The native of Pleasant Hill, Iowa, held off the charge of veteran Chris Walraven to take the win aboard the Skillz Motorsports No. 29.

The Knoxville Raceway could not hold off the charge of Mother Nature, however.  Despite hard work all day by track crews and a quick program underway, persistent rains fell just after 8:30 p.m. bringing a halt to the action as the 360 sprint feature was ready to take the green.

Track officials will discuss the make-up of both the 360 and 410 features. Stay tuned for an announcement.

Rookie Mike Johnston was the early leader in the 15-lap Pro Sprints feature.  Second row starter Russ Hall trailed him, but took the lead coming to the completion of lap two.  Chris Walraven made a move by Jeff Wilke on the same circuit to take third.  On lap four, Walraven took the high side around Johnston for second and set his sights on the leader.

The last half of the race saw Walraven all over Hall for the lead.  On lap 11, he was just one-tenth of a second behind, and on the white flag lap was just ninety-five thousands of a second in arears.  Hall hit his marks on the low sides of turns two and four to carry his mount to the win

Following Hall across the line were Walraven, Johnston, Matthew Stelzer and Devin Wignall.  Chase Young, Mike Mayberry, Jeff Wilke, Brandon Worthington and Evan Epperson rounded out the top ten.  Walraven set quick time, while Johnston and Mayberry were heat winners.

“We put on junk tires to start with,” said Hall in victory lane.  “We had a hard time finding a used one in the pits. It’s good to be back in Victory Lane (Hall has three career 360 wins).  I’m glad to be racing!  I’m excited!  We had a good race there with Walraven.  I heard him there the whole time.  I didn’t know if I was going to make it.  I had a hard time getting off the corner.”

Lynton Jeffrey set his first quick time of the season in the 410 class, while Tasker Phillips, Sawyer Phillips and Josh Schneiderman won heat races.  Carson McCarl set quick time in the 360 class and won a heat, while Tasker Phillips and Josh Higday took the others.

FONDA, N.Y. – Rocky Warner, previously the man to beat in the Sportsman class at Fonda Speedway and around the Empire State, is rapidly achieving the same stature in the Modified division at Fonda.

Saturday night, Warner blasted around the outside after starting 11th to stand second behind Pep Coradi for a lap 20 restart.  On the green, he again hit turn one on the extreme outside and hit the backstretch with a lead that became a full turn in four laps and over a straightaway by the time the checkers were displayed.

Coradi held on for second despite Bobby Varin’s best efforts, with Jessica (Zemken) Friesen and Matt DeLorenzo rounding out the top five.  They were trailed by 16th starting rookie David Schilling, Steve Akers, Craig Hansen, Codie Bleau and Mike Maresca.

Scott Huber got the drop on polesitter Coradi on the initial break and led until lap ten, when Coradi and a handful of other pursuers finally got by him.  By then, Warner was sixth, but he kept charging and was all over Varin for fourth by halfway.

He drove around Varin in lapped traffic on 19, then did the same to second running Darwin Greene two laps later to put him alongside Coradi for the lap 20 restart.  From there, it was a cakewalk.

“I was running kind of far out there but there was nothing on the bottom,” said Warner.  “You can’t play follow the leader here.  Mostly, I was praying for a caution because Bobby Varin is so tough and that helped me get clear of him.”

Luke Horning was the Pro Stock winner in a feature that saw the lead pack run two, three and even four abreast through much of the race.  Kenny Gates drove from deep in the pack to swap the lead twice on the last lap, with Horning recovering to win by inches over Gates, Josh Coonradt and Nick Stone.

The visiting Vintage Replica racers feature saw Johnny Flach lead the entire distance in a replica of his own car, with Bryon Seyfield second in a popular Jack Johnson  No. 12A lookalike and Dan Wood third in a Kenny Tremont No. 115.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Brandon Ward left with the trophy on Saturday at Bowman Gray Stadium, but Jonathan Brown was smiling just as big.

Ward qualified seventh – and when the entire modified field randomly drew for starting position, he was set to start fourth. Frank Fleming drew the pole for his start and shot out into the lead, with Ward quickly moving up to second.

Jonathan Brown  and John Smith elected to take on the Fans’ Challenge after qualifying in the top four: they would start in the rear and win $3,000 if either of them were to make it back up to top-four finish.

A few double-file restarts allowed Ward to challenge Fleming for the lead, completing the pass on lap 17. The double-file restarts also allowed defending champ Burt Myers of Walnut Cove to make his way forward up to second – where he began pressuring Ward.

Ward defended his territory until lap 74 when Myers completed a smooth pass for the lead on the outside row. It seemed like the race was over for Ward, but he battled back to reclaim the lead on lap 90. Myers delivered some stiff shots to Ward’s bumper, but Ward held strong and grabbed the checkered.

“We had a really good car early, and it just went away on me. It got way too free getting in, but these guys don’t give up on me – I can’t give up on them,” said Ward. “I just felt like if I could get a good start and get back to the front, get some laps under us, get some bite back in getting into the corner, we’d be okay.”

Jonathan Brown flew from 22nd up to 4th to win the $3,000 in Fans’ Challenge bonus money. But just as exciting as the prize money for Brown was the performance of his car – and what that means for the future.

“The $3,000 is a nice bonus, but the main thing I’m happy about is building the car and making it better. I came last week after only having the car for two days, and we qualified seventh and got two top-fives,” said Brown. “We took it to the shop and completely rebuilt it – we finished up about one o’clock this morning. We came over all day long and busted our butts to make it better.

“Tonight we qualified fourth, so we’ve gained on it,” said Brown. “I know we were as fast as or faster than the leaders. We had something to win with, for sure.”

Burt Myers finished on Ward’s bumper in second, with brother Jason Myers finishing third.

In the McDowell Heating & Air Sportsman Series, Justin Taylor slipped past Kyle Southern to win in the first 20-lapper. In the second 20-lap race, Dylan Ward claimed victory.

Billy Gregg won for the Law Offices of John Barrow Street Stock Series after spending all day struggling to fix his car. He got it race-ready just minutes before the green flag and held on to take the win.

In the Q104.1 Stadium Stock Series, Chuck Wall and Chris Allison each brought home a victory.

MADISON, Ill. – Redemption was on the mind of Ross Chastain Saturday night at World Wide Technology Raceway and that’s exactly what he got.

One week after Chastain and his Niece Motorsports team were disqualified after winning in NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series competition at Iowa Speedway, Chastain and company rebounded in the best way possible with a victory in the CarShield 200.

“These guys went home and we were mad. We felt like we had one taken away from us,” Chastain said about the disqualification last week at Iowa Speedway.

The victory was the result of a gamble by Chastain’s crew chief Phil Gould, who called for a fuel-only pit stop during the final round of pit stops. At the time Chastain was chasing Kyle Busch Motorsports rookie Christian Eckes, who had driven by Chastain to take the lead shortly after a restart with 75 to go.

Eckes pitted with 29 laps left and took two tires and fuel, with Chastain following one lap later for his fuel-only stop. That allowed Chastain to cycle out in front of Eckes and inherit the race lead with 18 laps left.

“I didn’t want to take tires. It was up to me to freaking hold them off. I don’t know how,” Chastain said.

Chastain was still the leader when the final caution flag of the night waved with 14 laps left when Harrison Burton and Sheldon Creed made contact, sending Burton around and into the outside wall in turns one and two.

The resulting caution period allowed Eckes and the rest of the field to close the gap on Chastain, who now had to survive a restart if he was hoping to make it into victory lane.

“That was the last thing I wanted to see,” Chastain said of the caution.

The race resumed with seven laps left and Chastain spun his tires, but a big push from third-place Todd Gilliland allowed Chastain to hold serve and pull clear of Eckes coming out of turn two.

Eckes stayed glued to the bumper of Chastain for the next several laps, never letting Chastain get more than a car length ahead of him. Gilliland and Stewart Friesen were also in the mix as the top-four closed in on the white flag.

Coming to the white flag out of turn four Eckes slipped up the track, opening the door for Gilliland to move to his inside and take second. That allowed Chastain to build a gap on his pursuers with one lap left.

In turn one Eckes tried to make a crossover move on Gilliland to regain second, but contact from Friesen sent Eckes spinning. All of that happened well behind Chastain, who crossed the finish line .704 of a second clear of Gilliland to earn his second victory of the season.

“I buzzed my tires like crazy (on the restart). I’ve got to thank Todd (Gilliland) for pushing me and not wrecking me,” said Chastain, who also earned a $50,000 bonus for winning the final race of the Triple Truck Challenge. “We didn’t have the fastest truck today, but we executed and we believed in each other. Man, that feels really good.”

Chastain is now playoff eligible, but must make it into the top-20 in Truck Series points if he hopes to qualify for the playoffs. He is currently 38 points outside of the top-20.

Friesen ended up third after the contact with Eckes on the final lap. Chandler Smith, who started 25th, came through the field to finish fourth. Brett Moffitt completed the top-five.

Eckes, who led a race-high 57 laps, ended up 14th after the spin on the final lap.

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The 2019 NHL draft is in the books. From Jack Hughes to Jeremy Michel, 217 players have a new team, but that's hardly the only news to come out of the event.

We break down our favorites from the first round to the last, along with thoughts on the wild P.K. Subban trade that kicked off Saturday, our choices for the best weird draft thing and of course, our picks for the best name in the 2019 draft class.

What was your favorite first-round pick?

Greg Wyshynski, senior NHL writer: Bowen Byram going to the Colorado Avalanche at No. 4. For a minute there, it appeared that Byram wouldn't make it past the Chicago Blackhawks at No. 3, but he was there for GM Joe Sakic to draft. He's a terrific offensive player who needs to grow defensively, but as our own Chris Peters said, "he's the best defenseman in this draft by a fairly large margin." Putting him in the same blue-line corps as Cale Makar and Samuel Girard gives the Avalanche a foundation on which to build some great things. The draft pick they snagged from Ottawa didn't end up netting them Jack Hughes, but this is still a stellar pickup for the Avs.

Emily Kaplan, national NHL reporter: Cole Caufield to the Montreal Canadiens at No. 15. Maybe the playoff obsession with heavy hockey skewed this draft, because I'm shocked the 5-foot-7 Caufield made it to No. 15. (Other shorter players like Nick Robertson, Bobby Brink and Kirill Slepets also slid.) Caufield is the best pure goal scorer in this draft. Alex DeBrincat scored 69 goals over his first two years in Chicago, and he's a good comparison for Caufield.

Were you impressed by the P.K. Subban trade?

Wyshynski: I think the word is "fascinated" more than anything. I was fascinated that the Devils were the ultimate destination for Subban, but it makes sense. When Taylor Hall is noncommittal about his future with the franchise ahead of unrestricted free agency next summer, and says the team doesn't have enough talent, then one can read the combination of drafting Jack Hughes and acquiring Subban as GM Ray Shero's response to that. I was fascinated by the weaponizing of cap space, as the Devils were the only team among the four teams with whom GM David Poile was speaking that was willing to take the full freight of the defenseman's $9 million cap hit through 2022. (I was also fascinated by there being only four teams after him.) Mostly, I'm fascinated with how Subban fits with the Devils, and how the Predators plan to wield this financial flexibility, with the assumption that it's to re-sign Roman Josi and sign free agent Matt Duchene.

Kaplan: I love it for the Devils, who transformed the complexion of their franchise with two huge moves in 16 hours. I like it for the Predators, who cleared cap space and made a much-needed change, but took on inherent risk by parting with an elite defenseman still near his prime. The Devils didn't give up much: a depth defenseman in Steve Santini, a decent prospect in Jeremy Davies and two second-rounders. New Jersey had stockpiled picks lately, so it won't miss those picks as much as most teams would. The Devils now have two marquee players who will sell a bunch of jerseys, and also made a decent pitch for Taylor Hall to re-sign as they keep up with the Joneses in the suddenly competitive New York-area market. As for the Predators? It's worth it if they sign a marquee forward free agent -- ahem, Matt Duchene -- with all of that new cap space. If not, I don't like this move as much.

The Devils-Rangers rivalry is back alive! Who is going to win a Stanley Cup first?

Wyshynski: Based on previous history, the Rangers aren't scheduled to win until 2048, so ... just kidding. The Devils are going to be better, and are slowly putting together the essential DNA of a championship team: two elite centers and a foundational defenseman, although there's still work to be done in goal. I really like what the Rangers are doing, and will forever be impressed that they publicly declared they were rebuilding and then actually rebuilt. But if Hughes is what we think he is, Hall comes back and Subban has at least three more great years left in him, look out.

Kaplan: On paper, the Devils are better right now, contingent on Taylor Hall returning 100 percent healthy. That's the 2018 NHL MVP, plus a solid one-two punch at center in Jack Hughes and Nico Hischier, and an elite defenseman in Subban. But the Rangers -- whose roster is already fortified this offseason with Jacob Trouba and Kaapo Kakko -- have ample cap space they're willing to spend. (Nobody would be shocked if Artemi Panarin ends up there.) Then there's the issue of goaltending. It's a huge question mark for New Jersey, while New York has it solidified. All of that leads me to believe the Rangers are better built to win over the next three to four years.

The Columbus Blue Jackets didn't pick until the middle of the fourth round due to a number of trades. Was it worth it?

Wyshynski: The bar was set at "make it out of the first round of the playoffs for the first time in franchise history," and they not only did that, but swept one of the best regular-season teams in NHL history in the process. So yeah, it was worth it.

Kaplan: Yes. This was a franchise stuck in neutral and the Blue Jackets needed to do something to get over the playoff hump, and that meant going all-in with the group they had last season, even if it meant their own marquee UFAs would walk this summer without the team getting any return. For the record, I love what they did with their first pick in the fourth round: Erik Hjorth, a bit of a sleeper considering he played in only four games this season. As my colleague Chris Peters pointed out, if you don't have much to work with, why not swing for the fences? I admire general manager Jarmo Kekalainen's conviction.

What was your favorite weird draft thing?

Wyshynski: My favorite goof was when Dallas Stars senior owner Bob Gaglardi read No. 18 overall pick Thomas Harley's name as "Harley Thomas," leaving everyone completely baffled for a moment. But my favorite discovery of the draft was that each pick was able to select his own walk-up music. The tie for most amazing choice: "Shallow" by Lady Gaga/Bradley Cooper for Peyton Krebs and "Donald Trump" by Mac Miller as the secondary choice for Samuel Poulin, with the emphatic caveat of "INSTRUMENTAL ONLY!!!"

Kaplan: The draft floor is a spectacle. All 31 teams are crammed into one square pen, their tables just inches apart from each other. Any time a GM gets up to talk to somebody, journalists begin buzzing about what it could possibly mean. (Usually, it's nothing substantial.) However, there's a particular optic that happens every year, but for me it never gets old, or less bizarre: the GM working two phones:

Kyle Dubas really working the phones pic.twitter.com/pZriQPE1mb

- Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) June 22, 2019

What team did you think would be more active over the weekend?

Wyshynski: Vegas Golden Knights GM Kelly McCrimmon was working the room like a party host during the draft, including a long conversation with Carolina Hurricanes GM Don Waddell. There was talk before the draft that the Golden Knights could have had Paul Stastny and Max Pacioretty on the block. I still think they make a big push for an upgrade on defense. But as every general manager pointed out, the lack of a definitive salary cap from the NHL and the NHLPA -- which was set at $81.5 million about 20 minutes after the draft ended -- kept those phones from ringing too much.

Kaplan: Minnesota Wild GM Paul Fenton has made some interesting moves in his first year-plus on the job, and I thought he'd make at least one trade on draft weekend. Really, I was expecting one player to be on the move: winger Jason Zucker, who has been the subject of two failed trades and seems to now have a fractured relationship with the club (check out this clapback from his wife, Carly, on Twitter). I still believe there's a good chance Zucker gets moved, it just hasn't happened yet.

Best name in the draft class?

Wyshynski: Arsen Khisamutdinov for the Canadiens, for the "ARSEN TORCHES LEAFS" headlines alone. Unless, of course, you prefer Devils pick Arseny Gritsyuk of the same genre.

Kaplan: The Rangers picked a kid named Hunter Skinner. That's all.

OK, which team did the best overall this weekend?

Wyshynski: The Carolina Hurricanes. So smart. So shrewd. For a playoff team to have 12 draft picks is a heck of a thing. For a team with 12 picks to nail as many of them as the Hurricanes did -- especially Ryan Suzuki at No. 28 and Patrik Puistola all the way at No. 73 -- is exemplary. Then there's the trade: Essentially paying $6.5 million for Toronto's first-round pick in 2020 (unless it's in the lottery, and then it's 2021) and, if they can convince him to play in Raleigh, Patrick Marleau. (But don't count on it.) I'm really excited to see what the Hurricanes do in the summer, starting with what one source said is their priority: a goaltender.

Kaplan: I loved what the Los Angeles Kings did in the first two rounds. It's no secret the Kings need to get faster and younger. They landed Alex Turcotte (a player many projected to Chicago at No. 3) with the No. 5 pick. Turcotte is a smart, two-way player, lauded for his work ethic and coachability, but also his high offensive upside. They also got a defenseman (with the pick acquired from the Jake Muzzin trade) in Tobias Bjornfot, the organization's first blueliner taken with a first-round pick since 2010. Add in Arthur Kaliyev, one of the best scorers in the draft, and this team is starting to stockpile well for the future.