The 2019 Stories That Changed Sports: Hockey
The Lead
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🗓️ 23 December 2019
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Over the holidays The Lead is featuring episodes from its first year about how sports changed in 2019 or signaled a major trend that’s shaking up a particular league or sport.
There’s a new youth movement this season in the NHL. The Toronto Maple Leafs have one of the best young teams in professional hockey. The team is also led by a very young general manager who has placed a premium on locking in youthful talent with big contracts. It’s part of a wider movement in the NHL where young players are commanding the types of salaries that were once reserved for veterans. But while today’s young hockey stars are good, it’s the older teams who are winning Stanley Cups. The Athletic’s Craig Custance joins us to talk about Toronto’s baby-faced GM and whether or not young stars are worth the money.
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| 0:00.0 | I wonder what you're doing. |
| 0:06.5 | Anders, it's the holidays. |
| 0:07.8 | It is. |
| 0:08.8 | What are you going to be doing? |
| 0:09.8 | I am going to the Winter Wonderland that is Northern Michigan to see the fam. |
| 0:13.8 | Lovely. |
| 0:14.8 | And what about you? |
| 0:15.8 | I'm going back to New York. |
| 0:16.8 | I'm going to see friends and family and a few Broadway shows. |
| 0:19.6 | Oh, which ones? |
| 0:20.6 | Well, since my first Christmas, after moving away, we're seeing come from away. |
| 0:24.6 | I get it. |
| 0:25.6 | And also handles Messiah, a Davidson's family tradition. |
| 0:29.0 | But Lin-Manuel Miranda's new show, Free Style Love Supreme. |
| 0:32.2 | Jealous. |
| 0:33.2 | Anyway, over the holiday break, we here at the lead are replaying episodes from earlier this |
| 0:37.6 | year. |
| 0:38.6 | And there are stories about how sports changed in 2019. |
| 0:41.8 | Right. |
| 0:42.8 | Stories about a major trend or something that's shaking up a particular sport. |
| 0:47.3 | First up is hockey. |
| 0:48.5 | A lot of teams have been investing big bucks in talented young players. |
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