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Interviewer: John Carlson is leading the league in assist and points right now– Nicklas Backstrom: Yeah. I mean, no surprise there. I got a question from Tarik actually before the season, who’d be the– not the biggest surprise but– Interviewer: Breakout player? Nicklas Backstrom: Breakout player. That’s him right there.

Nicklas Backstrom informing the NHL that they are fools for sleeping on John Carlson.

[ Washington dressing room survey: Capitals predict who’s primed for a big season

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“A few years later, the U.S. began using professional athletes at the Games - Dream Teams. I always found that term ironic because now that we have Dream Teams, we seldom ever get to dream. But on one weekend, as America and the world watched, a group of remarkable young men gave the nation what it needed most: a chance, for one night, not only to dream, but a chance, once again, to believe.” 

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