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According to the creators of the video game NHL 22, the Florida Panthers will win the Stanley Cup.

Every year, EA simulates the National Hockey League playoffs. The series that began yesterday (May 2) would crown a new champion, as the Tampa Bay Lightning will be eliminated by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round.

According to EA, the Panthers will defeat the Washington Capitals in five games in the first round. They will also defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins in six games in the Eastern Association semifinals and finals respectively.

In the Western Association, the Calgary Flames, Canada’s top team, will go a long way this spring. The Alberta team will be eliminated in seven games against the Colorado Avalanche in the Western Final.

In the Grand Final, the Florida Panthers will defeat the Colorado Avalanche in six games.

The Florida Panthers won the season’s honors and earned the President’s Cup with a 58-18-6 record. Florida has never won the Stanley Cup, losing the 1996 final in four games to the Colorado Avalanche.

Basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal would be willing to manage the legendary Los Angeles Lakers if they would pay him… a lot.

On a show on the podcast The Big Podcast with Shaq the former NBA star set his conditions to become the Lakers‘ coach .

“If the Lakers offer me $25 million a year for four years, I’ll coach the Lakers. I need a four-year contract. I’ll coach them right now.”

Shaquille O’Neal played 19 seasons in the NBA. In fact, he won three consecutive titles in 2000, 2001 and 2002 with the Los Angeles Lakers. However, the 50-year-old has never coached a professional basketball team.

The Lakers are going through some tough times. They missed the playoffs despite having a star-studded roster of LeBron James, Russell Westbrook and Anthony Davis. Coach Frank Vogel was fired after the season.

If the Lakers were to offer Shaq the contract he wants to take over the team, he would become the highest paid coach in the NBA.

Two of the biggest stars in sports, Lewis Hamilton and Serena Williams, are among a group of investors who want to buy the English soccer club Chelsea.

Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the assets of many Russian oligarchs have been frozen by various countries around the world. Among the billionaires close to Vladimir Putin affected by these measures is Roman Abramovich, owner of the Premier League soccer club.

Roman Abramovich has also seen France confiscate a dozen properties from him.

Chelsea FC has been under trusteeship since the start of the war and is now looking for a new owner. At least three groups have already shown interest in the club, which was founded in 1905, and is reportedly selling for around 3 billion pounds (4.9 billion Canadian dollars).

One of these groups is said to include F1 champion Lewis Hamilton and tennis champion Serena Williams. According to Sky News, the two athletes are each investing $13 million (US ) in the venture, along with other partners.

In addition to the group of two big stars of their sport, Todd Boehly, owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Stephen Pagliuca, owner of the Boston Celtics, are also said to be in the running to become owners of the European champions of the game.

Lewis Hamilton and Serena Williams are not the only sportsmen interested in investing in the Premier League. Basketball icon LeBron James has owned a stake in Liverpool FC since 2011.