Canes. And of course Patrik Laine was a physical presence, even if

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Its Peace out for the Los Angeles Lakers. They waived Metta World Peace on Thursday under the NBAs amnesty provision, which will save the team about $15 million in luxury tax. He was set to earn $7.7 million next season, which the Lakers still must pay. He averaged 12.4 points and 5.0 rebounds in 75 games last season, having joined the Lakers in 2009. The 33-year-old tore knee cartilage in March and clearly wasnt the same player afterward. He didnt play in the last game of San Antonios four-game sweep of the Lakers in the first round. The former Ron Artest legally changed his name during his tenure with the team. One of the highlights of his time with the Lakers was his clutch play in Game 7 of the 2010 NBA Finals, which helped them beat Boston for the franchises 16th championship. "Its tough to say goodbye to a player such as Metta, who has been a significant part of our team the past four seasons," Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said. "For anyone whos had the opportunity to get to know him, its impossible not to love him." Kobe Bryant wanted to keep him, tweeting earlier this week that hed hold onto World Peace and try to make a run with the team the Lakers had. A 14-year veteran, World Peace has also played for Houston, Sacramento, Indiana and Chicago during his career. He won the leagues citizenship award in 2011 for his off-court contributions. World Peace tweeted thanks that Kupchak had called him first. In a follow-up tweet, World Peace, well-known for kidding his followers on the social media site, wrote, "Im going to play for Yao Mings team in china! I cant wait to arrive in Shanghai !!" Former All-Star centre Yao played for the Sharks before coming to the U.S. to play in the NBA and he and World Peace were teammates in Houston. In another move, the Lakers signed free agent Nick Young, who starred at Southern California during his college career. The 6-foot-7 guard-forward averaged 10.6 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 59 games for Philadelphia last season. Young previously played in Los Angeles for the Clippers, and was with Washington during his six-year NBA career. Angels Jerseys 2020 . -- There were so many positives from the Orlando Magics first victory of the season that it was hard for coach Jacque Vaughn to stop praising his players. Cheap Angels Jerseys . -- The goal posts lying flat on the field, Arizonas fans lingered on the field, congregating around the locker room entrance nearly 30 minutes after rushing out of the stands. https://www.cheapangels.com/ . 4 Villanova with a 96-68 drubbing on Monday. Wragge hit 9-of-14 from behind the arc, matching Kyle Korvers school record for 3-pointers in a game set in 2003, as Creighton (16-3, 6-1 Big East broke a conference record with 21 treys in the rout. Los Angeles Angels Pro Shop . -- Edmontons Val Sweeting is two wins away from a trip to Winnipeg to play in Canadas Road of the Rings in December. Los Angeles Angels Gear .com) - Manchester City midfielder David Silva is expected to miss the next four weeks because of a calf problem. TORONTO -- In the blink of an eye, World Cup of Hockey enemies will once again become National Hockey League teammates. And players who stood shoulder to shoulder sporting their nations jersey in the tournament -- or in the case of Team North America and Team Europe, simply sporting matching jerseys -- will soon square off against those tournament teammates with valuable regular-season points on the line.Funny how that works.But as Canada celebrates the continuation of its historic domination of the sport after sweeping Team Europe in the best-of-three World Cup finals, winning their 16th consecutive game in best-on-best tournaments, we examined which players might use the World Cup as a springboard to greatness in the NHL -- or, conversely, which players are hoping to forget their forgettable performances in Toronto and start with a clean slate on their NHL clubs.You could argue that Brad Marchand was going to get paid regardless. But theres little doubt that his superlative performance playing alongside Sidney Crosby and?Boston Bruins?teammate Patrice Bergeron was a catalyst to his eight-year, $49 million contract extension?with the Bruins. Marchand finished second in the tournament in scoring, and if the Bruins are going to arrest a two-year playoff slide, Marchand will need to be a key part of that renaissance. And while were at it, theres no reason to believe that Bergeron, third in tournament scoring and likely the second-best player on Team Canada behind Crosby, wont hit the ground running in Boston. Look out, Atlantic Division.Remember last year when Crosby had five points in October? Remember how some people wrote him off? Ha-ha. That was funny. Now the World Cup of Hockey MVP and leading scorer in the tournament will return to the?Pittsburgh Penguins?in midseason form after leading the World Cup in scoring and continuing his playoff-MVP level of play. Look out, world.There is no shortage of questions facing the Detroit Red Wings this season as they move on without Pavel Datsyuk and harbor concerns about?Henrik Zetterbergs durability. But GM Ken Holland has to be thrilled with the play of a couple of members of Team Europe. Frans Nielsen, signed as a free agent by Detroit during the offseason, earned much praise for his two-way game during the World Cup. And Tomas Tatar delivered a team-best three goals, including two in the Europeans overtime win over Sweden in the semifinals. Both players are crucial to the Red Wings ability to keep their monumental playoff streak alive next spring. They have qualified for the playoffs in 25 consecutive seasons.There were so many impressive players on Team North America, but?Philadelphia Flyers?fans had to be pleased to see rookie of the year nominee Shayne Gostisbehere get off to a good start at the World Cup. ?His play was impressive, especially after Aaron Ekblad left the tournament with a concussion, and Gostisbehere (four assists) tied for the points lead among defensemen at the tournament.On the other side of the coin, the tournament wasnt particularly kind to anyone on Team USA, as the Americans went 0-3.dddddddddddd But?Los Angeles Kings?GM Dean Lombardi has to hope Jonathan Quick is more like the Jonathan Quick of the first pretournament game against Canada and not the Quick who turned in a 3.56 GAA and .863 save percentage in two starts during round-robin play.The Kings will also be without veteran winger Marian Gaborik, who was injured in Team Europes overtime win over Sweden in the semifinals. Gaborik may miss two months with an injury to his right foot -- which is not good news for a Kings team that appears to be entering a period of decline.Back to Detroit for a moment. Nielsen and Tatar were standouts, but the same cant be said for the perpetually underachieving Thomas Vanek, who had just one assist.Patrick Kane was another disappointing part of Team USA. The Hart Trophy winner failed to score and finished with a minus-4 rating, but we doubt itll take long for him to reconnect with linemates Artem Anisimov and Artemi Panarin, whose Russian squad was dumped in the semifinal by Canada. The pair combined for one goal for Russia, and all three will be looking forward to getting back in a groove in Chicago.Pekka Rinne played in only one game for Finland in the World Cup, a humbling 4-1 loss to speedy Team North America in which Rinne faced 43 shots. Tuukka Rask took over for the final two games, but if the Nashville Predators were hoping that Rinne would use the tournament as a springboard to midseason form, it didnt happen.Speaking of the Finns ... they had a pretty ugly tournament, scoring just one goal in three games. But that said, we were impressed with youngster?Sebastian Aho, and we know that?Carolina Hurricanes?GM Ron Francis is looking forward to seeing how Aho fits in with the Canes. And of course Patrik Laine was a physical presence, even if he did not record a point, and will step right into the?Winnipeg Jets?lineup.It was a bit of a challenge to get a handle on Jack Eichel with dynamic Team North America. The second overall 2015 draft pick had a goal and an assist, but he was overshadowed by Johnny Gaudreau, Auston Matthews, Nathan MacKinnon and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. That might not be a bad thing, necessarily, but it will be interesting to see how Eichels season begins in Buffalo.And finally, how about the Tampa Bay Lightning, which led all teams with 12 players in the tournament? Will it hurt the Lightning, getting out of the blocks, having had so many key players -- not to mention coach Jon Cooper, who was an assistant with Team North America -- out of the loop at the World Cup of Hockey? Probably not. Having players play at such a high level early in the season cant be a bad thing. And you have to figure that this tournament will be a boon to a player like?Steven Stamkos, who struggled offensively in the tournament, scoring just once, and who missed all but one of Tampas playoff games with a blood clotting issue. ' ' '