Just a slapshot away from the swank MGM Grand Casino a sudden blast of southerly wind on a sweltering Nevada Monday afternoon suddenly results in a huge cloud of rust-coloured dust consuming a sandy vacant lot just off the famed Las Vegas strip. It serves as a reminder that, yes, for all it’s glitz and glamour, Sin City is built in the middle of an arid desert. How fitting, then, that the NHL would choose this place to hand out among its cache of shiny hardware the Art Ross Trophy, given the way scoring in the league has dried up like much of the sun-baked land surrounding Vegas. When Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn walks onto the MGM stage to accept the award as the NHL scoring...
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