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NHL puts off 2 days of playoff games amid injustice protests

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Vegas forward Ryan Reaves was struggling with the decision of whether to sit out the Golden Knights' playoff game to protest racial injustice, when he discovered the players around the NHL had his back. Reaves woke up Thursday to find a text from Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk, prompting a conversation that helped lead the NHL to postpone four playoff games over two days. ''That, I think, was more powerful that the conversation started with white players on other teams wanting to talk,'' said Reaves, who is Black.



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