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By Fluto Shinzawa, Max Bultman and Pierre LeBrunJuly 1, 2026 1:11 pm EDT UpdatedThe Detroit Red Wings have signed winger Viktor Arvidsson to a two-year contract with a $5 million average annual value, according to league sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity to address negotiations that aren’t public.
Arvidsson, 33, was an unrestricted free agent coming off a two-year deal with a $4 million cap hit. He had a resurgent season with the Bruins in 2025-26, with 25 goals and 54 points in 69 games after scoring just 15 goals and 27 points in 67 games with the Edmonton Oilers in 2024-25.
The Bruins made a low-cost bet on Arvidsson when they acquired him from the Oilers for a 2027 fifth-rounder. But Arvidsson was a short-term investment because of his expiring contract, age and playing style.
Coach Marco Sturm was an Arvidsson supporter. Sturm, who also coached Arvidsson when he was a Los Angeles Kings assistant, liked how the high-energy wing made himself visible in interior ice. He praised Arvidsson for encouraging his teammates to fall in line behind him because of his nonstop motor.
The Red Wings needed five-on-five scoring help, and Arvidsson should address that need. His 42 five-on-five points last season were more than any Red Wing other than Alex DeBrincat, and his 18 five-on-five goals would have led the team. Last season, Detroit ranked 30th in the league with just 2.13 five-on-five goals per 60 minutes.
The 33-year-old winger also has familiarity with Red Wings head coach Todd McLellan, as McLellan coached the Kings when Arvidsson was there from 2021-2024.
Arvidsson’s average ice time dropped below 15 minutes per game last season, which is notable for a team that ideally needs Arvidsson to play in its top six. But it shouldn’t be a stretch to get him up to at least a second-line role, where his speed and scoring ability will add needed elements to the Red Wings lineup.
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By CA Post Editorial Board Published July 1, 2026, 9:57 p.m. ETSee more of our coverage in your search results.
Add The California Post on GoogleRipped from the headlines of the satirical Babylon Bee:
A DEI extravaganza to mark the 250th birthday of the USA!
Oh wait.
That’s not the Bee; it’s actually a thing: San Diego County plans an identity-politics spectacular this July 4.
Wanna go?
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The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted this year to align the county’s Independence Day event with “equity and racial justice” goals.
Per a social media post from the mayor of El Cajon, the three-hour program will feature: a “tribal intimate blessing welcoming to land”; a tribal invocation; the American and black national anthems; local tribal community stories; Latino community stories; Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander community stories; LGBTQIA+ community stories; and black and African community stories.
Whew. It’s exhausting just to read about.
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But more to the point: all of this … on July 4 of America’s 250th year? What message does the county of San Diego mean to send?
Not one that elevates fun, family, unity, respect, gratitude and patriotism — traditional Independence Day fare.
Instead, the county stoops to woke pandering.
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Extolling favored groups on the nation’s birthday is e pluribus unum in reverse: ex uno, plura.
It’s divisive. It’s ill-timed. And it’s disrespectful to the nation, to its founding values and to the US Armed Forces who have fought and sometimes died to guard the rights the grievance crowd takes for granted.
In the very recent past, Americans of all stars and stripes could agree on some things, including the Fourth of July and its fun family patriotic fare.
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Remember the iconic jingle, “We love baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet?”
Those were days when Americans united around major holidays, around a shared heritage of freedom and around pride in a country that’s the freest in the world.
No longer.
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These days, the scolds can’t be satisfied, the socialists win elections from New York to Colorado (unthinkable not long ago) and divisive Fourth of July programs emerge in once-moderate places like San Diego County.
Increasingly, elected officials want to shove a thumb in the eye of the nation, its founding, its traditions and its glory.
Enough.
Note to the radicals who rush to tear America down on perhaps its most cherished holiday:
Stop being petulant about losing national elections.
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Love your country even if you don’t love its current leader.
Teach, respect and appreciate the values of 1776: liberty, individual rights, equality, limited government and the rule of law.
Ditch the woke bilge and restore the picnics, US flags and fireworks.
Restore e pluribus unum.
Skip the lecture series and let the people have fun.
And a bonus memo to San Diego County voters: Remember this farce next election.
Just maybe, in another grand American tradition, you’ll do this:
Throw the bums out.
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