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Grier was the pick after a lengthy search that included dozens of candidates and lasted nearly three months.

San Jose is expected to make the hire official on Tuesday.

Hutson, a defenseman from Barrington, will be a borderline first-round pick in the draft July 7-8. Devine, a forward from Glencoe, and several other Chicagoland natives also will be selected.

On the verge of bringing in a new full-time general manager, the Sharks made sweeping and abrupt changes to their coaching staff, firing Bob Boughner as head coach and John MacLean, John Madden, and Dan Darrow as assistants.

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After paying his dues as a player and longtime assistant coach, Richardson will test his “calm demeanor” and patient approach in a tough situation in Chicago.

While his exact return timeline remains unclear, the All-Star forward is expected to miss significant time.

This was, in the parlance of the moment, a sure thing. The move toward online sports gambling, already legal in Virginia and Tennessee and dozens of other states, had been gathering momentum in North Carolina for years. A series of votes last week was supposed to push it, finally, across…