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If you’re looking for vaccination success stories, you might want to check out the National Hockey League . The NHL’s deputy commissioner Bill Daly announced it expects the league’s around 700 players to almost all be vaccinated (98 per cent) by the time the 2021-22 season kicks off October 12. This means maybe 10 to 15 players will not be vaccinated. The announcement, weeks before the season starts, may also be an isolation tactic to weed out those final holdouts and let them know the league can move on without them. The firing of Columbus Blue Jackets assistant coach Sylvain...