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Draisaitl's future; An O'Reilly trade?; Holiday break CBA violations? (Puck Headlines)

Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media.

Photo via @swhyno on Twitter
Photo via @swhyno on Twitter

• What an incredible gesture by the opposing team's coach. Trotz is awesome. [@SWhyno]

• Leon Draisaitl could be going back to major junior as early as the weekend ... and the Oilers, yeah ... the Oilers. [Sportsnet]

• World Junior 2015: Germans 'sad' as report has Oilers returning Draisaitl to junior. Draisaitl played in Edmonton's Tuesday night's shoot-out victory against the Kings. [Buzzing the Net]

• More from WJC: Eric Comrie will get the start for the Canadians against the US in Wednesday's showdown at 4:00pm ET. [BTN]

• Could Ryan O'Reilly be moved from the struggling Avalanche? Sure sounds like it's a possibility. [THN]

• Listen to National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman or anyone else connected with the league’s “Hockey is for Everyone” initiative and they’ll tell you that its goal is to build good people over building good hockey players. [Color of Hockey]

• The Minnesota Wild haven't looked like themselves in a while. Here's why things will turn around. [Ketts' Corner]

• What's going on with the Capitals' power play? [Japers' Rink]

• The Wild has activated goaltender Niklas Backstrom off injured reserve. [Wild official Twitter]

• Considering the fact that the Winnipeg Jets didn’t make any offseason improvements and have had a ton of injuries, how are they still winning?. [Puck Drunk Love]

• Did the Devils violate the CBA by skating ‘informally’ over the holiday break? [Fire and Ice]

•  The Anaheim Ducks broke no rules with their informal skates over Christmas, says captain Ryan Getzlaf. What else is he going to say? [Orange County Register]

• What can the Islanders do better next year? A list of New Year’s resolutions. [Islanders Insight]

• Connor McDavid v. Jack Eichel. OMG, it’s the biggest thing ever! [New York Times]

• Brooks Orpik is a game-time decision for the Winter Classic. [NHL]

• Could Guy Boucher fix Philadelphia? Who knows, but it would at least be entertaining. [The Hockey Writers].

• Shea Weber is putting up points in spite of ‘meh’ analytics stats. [TSN]

• Finally, It's a party for Denmark after its first World Junior win. (s/t SamuelLindberg on Reddit)