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.

• Reminder: Hockey Rumors Live Chat at 1 p.m. EST. Woot!

• Breaking as this was posted: Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Jay McKee(notes) will miss two weeks to a month with a finger infection, and Mark Eaton(notes) left Wedesday's practice early. Wow, the Penguins' blue line is devastated right now. Is Philippe Boucher(notes) really retired? [Penguins]

• As the Chicago Blackhawks close in on contracts for Patrick Kane(notes), Jonathan Toews(notes) and Duncan Keith(notes), Tim Sassone warns of NHL investigations and a cap crisis. Fatal flaw in the analysis: No way Keith will have a $6 million cap hit if he signs a 12-year deal. [Between The Circles, and more from TFP]

• Justin Bourne with a solid blog about head shots and where the players are in this debate: "Where's the uproar from the players? Guys can't want it in the game" [THN]

• Carrie Underwood said that she's not moving in with Mike Fisher(notes) of the Ottawa Senators any time soon because the next person she moves in with will be her "hubby." Thank god she didn't say "until he wins the Stanley Cup." Poor thing will be in menopause, and that's if she's lucky. [People]

• If the season were to end today, ESPN would give the Hart Trophy to Rick Nash(notes), because for some silly reason Ryan Miller(notes) and Craig Anderson(notes) aren't even mentioned as candidates. But Chris Pronger(notes) is. OK then. [ESPN]

• Today is Sidney Crosby's(notes) day with the Olympic torch, which is being covered by at least one Pittsburgh TV station. Our joke on Twitter this morning: "Last torch-passing that got this amount of coverage in Canada was Bret Hart refusing to job for Shawn Michaels." [WPXI and Metro Canada]

• A valentine to the GTG: "Game-tying goal." In our fracked-up NHL standings system, these little buggers are the reason for charity points. [Copper & Blue]

• Kevin Compton, a San Jose Sharks co-owner, calls the Phoenix Coyotes mess "a joke" and says that the owners aren't the ones keeping Jim Balsillie out of an ownership position in the NHL. Of course, the Sharks voted against his request to own the Coyotes. Of course, Compton and Balsillie have had business dealings in the telecommunications industry in the past. [Fear The Fin]

• "Did you hear that, did you hear about the shouting match between Phaneuf and another player. Somebody was screaming at Phaneuf, calling him selfish." Adrian Dater didn't hear it, but heard someone in Calgary media talk about it, so he Tweeted it. And now he regrets it. [All Things Avs, via Kukla]

• The New York Rangers' lack of secondary scoring is becoming a concern. [NHL]

• We'll have more about this later, but the New York Islanders buzz is getting pretty loud. [Hockey Independent]

• Bitter Leaf Fan's dose of reality on the future of the Toronto Maple Leafs will have half the city reaching for the Canadian Club: "On pace for 12 wins, fewest goals for, most goals against and maxed out at the cap. Two top 10 draft picks in the last two years already in the system. Just think, this is where Chicago was in 2005, and where Pittsburgh and Washington were in 2004. Sadly, I can't see a similar upside for a Leaf team with so few options left." [BLF]

• Al Strachan feels he was unfairly fired from Hockey Night In Canada. According to sources? [Truth and Rumours]

• The Saskatoon Blades' 5th annual Toque Toss Night will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 16. "When the Blades score their first goal of the night, fans can throw these items onto the ice to be donated to a host of local charities." Awfully presumptuous there, aren't we Saskatoon Blades? [Blades]

• From Leahy, a "Mario Lemieux autographed Erie Otters/Lemieux Foundation jersey - Pittsburgh Penguins" on auction from the NHL.

• The roof gets blown off Dallas' Reunion Arena. [Razor With An Edge]

• A prediction that Kyle Wellwood(notes) will "bust the slump like it's the zipper on his 2008 jeans." By a Canadian columnist named Guts McTavish. [Sun Media]

• David Legwand(notes), Joel Ward(notes) and Jerred Smithson(notes) > Joe Thornton(notes), Dany Heatley(notes) and Ryan Clowe. At least last night for the Nashville Predators. [On The Forecheck]

• One fan's battle with Verizon FiOS in DC. [Mike Holden, via JP]

• Finally, this save by Carey Price(notes) of the Montreal Canadiens in last night's shootout was pretty remarkable. Or "retardo," as Two-Line poetically put it.

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