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Alex Galchenyuk, Nail Yakupov affirm NHL loyalty: Monday’s coast-to-coast

Combing all corners of the country and the blogosphere for your junior hockey headlines ...

WHL

Everett Silvertips defenceman Ryan Murray talks about possibly being the first defenceman selected in the NHL. draft. (Yahoo! Sports)

Regina Pats GM Chad Lang insists 18-year-old forward Dominik Volek will return to Regina rather than play junior in Sweden for Färjestad: "I've had two conversations with his agent and his representation from over here. We're still planning to go ahead that he'll be returning here." (Regina Leader-Post)

Anyone who asked Lukas Sutter if his famous name is akin to having a target can't snark off about a column about draft picks with famous NHL dads. (Winnipeg Free Press)

Has any team ever had an unsuccessful prospects camp? Anyhow, Adam Brooks, who was the Regina Pats' first pick in 2011, looked ready to be a regular this fall. (Regina Leader-Post)

Sixteen-year-old goalie Jordan Papirney impressed at Brandon's camp. (Luber's Lounge)

Another goalie of the future's name to commit to memory: Zach Sawchenko in Moose Jaw. (Moose Jaw Times-Herald)

The Portland Winterhawks could have 20-year-old defenceman Troy Rutkowski back after the Colorado Avalanche declined to sign him. (Mile High Hockey)

The Pipeline Show follows up on the odd way the University of Alberta picked Ian Herbers as its new men's hockey coach. (The Pipeline Show)

OHL

Did anyone else think it was ridiculous Nail Yakupov and Alex Galchenyuk were peppered with questions about going to the KHL after playing in North America for two seasons? (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Montreal Gazette)

Another vote for Galchenyuk over Yakupov. (HockeyBuzz)

But it's cancelled out by one for Yakupov over Galchenyuk, at least among the OHL's best bets for the draft. (OHL Prospects)

The Winnipeg Jets hold the No. 9 overall pick and would like to select a forward, but what if a defenceman such as the Ottawa 67's Cody Ceci is the best player available at that slot? (Winnipeg Free Press)

One of today's two should-reads: Owen Sound Attack centre Gemel Smith talks to Terry Koshan about growing up in a rough area of Toronto: "Every now and then when I was trying to sleep you would hear people yelling outside, every now and then you would hear a gunshot. After a while it became normal to me and I adapted to it." (Toronto Sun)

Shawn Reznik examines how Joel Jenkins, father of the late London Knights draft pick Ian Jenkins, has tried to craft a legacy from the loss of his son. (The Hockey Writers)

Overage goalie Keegan Wilson is headed to the Ottawa 67's, with centre Nick Foglia bound for the Brampton Battalion. (Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa Sun)

QMJHL

Coach Éric Veilleux is as good as gone in Shawinigan, writes Steve Turcotte. (Temps d'Arret)

Saint John Sea Dogs centre Stephen MacAulay is now a NHL free agent, raising the possibility of him being one of the Q's most valuable overages next season. (Metro Halifax)

The Sherbrooke Phoenix expansion draft is Wednesday but the new team is already picking up players. Twenty-year-olds Alexandre Comtois, Mike McNamee and Owen Werthner are apparently headed west from the Quebec Remparts, while former Chicoutimi Saguenéens second-round choice Simon Desbiens was dealt for a third-rounder. (Le Soleil, Le Quotidien, Even Strength)

Neate Sager is a writer for Yahoo! Canada Sports. Contact him at neatesager@yahoo.ca and follow him on Twitter @neatebuzzthenet.