Battalion bask, and an Oil change for Reinhart? The coast-to-coast

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WHL

Terry Jones ponders whether the Edmonton Oilers should deal away their No. 2 overall pick to keep Oil Kings captain Griffin Reinhart, the New York Islanders' 2012 first-rounder, in Alberta for a little longer. (Edmonton Sun)

Winnipeg Jets first-rounder Josh Morrissey is getting some valuable experience with his spring AHL stint with the St. John's IceCaps. Just ration your time on George Street, kid. (Winnipeg Sun)

Kelowna assistant coach Dan Lambert, after falling behind 3-1 to Portland: "We have a lot of passengers right now." (Castanet, The Columbian, Kelowna Capital News)

It's possible the comeback vs. Kootenay took too much juice out of Medicine Hat, which is now down 3-1 to a grooving Edmonton side. (Edmonton Sun, Medicine Hat News)

Everyone is saying all the right things about how the Regina Pats sale will affect the current employees, including highly regarded GM Chad Lang. Don't they always. (Regina Leader-Post)

Kamloops Blazers defenceman Edson Harlacher helped Switzerland be a stingy bunch over at the world under-18 championship. (Hockey's Future)

Lethbridge's Reid Duke is taking motivation from being passed over for Canada's under-18 team. (NHL.com)

OHL

Stan Butler's summation of the Khaki Spring in North Bay, the Battalion's Eastern final sweep of Oshawa: "I thought we could win, but I didn't think we could win the way it happened." (North Bay Nugget)

Owen Sound coach Greg Ireland and GM Dale DeGray have received contract extensions through 2017. (Bayshore Broadcasting)

Can Connor Brown and Dane Fox sustain their success on Friday and Guelph to help Erie fight off checkmate? (Erie Times-News)

Toronto is bordering on producing almost as many NBA first-round picks as NHL first-rounders. Guelph GM Mike Kelly traces it back to the decline of the publicly funded community arena: "If we’re not sensitive to that and trying to allow the middle-class kids the opportunity to play, then we are going to lose good athletes." (Toronto Star, Torstar Network)

QMJHL

Rimouski Océanic coach-GM Serge Beausoleil has the bar for 2014-15 set at Memorial Cup or bust. (Le Soleil)

So why did Val-d'Or come out "soft" in the second period with a chance to take a 3-1 series lead on Halifax? Mystery of the ages. (L'Echo Abitibien)

Jonathan Drouin has the same amount of playoff points as Mario Lemieux, yeah, that's pretty cool. Lemieux did his damage in eight playoff series. Drouin is midway through his 10th. (Halifax Chronicle-Herald)

Neate Sager is a writer for Yahoo! Canada Sports. Follow him on Twitter @neatebuzzthenet.