QMJHL clubs open training camps: the coast-to-coast

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

WHL

How does Seth Jones being in the Nashville Predators' top four sound? (NHL.com)

Calgary Flames-drafted D-man Brett Kulak says he bore a lot of the burden for the Vancouver Giants' last-place showing in 2012-13. (Vancouver Province)

What should one expect from recent Edmonton Oilers signing Jujhar Khaira once the 19-year-old forward joins the Everett Silvertips? (Copper & Blue)

Kelowna Rockets defenceman Madison Bowey talks about his preparation ahead of the Washington Capitals' rookie camp next month. (Rinkside Update)

Meantime, Bowey's blueline mate, Jesse Lees, has a rookie-camp invitation from the Boston Bruins. (Kelowna Daily Courier)

That poor start that graduating Saskatoon Blades captain Brenden Walker had last season doesn't matter now that he's signed an AHL pact with the Phoenix Coyotes organization. (Saskatoon StarPhoenix)

Portland Winterhawks centre Preston Kopeck drew plenty of motivation from being injured and unable to contribute during May's MasterCard Memorial Cup. (Medicine Hat News)

OHL

After the London Knights' Michael McCarron, who is the highest-profile U.S. newcomer in the league? (OHL Prospects)

Reminder: don't get in a legal row with the Kitchener Rangers. Josh Brown tells of how John Cosman, who sued the team after it yanked his season tickets, now has to pay the Rangers' court costs. (Waterloo Record)

Could Seth Griffith return to the London Knights as an overage? Wouldn't, he typed snarkily, the Providence Bruins have more available playing time? (CKSN)

Columbus Blue Jackets second-rounder Oscar Dansk is tapping into the power of positive thinking entering his 19-year-old season in Erie. (Erie Times-News)

Everyone, promise that you will never transpose 15-year-old forward Ward Kyle's first and last names. (Sudbury Star)

The North Bay Battalion have inked an affiliation agreement with the North Bay Trappers, the Junior A team which suddenly has much more competition for the hockey dollar. (Bay Today)

Folks who otherwise seldom have anything to say about major junior hockey are still snickering over Kingston GM Doug Gilmour trading his son, Jake Gilmour, to the Niagara IceDogs. (HLNTV)

QMJHL

Saint John Sea Dogs president Wayne Long, on the club's first full post-Jonathan Huberdeau season: "We expect to get back to a high level sooner than most people think." (Hockey Scene)

The Cape Breton Screaming Eagles' Clark Bishop, on Canada's Hlinka tourney win: "Over the past three weeks, our team grew together like a family." (St. John's Telegram)

It sounds like Chicoutimi Saguenéens newcomer Janne Puhakka, an 18-year-old Finnish forward, had a fun time clearing Canada Customs & Immigration. (Le Quotidien)

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