Carter expects boos in Philly; Eastern Wild Card race; Canes extend Faulk (Puck Headlines)
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• The delightfully weird David Booth celebrates a rare goal by rocking a TMNT headband after Sunday's Canucks game.
• Jeff Carter expects boos in his return to Philadelphia. He'll be fuelled by the boos. He plans to drink the boos. He misheard the question. [Philly]
• B storyline in LA vs. Philly: Darryl Sutter faces his former player in Craig Berube. [LA Times]
• What's the difference between the Edmonton Oilers and the Colorado Avalanche, besides all those wins? Consistency. [The Globe & Mail]
• Speaking of consistency, the Blue Jackets will have to show more of it if they want to win a Wild Card spot. Todd Richards on his team's weak performance versus the Islanders. “This clearly isn’t good enough. We got the result that we deserved because we weren’t a good team today.” [Blue Jackets Xtra]
• The Maple Leafs are veering towards their annual collapse. [Sportsnet]
• George Malik on the Red Wings' attempt to keep their playoff streak alive. [Kukla's Korner]
• Ryan Callahan's transition to Tampa Bay is going quite smoothly. [Tampa Bay Tribune]
• Meanwhile, in New York, Marty St. Louis has the flu. Derek Stepan too, as JT Miller has been called up on an emergency basis. [Blueshirts Blog]
• Justin Faulk gets a six-year, $29 million extension. [Canes Country]
• A very, very cool infographic tracking the evolution of home uniforms in the NHL. [Reddit]
• Your three stars for the week are Gustav Nyquist, Henrik Lundqvist, and Jarome Iginla. [NHL]
• Be sure to listen to "Do you wanna have a goalie fight", an absurd Frozen parody inspired by Eddie Lack and Roberto Luongo, written by Redditors, and recorded by London-based hockey fan Eliza Eaton. [PITB]
• The Pittsburgh Penguins' bottom-six seems like it might be a problem in the playoffs. [Sporting News]
• Former referee Paul Stewart: James Neal is everything that's wrong with NHL discipline. [HockeyBuzz]
• The Canucks got a big win versus the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday, but they also suffered a big loss: Henrik Sedin is injured again. [Vancouver Sun]
• Enjoy this gallery of traded players in their new jerseys, which will make you feel weird. It just seems so wrong. [Icethetics]
• Mikhail Grabovski is back at practice for the Capitals. [RMNB]
• Remembering the NHL's longest game, played 78 years ago today, and tomorrow. (It was a really long game.) [Hockey Inside Out]
• Finally, witness the best unsportsmanlike conduct penalty ever, as a parched Brandon Leipsic gets two minutes for drinking from the opposing goalie's water bottle. [Buzzing the Net]