Kopitar's Slovenian impact; Buffalo's season tix; Capital love (Puck Headlines)
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• I love photos of Johnny Gaudreau looking kid-like. [Johnny Gaudreau]
• Anze Kopitar has done an incredible amount of work for hockey in Slovenia. [Jewels from the Crown]
• What tank? The Buffalo Sabres had a great summer for season ticket renewals. [Buffalo Sabres]
• The changing monetary value in global markets has far reaching effects in the hockey world. [IIHF]
• More about the Greenville Road Warriors morphing into the mythical Swamp Rabbits. There’s actually more to the name change than you think. [Greenville Online]
• Your 2015-16 AHL schedule has been released! [The AHL]
• Have the Washington Capitals closed the gap on the New York Rangers? And other topics you wanted to know about Washington. [Japers’ Rink]
• If the Winnipeg Jets trade Dustin Byfuglien, they’ll want the right type of value in return. What is fair market value for Big Buff? [Illegal Curve]
• The Islanders Ice Girls may be changing to a co-ed ice cleaning group. As long as they’re all wearing Brooklyn hipster skinny jeans. [Islanders Point Blank]
• Why Nick Bonino is the Pittsburgh Penguins most underrated offseason acquisition. [The Hockey Writers]
• Is Scott Gomez a potential replacement for the injured Patrik Berglund with the St. Louis Blues? [Fansided]
• Quite a few perspectives on the Mark Giordano re-signing. This goes pretty deep into all different thoughts on Gio’s return to the Flames. [Flames from 80 Feet]
• A hockey camp at the Lake Placid 1980 rink hosted by the Miracle on Ice team? This sounds like the greatest hockey camp of all time! [Bloomberg]
• There was a ridiculously awesome band that played during Anaheim Ducks playoff games. Bring them back for next season. [Anaheim Calling]
• A ‘heartfelt’ goodbye to Phil Kessel. And by goodbye we mean … ‘see ya later.’ [The Cauldron]
• How will new Toronto Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock change his team’s neutral zone defense. [SPORTLOGOiQ]
• Auston Matthews on the road never taken by a top draft prospect to get ready for the NHL in 2016-17. [AZ Central]
• Winnipeg captain Andrew Ladd would like to sign a contract extension with the team before the season. He’s in the final year of a deal that pays him $4.5 million per-season. Unclear if he’s using ‘Mark Messier Leadership Award finalist’ as leverage. [The Score]
• Boston Blades General Manager Krista Patronick is pretty happy with how her first CWHL draft went. [Stanley Cup of Chowder]
• Oh geez, the Washington Capitals against the Anaheim Ducks in the Stanley Cup Final. The Ovi/Bruce match up we all want. [DC Sports Bog]
• Are the Nashville Predators your sleeper for the Central Division? Big cats do like to wait to pounce says this blog. [Predlines]
• Finally, Work on your hand-eye coordination kids.
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