NHLPA’s new proposal; Evgeni Malkin’s Canadian tuxedo; NHL thinks fans are stupid (Puck Headlines)

Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media.

• The old school Wolverine hockey jersey. Two minutes for clawing. *Snick* [Geeky Jerseys]

• International expert in brand marketing Andre Richelieu believes the NHL thinks its fans are stupid: "From a sports-marketing point of view I think the NHL is about to realize that the last word is what the fans have. It is consumer power. When the consumers decide to act, to send a message to the organization, then the organization has no other choice but to change things." [Globe & Mail, which used an image of a Los Angeles Kings fan on the article, because no Canadian fan would ever properly illustrate stupidity apparently]

• Huzzah! A new proposal from the players is on the way! [CP]

• Elliotte Friedman believes it's essential that the NHLPA adjust its share of HRR: "Refusal to concede here is an absolute non-starter for the league. (Its counter to the players' argument is they were the ones who refused to negotiate earlier in the process.) And, even if the players do make a move in that direction, it's not going to be a big one." [CBC Sports]

• John Vogl on the next steps of the CBA talks: "A full proposal will make the NHL listen. Considering the NHLPA has had more than two months to come up with a comprehensive CBA plan, it had better make one or it will inch closer to having a whole canceled season to think about it." [Buffalo News]

• Heika on the lockout: "When I started covering the Stars in 1994, teams flew commercial and stayed in Marriotts. Now, they charter and stay in 5-Star hotels. They also played in smaller arenas and practiced in smaller arenas. Their facilities were sometimes antiquated. Now, you would have a difficult time finding a team that doesn't have a fairly new arena and a fantastic practice facility. You'd also be hard-pressed to locate a squad that doesn't treat its prospects in a top-notch fashion and fly them in for camps or tournaments. It all costs money." [Dallas Stars Blog]

• Evgeni Malkin. Canadian tuxedo. Amazing. [Deadspin]

• Why it's probably a good idea for Gary Bettman to shut his pie hole. [Backhand Shelf]

• Forward Nathan MacKinnon of the Halifax Mooseheads in the QMJHL and defenseman Seth Jones of the Portland Winterhawks in the WHL are your 2013 NHL Draft top pick leaders. [NHL.com]

• Noted ironman Alex Semin has yet to achieve peak conditioning despite being two months into the lockout. [R Sport, via Kukla]

• The lack of Detroit Red Wings hockey is impacting Irish pubs. Damn this lockout. [MLive.com]

• The bad news: No Kraft Hockeyville this year. The good news: Kraft is still giving $1 million to Hockey Canada affiliated minor hockey associations. [THN]

• Why hasn't the Stanley Cup been to Long Beach yet? [Life In Hockeywood]

• The Toronto Marlies announced Tuesday forward Leo Komarov has been loaned to Dynamo Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). [Leafs]

• Nikita Kucherov is now the Quebec Remparts' odd import out; is he being shopped? [Buzzing The Net]

• "Two of the biggest news stories in the world right now are the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the NHL lockout." [Battle of California]

• Finally, this is a pretty brutal hit from a AA midget game that earned the hitter a game misconduct for a head shot.