Captain Plekanec; Yahoo fantasy hockey is open; Youppi! and the Expos (Puck Headlines)

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• Mazel tov, Ovi!

• Yahoo Fantasy Hockey is open for the 2016-17 season. Register your team today! [Yahoo]

• Desert Knights, Silver Knights, and Golden Knights have been trademarked by Bill Foley. Which one will be the Las Vegas NHL expansion franchise’s name? [Sin Bin Vegas]

• Oh, and now let’s add “Sand Knights” to the list. Yeesh. [SportsLogos.net]

• Former NHLer John Madden will replace Jared Bednar behind the bench of the AHL’s Cleveland Monsters. [Monsters]

• Tomas Plekanec will once again wear the ‘C’ for the Czech Republic at next month’s World Cup of Hockey. [NHL.com]

• Positional rankings: Projecting the NHL’s top 25 goalies in 2016-17. [Yahoo]

• Dawn Braid talks about her journey to being a full-time coach in the NHL. [The Hockey News]

• Fun read on how an original St. Louis Blues jersey found its way back home. [Post-Dispatch]

• Pascal Dupuis may not be around the Pittsburgh Penguins as much as he was last season as his ponders his next move. [Tribune-Review]

• Youppi! and the Montreal Canadiens have kept the Montreal Expos alive and well. [ESPN.com]

• Josh Ho-Sang talks sleeping in, the New York Islanders, going to the moon and more. [Sportsnet]

• What a Nikita Kucherov bridge deal could do for the Tampa Bay Lightning. [Two for Spearing]

• Frederik Andersen’s World Cup mask features Lego Bat-Man! [In Goal Mag]

• The Newcastle North Stars are your Australian Ice Hockey League champions for the sixth time. [IIHF]

• It was a star-studded night at the opening of Pavel Datsyuk’s return to the KHL. [NovaCaps]

• Marc-Andre Fleury vs. Matt Murray and other fantasy hockey topics. [Dobber Hockey]

• Finally, here’s a solid solo effort by Ilya Kovalchuk: