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Elias ponders future; Traveling Jagrs in Calgary (Puck Headlines)

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• A big Zamboni fan at a Buffalo Sabres game. [Jersey Fouls]

• Forward Patrik Elias ponders his NHL future. Elias hasn’t played this season because of a knee injury and took part in just 16 games a year ago.” [USA Today]

• Taking a deeper look into the Traveling Jagrs’ trip to Calgary to watch their hero, Jaromir Jagr of the Florida Panthers, take on the Calgary Flames. [Calgary Sun]

• Why did the NHL take away the breakaway challenge for the 2017 All-Star Game skills competition and asking other questions about All-Star weekend. [Vice]

• The Columbus Blue Jackets need to find another gear in their game if they want to stay at the top of the league this season. [Columbus Dispatch]

• Jujar Khaira scored his first NHL goal Monday. He is only the third Indo-Canadian to play in the National Hockey League, after Robin Bawa and Manny Malhotra. [Sportsnet]

• The Devils new uniforms next season won’t look much different than their current uniforms. Recently, there were some questions on a possible outfit switch with the team. [The Record]

• Winnipeg Jets rookie Patrik Laine was named the Hockey Player Of The Year 2016 in Finland. [Illegal Curve]

• Columbus defenseman Zach Werenski and Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Noah Hanifin were once roommates and blue line partners with the U.S. National Team Development Program. Both are having solid seasons for their respective teams. [News and Observer]

• Are the Washington Capitals peaking too early? The team is 9-0-1 in its last 10 games and has streaked to the top of the Metropolitan Division. [Nova Caps]

• Saint John Sea Dogs left wing Bokondji Imama has gone from scrapper to sniper. The rugged 20-year-old Tampa Bay Lightning sixth-round pick in the 2015 NHL Draft, has a reputation as one of the fiercest fighters in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. [Color of Hockey]

• Ryan Smyth has taken a very part-time position as a conditioning coach with the Edmonton Oilers. There was no official announcement from the team, and the job will be better defined if and when he commits more time to it, but he has quietly been doing some on-ice work with injured players while the rest of the squad has been on road trips this season. [Edmonton Sun]

• New York Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist has struggled through a down season. He’s now no longer able to carry the team’s defense like he did in the past. [Broadway Boozshirts]

• Playing for Boston University this season has turned Jake Oettinger into a spectator on more than one occasion. His Terriers rank among the nation’s most dominant, most talented teams. With that comes the occasional stretch of inactivity, just watching while his teammates torture yet another hapless opponent. [College Hockey News]

• The University of Wisconsin Badgers women’s hockey team did more than just pack the arena in their 2–0 victory against the St. Cloud State Huskies on Saturday. They set a new NCAA record for attendance at their biennial “Fill the Bowl” game when 15,359 fans came to cheer on their team at Madison’s Kohl Center. [Excelle Sports]

• Why it’s time for the Boston Bruins to fire head coach Claude Julien. [Boston Sports Desk]

• A vicious blind-side hit in the ECHL went uncalled in a game between the South Carolina Stingrays and Florida Everblades. [The Sin Bin]

• Taking a look at the Western Conference’s ‘All-Disappointment’ team. [Dobber Hockey]

• Breaking down the Vegas Golden Knights logo and alternate logo. [Hockey by Design]

• Former Great Britain player and coach Tony Hand has been inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame. The 49-year-old will receive the Richard ‘Bibi’ Torriani Award – for an outstanding career by a player from a non-top hockey nation – as part of the 2017 inductees. [Ice Hockey UK]

• Former players Saku Koivu, Uwe Krupp, Angela Ruggiero, Joe Sakic and Teemu Selanne, along with builder Dieter Kalt will also be inducted to the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2017. [IIHF]

• Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin talks about being a Russian hockey player in Washington D.C. [Sportress of Blogitude]

• Finally, Vancouver Canucks fans took to Twitter to tell Brandon Sutter what they felt about his goal song.

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