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NHL's outspoken star; Craven's Las Vegas impact (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. Have a link you want to submit? Email us at puckdaddyblog@yahoo.com.

• Tennis star Novak Djokovic gets ready to play ball hockey. [Tyler Seguin]

• In a sport that tends to discourage individuality, P.K. Subban is hockey’s outspoken star. [The Tennessean]

• The Flyers blinked in giving Bradyen Schenn a four-year $20.5 million contract. [CSN Philly]

• San Jose Sharks forward Joel Ward reflects on the path that led him to NHL success. [The Players’ Tribune]

• Led by Auston Matthews, the Toronto Maple Leafs can quickly turn around their franchise. [NHL]

• Are the Boston Bruins saving salary cap space for Jimmy Vesey, who will soon hit the open market as a free agent? That newsy tidbit as well as a few other league items. [Boston Globe]

• Jimmy Howard is an expensive backup goaltender for the Detroit Red Wings. But he may be worth his price tag. [Detroit Free Press]

• The Minnesota Wild have agreed to terms with forward Jordan Schroeder to a one-year, two-way contract worth $650,000 at the NHL level and $275,000 at the AHL level. [Minnesota Wild]

• What does the signing of Luke Schenn mean for the Arizona Coyotes? An advanced stats look at the young defenseman who recently inked a two-year deal with the team. [Five for Howling]

• The Toronto Maple Leafs and Peter Holland have agreed to a one-year $1.3 million contract. [Pension Plan Puppets]

• Mike Santorelli will sign with Genève-Servette HC in Switzerland. Santorelli played last season with the Anaheim Ducks and played a total of 406 NHL games. [Swiss Hockey News]

• Looking into the 2015-16 New Jersey Devils by lots of different metrics. [Devils in the Details]

• The recent signing of Bobby Farnham to a one-year deal was a bit confusing, to put it lightly. The Montreal Canadiens are loaded up on bottom-six forwards, well over the point of excess. [Habs Eyes on the Prize]

• How former NHLer Murray Craven helped Las Vegas land an NHL team and what he has done to shape the organization since. [Las Vegas Review Journal]

• There’s a good chance the Las Vegas NHL team’s front office will be full of former Washington Capitals management types who worked with George McPhee. [Sin Bin Vegas]

• Will the New York Islanders end up in Queens? Will they go to Belmont Park? Breaking two major rumors of the last week. [Isles Beat]

• New Islanders owners Jon Ledecky and Scott Malkin clearly want to arm-twist current Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov into finding some way to make his Barclays Center work for hockey, and their best leverage is to threaten to move, whether it’s to Queens, Long Island, or Seattle. [Vice Sports]

• Who is the new Weber on the Nashville Predators’ blue line? An inside look at Yannick Weber. [On the Forecheck]

• Are the Minnesota Wild looking to land Edmonton Oilers forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins? [Gone Puck Wild]

• The NHL has promoted Garret Rank to full-time referee status. Rank made his NHL debut on January 15, 2015, working a game between the Minnesota Wild and Buffalo Sabres. [Scouting the Refs]

• Which NHL general managers are getting the most out of their acquisitions? [The Hockey Writers]

• The top-10 remaining NHL unrestricted free agents from a fantasy perspective. [Dobber Hockey]

• For the first time the Royal Moroccan Ice Hockey Federation will organize the African Ice Hockey Cup. [IIHF]

• Finally, Djokovic attempts a breakaway move.

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