Here are the links from around the hockey world, and what I’m reading while getting ready for the Big Papi finale at Fenway Park.
-- As incredibly awkward ceremonial puck drops go, this one before a KHL game in China ranks pretty high on the list.
-- P.K. Subban makes his preseason debut for the Nashville Predators, and scores a goal for the Preds in fine fashion.
-- The Boston University hockey team torched a PEI college team, 10-2, and showed off all of the freshman talent on its roster.
-- It will be a difficult challenge for Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan to recreate the magic of last season with the Pens.
-- Claude Giroux is extra motivated upon his return to the Philadelphia Flyers with the taste of a Team Canada snub in his mouth.
-- Steve Simmons says that everybody is a loser in the Jacob Trouba situation with the Winnipeg Jets, but I’m willing to get the defenseman gets what he wants in the end.
-- For something completely different: Are we going to get bogged down in a legality discussion when talking about colonizing Mars?