Here are all the links from around the hockey world, and what I’m reading while the baseball offseason is really kicking up.
*So, John Scott is giving acting a try. Certainly, he seems like a better person than Sean Avery so I’m not actively rooting against him, but it might also be time for the former NHL enforcer to come to grips with his 15 minutes of fame being over. Maybe, like the NHL All-Star Game, he will surprise the heck out of all of us with a great second act to his career, but I’m not exactly counting on it unless he’s supposed to be acting like a hockey player.
*The Arizona Coyotes are being accused of not properly paying employees overtime due amid a bevy of complaints. Man, the circus just never ends there, does it?
*The NHL is reportedly in discussions with potential owners in the city of Houston about an expansion team. It’s certainly not as logical a spot for hockey as Seattle, but apparently, the league is hedging their bets or creating some leverage. I know that Houston has been the option that Jeremy Jacobs has mentioned on a couple of occasions when asked about expansion.
*The Winnipeg Jets have hired a homeless artist to draw portraits after receiving a passionate letter from him. What an uplifting story.
*Old Time Hockey from last night with Matthew Tkachuk starting a whole mess of trouble between the Flames and the Red Wings. What a pain in the butt, which means I really enjoy watching him out on the ice.
*Jaromir Jagr continues to defy age at 45 in his 24th season doing his thing for those aforementioned Calgary Flames.
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*Jeremy Roenick recalls his gruesome jaw injuries in his NHL career that saw go through some truly tough moments in an often-brilliant body of work.
*For something completely different: A ranking of the 30 DC movies where "Superman II" is actually ranked higher than Richard Donner’s original "Superman." I don’t know about that.