Here are all the links from around the hockey world, and what I’m reading while Claude Julien is getting awfully salty in Montreal.
*Great piece by FOH (Friend of Haggs) Bill Burt about Boston University coaching legend Jack Parker helping out the Andover High hockey team through their parent-created drama this season.
*An amazing stat from Marc Spector about the Edmonton Oilers allowing a goal on the first shot they’ve faced on 13 different occasions this season. If that’s not a hockey team that isn’t ready to play at the start of games then I don’t know what it.
*Mike Babcock refused to sound the alarms or use the injury to Auston Matthews as any level of an excuse for a Maple Leafs team that’s going through some hard times right now.
*Speaking of Babcock, he’s of the opinion that the Washington Capitals still think the Leafs are kids after last night’s outdoor game.
*Shocking development as chief Penguins apologist Mark Madden is giving them some time to lose games while they figure out what to after acquiring Derick Brassard.
*Good piece from Larry Brooks on the perpetual struggles and development with the New York Islanders, and the guy running things in Garth Snow.
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*For something completely different: Only in the New York gossip pages could there be a love triangle with actual hawks at a New York City park.