Here are all the links from around the hockey world, and what I’m reading, while it figures that the Washington Capitals make it to the Stanley Cup Final in the first season in about five years where I didn’t pick them to get there. It totally checks out.
*FOH (Friend of Haggs) Greg Wyshynski has witnessed plenty of the good and the bad offered by the Washington Capitals over the years and writes that the Capitals have a chance to break the DC streak of futility. As I mentioned above, congrats go out to Alex Ovechkin and the Capitals for finally getting over the hump against the Lightning.
*Lou Lamoriello is taking over the New York Islanders to give them an immediate air of something different than the up-and-down organizational struggle of the last few years.
*It’s going to be a long, comprehensive checklist for the new management team running the Carolina Hurricanes.
*It was a gut-wrenching end for Steven Stamkos and the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 7 against the Capitals. Speaking of Game 7’s, Stamkos is beginning to build a body of work in them that isn’t very good for an NHL superstar.
*Did the San Jose Sharks make the right call in extending Evander Kane for a massive seven-year, $49 million contract? I don’t think so. I also think those are the kinds of contracts that can get a GM fired if they end up backfiring on a team that’s only had a few months with the player in question. Take away the blips on the screen as far as off-ice stuff goes with Kane, and the numbers on the ice really haven’t been there either.
*For something completely different: It’s almost comical how angry Carmelo Anthony is over Kyle Korver being called a better player on Instagram.
