Here are all the links from around the hockey world, and what I’m reading, while I just started watching “Evil Genius” on Netflix. I’m one episode in and it’s already totally crazy.
*Well, would you look at that? The Montreal Canadiens are going to start focusing much more of their resources on “player development.” Sounds like a lot more young players will be headed Claude Julien’s way up in Montreal. Hope he’s ready for it.
*The Washington Capitals are starting to look frustrated again, and Tampa Bay has found their footing under Andrei Vasilevskiy’s brilliance in the last two Lightning wins.
*Speaking of which, here’s the playoff Ovechkin that I think we’re all a lot more familiar with.
*Ryan Reaves certainly was well-traveled this season, but he’s ended up in a really good spot with Vegas ahead of his unrestricted free agency. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Reaves would look great in a Bruins uniform as fourth line muscle.
*FOH (Friend of Haggs) Frank Seravalli takes us behind the steely-eyed stare of Winnipeg Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck.
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*Interesting look from FOH Greg Wyshynski on new NHL dads dealing with newborns and Stanley Cup playoff pressure at the same time.
*For something completely different: Good to hear that Universal’s “Dark Universe” of cinematic monster movies isn’t as dead as people had purported it to be. I think there is plenty of appetite for a Universal monster movie revival, and I actually thought that the last Mummy movie with Tom Cruise was pretty good.
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