Morning Skate: Pens miss Orpik?

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Here are all the links from around the hockey world, and what I’m reading, while tearing myself away from Hockey Hall of Fame weekend in Toronto, which is a pretty cool scene.

*Years after his departure, the impact of Brooks Orpik’s absence is still being felt in Pittsburgh. Yeah, with Orpik and Matt Cooke both gone the cheap shot ratio has dropped dramatically.

*Boy, you hope Jimmy Vesey is okay after taking a Zack Kassian skate to the face that appeared to bust him open.

*Jack Eichel is frustrated with his game and how he hasn’t been able to elevate things around him with the Buffalo Sabres.

*NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says that the Ottawa Senators need a new arena and it’s awfully hard to argue.

*A fun Q&A with Tyler Toffoli about the coaching changes, close encounters with celebrities and life as a Los Angeles King.

For something completely different: Everybody stop everything because Starbucks has added two more holiday drinks.


 

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