Here are all the hockey links from around the world, and what I’m reading, while wondering when my video tribute is coming.
*Great interview with PK Subban, who appropriately lauds Willie O’Ree for his trailblazing, pioneer accomplishment of breaking through the NHL’s color barrier 60 years ago today. It was very cool that O’Ree did it with the Bruins and even cooler that he was in Boston last night from the Bruins-Habs game at TD Garden.
*Speaking of the Canadiens, old friend Joe Morrow decided to show the Canadiens digital people around Southie this week. That was his big accomplishment in these last two Bruins-Habs games.
*The Winnipeg Jets are having some big success this season, but they’ve also got some serious financial considerations coming up.
*The Colorado Avalanche continue to see attendance issues in their building, but at least there’s a reasonably better product on the ice.
*What is the value for power forward Patrick Maroon on the trade market as a rental? It certainly matters who is asking.
*Jack Johnson and John Tortorella are talking out their issues after it surfaced that the Columbus D-man wants a trade out of town.
Boston Bruins
*With Victor Hedman injured, it looks like young Tampa Bay D-man Slater Koekkoek is finally going to get a featured look with the Lightning. Per Elliotte Friedman, this is a player that the Bruins have eyed in trade possibilities in the recent past.
*For something completely different: Liam Neeson is open to returning as Qui Gon-Jinn, which adds another interesting piece to a standalone movie for Obi-Wan Kenobi.