from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun,

Randy Carlyle will never announce his starting goalie, which prompted this question when he was coaching the Manitoba Moose: “Who’s your backup goalie tonight, coach?”

A lot of NHL coaches don’t like the new NHL collective bargaining agreement. Too many rules, too many restrictions, too many off-days, I’m being told.

The best reason to worry about the Winnipeg Jets: Three of the Jets forwards are Nik Antropov, Alexei Ponikarovsky and Kyle Wellwood. Is Paul Maurice coaching?

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