from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun,

- Time was you could file Patrick Kane and Tyler Seguin on the list of immensely talented, but troubled problem hockey players. Just not anymore. Hearing them this week, reading them this week: Boy, have they have grown up.

- - It’s not official yet, but it appears as though Toronto, Edmonton and Vancouver are out as hub cities for the upcoming NHL games. One city is almost certain to be Las Vegas. The other may come down to Chicago or Los Angeles. And I’m told there will be no media, including game announcers, on-site.

- Dear NHL: The National Basketball Association season will resume on July 31 and end by Oct. 12, if they wind up playing. The NBA draft lottery is Aug. 25. The draft is Oct. 15. The NHL dates are: We don’t know, we don’t know and we don’t know. But I’m told you can bet on this: Gary Bettman will insist the NHL starts before the NBA does.

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