I was feeling a bit under the weather yesterday and feel the same today so I missed a few things, like this..

from Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet,

- On Gostisbehere: very early interesting parallel to Montreal and P.K. Subban. It’s very clear that he’s the target of everyone who faces the Flyers, and his strengths are being attacked just like Klingberg’s. It becomes a battle of wills. You’ve got Dave Hakstol saying, “This is what the next step has to be.” You’ve got Gostisbehere saying: “This worked just fine for me, thanks.”

You grind away to find a solution. Just because it didn’t work between Montreal and Subban doesn’t mean Philadelphia will go the nuclear option. Vincent Lecavalier and John Tortorella figured it out. Hextall strikes me as the type of guy who will wait as long as he can.

You know who else is going to go through this soon? Mike Babcock and William Nylander.

- If the NHL and NHLPA want to solve the problem of each team’s rotating, five-day breaks, Pittsburgh GM Jim Rutherford has a good solution. Add three days at Christmas and three days around All-Star weekend. Makes perfect sense to me.- With numerous complaints coming from players about ice quality around the league, the NHL and NHLPA created a survey for them to answer if they wish to provide exact information about their concerns. Following each game, players will have to opportunity to share their thoughts about each arena and how the ice held up throughout the game. They will also be asked about things like building temperature, debris on the walk from the dressing room to the ice surface, etc. No piece of information is considered too small.

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