from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,

- Quick Quiz: John Hynes’ Devils are, A) The NHL’s most pleasant early season surprise; B) Blowing their shot at drafting Auston Matthews; c) Both of the above.

Cory Schneider from Vancouver for the ninth overall pick in the 2013 Draft that became Bo Horvat (with Max Domi on the board to be selected 12th) has become Lou Lamoriello’s final stroke of genius in New Jersey, hasn’t it?

- There is most certainly a place for analytics in hockey, we’re way beyond the debate stage of the process, but what I see pretty much every time I watch a game is the discrediting of Corsi as a dispositive tool of evaluation — and the discrediting of those whose player analysis relies on those numbers.

Could the good folks at NHL.com — who must have had the best of intentions — please, please, please fix the mess they created in redesigning their stats website?

Please?

- Finally, The Hockey News recently selected the San Jose Sharks’ jersey as the best in NHL history. In other news, THN has named Hardy Astrom as the league’s greatest all-time goaltender.

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