from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun,

- Department of Dumb: Fans at Rogers Arena in Edmonton have access to the post-game coach’s press conference and it has led to some screaming and disruptive shouting. This is a working area for the coach and the media. It shouldn’t be available for post-game yelling.

- The Pegula family has taken a lot of heat for the firing of general manager Tim Murray and coach Dan Bylsma, but think of it this way: If you own a hockey team and you don’t think you have the right GM and the right coach, why continue with them? We’ve seen this in Toronto at other times: Too many owners in pro sport are too willing or too naive and therefore easily accept mediocrity.

- So now I wonder in this annoying age of instant replay and coach’s challenges: How many actual offside goals have I watched in my lifetime? ... What the NHL needs to come up: If you challenge a goal and you’re wrong, there has to be some kind of punishment.

- So if you’re Patrik Laine and Zach Werenski, do you go to Las Vegas for the party, where you’re not old enough to drink, or do you pass on the NHL Awards, knowing you’re not winning the Calder Trophy anyhow. Tough call ... I remember Alexander Mogilny refusing to go the NHL Awards because he wasn’t interested in winning any trophy, in his words, named for a Lady. He won the Lady Byng in 2003.

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