from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,

- Phil Kessel may or may not have felt the pressure of playing under the 24/7 glare with the Leafs, but that will seem like a cakewalk compared with the peer pressure the winger will face with the Penguins if his work ethic is deemed unacceptable by Sidney Crosby.

- Brandon Saad will have a lot more responsibility on him and will skate under a much bigger spotlight in Columbus than he did in Chicago, but his acquisition gives the Jackets the package of high-end talent and elite speed the team had been lacking.

- So Trevor Linden, ensconced in Vancouver after a year, swept the organization clean of former GM Mike Gillis’ guys, giving the summer broom to executives Lorne Henning and Laurence Gilman, who had nly combined (with coach Alain Vigneault) to produce one Stanley Cup finalist and a pair of Presidents’ Trophy winners.

Let’s see his people do better.

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