from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun,

- A few days to go in the NHL season and this remains all but impossible to believe: Zach Hyman has more points than Auston Matthews, Steven Stamkos, Sasha Barkov and Alexander Ovechkin.

- Rick Tocchet is 17-11-4 since taking over as coach of the Vancouver Canucks. Last year, Bruce Boudreau was 32-15-10 after taking over from Travis Green. The Canucks have to figure out what to do in the first half of seasons.

- The displays are right beside each other at the Hockey Hall of Fame. Joe Sakic to the left, Steve Yzerman to the right. Which prompted the conversation: If you could only have one of them on your team in their prime, which one would you want?

- Brandon Montour has 71 points from defence with the Florida Panthers. Over the previous three seasons combined, he had 74 points.

- This still amazes me: Orr scored 1.39 points per game in his career — which is 113-point scoring pace per season. No other defenceman in history is above 90 points a season. Paul Coffey scored at 89 points per 82 games. Orr scored 23% more points per game than any defenceman who has ever played. Al MacInnis ranks third all-time per game, a whopping 43% below Orr’s totals.

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