from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun,

- With Tkachuk in Florida, the Atlantic Divison gets harder to play against. Four of the top five right-wingers in the NHL — Mitch Marner, Tkachuk, David Pastrnak, and Nikita Kucherov are all in the division. Four of the top centres — Auston Matthews, Steven Stamkos, Sasha Barkov and, assuming he signs, Patrice Bergeron, are all in the division.

- Can you say tanking? As of today, Petr Mrazek is listed as the Blackhawks starting goaltender.

just a few more hockey notes, it is summer time...