from Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet,

- After the Detroit Red Wings lost Landon Ferraro to Boston, I looked through the roster. Barring a trade, it looks like they had two waiver choices: Ferraro or Teemu Pulkkinen. Not surprised the Red Wings chose to keep Pulkkinen — it fits their modus operandi. And Ferraro might be a better fit for the Bruins, anyway.

- Interesting that Patrick Roy made it clear Semyon Varlamov had to be better — and the Avalanche needed him to be better — when the goalie returned from injury. Not doubting Varlamov’s absence, but there was certainly a feeling in addition to getting healthy that he needed practice time to get back his confidence. Beating Winnipeg was a nice start.

- There’s some confusion over the longest points streak by an American-born player. Patrick Kane currently is at 16 games, and credit went to recent Hall-of-Fame inductee Phil Housley for the record. He went 19 in a row with a point, but that is not recognized by the NHL because he missed two games during that run. So the official record is 18, held by both Phil Kessel (2008-09) and Ed Olczyk (1989-90). So, if someone high in the rink starts throwing things to stop Kane, he’s probably in Chicago’s broadcast booth.

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