From this day forward, all player fines assessed in the Stanley Cup playoffs will be designated to ESPN for an upgrade in its sound technology, making it possible for the announcers to be heard over the crowd noise. The current string-and-tin-can tech, procured at the Lechmere Sales clearance counter, just ain’t cutting it. We good? Hello? Mic check, mic check, hello? Hey, this thing working?

-Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe where you can read about trading Connor Bedard, comparing Bobby Orr and Denis Potvin and more topics.