from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun,

- Joel Quenneville will next coach in the NHL when he wants to, with one dumb proviso: He needs to get permission from the Blackhawks, who fired him, to talk to interested teams. That’s a rule the NHL needs to change. You can’t fire someone and still control their future.

- Where have we heard this before? Time is running out on Randy Carlyle as coach of the Anaheim Ducks.

- Incredible to see what sophomore Thomas Chabot is doing on the Ottawa defence, leading the NHL in back-end scoring.

- Dougie Hamilton is on his third NHL team, third team wondering why he isn’t better.

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