from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun,

- No Maple Leaf has ever won the Norris Trophy. Borje Salming finished second in voting twice. The last time was 38 years ago. Tim Horton finished second twice. Morgan Rielly may never win the award, but he’s in the conversation in the early season.

- Wildly underrated Mikko Rantanen of Colorado is scoring at a pace the NHL hasn’t seen in years: If he maintains his scoring of 1.64 points per game, or anywhere close to that, he will end the season in the 130-point range, the highest in 22 years-

- Why can’t the NHL fix the stats issues on NHL.com?

- Matt Murray is hurt, but the Pittsburgh Penguins goaltending was hurting before Murray went down. The Pens won’t make the playoffs if they don’t find someone to stop some pucks.

- Brian Burke makes for great television until he talks about fighting. Then he sounds like Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino, without the charm.

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