from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,

- Joel Quenneville will pick his next team, not the other way around.

- So if more coaches adopt the philosophy of Barry Trotz, whose team values quality of shots far more than quantity, does not that turn Corsi as a prime, standard measuring stick into an even more dubious proposition?

- Brian Burke, who is paid by SportsNet to express his opinions, did say that others could like it but that he did not like the Hurricanes’ exuberant slow clap-and-surge victory demonstration following victories in Raleigh, pointing specifically to the surge, in which the Candy Canes sprint off in multiple directions.

Sure, why not stamp out as much fun and personality from the game as possible? A frown — no, a menacing expression — must be worn at all times on the ice.
Then of course Burke took it a bit further, saying that it is “amateurish … pee-wee garbage stuff.”

That’s odd, because I always thought that plotting to rent a barn in order to have a fist fight with another NHL general manager was amateurish … pee-wee garbage stuff.
Maybe it’s just me.

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