from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun,

- Prediction: By the third year of Morgan Rielly’s six-year, $30-million deal, he will be underpaid by NHL standards .

- Funny, when Gary Bettman announced the 12-year NHL television deal with Rogers as a win-win for everyone, I don’t remember him saying anything about them running local American broadcasts during playoffs, with typical homer announcers — not the national ones — doing the games. How bush is that?

- All Jonathan Drouin ever asked for was a chance. So now, the question: Did Jon Cooper hold back his development or did he need the AHL time, or the Steven Stamkos injury, to get this kind of opportunity in Tampa?

a few more hockey notes plus the Leafs need a #1 goalie...