from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,

- ... Who knows whether interim coach Bruce Cassidy, last behind an NHL bench in what was a calamitous try in coaching Jaromir Jagr in Washington in 2003-04, has the undivided support of Jacobs, his son, club CEO Charlie Jacobs. Neely and GM Don Sweeney? Who knows whether Sweeney has the support of Neely? And who knows, exactly, what the lines of responsibility are in the Bruins front office?

Those are the critical questions in Boston, not whether it was fair to fire a coach whose team had great Corsi totals.

- ... he entire video review/coach’s challenge process is what needs review as lengthier stops of play that yield inconclusive results mount. Time limits need to be applied to both the time in which a coach can challenge a ruling and the ruling can be made.

- Maybe this Lightning season of utter underachievement simply is karma bouncing back on Steve Yzerman for hard-balling restricted free agent Nikita Kucherov into submission last summer, not because the GM had to because of cap constraints, but because he could.

- Finally, why don’t the Coyotes, apparently again with no place to play in the desert, just get it over with and announce their intention to move to Brooklyn when the Islanders leave for Belmont Park?

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