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It's summer and things are moving along at summer's pace: a lurch and a stall. But there's still plenty to talk about in the world of hockey. Your links for this week.

Steve Downie is doing well in Colorado, and the Avalanche are on fire with him. This, and your weekly link roundup for the Bolts and around the league.

Ward out, but you'd never know it; Mr. Panther Stephen Weiss; Caps are done; Jets control their fate. The week that was in the Southeast.

Delusional Canes; Everyone had one game and it was against the Sharks; and Mike Knuble is staying put. The week that was in the Southeast Division.

The Tampa Bay Lightning traded a prospect and a draft pick to the St. Louis Blues for a defenseman. But was it a good trade?

Radim Vrbata has been dumped from the Tampa Bay Lightning to the Phoenix Coyotes for David Hale and Todd Fedoruk.