Note, and possible trigger warning: Today’s Quick Strikes will include links to discussion of the news that broke yesterday regarding Patrick Kane.
- Vote for the Tampa Bay Lightning, for Jon Cooper, for Jeff Vinik … and for us! Raw Charge, John Fontana, and Clark Brooks have all been nominated for the Best of the Bay awards. [Creative Loafing]
- Do the Tampa Bay Lightning’s cap issues begin with Steven Stamkos, or Victor Hedman? [Hockey Buzz]
- With Lou Lamoriello’s departure from the New Jersey Devils, a lot of organizational quirks might also be gone. [In Lou We Trust]
- A 13-year old committed to the University of Vermont, because that’s the world we live in. [SBN College Hockey]
- Prospect camp details are beginning to trickle in, as hockey season slowly starts to creep into summer. Some info on this year’s Traverse City tournament. [Winging it in Motown]
- Chicago Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane is being investigated by Hamburg, N.Y. police on allegations of rape. [Second City Hockey]
- Some states make a legal distinction between what constitutes “rape” and “sexual assault”. New York is not one of those states. That is why this is being referred to as a “rape investigation” — because, legally (and otherwise) speaking, that’s precisely what it is. [YPD Crime]
- “The NHL is letting us down”. [Pension Plan Puppets]
