The Lightning/Crunch
- Jon Cooper: “I’m confident Kuch is going to sign back.” [Tampa Bay Times]
- The Big Ben trade that never was. [Tampa Bay Times]
- The Stockton Heat announced the signing of former Crunch fan fave Mike Angelidis. [StocktonHeat.com]/
The NHL
- Scott Gomez hangs ‘em up, and his hometown paper has the full story in detail. [Alaskan Dispatch News]
- Gomez’s old teammate on Broadway, Chris Drury, has been named an assistant general manager for the Rangers. [Blueshirt Banter]
- Ryan Carter is headed to the Wild’s training camp… on a PTO. [Hockey Wilderness]
- Tracking the Penguins’ all-time scoring sheet. [Pensburgh]
- The quest for mediocre Devils offense. [All About the Jersey]
- Because of the World Cup, the Blackhawks will be holding camp in Chicago, not the University of Notre Dame. [Second City Hockey]
- Playing the Red Wing Mythbusters: Tomas Tatar and Gustav Nyquist are bad together. [Winging It in Motown]
- Getting scientific about the Montreal Canadiens. [Eyes on the Prize]/
The Game
- Team North America won’t be held back by age. [NHL.com]
- But they’ll be without Sean Monahan./
Vincent Trocheck replacing injured F Sean Monohan at World Cup.
— Lance Hornby (@sunhornby) September 2, 2016
- More player replacements: Corey Perry will replace Jeff Carter. [Yahoo Sports]
- They’re dropping like flies. Consider David Krejci also out. [Boston Globe]
- Team USA will be taking over Columbus./
Team USA members arriving in town this weekend. Will have team dinner on Sunday evening, begin practice early Monday afternoon. #CBJ
— Aaron Portzline (@Aportzline) September 2, 2016
