Quick Strikes for Sunday, Oct. 2

The Bolts

• The Lightning are making depth in scoring a priority. [Tampa Bay Times]
• Cory Conacher is making things happen. [Tampa Bay Times]/

The league

• The Ducks may be cooking up something big./

Pierre Mcguire tells us the Ducks are in trade talks with an Eastern Conference team to unload a significant contract, and get room for RFAs

— Blake Price (@BlakePriceTSN) September 30, 2016

• The Predators locked up head coach Peter Laviolette for two more years. [The Tennessean]
• The Predators for the first time sold out a preseason game. Call it the PK Subban effect. And he made it worthwhile./

One goal, one assist, and this photo for @PKSubban1 in his #Preds debut. pic.twitter.com/g5RCNybcYy

— Nashville Preds PR (@PredsPR) October 2, 2016

• Charlie Lindgren’s new mask pays tribute to Canadiens goaltender greats. [Habs Eyes on the Prize]
• The Islanders don’t have much room for its prospects on the big club this year, but their top prospects are impressing everyone so far. [Newsday]
• Behind the scenes as Jimmy Vesey is sold on the Rangers. [New York Post]
• Pierre McGuire and the importance of Kraft Hockeyville USA. [NHL.com]/

The game

• The World Cup is a numbers game and it doesn’t look pretty. [The Globe and Mail]
• In a wide ranging Q&A, union president Donald Fehr confirms next World Cup to be in 2020. [ESPN]
• A sweet story of what the World Cup meant to one Canadian family. [ESPN]/