The Bolts
- Brian Boyle stopped by Jeremey Roenick’s Podcast and shed some light on his upbringing and what to expect from the Lightning next season. [Art 19]
- Expectations of certain teams and players for the new season. This including one Jonathan Drouin. [SB Nation]
- Tampa Bay signed right-shooting defenseman James Wisniewski to a professional tryout contract. [Today’s Slapshot]
The Crunch
- Crunch Dman Luke Witkowski getting his golf game on.
Calling his shot at the latest @SyracuseCrunch influencer event! Thanks Greenview Country Club @L28witko & @apriest9 pic.twitter.com/mpoyVIpLbE
— Jim Sarosy (@JimSarosy) August 9, 2016
The NHL
- Las Vegas expansion news! Or actually it’s a recap…. Kind of… A look at the front office of the team from Sin City. [Sportsnet]
- The Vegas team also just hired Dave Prior as goaltending coach. And although I have been reading this blog for some time now, I just now realized the pun in the title. Very clever Sin Bin. Very clever indeed. [The Sin Bin]
- Marc-Andre Fleury recently joined a small town hockey team to over some encouragement to youth. [CBC Sports]
- An overview of the most ‘unstable’ goalie tandems for the 2016-2107 season. [Bleacher Report]
- Hey Look! A fantasy hockey update. The 2016-2017 top 200 player rankings. [SportsBlog]
The Sport
- KHL player Damir Ryspayev recently attempted to fight what seemed to be the entire lineup of the KHL’s new expansion team the Kunlun Red Star. [USA Today]
- Ice Hockey in the Summer Olympics? Not quite. NHL alum Ray Whitney has been caddying for golfer Graham De laet. [Global News]
