Quick Strikes for Thursday, January 14

• The Minnesota Wild are part of the corps of clubs interested in the services of one disgruntled young forward known as Jonathan Drouin. [Star Tribune]
• Need another big name in hockey talking Drouin, Steve Yzerman and what’s sought in a deal? Let’s try Bob McKenzie. [Today’s Slapshot]
• The Ottawa Senators were talked about as a candidate during “Insider Trading” on TSN the other night too, with the name of defenseman Cody Ceci dropped a few times. [The 6^th Sens]
• On the other transaction-to-happen (?) front, a new precedence has been set that’ll hold sway over Steven Stamkos: Anze Kopitar is close to an 8-year, $80 million deal. [Tampa Bay Times]
• Among notes from Denver: Patrick Roy remarked on Nikita Kucherov and Jonathan Marchessault, who both played for Roy’s Quebec Remparts of the QMJHL before going pro. [Tampa Tribune]
• Grand Rapids Griffins forward Jeff Hoggan has a mission during AHL All-Star festivities at Onondaga War Memorial – to recover the “Satellite”. That’s Syracuse Crunch captain Mike Angelidis. [Syracuse.com]
• Former Bolt Mark Barberio is complicating things with the Montreal Canadiens by way of ability. [All Habs]
• The day after being shut out and gob-smacked by the Lightning, the Colorado Avalanche made a few roster moves on defense. [Mile High Hockey]
• It broke on Tuesday that the NFL’s Rams franchise is leaving St. Louis. St. Louis Blues owner Tom Stillman reacted and defended the Gateway City. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
• John Scott – 2016 NHL All-Star! John Scott, forthcoming NHL All-Star reassigned to the AHL by his club. Ooof. [CBS Sports]
• When the Great One weighs in on a franchise’s success, you listen. And no, it’s not a team he’s played for. It’s the Chicago Blackhawks. [Second City Hockey]
• Denis Potvin and the Sedin Twins do not mix, and the Florida Panthers apologize for this. [Florida Panthers]
• Habs coach Michel Therrien is on the hot seat in Montreal – the club is 3-7-0 in its past 10 games and has fallen grandly the paat two months after its hot-hot start to the season; it’s on the brink of falling wild card status in the Easter Conference. [All Habs]
• With the success of the Dallas Stars and the contract extension of GM Jim Nill, Defending Big D is starting a review series of roster moves / transactions that Nill has made in his time in charge. We link here to part one. [Defending Big D]
• Joel Quenneville, head coach of the Blackhawks, is very close to a very lofty milestone among NHL head coaches – reaching second all-time in wins.[Second City Hockey]

Yzerman is….