Quick Strikes for Tuesday, January 19th

• Will the real Syracuse Crunch please stand up? [Chirps from Center Ice]
• The Crunch won in Rochester yesterday during a holiday matinee. [Syracuse Crunch]
• The Crunch’s Change for Change initiative, created by Crunch captain Mike Angelidis and his teammates, is still going. It aims to raise money for pediatric cancer research at Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital and help improve the odds for children with cancer. [Go Fund Me]
• The AHL All-Star Classic, which is being hosted by Syracuse this year, is less than two weeks away. [Syracuse Crunch]
• A letter to Montreal Canadiens‘ GM Marc Bergevin. [Eyes on the Prize]
• If Michel Therrien is not the man to carry the Canadiens to the Stanley Cup, then who is? [Eyes on the Prize]
• St. Louis Blues‘ GM Doug Armstrong is leaning toward a trade after the NHL’s all-star break but before the Feb. 29 trade deadline passes. [SportsNet]
• The slumping Dallas Stars need to make a move. [Defending Big D]
• The New Jersey Devils have a power play problem. [All About the Jersey]
• The Boston Bruins and their GM Jeremy Jacobs is donating $200,000 to injured NWHL player Denna Laing. [The Hockey News]
• Washington Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby had to leave the game against the New York Rangers this past Sunday due to dehydration. [In Goal Magazine]
• The trade of John Scott, all to preserve the ‘sanctity’ of the All-Star Game, shows that the NHL has rules on who is allowed to be a fan. [Maclean’s]
• There’s a report out that a baggage handler is suing the Toronto Maple Leafs over ‘permanent and disabling’ injuries. [The Score]
• Rogers to deliver world’s first NHL broadcast in 4K. [National Hockey League]
• The Draft is still a bit away, but…

First overall pick chances over past fortnight. pic.twitter.com/gsuYJwhRi3

— Micah Blake McCurdy (@IneffectiveMath) January 18, 2016

• Katia Smolentseva of the Connecticut Whale of the NWHL faces unique challenges in a new country. [Today’s Slapshot]
• There was a bit of a dust up at a recent Greater Metro Junior A Hockey game. [SB Nation]

In the Jonathan Drouin affair, I side with . . .