Here are all the links from around the hockey world, and what I’m reading, while back from the long and dusty road.
*Ilya Bryzgalov has a video mailbag for the Players’ Tribune, which sounds like something that anybody would be interested in.
*ESPN.com has their fantasy hockey rumors, updates and advice for all of those fantasy owners looking for some guidance.
*Elliotte Freidman thinks that somebody is eventually going to meet the price tag for Jacob Trouba and acquire him from the Winnipeg Jets.
*Taylor Hall had an eventful and physical return to the Edmonton Oilers as a member of the New Jersey Devils.
*Jamie Benn is solid in his return for the Dallas Stars, and confident that he can help carry Dallas back into the postseason picture.
*Scott Gomez has joined the NHL on NBC analyst crew and the longtime New Jersey Devil expects to bring that twinkle in his eye to the broadcast.
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*Good stuff with Marty St. Louis becoming the first Tampa Bay Lightning player to have his number retired tonight.
*For something completely different: Jimmy Fallon and Kevin Bacon get together and make some musical weirdness together.