*Noted Joe Thornton creeping enthusiast Jason Botchford has hip surgery saving former Boston College goaltender Thatcher Demko.
*Ryan Lambert asks when we will stop hearing about the PK Subban trade to Nashville. How about when the season finally starts? Did we really need 1,000 words for this when you could be writing your next Pokemon opus?
*TSN1040 sits down with Winnipeg Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff, who feels like the Jets won the lottery with Patrik Laine.
*It sounds like King Henrik Lundqvist is a little irked by his pre-World Cup tournament play with Team Sweden.
*The World Cup has provided a nice refuge for Johnny Gaudreau from contract talks with the Calgary Flames, which aren’t really going anywhere.
*So ,just how wide is the talent gap between Team USA and Team Canada. Well, injuries to Tyler Seguin and Duncan Keith have narrowed it a bit, but I think the Canadians are still easily the best team on paper in this tournament.
*For something completely different: Do we really need a Mission Impossible 6? Like do we really?
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