Here are all the links from around the hockey world, and what I’m reading while wondering if anybody really thinks that “Modern Family” is actually funny.
*A sad story about former NHL enforcer Todd Ewan, who passed away far too young at 49 years old last weekend.
*Jack Todd has a Montreal Canadiens’ hot take: P.K. Subban should be the captain of the Habs rather than Max Pacioretty. And here’s Dave Stubbs counterpoint while chatting with a reflective Pacioretty about his new leadership role.
*The Optimus Reim paint job for James Reimer is pretty awesome even if I’m not the biggest Transformers guy around.
*New Rangers goaltender Antti Raanta wants to set the record straight about his reputation, and rumors surrounding him.
*The Los Angeles Kings are looking for big things from the Lucic-Kopitar-Gaborik line, and really why wouldn’t you expect big things from them?
*The Detroit Red Wings are counting on Gustav Nyquist and Tomas Tatar to step up this season if they’re going to return to the playoffs.
*Here’s a good training camp primer from TSN with projected lines, D-pairings and goaltenders for the Bruins from some guy named Joe Haggerty.
*For something completely different: Emmy viewers are upset that the video montage totally spoiled the ending of many recent TV shows. I say if the show has been over long enough to be put into a video montage at the Emmys, it’s fair game and the people chirping “Spoiler” are kind of annoying. But maybe that’s just me.