Here are all the links from around the hockey world, and what I’m reading while fully expecting that this is the day that Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots go into full Cobra Kai mode on the rest of the NFL.
*I don’t usually tweet my own stuff in the morning links, but former Bruins enforcer Bobby Robins has an important story to tell about taking the “dark, scary” concussion that finished his hockey career, and turning it into a positive.
*Pretty cool that NBC and Bob Costas are going to pay a visit to Johnstown some 40 years after that area helped spawn the “Slap Shot” movie.
*Elliotte Friedman talks Brent Seabrook extension and other news during their “Headlines” segment on Hockey Night in Canada.
*The NHL is seeking the records from the Boston University study on concussions, and their impact on athletes.
*The worst kept secret around the NHL: given their injury issues, the Bruins might be in the market for Dustin Byfuglien.
*Brad Boyes is back where it all began for him, with the Toronto Maple Leafs, and it couldn’t be sweeter for the Mississauga native.
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*The Jack Eichel-Matt O’Connor reunion will have to wait between the two former Boston University teammates.
*A dissection of why Kevin Hayes is having some difficulty finding his comfort zone in this training camp with the Rangers.
*For something completely different: thanks to Don Orsillo for the memories.