Morning Skate: Jagr has a milestone night

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Here all the links from around the hockey world, and a reminder to make sure to tune into the NBC Sports coverage of Hockey Day in America all day long on Sunday. New England will be featured prominently with produced features on injured women’s hockey player Denna Laing, Boston College coach Jerry York after his 1,000th career win at the NCAA ranks, and Bowdoin College’s Terry Meagher, who is in his 33rd year as the bench boss for the Bowdoin College men’s hockey team.

*It’s official: Captain Serious is on Twitter as Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews has joined the social media ranks

*PHT writer Joey Alfieri has the details of a New York Post report that says the New York Islanders are looking to get out of Brooklyn already. The rumors have been there from the very start.

*Jaromir Jagr has a milestone night with the Florida Panthers as he scored a couple of times and passed Brett Hull to become No.3 on the NHL’s all-time scoring list

*The decision to fire Minnesota Wild coach Mike Yeo was difficult, but necessary, according to Wild ownership.

*John Tortorella wants his Columbus Blue Jackets players to develop a tougher attitude after a difficult season. 

*It might be the end of the line for a former B’s Cup winner as Daniel Paille was placed on waivers by the New York Rangers

*Mike Brophy asks an interesting question: how much money does an NHL player actually take home on $1 million in salary. The answer is: not as much as you’d think

*For something completely different: EW is remembering Alan Rickman for his best roles on what would have been his 70th birthday.

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