Here are all the links from around the hockey world and what I’m reading, while watching the Bruins players skate with their families on the Warrior Ice Arena sheet at a Saturday afternoon family skate day. Fun stuff.
*Wayne Gretzky jokes about fighting through L.A. traffic in order to record a 10-second cameo in a Simpsons episode.
*John Tortorella is engineering a great comeback story with the Columbus Blue Jackets this season, and could win him a Jack Adams Award.
*FOH (Friend of Haggs) Tim Panaccio and emojis combined to give me some entertainment involving the Flyers. Sign me up!
*The Florida Panthers appear to be starting to turn things around a bit after the dust settled on Dale Tallon wrestling back some power.
*Cody Eakin has been suspended four games for throwing a pretty vicious shot at King Henrik Lundqvist in a busy stretch for the Department of Player Safety.
*An interesting piece looking at the jobs that NHL dentists are confronted with in perhaps the grisliest gig associated with the league.
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*Brian Wilde takes us through the full development of Andrew Shaw’s experience with the Montreal Canadiens this season.
*For something completely different: Boogie Cousins loses it on a report in the Kings locker room. Does any Celtics fan still want this guy?