Wednesday 24 April 2013

Staal-a-palooza in Carolina; Cory Schneider injured; Crosby skating (Puck Headlines)

Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media.

A desperate Dallas squad pulls out all the stops to score a game-tying goal. [Reddit]

• Jared Staal has been recalled by the Carolina Hurricanes. He'll make his NHL debut Thursday alongside his brothers, Eric and Jordan, versus his other brother, Marc. It's Staalapalooza! [Hurricanes]

• Sidney Crosby is back skating, but there's still no timetable for his return. [TribLive]

• Cory Schneider has injured his undisclosed. Roberto Luongo draws in. This could get interesting. [PITB]

• Dion Phaneuf is maturing, and the playoffs are a huge opportunity for him to make sure people notice. [Sportsnet]

• In honour of Alex Ovechkin's crazy run, Sean McIndoe takes us back through time as we remember the other players that have led the league in scoring. [Down Goes Brown]

• Sergei Bobrovsky has us once again asking if a goalie should win the Hart trophy. [The Hockey News]

• Josh Harding is the Minnesota Wild's nominee for the Masteron award, which is pretty much a no-brainer. Dude's an inspiration. [Hockey Wilderness]

• Mayor Bloomberg wants to transform the Bronx armoury into the one's largest indoor ice sports complex. Please tell me they're calling it "Ice Town". [NY Post]

• Travis Hughes on how Philadelphia showed a little brotherly love to the city of Boston last night. [Broad Street Hockey]

• The Washington Capitals have re-signed Eric Fehr. Two years. $3 million. Cap hit of $1.5 million. [Capitals]

• The LA Kings are starting to look like last year's LA Kings again, although I'd argue that, by looking like a mediocre team all year and then putting it together just in time for the playoffs, they've been last year's Kings all season. [Backhand Shelf]

• The New York Islanders have done a good job building through waivers. [The Hockey Writers]

• Good news, stars of the 2013 draft class: the Sabres can't get you now. You can breathe easy. [Black Blue & Gold]

• Seth Jones is at the top of Central Scouting's final rankings. [NHL]

• Kent Wilson touches on the genesis of some of the advanced stats that are beginning to become more mainstream. [Flames Nation]

• Today's fantasy hockey cage match: P.K. Subban vs. Kris Letang. [Dobber Hockey]

• Plymouth Whalers’ coach and GM Mike Vellucci after a bad call: "I guess you can't blame the officials because they're incompetent." [Buzzing the Net]

• The Oilers' young stars don't get enough credit for the way they draw powerplays. [Edmonton Journal]

• Lord Stanley pays Nicklas Backstrom a visit to talk about Geico.

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