It’s August. The last of the arbitration cases are being settled, and the Hawks have started to prepare something important for their home opener.
HAWKS – 2014-15 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS
** Preseason tickets go on sale at 10AM (Blackhawks)
** The Blackhawks‘ newest banner in the making (SCH)
** SCH Annual GIF Tournament – vote for your favorites! (SCH)
CENTRAL DIVISION
** Here’s what’s going on with the Avalanche organization in August (Mile High Hockey)
** Wild agree to two-year contract with forward Erik Haula (NHL)
NHL
** Leafs agree to two-year contract with Jonathan Bernier (Pension Plan Puppets)
** Rethinking strategy in the shootout (Eyes on the Prize)
** The analytics-driven hockey metagame (Pension Plan Puppets)
** Should the Leafs buy out Stephane Robidas? (Pension Plan Puppets)
** Sidney Crosby and Nathan Mackinnon are the summer’s top buddy duo (Pensburgh)
** Cam Ward or Eddie Lack? (Canes Country)
** Do the Devils have enough NHL forwards? (Stan could spare them one, I’m sure) (In Lou We Trust)
** Devils hire Paul Castron as director of amateur scouting (In Lou We Trust)
** What do the Voracek and Couturier extensions mean for the Flyers‘ future cap? (Broad Street Hockey)
** How well have the Coyotes drafted in the first two rounds? (Five For Howling)
** Coyotes hire Claude Loiselle in a hockey operations role (NHL)
HOCKEY WORLD
** How hockey is helping an NHL exec’s autistic son (Vice.com)
** Details announced for Hockey Day Minnesota 2016 (Hockey Wilderness)