The last meaningless pre-season bout is over, and it all starts to count on Friday. Worrying about Steve Montador can wait for four more days.
- Recaps and reflection from Sunday’s match. [blackhawks.nhl.com] [ESPN] [Third Man In]
- Dave Bolland and Ben Smith are “progressing well” and could be skating early this week. [CSN]
- Q is pretty uncharacteristically pumped for this season. [Trib]
- Troy Brouwer had a lot of emotions about last nights tilt. [CSN]
- Corey Crawford’s focused, Stan’s working out a deal with Brandon Saad, and Hossa, Brunette, and Kane are sticking together. [CSN]
- A bit of a feature on Dylan Olsen. [Sun-Times]
- The Brandons Saad and Pirri may be staying a while. [Sun-Times]
- Hockeenight wins the Saad-pun Olympics and thrills with a puckcast. [Hockeenight]
- ProHockeyTalk has yet another Chicago season preview. [PHT]
- Time for touch-up icing to go. [PD]