Morning Links - (12/7)

Daily Blackhawks news and league-wide notables.

• The Blackhawks and Wirtz are quite pleased with realignment. [Tribune] [Sun-Times]
• Q is quite pleased with Marcus Kruger's performance at 2C. [Sun-Times]
• The Player of the Week is...who else? [Madhouse Enforcer]
• Q and A with the Rockford GM. [blackhawks.nhl.com]
• Jeremy Morin's had a pretty good week in Rock Vegas. [blackhawks.nhl.com]
• Several Hawks high in the player power rankings. [Hockey Prospectus]
• Friedman's 30 Thoughts on realignment and trade rumors. [CBC]
• A children's treasury of counter-intuitive NHL divisions. [Arctic Ice Hockey]
• Bettman weighs in about fighting and CTE. [nhl.com]
• Players say what happened to Boogaard is part of the price of the game. [Globe&Mail]
• The league won't consider banning fighting. [Globe&Mail]
• ETA: 85 Years has Yzerman on Jonathan Toews. [blackhawks.nhl.com]