Morning Links (9/14)
"They growns up, baby. They're growns up and they're growns up and they're growns up."
The Baby Hawks finished up the Toronto Rookie Tournament by making quick work of the Lil' Pens, 4-1. Mark McNeil, Byron Froese, Andrew Shaw, and Phillip Danault lit the lamp for the Hawks. Despite the fact the Hawks earned their only win yesterday in three contests, there is a lot to like about what the organization has incubating in the nursery.
Flick tenderized faces, Lavin and Olsen were steady on the blueline, and Saad's numbers impressed, but it was Danault's play that pushed my eyebrows into my hairline. The puck followed Danault around like a happy puppy, and what's more, he made something happen with it every time he was on the ice. A playmaking center with vision and touch? It's just a rookie tournament, but stay tuned.
Pause NHL 12 (or put down your copy of "The Help") and peruse these morning links. They're so money; they don't even know it.
- Third Man In's summary of the Hawks' last game of the tourney
- Chris Kuc writes that Crawford has something to prove
- Jesse Rogers asks five questions. (I can't wait for your answers.)
- Sam discusses Salak, and the enigmatic second line center question
- The latest in the Byfuglien saga
- Stu Hackel writes that the Stars, not the Devils, are the team in the red
- E.J. Hradek writes that these free agents got the time tick, tick, ticking in their heads
- President Medvedev believes tragedy will bring the KHL and NHL closer together
- Moving piece by Michael Landsberg about hockey, Belak, and depression
