Make one tiny comment about trying Patrick Kane at center and the internet implodes. It’s almost as if they don’t care that the Rockford Icehogs forced a full complement of Scum veterans to a pre-season shoot-out yesterday. Speaking of the shoot-out, if I never ever hear about “Bertuzzi’s soft touch between the legs” again, it will be too soon.
- Recaps and thoughts from Sunday’s bout in Detroit. [blackhawks.nhl.com] [Third Man In] [ESPN]
- The Patrick Kane at center experiment. That is the sound of inevitability, Mr. KrΓΌger. [Trib] [Sun-Times] [CSNChicago] [nhl.com]
- Steve Montador is getting used to Chicago, hungry to win. [Trib] [Sun-Times]
- Andrew Brunette thinks this is his best chance to win it all. [Trib]
- Corey Crawford is probably really sick of the sophomore slump question, but I’m with Hedger: “unflappable” is a great word to describe him these days. [nhl.com]
- Emery and Salak think Crow’s pretty cool too. [Sun-Times]
- Brendan Shanahan lays the Shanhammer on Boyes. Wiz and Staubitz have hearings today. [nhl.com] [Globe and Mail]
- Five or six teams are using advanced statistics to gain insight and make decisions. [Globe and Mail]