Tom’s Daily: Alex Tuch Skates; Nick Holden Gone; Chance Bobble!

Tom’s Daily: Alex Tuch skates; Nick Holden gone; New Chance bobblehead; NHL season predictions; Larkin gets the “C” in Detroit and much more.

VGK

Alex Tuch remains day-to-day, but did skate yesterday and could be back for the season opener on Thursday. (CBS Sports)

Here’s why the Golden Knights were able to part ways with Nick Holden. (VHN)

COVID-19 is no joke, and the Vegas Golden Knights know you have to take it seriously. Hopefully the team stays away from the dreaded virus. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

I’m a bobblehead guy. I have several bobbleheads that chronicle my journey through hockey and some others that are just a lot of fun to have. So I’m pretty excited to see this new one featuring Chance the Golden Knights mascot. (News3LV)

NHL

Everybody makes predictions this time of year, and ours will be coming soon. But for now, here’s NHL.com’s season predictions. (NHL.com)

Hockey Triple-Header? Hockey Triple-Header! Today is the day and NBC Sports has wall-to-wall coverage for its US audience today. (NBC Sports)

A total of 27 players on nine teams tested positive so far for COVID-19 out of 12,000 tests. Of course, the Dallas Stars were hit the worst having to reschedule the season opener. (Yahoo! Sports)

Dylan Larkin has been named the 37th captain in Detroit Red Wings history. The list is long and distinguished. (TSN)

Hockeyverse

This week’s 31 thoughts from Elliotte Friedman. (Sportsnet)

NHL coach lip reading will not be a thing this year as staff on the bench wears masks. (TSN)

The IIHF said it remains committed to Belarus co-hosting the next world championships despite other co-host Latvia protesting because of Belarussian crackdowns on opposition groups in the country by leader Alexander Lukashenko. (Fox Sports)