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Tom’s Daily: Golden Knights Grades; Engelland Joins KLAS; more
Tom’s Daily: Grading the Golden Knights; Deryk Engelland joins 8 News Now; Pittsburgh Penguins GM search update; Odd Offside Confuses Columbus; Carter Verhaege; RIP Ralph Backstrom; more
VGK
Grading the Golden Knights: VHN’s Danny Webster doles out marks from last night’s 4-3 win over the LA Kings. (VegasHockeyNow)
Former Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Deryk Engelland has joined the 8 News Now team in Las Vegas – congrats to him on the new role! (KLAS)
NHL
As the Pittsburgh Penguins continue the GM search, Ron Hextall appears to be moving to the front of the pack. (PittsburghHockeyNow)
I can’t adequately explain the blown offisde call in last night’s Carolina Hurricanes vs. Winnipeg Jets game (and subsequent happenings) in such little space, so I’ll let Sportsnet take it from here. (Sportsnet)
Wayne Simmonds is out at least six weeks for the Toronto Maple Leafs. What a shame, he was really having a great season in his return home. (Toronto Sun)
The Carter Verhaege signing looks amazing for the Florida Panthers. (FloridaHockeyNow)
Hockeyverse
Six-time Stanley Cup champion Ralph Backstrom has passed away. (Sportsnet)
Edmonton has the green light to resume youth hockey today. (Edmonton Journal)
Tom’s Daily: Shea Theodore and Alex Pietrangelo shine in Vegas Golden Knights OT win over Anaheim Ducks; VGK sever deal with UpickTrade after blowback; Vintage Marc-Andre Fleury; Patrick Kane hits 400 goals; John Tortorella doesn’t care how hot his seat gets and more.
VGK
Shea Theodore and Alex Pietrangelo shined for the Vegas Golden Knights in a 3-2 overtime win over the Anaheim Ducks. (VegasHockeyNow)
Just three days after announcing a partnership with UpickTrade the Golden Knights have cancelled the partnership amid blowback from pretty much everywhere. (ESPN)
Logan Thompson dressed as the backup to Marc-Andre Fleury after Oscar Dansk was sent back to the Henderson Silver Knights. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Our own Tom Callahan called it two weeks ago: this is vintage Marc-Andre Fleury. Now the rest of hockey is beginning to notice, like the good folks at TSN. (TSN)
NHL
Patrick Kane hit 400 NHL goals in the Chicago Blackhawks win over the Detroit Red Wings Sunday. (Sportsnet)
The Columbus Blue Jackets have lost five in a row, but John Tortorella says he’s never concerned about his job security. (TSN)
Both Auston Matthews and Frederik Andersen have returned to practice with the Toronto Maple Leafs. (TSN)
Hockeyverse
The PWPHA Dream Gap Tour took to the ice at Madison Square Garden for a historic women’s game. (USA Today)
NHL Agent Bayne Pettinger is paving the way for LGBTQ+ members in hockey. (Sportsnet)
Tom’s Daily: The Vegas Golden Knights game with the San Jose Sharks Thursday night has been postponed, Sharks’ Tomas Hertl on COVID-19 protocol list; Boston Bruins – Philadelphia Flyers most-watched game ever on NBCSN with over 1 million viewers; NHL Schedule Updates; more
VGK
Vegas Golden Knights – San Jose Sharks game postponed for Thursday night out of “an abundance of caution.” (VegasHockeyNow)
Related: San Jose’s Tomas Hertl has been placed in the COVID-19 protocols by the NHL. (SanJoseHockeyNow)
NHL
The NHL has issued more schedule updates for games postponed by COVID-19 protocols. (NHL.com)
Freddie Andersen getting closer to returning for the Toronto Maple Leafs (TSN)
A “shaken” Artemi Panarin is taking time away from the New York Rangers following accusations coming out of Russia. USA Today takes a look at how Vladimir Putin’s reach and influence still hangs over Russian players. (USA Today)
Hockeyverse
The Bruins – Flyers game at Lake Tahoe on Sunday broke records including the most-watched regular season NHL game ever on NBCSN. (NBC Sports)
Good to see Henrik Lundqvist back on the ice again. (NHL.com)
Tom’s Daily: Vegas Golden Knights announce ticket sales plans; Alex Tuch promoted to top line duties; Former BMG member Marc Roberts enjoying life with the VGK; Habs fire Julien, Muller; more.
VGK
The Vegas Golden Knights have announced the team’s ticket sales plans for games with limited capacity at T-Mobile Arena (VegasHockeyNow)
Alex Tuch has played his way to the top line, continuing his successful run with the Golden Knights in last year’s playoffs. (VegasHockeyNow)
Former Blue Man Group member Marc Roberts is loving his new role with the Vegas Golden Knights. (VegasHockeyNow)
NHL
Don’t look now, but here come the Los Angeles Kings. (Sports Illustrated)
The Canadiens have fired head coach Claude Julien and assistant coach Kirk Muller. (Sportsnet)
Marcus Foligno calls in the linesman to stop fight with Sharks rookie early. Know the code, kids. Respect. (USA Today)
Hockeyverse
Play chess like a hockey player! (Chess.com)
A wild night in Vegas: Golden Knights’ comeback one for memory books
Vegas Golden Knights Stone Minnesota Wild in OT 5-4
