Also: YOU could be the Islanders’ next strength and conditioning coach!
Hello, LHHers! You might be watching the Olympics, or at the beach, or hiking away from the godforsaken digital dystopia and taking a break from arguing whether Maxim Tsyplakov is a potential top-six winger.
And that’s just as well. Not a ton going on in the NHL world, nor in the Lou Cone of Silence. But here are some things:
- Another one for the “Sure Wahlstrom is signed, but is he likely to be here in October?” files. [Post]
- Because there’s nothing else happening: Anthony Duclair makes a Ryan Pulock-like save in the summer league. [THN]
- This could be you: The Isles have an opening for strength and conditioning coach. [TeamworkOnline]
- Speaking of such cases, Martin Necas agreed to a two-year deal with the Hurricanes, avoiding an arbitration hearing…does that mean his implied trade preference is no more? [TSN]
- Calder runner-up Brock Faber re-signs with Minnesota for eight years, $68 million. That’s a lot, but he’s young and good. [NHL]
- Patrik Laine has exited the player assistance program, enabling potential trade suitors to talk to him and heating up trade possibilities. [Athletic]
- Sad news: Former Senators assistant Bob Jones dies of ALS. He was just 54. [Sportsnet]
- Martin St. Louis, who requested a trade out of Tampa Bay because his boss’s boss didn’t pick him for the Olympic team, says he thinks Steven Stamkos’s departure from Tampa will be good for him. [NHL]
- Toronto hopes hiring Craig Berube and signing actual defensemen might change the narrative there. [NHL]
- “Seek playoff return” and “addition of Kevin Hayes” are not two things that typically go together in the year of our Bossy, 2024. But Penguins are in that place. [NHL]