Here are all the links from around the hockey world, and everything I’m reading while giving Ben Bishop props for showing something in Game 3. I’ve never been a big fan of his goaltending game, but that was a gutsy performance.
*Nice move by Jack Eichel during Coach’s Corner to present Dandy Don Cherry with a Team USA hockey polo shirt. What a beauty.
*Speaking of Eichel, he’s impressing Western New York and Buffalo even if he remains non-committal about his immediate hockey future.
*Brendan Shanahan has indicated that the Maple Leafs could have a full time GM by the start of the season. There’s a lot of work to be done prior to then in Toronto. It will be interesting to see how it gets done.
*PHT writer and FOH (Friend of Haggs) Jason Brough has the Stanley Cup Final as the official arrival point of Victor Hedman as an elite player.
*Gordie Howe is “comfortable and happy” after a second stem cell treatment in Mexico that has brought him from pretty tough shape.
*If you missed its premiere last night on NBCSN, check out the full Derek Sanderson documentary here. It’s a very well done project by NBC Sports Films.
*For something completely different: Jason Alexander and Larry David both shared the couch last night on Jimmy Fallon.
*For something completely different again: I think I have found what you can all get me for my birthday.