Here are all the links from around the hockey world, and what I’m reading, while watching the first steps of the new hockey season.
*A motivated Henrik Lundqvist takes the ice in New York and talks about taking the “final step” with the New York Rangers after coming up short the last couple of years.
*A great tribute to late Montreal Canadiens Hall of Famer Jean Beliveau on what would have been his 84th birthday today.
*Duncan Keith is a bionic Blackhawk according to the Hockey News, and the evidence was on display during the Cup Final.
*Steve Stamkos hits the field for batting practice with the Toronto Blue Jays, and espouses the benefit of being a multi-sport athlete growing up.
*Matt Cooke thinks he still has “the fire in the belly” to play in the NHL. But what if nobody in the NHL wants him because of his past misdeeds? Karma works in mysterious ways.
*For something completely different: a fantastic column on Donald Trump dropping into a golf tournament in New Jersey over the weekend and showing exactly why he’s the darling of the polls for Republican presidential candidates.
