Here are all the links from around the hockey world, and what I’m reading while fully satisfied by the new batch of X-Files episodes.
*The word is that Keith Yandle is off the trade market, but truth be told I’ve heard all along that he was never on the trade market unless the bottom fell out for the Rangers.
*Speaking of the NHL trade deadline, FOH (Friend of Haggs) Elliotte Friedman believes among his 30 thoughts that the Canadian teams will be busy at the deadline.
*St. Louis Blues mammoth forward Ryan Reaves gets ejected after a massive hit from behind on Matt Tennyson.
*Kyle Okposo won’t make any pleas to stay with the New York Islanders through the trade deadline as he approaches free agency.
*The charges against former Bruins defenseman and TSN hockey analyst Aaron Ward have been dismissed.
*Down Goes Brown lists the riskiest NHL trade deadline targets with less than a week for teams to wheel and deal.
*PHT writer Joey Alfieri has Columbus Blue Jackets head coach John Tortorella wanting to get rid of the coach’s challenge as quickly as possible.
*For something completely different: fun podcast with Kevin Smith and the guy that played the Russian hacker – but isn’t Russian at all – as part of Scott Lang’s crew in Ant Man.