Here are all the links from around the hockey world, and what I’m reading, while development camps are in full swing all across America.
*With Logan Couture about to sign a big, eight-year extension with the San Jose Sharks, here’s a shoutout to the 2007 draft where the Bruins memorably, infamously and regrettably selected the immortal Zach Hamill one pick before Couture. Couture now has 437 points in 582 career NHL games, and Hamill is probably working at a driving range out in British Columbia. The Bruins might not be scouring and scrapping for a second line sniper had they made a different choice on draft night. If Twitter were around back then, it would be just as big of a deal as the Bruins passing on Mat Barzal three times in 2015.
*Yahoo Sports wonders what kind of incentive that John Tavares would have for returning to the New York Islanders? Because there doesn’t seem to be much of one to them.
*Good piece to look back to with Willie O’Ree inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame this week. Flyers winger Wayne Simmonds on the Players Tribune talks about what an influence O’Ree was to him growing up in Canada.
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*TSN has the Pittsburgh Penguins are clearing cap space to make some moves, but what exactly will they be?
*Well, one of them might be the Penguins signing Jack Johnson to a five-year deal. But Pro Hockey Talk is baffled by that possibility. I’d just like to see Johnson sign another good contract that won’t be siphoned off by members of his family.
*For something completely different: Alice in Chains has a new album? Say what now?