Here are all the links from around the hockey world, and what I’m reading while learning that Marquis Flowers is a wee bit sensitive.
*They are saying out in Arizona that Zac Rinaldo has turned himself into a real hockey player with the Arizona Coyotes. What do I say? I’ll believe it when I see it.
*Islanders head coach Doug Weight has been downplaying the fact he’s been sitting Mat Barzal in key stretches in at least one game recently.
*Interesting piece from Emily Kaplan on why there haven’t been a bevy of coaching firings this season in the NHL, but I would argue it’s about some teams being really slow on the trigger with moves that should be made. If I’m Chicago, I would look at what the Bruins did last season and hope to potentially get that same kind of bump for the rest of this season. Joel Quenneville is a franchise pillar with the Blackhawks, but so was Claude Julien with the Bruins. And the Blackhawks have also lost six games in a row while bottoming out.
*The Canucks media is calling for the Youth Movement to get going in Vancouver where they’re already halfway into it.
*For something completely different: So ABC is going to reboot the “Greatest American Hero” with a female lead? Interesting. I hope they keep the same theme song.