Here are all the links from around the hockey world, and what I’m reading, while 100 percent certain that I am indeed not a puppet.
*New Bruins forward David Backes joins Karlson & McKenzie to talk Bruins on 100.7 WZLX ahead of the Thursday night home opener.
*FOH (Friend of Haggs) Tarik El-Bashir breaks down the highlight reel hit of Dmitry Orlov destroying Matt Duchene with a check that flipped him over.
*A brief history of Joe Thornton’s fondness for going shirtless in public after he was caught doing just that on the streets of Pittsburgh.
*An Anaheim Ducks blog is a having a crisis of identity as they wonder how far they can go in criticizing their Ducks and still be called good fans.
*Are all of the grumbling Canadiens fans now back on the Montreal bandwagon after some solid games to start the season?
*PHT writer Joey Alfieri has some details on the Pittsburgh Penguins getting a contract extension going with young goalie Matt Murray.
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*For something completely different: Aly Raisman wants to follow the footsteps of David Ortiz as she thinks about her post-Olympics life.