Lou to blame for Jersey's faults?; Nash's hat trick; Could Eichel jump McDavid? (Puck Headlines)
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• This little fella is just sitting at the Bell Centre, getting ready for the World Junior Championship [Montreal Canadiens Twitter]
• Could Jack Eichel unseat Connor McDavid and go No. 1 in the draft … wait … what? No… no… no!!! [Sportsnet]
• Who are the World Juniors’ top NHL draft prospects? [Buzzing the Net]
• Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello built some amazing teams in New Jersey. But are the Devils’ current lack of success his fault? [NJ.com]
• The Colorado Avalanche are having quite a trying 2014-15. Why are things not coming as easy for Colorado? [Nick Cotsonika]
• The Ottawa Senators appear to be getting closer to building a downtown arena. [CBC]
• The Sabres sent Joel Armia, Mikhail Grigorenko, Tim Schaller and defenseman Mark Pysyk to the Rochester Americans in the AHL. [Buffalo Hockey Beat]
• Who will make the playoffs? A breakdown of the races. [ESPN]
• Rick Nash did score a hat trick against the Capitals, giving him 23 goals on the year. [Blueshirts Banter]
• The Capitals play a completely different style when leading rather than from behind. [Japers Rink]
• Has Devan Dubnyk officially risen to be the Coyotes No. 1 goaltender? After Tuesday night’s drubbing over Edmonton, it’s a possibility. [The Pink Puck]
• Remembering the famous Santa Fight that occurred at the Nassau Coliseum on Dec. 23, 2003? That was pretty awesome. [Islanders Point Blank]
• The Bruins have a 10-goal scorer in Brad Marchand. He’s the first Boston player to reach double-digits. Also, is Loui Eriksson finally getting hot? [WEEI]
• Unless this is some fancy photoshop work, Rangers forward Rick Nash was totally offsides in New York’s game-winner against Washington on Wednesday night. [Russian Machine Never Breaks]
• The Minnesota Wild are going through quite a mediocre stretch right now, and there were no Festivus Miracles in their loss to Philly on Tuesday. [Minneapolis Star Tribune]
• A York County, Pa. girl is playing with the boys as a goaltender. And she’s succeeding as well. Also, note the sweet Whalers uniforms. [Daily Press]
• Finally, Sergei Kostitsyn alert!
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