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Malkin still out; Oilers explain Tkachev contract blunder; NHL 15 loves the Kings (Puck Headlines)

Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media.

Photo by Joel Marklund/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images
Photo by Joel Marklund/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images

• Players from Sweden’s AIK taking part in a boxing workout. “See? It’s not just us,” said Flames head coach Bob Hartley.

• There’s just over a week until the Pittsburgh Penguins play their season opener and Evgeni Malkin has yet to skate this preseason. [Tribune Review]

• "On Thursday, Oct. 2, NHL.com and Yahoo Sports will team up to produce a one-hour fantasy hockey draft special that will air at 7 p.m. ET online at NHL.com and Yahoo.com." [NHL.com]

• The contract of Edmonton Oilers prospect Vladimir Tkachev was ruled ineligible because he played two KHL games last season. Had he not, signing the SPC would have been fine. Instead, Tkachev now has to enter the 2015 Draft. ”I spoke with the agent and he read the clause and then stopped reading after it looked like he was eligible,” said Craig MacTavish. Good job, good effort. [Oilers]

• MacTavish’s moves during the 2013 Draft seem to looking pretty positive a year later. [Oilers Nation]

• Extension talks between the New York Rangers and Marc Staal continue, with the defenseman looking for something in the ballpark of six or seven years and $6 million per. [NY Post]

• The NHL has approved the minority interest sale of the New York Islanders to Jonathan Ledecky and Scott Malkin. [NHL]

• Jacob Markstrom, Mike Babcock’s future, Brendan Dillon’s contract and more can be found in this week’s 30 Thoughts. [Sportsnet]

• The Philadelphia Flyers have decided to bring back their Ice Girls, one week after an all-male ice crew was booed. [Deadspin]

• Sidney Crosby’s mom, Trina, is again on the board of the five-team CWHL, and hopes to see expansion and the paying of players in the league’s future. [Post-Gazette]

• Sure, Henrik Lundqvist is king of the goalies in the Metropolitan Division, but who’s no. 2? Bob?  Schneider? Holtby? [Japers’ Rink]

• Ryan Ellis felt better than he thought after his first preseason game with the Nashville Predators. [Smashville 24/7]

• A CBA loophole has allowed Julius Honka to join the Dallas Stars’ AHL club rather than return to his junior team in Swift Current. [Buzzing the Net]

• Here’s an interesting new stat: loose-puck recoveries, because how else is most possession created? [Habs Eyes on the Prize]

• Now that he’s signed, would you take Torey Krug over Seth Jones in a fantasy hockey draft? [Dobber Hockey]

• The ACHA Division 2 Army and Navy hockey teams will meet next month as part of a Veterans Weekend series, with events benefiting veteran's charities. [Royals Hockey]

• Finally, NHL 15 says the LA Kings will repeat, which means they won’t: