Wang's secret sale of Isles; Leafs Fan Fest fallout; Johnston's Australia trip (Puck Headlines)

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• ADORBS! [Maple Leafs]

• As seen above, there were a few new statues added to the Leafs' Legends Row [Greatest Hockey Legends]

• Sculptor Erik Blome was tasked with creating Legends Row. Here's an interview with the artist on his conceptualization, work process, and more. [Upper Body Injury]

• Maple Leafs Fan Fest event was a complete cluster. Like a car wreck you can't look away from, here's all the gory details. [Leafs Nation]

• Legendary Canadien Jean Beliveau is at home recovering from pneumonia. His wife refuted earlier reports the 83-year-old is gravely ill. [Montreal Gazette]

• Islanders owner (for now), Charles Wang, seems to have agreed to sell the team to just about everyone. Now his secret handshake deals are going public, and could complicate the sale even further. [Fortune]

• Chips to track hockey players movements are in the works. Developers have their work cut out for them in a high speed game like hockey. (Now if they could only develop something to tell us when a puck crossed the line or not...) [Eyes on the Prize]

• The relationship between the LA Kings and hockey analytics: it's complicated. [Bleacher Report]

• To add to everything else going on in San Jose, the Sharks franchise has seen a 'small dip' in season ticket renewals; however, they're encouraged by the new season ticket purchasers spurred on by early access to tickets for the outdoor game against the Kings. [San Jose Mercury News]

• New Penguins coach Mike Johnston's journey to coaching in the NHL was one of the least straight forward as one can get. He wanted it to start in Austria... he ended up in Australia. [Yahoo]

• Incredible analysis of goaltending fancy stats (with graphs!) of how Corey Crawford compares against the rest of the league's netminders. [Committed Indian]

• The Avalanche shocked a lot of people last season with their success. Here's why people shouldn't be surprised if there is some regression this season. [Dobber Hockey]

• In response to fan complaints over a wide array of issues in NHL 15, the producers have announced a patch to fix some of the problems, others will be addressed at a later time. NHL 15 will be officially released on Tuesday. [Polygon]

• When expansion happens two Canadian cities are getting new hockey teams, and neither of them are Vancouver. Why not Vancouver? “The Canucks have managed to produce one of the highest revenues, and they’ve done it without winning a championship.” Hmm... [The Peak]

• What happens if Eddie Lack outperforms Ryan Miller? A goaltending controversy in Vancouver?? Well I never... [PITB]

• In hockey, the surname 'Quenneville' is one of great distinction. Meet the most recent addition to the player ranks in David Quenneville of the Medicine Hat Tigers. [Buzzing the Net]

• While the East drools over offensive-defensemen like Erik Karlsson, those in the West know just how good hidden gem, Arizona's Oliver Ekman-Larsson is and will continue to be. [The Hockey Writers]

• Anton Stralman, signed as a free agent by the Lightning in the off-season, hopes to join fellow Swede, Victor Hedman, as the top pairing on the blueline. Not sure how Matt Carle feels about that. He was Hedman's partner last season and is still on the team. [Tampa Bay Times]

• Fancy stats look at the Winnipeg Jets best defensive possession players. [Arctic Ice Hockey]

• Hal Gill doesn't have a team or even a PTO from a team. Doesn't mean he's done with hockey all together. [CBS Boston]

• Ryan Whitney finds himself in the same situation as Gill. He's waiting for the call from an NHL team before possibly heading over to Europe to play. [The Enterprise]

• Finally, Jonathan Cheechoo, former NHLer now playing the KHL, scores a goal with two sticks in his hands. Two sticks.