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LaBarbera joins Hitmen staff; NHL17 build your own brand (Puck Headlines)

Jen Neale

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. Have a link you want to submit? Email us at puckdaddyblog@yahoo.com.

• Meeting of the minds at the NHL offices. These guys actually run the league. [@NJDevil00]

• The London Knights and Windsor Spitfires are teaming up in order to earn a bid for the 2019 World Juniors. [CBC News]

• Jason LaBarbera talks about the next stage in his career after joining the Calgary Hitmen as their goaltending coach. [Hitmen Hockey]

• The offseason moves of the Carolina Hurricanes have created a surge in season ticket sales for the team. [News & Observer]

• Dan Cleary isn’t ready to hang up his skates just yet. The 37-year-old would play another season in the minors if it keeps him on the ice. [Detroit News]

• Tug at your heart strings story: “When Newfoundland’s Robin Drodge learned he needed to be flown to Halifax last weekend to deal with serious liver and kidney problems, he had one thought. ‘He said, I want to get to Cole Harbour somehow and meet Sidney Crosby. That’s my dream,'” said his mother Dianne. Goal accomplished. Drodge is blind and Sid helped guide his hands over the Cup so he could ‘see’ it for himself. [CBC News]

• The Montreal Canadiens have signed Director of Amateur Scouting Trevor Timmins to a contract extension. [Habs World]

• Eric Fehr was late to the Pittsburgh Penguins on ice Cup win celebration because he was in the penalty box. [Brandon Sun]

• Calgary Flames goaltending coach Jordan Sigalet talks about the team’s new goaltending tandem of Brian Elliott and Chad Johnson and the success they can bring. [Flames]

• Fancy stats look at finding the ideal fit for Troy Brouwer within Calgary’s lineup. [Flames Nation]

• Jimmy Vessey isn’t the only NCAA player who will be freed from the team that drafted him on August 15. Check out other drafted collegiate players who will be free agents, and specifically, how they could help the New York Rangers. [Blue Seat Blogs]

• Making the argument for the Arizona Coyotes to put newly drafted Christian Dvorak ahead of Dylan Strome on the depth chart. [Howlin’ Hockey]

• “Is the NHL opposed to analytics? Not at all, but teams will not quantify their value equally all the time, just like pro and amateur scouts grade out players differently when they watch them. The simple truth is analytics in hockey are not as clear cut as some want to believe.” [NHL Numbers]

• Should the San Jose Sharks not like their options for backup goaltender, they’re going to need to hit the trade market to make the cap figures work. [Blades of Teal]

• The Philadelphia Flyers have more than enough players to make up the bottom six forward group. [Broad Street Buzz]

• What should the Minnesota Wild do with Jason Pominville and the remaining three years of his $5.6-million per cap hit. [Gone Puck Wild]

• Possible line combos for the Edmonton Oilers this upcoming season and why they’ll work. [Today’s Slapshot]

• Could Alan Quine be the versatile dark horse forward the New York Islanders need? [Islanders Insight]

• Backdraft 2002: Ranking the forwards, defensemen & goalies from the 2002 NHL draft. [Yahoo! Sports]

• Eastern Conference free agents that could find themselves in a negative fantasy hockey position this coming year. [Dobber]

• Boston College and Boston University players put their fierce rivalry aside for a great cause in the Comm Ave Charity Classic to raise money for Compassionate Care ALS and the Travis Roy Foundation. [USCHO]

• Finally, get excited. In NHL17 you can BUILD YOUR OWN BRAND. Check out the mulleted action in all its glory.

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Jen Neale is an editor for Puck Daddy on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email her at puckdaddyblog@yahoo.com or follow her on Twitter!