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  • Coyotes, Kings Game 5 preview; Claude Giroux has fun; PK Subban on the ladies (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.

    • Claude Giroux's beer pong adventures are rightfully getting attention on this lovely Tuesday, but it's the double-casted topless cornholing that we're sure a segment of our readership is more interested in. Playoffs leading scorer indeed. [Crossing Broad]

    • In case you missed it, the Los Angeles Kings' snarky infographic about being confused with the Sacramento Kings was hilarious. [Kings]

    • PK and Malcolm Subban talk race and hockey with Complex. And also, the ladies. Who "pulls the most ladies" in the Subban family? PK says: "Wow, well definitely me. I'm the oldest, I have the most experience, and I'm the best looking. I've been told that on numerous occasions, numerous. Now that doesn't take anything away from my brothers, Malcolm is good looking and Jordan's a good looking guy, too. I mean they are related to me so they get a little bit of the looks. But right now I have to say I have the most experience. I'm a veteran when it comes to that, they're still learning. They have lots of potential. They're like first-round picks right now in the game, they still have to develop." [Complex]

    • Coach Bob Hartley's Zurich Lions are ready to bid him adieu as he returns to the NHL. [Swiss Habs]

    • Speaking of the Lions, that's where Ryan Shannon of the Tampa Bay Lightning will be for the next three years. [SB Nation]

    • What kind of grade would Ville Leino receive for his effort with the Buffalo Sabres? [Die By The Blade]

    • In which Shane Doan compares the Phoenix Coyotes' plight to Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail. [Arizona Sports]

    • This is so strange: An entire column written about embellishment in the playoffs and how it needs to stop, without a single mention of Mike Smith's flopping. Oh, Arizona Republic you say? Well then. [AZCentral]

    • Look, we don't like to judge, but embezzling $144,000 from a Youth Hockey Association is a sort of [expletived] up. [Cap Times]

    • We have our first schedule for Penn State hockey. Huzzah! [CHN]

    • Carolina Hurricanes AHL goalie Mike Murphy leaves for the KHL. In a related story, there's a new frontrunner for the KHL's Vezina Trophy. [Hurricanes]

    • The Pittsburgh Penguins are giving away 5,000 free tickets to the 2012 NHL draft. [Pens]

    • In praise of the Los Angeles Kings' third line, which is clearly no longer the worst in hockey. [Globe & Mail]

    • In which Shawn Thornton impresses the heck out of an Esquire political writer with his candor. [Esquire]

    • Bobby Holik on the Devils and Rangers: "The Rangers should be much better. Can Devils repeat tonight's effort at MSG or can they improve on it? It will take nothing less than that for them to succeed. We are starting a new best of three series and Rangers have the home ice advantage, if there is such a thing between two teams playing six miles apart. It's more of a question who has the more comfortable bus going to the games." [Holik on Hockey]

    • Daniel Wagner vs. John Tortorella's star benchings. [Backhand Shelf]

    • Breaking down what Jason Chimera meant to the Washington Capitals. [Japers]

    • What can Sam Gagner do that will please Edmonton Oilers fans? [Copper and Blue]

    • Allan Muir on Game 5: "Sure, Game 4 might have just been an aberration. Nothing to worry about. After all, the Kings come to Glendale having not yet lost on the road in these playoffs. Only twice have they allowed an opponent to score consecutive goals. Maybe a little smack in the mouth was exactly what they needed to regain the determination that defined their now-scuttled eight-game winning streak. They'll have to hope so. Another effort like that and the Kings will be bringing company with them on their return trip to L.A." [SI]

    • Finally, here's Barry Melrose doing that thing that Barry Melrose does.

  • Ratings down for conference finals; Ted Nugent backs David Booth; NHL 13 teaser (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.

    • You're probably seen Zdeno Chara's tribute to Pavel Demitra by now, but here's Slovakia's Branko Radivojevic rocking a tribute T-shirt after their semifinal win over the Czech Republic at the Hockey World Championship in Helsinki.

    • NBC audiences were down over the weekend for the conference finals. Lepore: "Saturday's Rangers-Devils game drew a 1.3 overnight rating, down 13% from last year's Game 4 between Boston and Tampa Bay. It may have been hurt by the early timeslot, or the fact that there was a huge dip in ratings in the lone local market, New York. Game 3 drew a 4.2 in the Big Apple, well down from the 6.2 for Game 1 on the NBC Sports Network.  Sunday's Game 4 between the Coyotes and Kings drew a 1.1 overnight, down 15% from last year's Game 4 between the Canucks and Sharks, which was a 2-1 series, as opposed to the 3-0 lead the Kings had heading in. The game drew a series high 2.7 in Los Angeles." [Puck The Media]

    • Henrik Lundqvist on the New York Rangers fans that invade the Rock: "We always have played there in Newark. It's one of the things that makes it special to play these types of games, play New York teams.  We have a lot of support, and talked about
    it earlier, a couple days ago, when you see the way that the fans react to things that happen during the game or even the results, it's exciting." [Rangers Rants]

    • Looks like Stu Bickel will move up to forward to replace the suspended Brandon Prust. [Slap Shot]

    • Larry Brooks believes the hate-o-meter is slowly seeing the needled move on the Rangers and New Jersey Devils. [NY Post]

    • Sports Business Journal is reporting that the Detroit Red Wings have settled on a designer for a new 18,000-seat arena to replace the Joe. [Detroit News]

    • Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League's Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has agreed to terms with defenseman Jamie McBain on a two-year contract. The deal will pay McBain $1.7 million in 2012-13, and $1.9 million in 2013-14. [Hurricanes]

    • They signed Bobby Sanguinetti and forward Nicolas Blanchard to two-way contracts, too. [Canes Country]

    • Zach Parise is a free agent … risk? "It is very likely that he will elevate whichever team signs him in the short run, but as teams weigh the idea of making him an offer, they need to keep in mind the distinct possibility that he will underperform this contract in the near future and eventually become an anchor on the team's salary cap finances." [NHL Numbers]

    • Bear killin' David Booth has a friend in Ted Nugent. [PITB]

    • A little offseason talk from Joe Haggerty: "here's no way of knowing given up the upcoming CBA battle between the NHL and the NHLPA, and the B's still have yet to put Marc Savard on long term injured reserve. That would free up $4 plus million in salary cap space for the Bruins that they're still currently carrying on their cap for a player that doesn't appear likely to ever return to hockey. That combined with a potential deal moving Tim Thomas away would free close to $10 million in salary cap space, so the Bruins have plenty of flexibility to make plenty of moves if necessary." [CSN NE]

    • Via Paul Roper: "Hope all is well. Traveling home from Blue Jays/Mets last night I saw a license plate that best explains how Leafs fans are feeling. This might be the best personalized license plate I've ever seen."

    • Arctic Ice Hockey's Vezina ballot does not have Jonathan Quick first. Or second. [AIH]

    • SB Nation has its 33 hockey blog voting on NHL Awards this week, so check that out. [SB Nation]

    • Mike Green, John Carlson and the Washington Capitals' RFAs. [Capitals Insider]

    • Buffalo Sabres General Manager Darcy Regier today announced that the team has signed defenseman Alexander Sulzer to a one-year deal. Sulzer was due to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1. [Sabres]

    • The Dallas Stars expect to be a free agent player. Said president Jim Lites: "We are without budget. As crazy as that sounds. We are restricted by only the CBA and fitting long and short term into that system...This is a different situation than we have been in for the last 4 seasons — which is we have an owner who is willing to spend and not being run by the league....We are prepared to spend what we need to spend, but we need to spend wisely." [FS SW]

    • The Devin Dubnyk Debate for the Edmonton Oilers. [Oil Patch]

    • How Jewels From The Crown saw Game 4 of the Kings/Coyotes series. [JFTC]

    • Ellen Etchingham on drama and distractions: "Hockey culture is, in fact, an incredibly powerful professional culture. Players are initiated into it at a very young age and, if they're good, over time they will come to take over more and more of their life. In the case of Canadian hockey culture, it will pull them away from their families, schools, and other social touchstones. It will, often, limit their educational options and other professional experiences. It will make their advancement contingent upon their ability to behave in conformity with the culture and please those who have authority in it. Any professional culture is going to discipline human impulses to a certain extent, but hockey culture is a particularly intense form of discipline." [Backhand Shelf]

    • Brad Larsen takes over AHL Springfield. [Blue Jackets]

    • Finally, NHL 13 materials are starting to arrive. Try not to drool. Too much.

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