Clowe's father indicted; Brodeur's legacy; Eichel's stock increasing with McDavid injury (Puck Headlines)

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• Christmas and hockey had a baby it is a ugly. [Twitter]

• NHLer Ryane Clowe's father charged in wake of cocaine probe. [CBC]

• Report: Bruins and Oilers revisiting trade talk. Our apologies in advance to Bruins player (or players) sent to Edmonton. [CSN Boston]

• Things snowballing from bad to worse for Bruins. [Bruins Daily]

• Buyer beware when it comes to veteran defencemen (cough, cough, Ducks, cough). [TSN]

• Martin Brodeur's legacy is safe even if stint with St. Louis Blues is a disaster. [Bleacher Report]

• Down Goes Brown talks the NHL’s 'Great Connor McDavid Sweepstakes'. [Grantland]

• Commissioner Bettman: NHL will deliver on promise of outdoor game in Minnesota [Fox Sports North

• Daniel Alfredsson takes final lap with Senators: 'It gives you goosebumps'. [Nick Cotsonika]

• Is loyalty to one team a luxury in today's NHL? [Fox Sports Ohio]

• Some painful truths about the NHL salary cap. [Spector's Hockey]

• The Friesen Files: While McDavid sits on the sidelines, Jack Eichel earns high praise. [Buzzing the Net]

• Comparing two Tampa Bay Lightning teams separated by 11 years. [Raw Charge]

• Peter DeBoer can’t coach in New Jersey. [The Pink Puck]

• Super Pekka v. Average Pekka: Quantifying the Difference. [On the Forecheck]

• Systems Analyst: Edmonton's Justin Schultz is just lost in the D-zone. [The Score]

• Frozen Pool Forensics: Evgeny Kuznetsov [Dobber Hockey]

• Some fun, fake hockey cards of Martin Brodeur in his new Blues jersey. [Puck Junk]

• Finally, goalies battle it out at center ice as the Kelowna Rockets down the Saskatoon Blades 5-1 in WHL action Wednesday night. [Yahoo Sports]