The rise of Buffalo; Canadian Cup chances; Tootoo fined (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. Have a link you want to submit? Email us at puckdaddyblog@yahoo.com.
• The Arizona Coyotes traveling without ties, looking like male models. [Arizona Coyotes]
• On the rebirth of the Buffalo Sabres franchise. [Grantland]
• Chances for Canadian teams making the Stanley Cup Final. Could this be the year one of these teams wins a Cup? A Canadian team hasn’t won a Cup since 1993. [Vice]
• Minnesota Wild defenseman Marco Scandella and his brother Giulio are living their hockey dreams on different continents. [ESPN]
• ESPNW is releasing a documentary on Team USA hockey star Hilary Knight. [Today’s Slapshot]
• New Jersey Devils forward Jordin Tootoo was fined $2,217.74 for a "dangerous trip" on Nashville Predators defenseman Seth Jones. [NHL]
[Play Yahoo Daily Fantasy and get a 100% deposit bonus with your first deposit]
• Philadelphia Flyers 33-year-old first-year NHLer Evgeny Medvedev is figuring out life in the United States. [Sports Illustrated]
• Philadelphia Flyers coach Dave Hakstol doesn’t see much difference in Jonathan Toews since Hakstol coached the Chicago Blackhawks captain at the University of North Dakota. He's still a top-flight player. [CSN Chicago]
• Colton Parayko of the St. Louis Blues is being touted as a future star by coach Ken Hitchcock. Yet another young, solid Blues blueliner. [Calgary Sun]
• Chicago Blackhawks rookie forward Artemi Panarin is looking like quite a steal for the defending Stanley Cup champs. Chicago lured him from the KHL last summer. [TSN]
• Relocation is not the greatest option for the Las Vegas franchise. But it beats not getting a team. Imagine if that relocated franchise is the young and hungry Arizona Coyotes. [Sin Bin]
• On Grand Rapids Griffins coach Todd Nelson and his ups and downs of the last year. Nelson coached the Oilers last season after Dallas Eakins was fired. [MLive]
• The Chicago Blackhawks agreed to a one-year deal with defenseman Kyle Cumiskey. [Blackhawks]
• Buffalo Sabres coach Dan Bylsma has many fond memories of playing at Bowling Green. The school is also the alma mater of Los Angeles Kings assistant GM Rob Blake. [Buffalo News]
• The NHL and NHLPA donated $950,000 to the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation. Snider is the owner of the Philadelphia Flyers and a major advocate of youth hockey in the Philly area. [Broad Street Hockey]
• Penn State hockey coach Guy Gadowsky continues to try to grow the young Division-I program. [College Hockey News]
• The Nashville Predators are a team that should be taken seriously, even though they’re only three games into the 2015-16 season. [Too Many Men on the Site]
• How injuries can create some issues for your fantasy hockey team. A list of different injured players. [Dobber Hockey]
• Winnipeg Jets captain Andrew Ladd is helping the team’s high-end young prospects learn the ropes of the NHL. [The Hockey Writers]
• The Los Angeles Kings need more from their leaders if they want to improve off their 0-3-0 start. [Frozen Royalty]
• How long has it been since the Kings last won a game? A clock detailing this down to the exact second! [The Royal Half]
[Yahoo Fantasy Hockey: Sign up for a league today]
• EPIX and the NHL are teaming up for another all-access “Road to the NHL Winter Classic” TV series for this season. [NHL]
• Dylan Larkin and Jack Eichel are two great American talents. [Octopus Thrower]
• Finally, EA Sports NHL16 plays of the month!
MORE FROM YAHOO HOCKEY
