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Bettman on jersey ads; Captain Pietrangelo; top left wingers (Puck Headlines)

Sean Leahy
Contributing writer

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.

Teemu Selanne / Instagram
Teemu Selanne / Instagram

• 2007 Teemu meets 2016 Teemu. [Instagram]

• NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman on the World Cup, jersey ads, outdoor games and more. [CP via Yahoo]

• The St. Louis Blues are set to name Alex Pietrangelo as the franchise’s 21st captain. [Post-Dispatch]

• Sidney Crosby will captain Canada’s World Cup entry and Jonathan Toews and Shea Weber will serve as alternates. [NHL]

• Ken Holland on Niklas Kronwall: “He’s feeling better, but there’s still a little soreness in the knee. The hope is with another month to go he’ll be ready for the start of camp.” [Windsor Star]

• “Any time something like that happens, at first it’s kind of like, is this a joke?” Jordan Subban on his reaction to brother P.K.’s trade to Nashville. [Toronto Sun]

• Positional rankings: Projecting the NHL’s top 25 left wingers in 2016-17. [Yahoo]

• The Vegas NHL team expects to have their AHL affiliate nailed down by Christmas. [Sin Bin Vegas]

• NHL officials Gord Dwyer, Eric Furlatt, Michel Cormier and Steve Miller will work the exhibition games of the World Cup of Hockey next month. [IIHF]

• Minor back surgery will sideline Tomas Jurco for a month. [MLive]

• Five teams that have had a quiet offseason, and what it means for 2016-17. [The Hockey News]

• The Blues will have Mike Weber in camp on a PTO. [Today’s Slapshot]

• The ECHL’s South Carolina Stingrays are partnering with Icethetics to help create the team’s alternate jersey and logo for their 25th anniversary season. [Icethetics]

• Hockey in Scotland is growing. [Sportsnet]

• Chatting with Hockey Hall of Famer Alex Delvecchio. [NHL.com]

• Real interesting look at the evolution of the goaltending position. [In Goal Mag]

• Detroit Red Wings exec Jimmy Devellano is buying into the OHL’s Saginaw Spirit. [ABC12]

• Grading the Montreal Canadiens’ summer moves from a fantasy hockey perspective. [Dobber Hockey]

• Finally, Penny Oleskiak, who won gold, silver and two bronze medals at the Rio Olympics, takes a question from a fan: