NHL talking up preseason China Games when it could be talking up the Olympics

The 2017-18 China Games, a two-game slate of NHL exhibition contests in Beijing and Shanghai, wrapped up on Saturday with the league talking up its international expansion as the steppingstone toward long-term partnership with overseas markets. As NHL.com's Nicholas Cotsonika detailed following two

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  Kings sweep Canucks in two-game exhibition series in China

  The Japan Times
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  NHL in China: Canucks truly strangers in strange land

  Toronto Sun

Tom Wilson suspended two preseason games, put on notice

The NHL Department of Player Safety decided that Tom Wilson’s hit on St. Louis Blues rookie center Robert Thomas on Friday night was way late, and suspended him for two preseason games. “Over a full second after Thomas loses control of the puck, well after he’s eligible to be checked” is how the Department

Will the NHL's faceoff/slashing crackdown lead to more goals like in 2005-06?

Mark Blinch / National Hockey League / Getty The NHL has been enforcing slashing and faceoff infractions by the book this preseason and players have voiced their frustrations with the strictness of the calls. Even with the report that the league asked officials to dial it back a bit, that doesn't

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  Patrice Bergeron Doesn't Sound Like Biggest Fan Of NHL's Faceoff Crackdown

  NESN.com
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  Slashing enforcement sets stage for players-NHL faceoff

  New York Post