Donato shows at prospect camp his time is coming with Bruins

With some college hockey players, there is going to be a shred of uncertainty with their draft teams about whether or not that player will end up in their organization. Whether it’s Jimmy Vesey, Kevin Hayes or Blake Wheeler, there are more than a handful of examples of prominent college players that ended up eschewing the team that drafted them for free agency once their NCAA careers had finished. It’s a part of the CBA and it will always be a legit worry for players that outperform their draft status while in college, and that’s the way it will continue to be even as most players end up signing with their draft teams as Notre Dame winger Anders Bjork did with the B’s a couple of months ago.

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  Harvard product Donato won’t pull a Vesey on Bruins

  NBC Sports
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  Harvard's Donato Could Make Jump to Bruins

  The Hockey Writers

Avalanche announce signings, but Zadorov may still be KHL-bound

In the case of the Colorado Avalanche’s Tuesday signings, the most noteworthy name is one that wasn’t on the list. Defenseman Nikita Zadorov still needs a deal, which means there’s still at least some threat that he’d leave for the KHL. A little more than a week ago, reports surfaced that Zadorov may strike a deal with CSKA, although he’s willing to give the Avalanche until the end of the month to come up with a better deal.

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  Daily French Apple Turnovers: G Bourque, Siemens and Girard signed by the Avalanche

  Mile High Hockey
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  Avalanche signs RFAs Gabriel Bourque, Felix Girard, Duncan Siemens

  Denver Post

Is Evgeni Malkin the greatest Russian NHL player of all-time?

Creating a list of the greatest hockey players of all-time is an arduous task. When myself, Dave Lozo and Sean McIndoe wrote “The 100 Greatest Players In NHL History (And Other Stuff)” – which is great vacation reading, by the way – establishing the criteria