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.
• Ilya Bryzgalov took some selifes with fans during a Minnesota Wild preseason game earlier this week. Now, the team is encouraging fans to create their own selfies with the netminder. [Wild]
• After signing Bobby Ryan to a seven-year extension this morning, the Ottawa Senators have named Erik Karlsson as their new captain. [Senators]
• Martin St. Louis will test out playing center on the power play and even strength during one of the last two New York Rangers preseason games. [Bergen Record]
• Get to know Stephane Quintal, the NHL’s new discipline czar. [Yahoo]
• “The NHL Players’ Association is advising player agents that signing their clients to contracts in Russia’s KHL may run afoul of recently imposed economic sanctions on Russia, violations that can lead to possible financial or criminal punishments.” [TSN]
• The Anaheim Ducks are holding a “Girls Play Hockey Night” at Honda Center this Saturday, featuring U.S. Olympian Hilary Knight. On Friday, Knight will actually practice with the Ducks. [Ducks]
• On Rogers’ NHL broadcast rights and how things aren’t really changing for women on TV. [Pension Plan Puppets]
• Melissa Geschwind on the Philadelphia Flyers Ice Girl situation: “The Flyers could choose to fight the disease of sexism, but they prefer to wallow in it. Like so many similarly fevered bodies, this organization will stubbornly refuse to get healthy until we address the underlying infection.” [The Melissaverse]
• Portland TrailBlazers owner Paul Allen on bringing hockey to the area: “It’s something we look at from time to time. Obviously we’d probably need to have a strong partner in terms of the ownership of the team and those things and the financial picture would have to all pencil out. There are a number of hurdles to get over and the price of NHL teams keeps accelerating. It’s something we look at but there’s certainly nothing imminent at this point.” [CSNNW]
• Unemployed GMs Ray Shero and George McPhee are ready to get back in the game. [ESPN]
• Not making an NHL club in their first year hasn’t diminished the accomplishments of no. 2 overall picks. Chin up, Sam Reinhart. [Buzzing the Net]
• After battling a foot injury during camp, Daniel Carcillo has been released from his PTO contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins. [Penguins]
• Nicklas Backstrom on the Washington Capitals, Alex Ovechkin and Sochi. [Hockey Ramblings]
• After spending the last three seasons in the KHL, Brent Sopel is back on these shores trying to link up with the AHL’s Chicago Wolves. [Sun Times]
• Johnny Gaudreau has dazzled for the Calgary Flames this preseason. Does he have a shot to stick with the NHL club? [The Hockey Writers]
• Denis Leary is reportedly developing a hockey comedy to be aired on IFC. The idea was originally Bill Hicks’. [The AV Club]
• Taking a look at Dany Heatley, Cody Eakin and Jacob Markstrom with a fantasy hockey eye in mind. [Dobber Hockey]
• Finally, here’s Emily Hall’s parody song about the San Jose Sharks’ summer, set to the tune of Keane’s “Somewhere Only We Know”:
