Happy trails to a few folks.
It is Wednesday, my dudes.
We’ve reached the second-last Wednesday in July, which means August is almost here, which means summer is almost over. Don’t panic.
There hasn’t been a ton happening across the NHL lately, which tracks, considering it’s late July. Dev camps are over, rookie camps are a ways away…you know the drill.
Hockey Canada recently announced that it’ll be bringing its entire Four Nations coaching staff to Milan for the Olympics next year, with Jon Cooper, Bruce Cassidy, Rick Tocchet, Pete DeBoer, and Misha Donskov behind the bench.
Columbus forward Yegor Chinakhov very publicly requested a trade, which at least gave people something to talk about.
Elsewhere, James Hagens recently attended the premier of Happy Gilmore 2, where he met the guy who drafted him back in June.
Lastly, there have been a handful of retirements so far this summer, and three former Bruins officially hung up their skates within the past week: Blake Wheeler, Riley Nash, and Jaroslav Halak.
Wheeler’s time with the Bruins is probably a blip on the radar for many younger fans around these parts, but Halak and Nash both had nice runs with the B’s relatively recently.
Frustratingly for Halak, he retired just five regular season wins short of 300 for his impressive career.
(He did have 17 playoff wins too though, so maybe we can give him the 300+ nod.)
If you’d like something to argue about, The Athletic recently did an engagement-generating piece on each team’s best and worst jersey.
As chosen by Fluto Shinzawa, the Bruins’ best was the all gold Lake Tahoe jersey, and the worst was the original Pooh jersey.
As a proud member of #TeamPooh, I cannot agree with his choice, though the Lake Tahoe gold was pretty sweet.
What’s on tap for today?