–James Duthie comments on the growing peril that is pre-game soccer warmups.
–Paul Kariya is excited about the Blues’ future.
-Eric Lindros is done, unofficially.
–Rick Nash is still unknown in Columbus.
–Tavares to Leafs, “Don’t bother”.
–Eric Duhatschek notes that Reebok is making some changes to a few players’ Edge jerseys.
–Pierre Lebrun writes that Don Waddell is a busy man in Atlanta.
–Richard Bachman is Inside College Hockey’s Player of the Week.
–Jack Blatherwick of Lets Play Hockey calls for a return to the old time methods of hockey training in order to make the game accessible again.
–Daymond Langkow is playing with renewed confidence.
–Carolina is off to a hot start.
–David Amber profiles his list of the 10 Dirtiest Plays in the NHL.
-The Erie Otters may send two players home for undisclosed disciplinary reasons.
–Stan Fischler wants Rangers fans to chill out.
-Wayne Scanlan of the Ottawa Sun writes that the Rangers are making a mistake by spending big.
–Yann Danis has started the season well in Hamilton.
-The Sabres have recalled Mike Weber from Rochester.
-It looks like the Wild had a plan when they didn’t make a splash on the free agent market.
-Some nice pictures from SI’s Photo Gallery.
-The Oilers are not thrilled at the prospect of hosting the Wild tonight.
-The Wayne State Warriors hope to have a strong final season.
–Stu Barnes is still contributing in Dallas.
–Crashing the Net assembles the All-Living team that will play host to the All-Dead team in next week’s article.
-A look around the AHL.
For Illegal Curve, I’m Kyle Kosior