Stanley Cup Playoff Papers

Note: Reminder that if any game in the Stanley Cup Final goes to overtime, we will be having our #ICOTpool contest.  Similar to the #ICGWG contest in that you pick one player (total) from either team and @ tweet us (@illegalcurve) with your selection as well as the hashtag #ICOTpool.  Winner gets IC Gear.

Stanley Cup Scores & Games:

Games: Bruins @ Hawks  at 7 pm cst on Saturday, June 15th

Stanley Cup news:

Globe and Mail:  Blackhawks fatigued, but energized after marathon Game 1.

Chicago Sun-Times:  Talented Blackhawks have versatility to win in many ways.

Chicago Sun-Times:  Hossa experiences drill of victory.

Chicago Sun-Times:  Burr Ridge Hawks fan recovering after puck hit her ‘like an arrow’ to the face.

Boston Herald:  Claude Julien believes Bruins to bounce back big.

Boston Herald:  Nathan Horton’s injury leaves big void in Julien’s forward lines.

Boston Herald:  Past success good for Bruins karma.

Other NHL news:

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:  Penguins sign Evgeni Malkin to eight-year, $76 million contract extension.

Toronto Star:  Maple Leafs re-sign Colton Orr.

Globe and Mail:  Stevens seen as front-runner for Canucks’ vacant head coaching position.

Winnipeg Jets news:

Winnipeg Free Press:  Evander Kane tweets then deletes homophobic comment, apologizes.   Looks like Thursday really was the Evander news day.  Seems his twitter got him into a wee bit of trouble although by this AM he had deleted and apologized for the comment.

Winnipeg Free Press:  Slater on the mend.   Says he would have been good to go had the Jets made the playoffs.  Gonna need a healthy Slater next season to get this team into the playoffs.

Winnipeg Jets:  Evander Kane video exclusive.  Evander Kane talks about his summer so far, his recent surgery and also spoke about the season ahead, his junior career and the playoffs.

Illegal Curve:  Evander Kane has successful surgery.  After a successful surgery yesterday he now has 4-6 weeks of recovery time.