*BIG NEWS FOLKS! Broad Street Hockey is taking over Vegas! If you can swing it, we are heading out to Vegas in February for the first ever matchup between the Flyers and the Golden Knights. It should be….something. Let’s go! [BSH]
*Speaking of the Vegas Golden Knights, let’s go back to the expansion draft (they took Bellemare lol) for an analytical deep dive into how George McPhee built his team. [Hockey Graphs]
*Anyhoo back to the important stuff: some interesting line combos at camp yesterday. [Flyers]
*Evidently, Claude Giroux was into it. [Inquirer]
*It’s really starting to look like Robert Hagg’s time has come. Which will be fun for us. [Inquirer]
*Big news in hockey yesterday was the Predators naming Roman Josi as their new captain. [Sportsnet]
*If the preseason is any indication, the league is committed to really cutting down on things like slashes and faceoff violations this season. [ProHockeyTalk]
*I’ve read this story about…some…thing? Involving hockey? about ten times and still have no idea what is happening. [CBS Sports]
*And finally….new BSH Radio!!! It’s a good one, you guys. [BSH]