*It would appear that Anthony Stolarz doesn’t yet have a permanent place on this hockey team, but he’s gonna work real hard to change that this year. [Flyers]
*Johnny Gaudreau is getting a lot of attention lately since he said he wants to be a Flyers. Which is absolutely going to happen when he’s like 34 and has nothing left in the tank. [Courier-Post]
*Alex Lyon is heading into his second season with the Phantoms and is hoping to get a chance to shine. [Flyers]
*SB Nation’s 25 Under 25 is on to #23, Sean Monahan. [SB Nation]
*Team Canada has named its pre-Olympic tournament rosters, giving us the first look at what a team without NHLers might look like. [TSN]
*What’s interesting is there are a number of super old guys without contracts, like Shane Doan and Jerome Iginla. It’ll be interesting to see if the Olympic GMs go the NHL alumni route. [The Hockey News]
*Speaking of, here’s a look at the remaining free agents that are actually good. Amazing that Jaromir Jagr still doesn’t have a job. [The Hockey News]
*So what’s up with NHL general managers refusing to use the offer sheet option? [SB Nation]
*The offseason is the time when everyone likes to go hard on forced narratives, so here’s DGB on seven NHL offseason storylines that have completely dropped off the radar. [Sportsnet]
*And finally, not saying you MUST do this this weekend but um…. [TSN]
