*The NHL Network is once again putting out lists of things meant to make us all argue with each other about hockey players, and this time they pissed off Claude Giroux. [BSH]
*Speaking of extremely good defensemen, we might have another one on our hands very soon. [NBC Sports Philly]
*Would you want Ilya Kovalchuk on your hockey team? [ProHockeyTalk]
*We don’t yet know what next season is going to look like. We’ve heard some things, gotten some information in drips and drabs, but we dunno. They’re working on it. [Yahoo Sports Canada]
*One thing that seems very likely to come to fruition is the All-Canada Division. Which, to be honest, might be really really fun. [The Athletic]
*All the other leagues are trying to figure out next season too, and it’s going to be even harder for them. The little guys and such. [ESPN]
*It’s time to kill the current draft lottery, burn it, salt the earth, and bring to life a newer, better system. [Die By The Blade]
*Speaking of the draft, DGB makes a pick for each of the league’s 31 teams to construct the best draft class ever in the history of the universe. [The Athletic]
*And finally, here’s a fun look back at the inarguably best point in the Flyers’ history, when they kicked all of the shit out of a bunch of jerky Russians. [NBC Sports Philly]
