There are 68 days until the Leafs are back. Drats, missed it by one.
69 days until Leafs hockey. Nice. pic.twitter.com/Yj5H20ZAtz
— Jen. 🍁 (@tavmarnythews) August 3, 2023
"How's the contract negotiations going, Willy?" "Big muscles, hairy chest, Prosciutto, hehe!" Please stay.
Yea, William Nylander should get whatever he wants on his next contract based on his latest Instagram photo alone. pic.twitter.com/QR0UVxuEFR
— Joshua Kloke (@joshuakloke) August 3, 2023
Congrats to Carl Soderberg on his retirement! The 37-year-old played a couple seasons in his home town of Malmo before retiring following a nine year NHL career.
Carl Soderberg has officially announced his retirement from the @NHL after 9 seasons.
— NHL Alumni (@NHLAlumni) August 3, 2023
Drafted 49th overall to the @StLouisBlues in 2004, Carl began his NHL career with the @NHLBruins in the 2012-13 season. Since then, he’s played in 597 regular-season games and scored 297 points… pic.twitter.com/HAK5gmNvN0
Congrats to the Clunes on their wedding!
Congratulations to the Clunes 🤍#NHLAlumni | #Wedding pic.twitter.com/BqCNU1Nf3b
— NHL Alumni (@NHLAlumni) August 3, 2023
Both hires feel a little weird/odd to me, but tell me what you think. Is it weirder to hire yourself into an additional role or tell your boss to hire your manager to be his boss? Because I have to think McDavid had something to do with his manager randomly getting a job in the Oilers hockey ops department. Right? Or am I being too tinfoil hatty.
The Pittsburgh Penguins announced promotions in their hockey operations department including:
— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) August 3, 2023
- Kyle Dubas taking over the role of General Manager in addition to President of Hockey Ops
- Amanda Kessel becoming Special Assistant to the President of Hockey Ops and GM. pic.twitter.com/uOFsqODetO
