Yesterday Team Canada Women saw their game postponed due to illness within the Finnish team.

There are some Olympic events this morning, and a few preliminary round hockey games for the women, but everything stops in the early afternoon for the opening ceremonies at 2 pm.

NHL players can still be moved to the AHL, but if they require waivers, they are not required to report until February 17. There are limits on who can't be waived that amount to no regular NHLer or recently regular NHLer. So teams will not dump their entire depth into the AHL for three weeks.

There were a lot of players moved to the AHL yesterday, but none by the Leafs.

In this more recent story on the Gavin McKenna arrest, there are some quotes from the police:

Police officer says man needed jaw wired shut after being punched twice by McKenna
A police affidavit about the arrest of top National Hockey League prospect Gavin McKenna says he was allegedly caught on video punching a man twice in the face, resulting in surgery for a fractured jaw that needed to be wired shut.
TSNThe Canadian Press

Sanheim ready to do ‘anything’ to help Team Canada win gold at Olympics | NHL.com
Flyers defenseman earned spot in rotation at 4 Nations Face-Off, ready to do same in Milan
NHL logoAdam Kimelman

And that's it for today. Happy Friday everyone.

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