The hapless Oilers face off against the Panthers for game #2 tonight. Will they actually score a goal on Playoff Bob this time? Speaking of him, the NHL has a look at his game day routine which is apparently a bit wonky for a goalie. “I don’t know the first time I saw it, but I’m leaving the rink after the pregame and I’m heading home, and I look down the hallway and he’s Olympic lifting in the hallway. He’s playing that night and I don’t know what the [heck] he’s doing," said Paul Maurice.
Tom Gulitti
The PWHL draft is also tonight in Minneapolis/Saint Paul beginning at 7:00 p.m. ET. New York has the first pick in the draft and Toronto goes sixth. We have a full preview of the draft here:
Cathy Squires
Speaking of drafts, there's pressure to shorten the NHL Draft in the next CBA from some corners. There has also long been talk about raising the draft age to 19 as well.
Some player agents believe the NHL Draft should be shortened to just 4 rounds, and there’s a possibility that the NHLPA could fight for shortening the draft in the next CBA, per @FriedgeHNIC (32TP).
— NHL News (@PuckReportNHL) June 9, 2024
The reasoning is players that don’t get contracts are mostly later-round picks,…
The ratings are going well this year. Game #1 on Saturday was second only to... oh of course Leafs-Bruins game #7.
Jon Lewis
The schedule is out for the Four Nations Cup taking place in February in Boston and Montreal.
NHL Public Relations
Finally, one of our favourite tools for following the salary cap and contract side of NHL teams is about to vanish after being bought out by an NHL team. If you want to play around with the Leafs roster under the newly announced $88 million salary cap for next season, you only have about three weeks or so left to do that.
Enjoy your Monday. Only six possible games left until the Stanley Cup is handed out to a winner.
