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# Pre-Season Hockey Opens Today!
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/pre-season-hockey-opens-today-maple-leaf-news-and-notes/
- Published: 2013-09-14T13:04:28.000Z
- Updated: 2013-09-14T13:04:28.000Z
- Description: That's it! We've made it! The Summer of our casual fandom is over.
- Author: Steve filler
- Tags: From The Branches, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:01

Tonight, the NHL pre-season opens with Washington and Winnipeg playing a pre-season game, which will be televised on NHLNet at 7PM EST. Edmonton and Calgary will play two games against each other at the same time, starting at 9 and 10 PM EST. Sunday night, the Leafs will play the Flyers starting at 6 PM - we'll have Game Day Threads and even a recap, though I only promise a pre-season quality performance.

Here's some interesting reading to hold you over for the last 9 hours of the offseason:

[Normal Goaltender Development, part 3: By draft round - Raw Charge](http://www.rawcharge.com/2013/9/13/4723966/normal-goaltender-development-part-3-by-draft-round?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
This has been an interesting series on drafting and developing goalies. Check out parts 1 and 2 linked at the top.

[Predicting Playoff Save Percentage - The Copper & Blue](http://www.coppernblue.com/2013/9/13/4712260/predicting-playoff-save-percentage?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
if you're good enough to be a starting goalie in the NHL, you're good enough to play really well over a short sample but not so good that you couldn't be terrible.

[Patrick Kane wows with stickhandling brilliance](http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/patrick-kane-wows-stickhandling-brilliance-bauer-commercial-video-174422619--nhl.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Insane video of Kane stickhandling.

[Rich Peverley Undergoes Procedure for Irregular Heartbeat, Expected to Miss Three Weeks - Defending Big D](http://www.defendingbigd.com/2013/9/13/4726984/rich-peverley-irregular-heartbeat-dallas-stars-training-camp?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
The Stars will have to do without Rich Peverley in the early going of the season.

[Blues, Alex Pietrangelo agree to seven-year extension, avoid lengthy holdout - Yahoo Sports](http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/blues-alex-pietrangelo-agree-seven-extension-avoid-lengthy-193807539--nhl.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
$5 million, $5.5, $6.5, $7, $7, $7, $7.5, for a 45.5M total, and a 6.5M average. Great deal for the Blues.

[1,000 words of praise for Erik Karlsson - Eyes On The Prize](http://www.habseyesontheprize.com/2013/9/14/4729190/ottawa-senators-montreal-canadiens-1000-words-of-praise-for-erik-karlsson?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Theactivestick pays up for a charity contribution. Let's all remember the time she wrote nice things about Erik Karlsson.

[Chris Pronger's life in two worlds](http://www.csnphilly.com/hockey-philadelphia-flyers/chris-prongers-life-two-worlds?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
You can't really be both a player and a staff member, apparently, so Chris Pronger survives in a strange blind spot.