First up: the ever so important results of the poll yesterday on who will draft first overall. There were 43 people who bravely used that annoying form, and this is the range of top five votes (I assume everyone got bored quickly) and the weighted total that is calculated from all the votes:

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Score
Vancouver Canucks 18 8 3 0 1 28.5
Calgary Flames 3 6 7 2 3 25.47
Chicago Blackhawks 4 2 4 3 1 23.86
Nashville Predators 0 0 4 1 2 22.52
St. Louis Blues 2 1 0 2 1 22.34
Seattle Kraken 1 2 0 1 1 21.61
Columbus Blue Jackets 0 1 2 1 2 21.32
Detroit Red Wings 3 1 3 3 2 21.25
New York Rangers 2 0 2 2 4 21.15
Los Angeles Kings 1 2 0 0 2 21.04
Ottawa Senators 1 1 0 0 0 20.37
Boston Bruins 0 1 2 1 2 20.15
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 0 0 2 0 19.85
Winnipeg Jets 1 0 1 0 0 18.89
Anaheim Ducks 0 0 0 1 1 18.19
San Jose Sharks 1 0 0 0 0 17.64
New York Islanders 0 0 1 1 0 17.08
Philadelphia Flyers 0 0 0 0 0 17.07
Utah Mammoth 0 0 0 1 0 16.59
New Jersey Devils 0 1 0 3 0 16.35
Montréal Canadiens 1 1 1 2 0 14.65
Buffalo Sabres 0 0 0 0 1 14.27
Washington Capitals 0 0 0 0 0 13.96
Toronto Maple Leafs 0 2 0 1 0 12.23
Minnesota Wild 0 1 1 0 0 11.23
Vegas Golden Knights 0 0 0 0 2 11.04
Florida Panthers 0 1 0 0 1 10.54
Dallas Stars 0 0 0 0 1 10.5
Edmonton Oilers 0 0 1 0 0 10.12
Tampa Bay Lightning 0 0 1 0 1 9.52
Carolina Hurricanes 0 2 0 1 0 8.84
Colorado Avalanche 0 0 0 0 0 8.17

Poor, poor Canucks. No one believes you aren't tanking.

Also going on is... uh... well, we have two T25 articles today to get us going, and number 25 will be revealed tomorrow.

Canucks hire former Sharks, Blackhawks staffer as director of hockey strategy
The rebuilding Vancouver Canucks have hired Ryan Stewart as the NHL team’s director of hockey strategy and player evaluation.
TSNThe Canadian Press

This is very goals based:

Best value contracts in NHL’s new financial landscape
After Macklin Celebrini’s new deal changed the NHL’s financial landscape, Michael Amato takes a look at a few deals that should should end up as absolute bargains when compared to the new going rate for high-end players.
Sportsnet.caMichael Amato

And this I haven't read yet, but it seems very variance in small amounts of data to me.

What can we expect from Andersen and Bobrovsky this season?
As Travis Yost writes, history tells us veteran goaltenders still have a place in the NHL, but their ability to outright steal games may be no longer.
TSNTravis Yost

Have a great Tuesday, it's the only one you get this week.

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