Leafs legend Bobby Baun has passed away.

Rodion Amirov's team held a minute of silence after their preseason game against Traktor. Artur Akhtyamov was in net for Ak Bars, and SDA and Nikita Soshnikov were on the other team.

Gotta make sure that when you make the save, everyone knows where the puck is!

Chace McCallum is doing some work this summer on league strength. Here's an update on that progress.

The Marlies made an AHL signing, adding defender David Farrance. The offensive defenseman had 24 points in 45 games for Colorado and Chicago last year and is a graduate of Boston University.

The Habs and Red Wings made a trade yesterday. The Red Wings got Jeff Petry for the next two years, while Montreal retained half his salary and got back a fourth liner. The Habs needed to get rid of cap space at this point in the summer and they might still be moving Casey DeSmith who Pittsburgh dropped on their doorstep along with Petry in the Erik Karlsson trade.

Speaking of Pittsburgh, Trevor Daley was hired by Kyle Dubas to be his special assistant.

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