Here are your Evening Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media.
• Detroit Red Wings goalie Chris Osgood ... what a card. After hearing Matt Millen was fired by the Detroit Lions today, he said he'd consider taking over as general manager; adding the job to a wish list that includes spokesmodel for Bowflex. "I've got so much I want to accomplish before I'm 40." [Freep]
• The Buffalo Sabres put their "third jersey" logo at center ice. Just more salt on the slug. [Goose's Roost]
• Jeremy Jacobs apparently believes Milan Jurcina is still with the Boston Bruins, which explains a lot. [Stanley Cup of Chowder]
• Alexei Kovalev will sit out tonight's exhibition game between the Montreal Canadiens and the Red Wings with what's been called a "light groin injury." For the Habs' sake, it better never become "wonky." For the record, he was penciled in to play with Robert Lang and Guillaume Latendresse. [TSN]
• Speaking of lines, a few interesting combinations from Dave Tippett during Dallas Stars camp: Morrow-Ribeiro-Brunnstrom and Modano-Richards-Lehtinen. [Dallas Stars Blog]
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• Another interview with Jeremy Roenick that gets into the NHL 94/"Make Gretzky's head bleed!"/"Swingers" thing. One terrific moment, however, comes when Roenick is asked if the fighting in NHL 09 is realistic. "I fought Dion (Phaneuf) three times and I came out three for three. I don't know how realistic that is ..." [Das Gamer]
• Speaking of NHL 09, solid review of the game from Loser Chris. We should have our review of 2K9 for the Wii next week. [Taking One for the Team]
• Who the hell commissioned the Toronto Maple Leafs "Is This the Year?" commercial? [NHL Network]
• And should Ryan Hollweg be the new captain of the Leafs? [Ross's Blog]
• We were asked about a trade involving Mathieu Schneider and Bobby Ryan from the Anaheim Ducks during today's rumors chat. Now we now why, as Bob McKenzie floated the notion today. He also wonders if Matty will end up getting Malakhov'd. [TSN]
• Previewing tonight's tilt between the Flames and Coyotes in Winnipeg. Oh, and kudos to Gretzky for not backing down on those comments about bringing back the Jets. [Five Hole Fanatics]
• Good lord, couldn't they take a little of the chin for the Bruce Boudreau Bobblehead doll? The guy's not Ralph Friedgen. [OFB]
• When's the last time the Atlanta Thrashers had a day this good? Erik Christensen's shoulder MRI turned up negative. Young gun defenseman Tobias Enstrom signed a four-year extension with the team to avoid RFA status next summer. And Eric Perrin could be the solution for the top line with Ilya Kovalchuk and Jason Williams! OK, it can't all be good. [AJC]
• David Lee found an interesting change to the NHL's icing rules for this season. [Red and Black Hockey]
• Finally, The Pensblog found this video of an enterprising young fan lighting a Pittsburgh Penguins logo on fire. And it refuses. To. Burn. Mario rules! (A little NSFW language.)
