Which would you like to beat in to the ground today: arena talk, Lou, or what a tool the Capitals employ?
- After a promising audition, Ryan Hitchcock (Yale) has landed a two-year AHL deal with the Sound Tigers. [BST]
- Observing progress at Belmont, “Belmont’s revival shouldn’t be delayed by the need to modernize LIRR service.” [Newsday editorial]
- One more on Lou Lamoriello: He’d bring instant respect, but also: “[his] final years in New Jersey were marked by some ugly free-agent contracts (Brian Rolston, Anton Volchenkov, Ryane Clowe) and, outside of hitting on first-rounders in 2003 and 2004 with Zach Parise and Travis Zajac, the Devils’ drafting was abysmal for years.