At last, the NHL season begins tonight with a battle of the two most recent Stanley Cup champions, who also play each other a ton in the preseason for some reason. There are other regional rivalry games to kick off the season, too.
- Brooks buries the lead by talking about how cool he is before mentioning Mike Bossy was approached by Bruce McNall about playing with Wayne Gretzky and the Kings. [Post]
Barry Trotz called Ross Johnston "a big force" and said, “There’s very few of them.