Maybe it’s just a mirage from living in the Lou Lamoriello cone of silence for so long, but it feels like this NHL summer has been particularly long and, once the initial draft/free agency/trade rush swept through, particularly quiet.
Could be also that it’s the first time we’ve had something of a normal offseason after two pandemic-shaped ones, I don’t know. But it was a weekend essentially bereft of any news around the league, with Robin Lehner’s season-ending hip surgery (announced last week) still topping hockey news sites throughout the weekend.
World Junior Championship
Hockey media can at least follow the World Junior Championship — and we’re watching Aatu Raty in particular — but even that traditionally overhyped tournament has its “gee, this is pretty quiet” feel to it so far.