*In your daily update on the start of next season, it looks like things are progressing well. Because the league and the PA are actually speaking. Which is an excellent first step in any negotiation, really. [TSN]
*With nothing going on in pro hockey right now, it’s good that some of the Flyers’ kiddos are doing well all over the place. Goalie prospect Ivan Fedotov is continuing to make noise over in Russia. [BSH]
*Things are going less well for Jay O’Brien, whose season has been pushed back to January/ [BSH]
*Meltzer has a few bits on some other NCAA prospects, as well as some bobs about other things, including top-50 NHLer Sean Couturier.