Monday LNN: PTOs and PWHL Name Announcement Day!
It's the Monday edition of Links, News and Notes!
Not a whole lot of news from around the hockey world, but we are now just two weeks away from the Ottawa Senators' first preseason game.
- The Sens have signed veterans Calen Addison and Nikolay Kulemin to professional tryouts. At first glance, neither player seems like a particularly exciting addition to the training camp roster but Graeme Nichols has a good writeup for the Hockey News that tries to explain the logic behind the PTO signings.
- The Sens' prospects will be participating in a round-robin tournament next weekend with their peers from the Buffalo Sabres, Boston Bruins, Columbus Blue Jackets, New Jersey Devils, and Pittsburgh Penguins. Ottawa has yet to announce its roster, but we'll keep you posted when they do!
- The PWHL is finally going to announce the team names today, according to teasers the teams have put out. The league has scheduled a press conference at 10:15am ET, so that’s probably when the names will drop, but they’ve also teased a few tv and radio appearances before that, so maybe also tune into breakfast television at 8am?. I have been assured that most if not all of the names are different from the ones that circulated last year when the league filed trademarks, but that’s all I know. Keep an eye on PWHL Ottawa’s social media!
- The Ice Garden published a great piece about PWHL Ottawa’s current roster and how things are looking for this coming season.
- Marc Staal has announced his retirement from the NHL after 17 seasons. Apparently he’ll be joining the Rangers’ front office.
- Tributes continue to pour in for Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau. The Flames held a beautiful vigil last week, and have now posted videos of the speeches. TSN also has a nice piece on the Gaudreaus’ legacy at Boston College, and the vigil that was held there. Pearl Jam talked about the brothers at a concert in Philadelphia, and Alex Singleton of the Denver Broncos wore a Gaudreau jersey to a game yesterday. This tragedy has really hit the hockey world hard, and it’s clear that so many people loved and looked up to the Gaudreau brothers.
