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Ho-Sang talks; Raanta explains; Babcock or Quenneville for Team Canada? (Puck Headlines)

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The evolution continues.

• USA Hockey will announce the head coach of its 2016 World Cup of Hockey team after Monday Night Football on ESPN. [USA Hockey]

• "Obviously a lot more people found out about my mistake than other people's daily ones, but I definitely take ownership.” Josh Ho-Sang talks about being sent home from New York Islanders camp. [Newsday]

• “Why Alex Ovechkin is surpassing Crosby, Lemieux to be NHL’s best player since Gretzky” [Washington Post]

• Great read on the hockey life of Roy Sommer, head coach for the San Jose Barracudas. [NY Times]

• After a year where they both lost their fathers, Zach Parise and Ryan Suter are ready for 2015-16. [Star Tribune]

• “I felt so upset about that because … what everyone is getting from that story is that I’m the biggest douchebag in the whole world. I’m not that kind of a guy.” New York Rangers goaltender Antti Raanta talks about his infamous interview. [NY Post]

• Who should lead Canada’s World Cup entry? Mike Babcock or Joel Quenneville? [TSN]

• The NWHL’s New York Riveters will head to Japan in December to play exhibition games against Team Japan. [Today’s Slapshot]

• Every Colorado Avalanche player will be sporting protective gear on their skates this season. [Avalanche]

• Paul Bissonnette takes questions from fans about fighting, analytics and life as a hockey player. [The Players’ Tribune]

• NBCSN has a “Slap Shot” theme in mind for Tuesday’s Kraft Hockeyville U.S.A. game in Johnstown, PA between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Tampa Bay Lightning. [Awful Announcing]

• How will the NHL/NHLPA Olympic situation play out? [Spector’s Hockey]

• Looking to win your fantasy league’s +/- category? Be sure to try and grab one of these 10 guys. [Dobber Hockey]

• Kyle Palmieri is excited to be back home and playing for the New Jersey Devils. [The Hockey Writers]

• It won’t take long for Boston Bruins GM Don Sweeney to regret the Zac Rinaldo move. [Boston Sports Desk]

• Bruins prospect Alex Khokhlachev is getting impatient waiting for his NHL shot: “If they don't give me a chance to play while I'm here...I won’t play in Providence all of my life. I'm still waiting for [my chance].” [CSNNE]

• A key addition to the Toronto Maple Leafs this summer was a doctor. [Editor in Leaf]

• It may take a few years for a full turnaround, but the Leafs have several elite pieces in place. [Sportlogiq]

• A QMJHL game was canceled after Rimouski forward Samuel Beck collapsed on bench. [Buzzing the Net]

• Finally, lots of people were incredibly happy to see a former Phoenix Coyotes head coach show up at their door:

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