Crosby at practice; Toffoli's lofty goals (Puck Headlines)

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• Nikolay Kulemin and fun with Emoji!

• Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby continued his return from a concussion by skating with the team Wednesday. [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]

• Los Angeles Kings forward Tyler Toffoli has big goals this season. [NHL]

• Despite the perennial appeals for more Canadian teams, there will be no new NHL franchise in Canada any time soon, if ever. [Globe and Mail]

• If there is a lesson in Canadian sports television, it is to never mess with Ron MacLean. [Toronto Star]

• A big feature Hockey Night in Canada’s David Amber and what he can bring to the broadcast. [The Walrus]

• The story behind Nick Foligno’s $1 million donation to two hospitals that took care of his daughter’s congenital heart defect nearly three years ago. [Columbus Dispatch]

• Dallas Stars forward Tyler Seguin hopes he’s past his recent injury issues and can finally get back to producing on the ice. [Dallas Morning News]

• Why the Vancouver Canucks could be a cheap ticket this upcoming season. [Global News]

• The Anaheim Ducks boarded an airplane for Dallas on Tuesday to prepare for their season opener while Hampus Lindholm and Rickard Rakell stayed sequestered in their native Sweden, the two still without contracts and not about to report. [Orange County Register]

• Boston Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs believes his team can make a deep run in the playoffs. [Boston Herald]

• Classifying the top players in the NHL age 21-and-under. [Vice Sports]

• The Brad Treliving regime with the Calgary Flames is exiting the lowered expectations phase of the current rebuild. [Flames Nation]

• With the official start of the NWHL’s season came the first professional game for a whole new crop of players on the New York Riveters. [Excelle]

• A new addition to the Buffalo Beauts roster for the 2016-17 season, Shiann Darkangelo, played well Sunday night against her former team, the Connecticut Whale. [Today’s Slapshot]

• On Crosby and his latest concussion and looking back at his past head injuries and what they’ve done to his career: “There was no cheap shot to argue over, no difficult video clip to watch. According to Crosby, he “just kinda got tangled up” in practice on Friday, and he woke up with a headache on Saturday, and now no one can say precisely when he’ll be back.” [The Ringer]

• Interest payments on the bonds issued to pay for Little Caesars Arena in Detroit (the future home of the Detroit Red Wings) will push the project’s final cost to nearly $1 billion. [Crain’s Detroit]

• What should the Arizona Coyotes expect from young, talented forward Christian Dvorak in the upcoming season? It was announced Dvorak made the opening night roster. The Coyotes picked Dvorak in the second-round of the 2014 NHL Draft, and have been high on him for quite some time. [Howlin’ Hockey]

• Matti Hagman, the first Finnish-born and –trained player to make the NHL, died in a hospital in Espoo, Finland on Tuesday night at age 61. [IIHF]

• On Tuesday, the Minnesota Wild claimed forward Teemu Pulkkinen off waivers from the Red Wings. Pulkkinen was a big scorer in the AHL, but this hasn’t quite translated to the NHL. [NHL]

• Here are some tips for trading in your fantasy hockey league. [Dobber Hockey]

• The NHL promoted Shandor Alphonso to full-time linesman this season, ending a two-year apprenticeship that had him officiating 40 National Hockey League games and 40 American Hockey League contests.[Color of Hockey]

• Several adorable photos of Washington Capitals players with dogs. [Nova Caps]

• Finally, NHL rookies react to their NHL17 ratings.