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USA World Cup win remembered; Tortorella and over-coaching (Puck Headlines)

Josh Cooper

Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. Have a link you want to submit? Email us at puckdaddyblog@yahoo.com.

• P.K. Subban poses before boarding his flight before his flight. [P.K. Subban]

• Team USA coach John Tortorella is wary of over-coaching his group in the World Cup. [NHL]

• An oral history of the 1996 World Cup of Hockey. [ESPN]

• What if there had always been a Team North America? What if every Canada Cup and World Cup had featured a team of the best 23-and-under Canadian and American players of the day? [Sportsnet]

• Toronto Maple Leafs forward Matt Martin went through a summer of change recently. [TSN]

• What is the World Cup of Hockey and why you should watch the tournament: “The selling point of the World Cup of Hockey is that teams are made up of Grade A premium NHL talent with no filler.” [USA Today]

• Who will win the World Cup based off several statistical categories? [The Hockey Writers]

• New Minnesota Wild coach Bruce Boudreau helped convince forward Chris Stewart to return to the team. Stewart signed a two-year, $2.3 million deal in the offseason. He played for the Anaheim Ducks last year. [St. Paul Pioneer Press]

• Pierre Dorion has already put his stamp on the Ottawa Senators. But he may not be done tinkering. The first-year general manager has a few more pieces he may look to add to his roster. [Ottawa Sun]

• What to expect from LA Kings rookie camp, which starts Friday. [LA Kings Insider]

• Bill Foley prefers “Vegas” over “Las Vegas” as part of the name for his NHL expansion team. [Sin Bin Vegas]

• The health of Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin will be an ongoing storyline for the 2016-17 season. [Pensburgh]

• The New York Islanders and forward Stephen Gionta agreed to a Professional Tryout. [Islanders Insight]

• A 2017 Calder Trophy candidate from each NHL team. [The Bloggers’ Tribune]

• Injured Calgary Flames center Sean Monahan is skating and will be ready for the start of the team’s training camp. Monahan suffered a back strain during offseason training. [Calgary Herald]

• A stomach virus has sidelined forward Rickard Rakell from the World Cup of Hockey. Rakell’s agent said the forward is in “enormous pain and can’t eat at all.” [Orange County Register]

• Ranking the Nashville Predators players under the age of 25. These include Filip Forsberg and Ryan Johansen. [On the Forecheck]

• A look at the goals scored by the returning Washington Capitals defensemen for 2016-17. [Japers’ Rink]

• The return of goalie Carey Price after his lengthy layoff because of a right knee injury was supposed to be the main story in Canada’s World Cup of Hockey two exhibition games over the weekend. But sharing the spotlight with the Price plot was the chippy nature in which the US met Canada with during a 4-2 win in Columbus on Friday and 5-2 loss to Canada in Ottawa on Saturday. [CBC]

• An NHLer’s guide to China by Matt Beleskey. During the offseason, Beleskey and a contingent from the Boston Bruins went to China to help grow the game of hockey. [The Players’ Tribune]

• What to expect this upcoming season from Dallas Stars forward Mattias Janmark and Radek Faksa? [Defending Big D]

• Here are eight Calgary Flames storylines to follow at the team’s rookie tournament in Penticton, British Columbia. [Flames from 80 Feet]

• Previewing the Toronto Furies for the upcoming CWHL season. [Today’s Slapshot]

• Ramblings on unsigned restricted free agents Jacob Trouba, Rickard Rakell and other issues around the NHL. [Dobber Hockey]

• Finally, Denna Laing shares her road to recovery. Laing suffered a significant spinal injury at the Outdoor Women’s Classic last season.

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