Storm Advisory 4/23/18: NHL News, Rumors, Links and Daily Roundup

Bill Peters and Calgary’s big announcement, plus the Calder Trophy Finalists are announced.

By Andrew Ahr@andrew_ahr Apr 23, 2018, 8:07am EDT

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Congratulations to Martin Necas, whose Kometa Brno team won the Czech league championship over the weekend:

What a feeling #champions

A post shared by Martin Nečas (@martinnecas) on Apr 22, 2018 at 12:52pm PDT

The Hockey News inquired as to who may be next bench boss for the Carolina Hurricanes. We’ll have our own thoughts on that very topic later this morning. [The Hockey News]
The Flames are expected to make a coaching announcement this morning:

Sounds like Calgary will introduce their next head coach on Monday morning.

All indications point to it being Bill Peters. #Flames
— Pat Steinberg (@Fan960Steinberg) April 21, 2018

Matchsticks and Gasoline conducted a fan poll asking whether or not the Flames should hire Bill Peters. The results may be surprising to you (or maybe not). [Matchsticks and Gasoline]
The Penguins advanced past their rival after the Flyers blew a 4-2 second period lead. [Broad Street Hockey]
After a series loss to the Predators, the Avalanche have a plan. [ESPN]
The Calder Trophy finalists were unveiled yesterday. [NHL]