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Storm Advisory 3/19/20: NHL News, Links and Daily Roundup

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Yesterday’s News Today


Reading Assignments

  • Both the Checkers and Hurricanes took to Twitter this week to bring you some #content. Click on each thread to kill a few minutes and enjoy the order in which the Canes did theirs:
  • Could the NHL return without fans? Erik Cole joins Adam Gold to discuss in the latest edition of Canes Corner. [WRAL]
  • Speaking of podcasts, Mike and Michael dropped a new Canes Cast featuring Don Waddell. [Hurricanes]
  • An unidentified Ottawa Senators player has tested positive for COVID-19. [Senators]
  • The last two teams the Senators played were the Kings and the Ducks. Both teams said none of their players have tested positive at this time. [Sportsnet]
  • David Pastrnak and JT Brown are inviting fans to play Fortnite with them. [NHL]
  • Bill Daly says playing an 82-game season next season is a top priority. [The Athletic $]
  • Daly also made an appearance on Vancouver radio, where he said that there has only been one positive Coronavirus test across the league, and that the league and PA will do whatever is necessary to make the salary cap work for next season. [TSN 1040]
  • The players have their own ideas about how the season should continue and in their vision the Stanley Cup may not be awarded until September. [TSN]
  • The Utica Comets are the smallest market in the AHL, and in order to help pay their full-time staff they are selling creative t-shirts. [NBC Sports]
  • Gritty gonna Gritty no matter what: