This Week’s News

• About Last Season: Haydn Fleury Performance Review and Grade
• About Last Season: Vincent Trocheck and Brady Skjei Performance Reviews
• A trip like no other: Hurricanes’ Smith prepares for bubble life
• Rod Brind’Amour: ‘We’ve got to sharpen the blade.’
• James Reimer: ‘The mental side is the biggest part of goaltending.’
• Petr Mrazek: ‘I feel ready. Mentally and physically.’
• Haydn Fleury: ‘I won’t be surprised by anything out there.’
• Nino Niederreiter: ‘We all know what we’re here for.’
• Rod Brind’Amour: ‘I’m going to have tough decisions to make. There’s no two ways about it.’
• Recapping the Regular Season: February
• Canes Country Podcast: Hurricanes Return-to-Play Roster, Jaccob Slavin’s Lady Byng Snub, Star Wars Talk

Reading Assignments

• There appears to be a theme to this years team picture:

• The Hurricanes have begun customizing space at their new practice facility. [Hurricanes]
• After four months, Canes Cast is finally back. [Hurricanes]
• We have an update on the organ that used to sit inside PNC Arena:

• Who knew sour grapes could last so long?

• The approaches the Lightning could take to replace play-by-play man Rick Peckham including discussions with John Forslund. [The Athletic $]
• Why is it so hard for a defenseman to win the Lady Byng trophy? [The Hockey News]
• New York Rangers forward Brendan Lemieux is suspended for two games for interference on Colorado Avalanche forward Joonas Donskoi. [NHL]
• NHL return-to-play update: Training camp takeaways, goalie decisions, TV broadcast buzz. [ESPN]
• For our gamers out there, NHL 21 will not be coming to Next Gen consoles. [Kotaku]
• Craig Custance is joined by a few NHL players who lobby for why their teammates should win the Norris. James Reimer makes a campaign visit for one of his defenders. [The Athletic $]
• On the heels of the campaigning, the NHL announced its Selke and Norris trophy finalists. [ESPN]
• We end today with good news from the NHL regarding COVID-19 testing: