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Yesterday’s News
- Recap: Canes overcome sloppy start, beat Blackhawks at home
- They said it: Brind’Amour, Slavin, Teravainen, Svechnikov on win over Chicago
Reading Assignments
- The New York Rangers issued a strong response to a lack of suspension for Capitals forward Tom Wilson following his actions against Artemi Panarin on Monday:
— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) May 4, 2021
- In case you missed it, Wilson was fined $5k for this:
Tom Wilson gets a 10-minute misconduct for punching Buchnevich in the head on the ground and body slamming Panarin pic.twitter.com/fg2HRej8yD
— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) May 4, 2021
- A few hockey personalities weighed in on the Wilson situation:
A $5k fine for body slamming one of NHL’s biggest stars by pulling his hair and kicking out his feet, coming within a inch of making unhelmeted head principle point of contact with ice. #TomWilson https://t.co/v3Hk8Ubv6t
— Iain MacIntyre (@imacSportsnet) May 4, 2021
By not suspending Tom Wilson or sidelining him pending true investigation, the NHL and NHL Department of Player Safety will be bringing attention to this great game for all the WRONG reasons when these two teams face off tomorrow night and Wilson steps on to the ice.
— Linda Cohn (@lindacohn) May 4, 2021
- Elliotte Freidman gives us his latest edition of 31 Thoughts where he mentions he believes a verbal agreement is in place between the Hurricanes and Rod Brind’ Amour but the hold up still surrounds getting Brind’ Amour’s staff signed. He also dives in to the Tom Wilson situation. [Sportsnet]
- Alex Nedeljkovic is among a wave of inexperience goalies proving their worth in the NHL this season. [NHL]
- Love him or hate him, Tom Wilson knows what the NHL wants. [The Athletic $]
- Former NHL All-Star (and noted tough guy) John Scott weighs in on the NHL’s decision to only fine Wilson. [USA Today]
- There hasn’t been much to be happy about in Buffalo this season, but for one night it was all smiles. 28-year-old career minor leaguer Michael Houser won his first ever NHL start in his first pro game since March 2020. [Sportsnet]
- The Seattle Kraken are officially a member of the NHL and they are digging deep to add Seattle flavor to their in-game experience. [NHL]