Storm Advisory 1/5/22: NHL News, Daily Links and Roundup

Victor Rask hits waivers, Dougie Hamilton hits the IR and Tom Dundon hits the pickleball courts.

By Alec_Sawyer Jan 5, 2022, 9:00am EST

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Sebastian Aho mic’d up, in all its glory

Fishy mic'd up is as fun as you think it is pic.twitter.com/oqsesWKEV6
— Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) January 4, 2022

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TNT’s first-ever presentation of the Winter Classic tied with the most-watched NHL regular season game on cable all-time, averaging 1.4 million viewers.

The New Year’s Day telecast on TNT is the most watched NHL game thus far for the 2021-22 season on any network.
— Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) January 4, 2022

A former Hurricane hits the waivers.

Sources say Victor Rask is on waivers #mnwild
— Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) January 4, 2022

Bad news for Dougie Hamilton, who has a broken jaw. [The Athletic $]
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Some schedule changes from the NHL.

The @NHL announced five scheduling changes today.

Details: https://t.co/7SHR1cRRB2 pic.twitter.com/ok3k7KIohw
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) January 4, 2022

Tom Dundon is buying sports leagues again, this time in...pickleball? [The Dink Pickleball]