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Blackhawks return for Saad; Vasilevskiy's starting potential; Nelson in Grand Rapids (Puck Headlines)

Josh Cooper

Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. Have a link you want to submit? Email us at puckdaddyblog@yahoo.com.

Jonathan Toews throws out the ceremonial first pitch as the Chicago Blackhawks show off the Stanley Cup at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Tuesday, June 16, 2015, as the Cleveland Indians visit the Chicago Cubs. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune/TNS via Getty Images)
Jonathan Toews throws out the ceremonial first pitch as the Chicago Blackhawks show off the Stanley Cup at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Tuesday, June 16, 2015, as the Cleveland Indians visit the Chicago Cubs. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune/TNS via Getty Images)

• Lol, the Blackhawks still haven't shaved their beards. [Getty]

• Brandon Saad will probably return to the Chicago Blackhawks. But what will it cost to re-sign the restricted free agent?  [Chicago Sun-Times]

• The future is strong in goal for the Lightning with Andrei Vasilevskiy manning the crease ... eventually as a starter probably. [InGoal]

• Former Edmonton interim coach Todd Nelson will succeed Jeff Blashill as the head coach of Detroit’s AHL affiliate, the Grand Rapids Griffins. [Detroit Free Press]

• Flyers general manager Ron Hextall has talked with former defenseman Kimmo Timonen about rejoining the organization.  [Second City Hockey]

• What about those Canadian television ratings for the Stanley Cup Final? They failed to deliver to some degree for Rogers in the first year of the mega new TV contract. [Yahoo]

• Tampa fans welcomed their Lightning home to hero's cheers after losing in the Cup Final to the Chicago Blackhawks. With video! [Lightning Shout]

• Geoff Ward and Alain Nasreddine will join the New Jersey Devils coaching staff as assistants to head coach John Hynes. [Devils]

• What was Dan Bylsma’s toughest coaching decision of his career? [Buffalo Hockey Beat]

• Did the NHL hint that Ottawa forward Mark Stone won the Calder Trophy? [Sens Shot]

• The time is right for the NHL in Hamilton, Ontario? Sigh … here we go again. [Hamilton Spectator]

• Jim Rutherford’s legacy with the Pittsburgh Penguins will be shaped in the next two weeks with the draft and free agency. After one year, his legacy hasn't been great. [Tribune-Review]

• The Capitals re-signed defenseman Nate Schmidt. [Stars and Sticks]

• This sounds heartbreaking: “Families of 11 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey team players killed in a 2011 plane crash are to be paid a fraction of what their attorneys had asked for in compensation, their defense lawyers said Monday.” [The Moscow Times]

• On potential changes to the Memorial Cup format. [Buzzing the Net]

• If you’re the Flames, what do you do with prolific, yet older players like Mark Giordano or Jiri Hudler who will be free agents after next season. [Flames Nation]

• Goaltender Braden Holtby definitely deserves to be paid by the Washington Capitals. His numbers last season were just so prolific. [Todays Slapshot]

• Chris Chelios joins Team USA’s junior team as an assistant coach along with Danton Cole and Kevin Reiter. I can't wait to see how Chelios meshes with head coach Ron Wilson. This could be reality TV at its finest. [USA Hockey]

• A sit-down with former NHLer Turner Stevenson. [4th Line Hockey]

• A review of NHL16 by EA Sports. [Operation Sports]

• Finally, NHL 16 looks really sick ... like in a good sick way.

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