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Marchand responds to rumors; Johansen in lineup for Blue Jackets; Luongo's fresh start (Puck Headlines)

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.

In Goal Mag
In Goal Mag

• Ryan Miller goes all-in on Johnny Canuck for his Canucks second mask. [In Goal Mag]

• Brad Marchand responding to trade rumors from over the summer: “I’d love some of these guys to get fired, is what I’d love. I’d love for them to be in my position and tell them, all right you’re getting fired, because you’re doing a horrible job at actually getting real information. I’d love to go back through the tweets in the summer and see how many reporters’ tweets about who’s getting traded and the trades that were coming, how many of them were right? None of them.” [CBS Boston]

• One practice is enough. Ryan Johansen will be in the lineup for the Columbus Blue Jackets tonight. [Dispatch]

• Is defense something that could trip up the Columbus Blue Jackets this season? [BSHockey]

• Adam Larsson, the no. 4 overall pick in the 2011 draft, will be a healthy scratch for the New Jersey Devils tonight. “[T]his is probably the toughest healthy scratch I’ve been going through.” [Fire & Ice]

• The Tampa Bay Lightning put Richard Panik on waivers Wednesday and the Toronto Maple Leafs scooped him up off the wire. [TSN]

• Detailing the long hockey journey Jiri Sekac has made from the Czech Republic to the Montreal Canadiens. [NHL.com]

• Not a fan of the Washington Capitals’ Winter Classic jersey design? What do you think about this option that was apparently passed over? [Icethetics]

• Taking a look at the storylines to follow for the Capitals this season. [Japers' Rink]

• The Detroit Red Wings weren’t offered Wayne Gretzky, says former GM Jimmy Devellano, but Edmonton did try to trade them Grant Fuhr. [Free Press]

• On Roberto Luongo’s fresh start back in Florida. [ESPN]

• The 2016 Memorial Cup is heading to Red Deer. [Buzzing the Net]

• Taking a fantasy hockey eye to the Isles’ defense, the Oilers and Ryan Johansen. [Dobber Hockey]

• Tyler Myers says he’s back to his old self, which could mean good things for the Buffalo Sabres. [Olean Times]

• Kris Versteeg will miss three weeks with a lower-body injury, but that won’t prompt Chicago Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman to call up super prospect Teuvo Teravainen. [CSN Chicago]

• Mooney’s latest parody video, “Holding Out For Bonino,” has me asking so many questions. [PITB]

• Finally, neat look at the NHL’s new ref cam from last night’s Leafs-Habs opening face-off: