Hockey headlines for June 12, 2021

Saturday, June 12, 2021

Tuukka Rask has been playing with torn labrum, will have surgery (Boston Herald)
Islanders eager for second crack at the Lightning (New York Newsday)
Positives to Avalanche’s season buried beneath the bitter end (Denver Post)
Panthers’ Joel Quenneville named finalist for coach-of-the-year award after record-setting season (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
Wild's Dean Evason is finalist for NHL coach of the year award (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Canes coach Rod Brind’Amour is a finalist for the NHL’s top coaching award (Raleigh News & Observer)
Nick Suzuki ‘excited’ for Canadiens to reach Vegas, face off with former team (Globe & Mail)
‘The goaltender is the key.’ Stanley Cup contenders are getting what they paid for in net (Toronto Star)
Golden Knights GM says he knows what a title team looks like (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Cheveldayoff praises work of Jets coaching staff, which suggests it will be status quo for 2021 (Winnipeg Sun)
Dougie Hamilton: Hurricanes lost to Lightning team ‘$18 million over the cap’ (Tampa Bay Times)
'Nobody seemed to get over the ‘Lars bar.' Why the Blue Jackets chose Brad Larsen as new head coach (Columbus Dispatch)
Maurice admits Jets' blue-line 'thin' for past two seasons (Winnipeg Free Press)
Underdog Islanders confident ahead of semifinal Lightning rematch (New York Post)
Lightning’s Nikita Kucherov: ‘Missing a whole year ... you don’t want to be that guy’ (Tampa Bay Times)
Nick Leddy’s solid postseason could spell end of his Islanders tenure (New York Post)
Golden Knights fans could be difference in Montreal series (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
How Alex Nedeljkovic went from being placed on waivers to being the Canes’ No. 1 goalie (Raleigh News & Observer)
Michael DiPietro buoyed by taxi-squad survival, goalie coach contract (Vancouver Province)
Hawks top draft pick Reichel has sights on opening night roster (Chicago Daily Herald)
Sabres sign winger J-J Peterka, a second-round draft pick in 2020 (Buffalo News)
Ex-Penguins forward Josh Currie signs in Russia (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Lightning will increase Amalie Arena capacity to 14,800 for semifinal round (Tampa Bay Times)
Islanders playoff run putting a damper on Esiason wedding (New York Post)