Hockey headlines for January 5, 2021

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

‘The last game will be something special.’ It’s Canada vs. the United States for world junior hockey gold (Toronto Star)
The Alexis Lafreniere era is officially underway (New York Post)
Thornton, Simmonds shake up Maple Leafs room (Toronto Sun)
Alex Ovechkin: ‘We have plenty of time’ to work out contract extension (Washington Times)
Former Edmonton Oilers coach John Muckler dies (Edmonton Journal)
Top Prospects Take an Unconventional Path to the World Juniors (New York Times)
Flyers’ Oskar Lindblom, cancer survivor, embraces being a role model ‘for something good’ (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Deja vu for Blue Jackets with Pierre-Luc Dubois trade talk (Columbus Dispatch)
Islanders star still nowhere to be found at training camp (New York Post)
Blue Jackets could use injuries for cap relief (Columbus Dispatch)
Kings’ and Ducks’ schedules are altered as NHL releases completed season slate (Los Angeles Times)
Times for Golden Knights 2021 schedule released (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Blues lose their AHL affiliate for a year; get earlier starts out west (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
NHL releases times for Lightning’s regular-season games (Tampa Bay Times)
Red Wings announce start times for all 56 games (MLive.com)
After bubble success, Islanders seem well-prepared for truncated season as camp begins (New York Newsday)
Penguins prepare to enter whole new world as training camp kicks off (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
As training camp begins, Capitals brace themselves for a ‘wacky’ season (Washington Post)
Bruins have much to figure out in little time (Boston Herald)
Team starts camp in high gear (Winnipeg Free Press)
Stars roster full of familiar faces approaches first day of training camp with ‘something to prove’ (Dallas Morning News)
Hurricanes open training camp with fast pace, good intensity (Raleigh News & Observer)
In Day 1 of Flyers’ training camp, Nolan Patrick takes ‘positive’ step toward returning to lineup (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Bring on the Leafs and Flames; Oilers fired up about Canadian division (Edmonton Sun)
After all the telling, Predators coach John Hynes says it's time for team to start showing (The Tennessean)
Quinn opens camp with Howden in place of unavailable Zibanejad (New York Newsday)
Lightning’s Jon Cooper ready for realigned divisional competition (Tampa Bay Times)
Ward pleased with Gaudreau's approach to early days of Flames camp (Calgary Sun)
Brent Seabrook ‘unfit’, Zack Smith waived, others absent as Blackhawks begin training camp (Chicago Sun-Times)
Anton Khudobin, Joe Pavelski miss first day of Stars training camp (Dallas Morning News)
Fiala held out of part of practice at unusual Wild training camp opener (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Zemgus Girgensons exits Sabres' scrimmage with lower-body injury (Buffalo News)
Canadiens' Price says rest isn't in his DNA, but he appreciates net help (Montreal Gazette)
Holtby counting on ‘The Goalie Whisperer’ to help him regain his form (Vancouver Province)
Canadiens goalie Carey Price likes his new-look defence (Montreal Gazette)
Stamkos takes Kucherov’s place on Lightning’s top line (Tampa Bay Times)
Avalanche star Nathan MacKinnon enters eighth NHL season with one goal in mind: “Our expectation is to win the cup” (Denver Post)
Patrick Kane focused on improving, even as Blackhawks rebuild around him (Chicago Sun-Times)
Parise would have liked Wild captaincy, but applauds Spurgeon (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
‘He is motivated to be great.’ Leafs defenceman Morgan Rielly starts with a clean sheet after lost season (Toronto Star)
Jets captain Wheeler sees silver linings in long-delayed NHL season (Winnipeg Sun)
Last thing Blackhawks forward Strome wanted was to hold out over contract (Chicago Daily Herald)
Penguins forward Kasperi Kapanen’s status remains unclear (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Leivo gets shot alongside Tkachuk, Lindholm (Calgary Sun)
Why Devils' Jack Hughes expects a breakout year (NorthJersey.com)
Devils’ Ty Smith, Reilly Walsh trying to change bad development trend for organization’s defensemen (NorthJersey.com)
Clutterbuck says he still feels numbness in left hand (New York Newsday)
Red Wings envision Michael Rasmussen as ‘lockdown-type’ center (MLive.com)
Radim Simek having more knee trouble, but Sharks confident he’ll be ready for opener (San Jose Mercury News)
Evan Rodrigues gets first shot at filling Kasperi Kapanen's void at Penguins camp (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Wings' Robby Fabbri excited about move to center, offensive potential (Detroit News)
‘He comes as advertised’: Kirill Kaprizov dazzles in first practice with Wild (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Devon Toews grew up a Joe Sakic fan. He now plays for the Avalanche GM (Denver Post)
Jack Dugan eager to compete at Golden Knights camp (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Austria's tough world junior experience behind him, Rossi is ready to fight for NHL spot (Ottawa Citizen)
Not at world junior, Robertson deserves full chance to make Leafs: Keefe (Toronto Sun)
Defence prospect Samberg among the early skaters (Winnipeg Free Press)
Red Wings agree to helmet sponsorship deal (MLive.com)
Penguins add PPG logo to helmets (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Like locals, Alex Pietrangelo has learned to avoid Strip (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Charlotte Checkers opt out of 2020-21 American Hockey League season (Raleigh News & Observer)
Why Devils’ AHL team will play 2020-21 season in Newark (NorthJersey.com)