Instead, most of the team is in places that are cold as heck, no one is looking at palm trees, and everything sucks. Boo.

Bruins News:

• ICYMI in the morning links' comments, Jack Edwards got ranty about the lockout and it's GREAT. [NESN]
• Gregory Campbell may join Andrew Ference in the Czech Republic. [Examiner]
• Milan Lucic was in another commercial, and he is a terrible actor. Surprise! [Globe]
• Friend of the Blog Bobby Robins' line has been nicknamed the "buzzsaw line" and that is a great thing. [Bruins]
• The PB's have a chance at another win tonight; they face Albany at home. [AHLBruins]

Hockey News:

• McKeen's released its top 30 2013 NHL Draft rankings for November yesterday. [McKeens]
• Donald Fehr's post-meeting memo to the players leaked yesterday, too. [PHT]
• Brian Burke's daughter brought You Can Play to Bowdoin's campus this week. [Bowdoin Orient]
• Adam Oates is getting inducted into the HoF! [The Star]
• Over 10,000 kids tried hockey for free last Saturday, which is awesome. [USoH]
• Ilya Bryzgalov: still nutty. [Puck Daddy]
• Chris Chelios is coaching the Red Wings' AHL affiliate during the lockout. [PHT]
• Speaking of nutty: here's a post from a very legit blog about Pokemon. I don't even know. [Backhand Shelf]