Fresh Links: Playing Around the World For 80 Days Edition

Shuffle the deck a little, maybe some good will come of it.

• The NHL dictated which owners could attend meetings so far while the NHLPA has welcomed any member who wished to sit in. [ Sports Illustrated ]
• Meeting to start between 2 and 2:30 this afternoon. [ Real_ESPNLeBrun ]
• … with no limitations on the numbers of players who can attend. [ Real_ESPNLeBrun ]
• There was a tempest in a teapot in Boston over a Steve Burton report about a possible end to the lockout. [ Masshole Sports ]

We’re sweating it out, and they’re playing overseas.

• How advances in technical fibers and moisture management have improved the game. [ New England Hockey Journal ]
• A video postcard from Patrice Bergeron in Switzerland, gee, it is nice to hear his voice. [ YouTube ]
• Johnny Boychuk lights the lamp for Salzburg with a Johnny Rocket. [ Telly ]
• The detail on Niklas Svedberg’s Godfather themed mask. [ Daveart.com ]