Fresh Links: More Orr Edition

<p><b>The Boston Bruins have a Thursday trip to Florida to meet their new divisional rivals, the Panthers. </b></p>

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<li> In Panthers news, Tim Thomas may return to the net in time for the Bruins tilt on Thursday. [<a href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/blogpost.htm?id=21503">NHL</a>]</li>

<li> The Bruins' power play is back under scrutiny again, Torey Krug understands what's at stake. Reilly Smith seems to have sparked something with Patrice Bergeron and Loui Eriksson. [<a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2013/10/15/bruins-take-step-back-power-play/97i6RrEi8hbvUpaVFAoczM/story.html">TheBostonGlobe</a>]</li>

<li> In hockey, October may be the cruellest month for snipers, and Jarome Iginla has always had a slow start. [<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/duhatschek-slumping-snipers-struggle-to-find-back-of-the-net-in-october/article14879839/">TheGlobeAndMail</a>]</li>

<li> Brad Marchand had fallen into bad habits early in the season, and is beginning to return to the north-south game the the Bruins seek. [<a href="http://www.tauntongazette.com/blogs/mobileghmne/x1155592975/Brad-Marchand-struggling-to-find-game">TauntonGazette</a>]</li>

<li> The way Iginla's contract is structured, he may meet the 10 game point (his first bonus bogey) before he scores a goal. [<a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/jarome-iginla-hit-bonus-jackpot-despite-no-goals-171451320--nhl.html">PuckDaddy</a>]</li>

<li> Oh, you! Naughty Johnny Boychuk disrupts the filming of a Bruins:30 segment. [<a href="http://video.bruins.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=459668&catid=1345">Bruins.NHL</a>]</li>

<li> In the book "OUR BOSTON: Writers Celebrate the City They Love," one story involves a colorful, old school public relations man for the Boston Bruins in the late 1960's, Herb Ralby, excerpted here. [<a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/news/20131015/our-boston-excerpt/">SportsIllustrated</a>]</li>

<li> If Bobby Orr has any say, Don Cherry's contributins to hockey merit Hall of Fame induction. [<a href="http://nesn.com/2013/10/bobby-orr-says-don-cherry-belongs-in-hockey-hall-of-fame/">NESN</a>]</li>

<li> Orr offered his input on rule changes to help protect players. [<a href="http://www.brandonsun.com/sports/breaking-news/bobby-orr-explains-what-rules-he-would-change-to-make-the-nhl-safer-227988251.html">BrandonSun</a>]</li>

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<p><b>Elsewhere around the rink: </b></p>

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<li> Former Bruin Nathan Horton is biding his time as he heals, and is about a month away from skating with his new team. [<a href="http://bluejackets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=687034">BlueJackets.NHL</a>]</li>

<li> Enjoy the opening moments of last evening's Dallas Stars vs. Colorado Avalanche game, Tyler Seguin hit Rich Peverley for an all-former-Bruin breakaway goal. It was a pity that they lost the game. [<a href="http://video.stars.nhl.com/videocenter/console?hlg=20132014,2,92&lang=en">Stars.NHL</a>]</li>

<li> Enjoy this flashback promo (and dancing Bruins at 0:47)  for the 1995 Stanley Cup playoffs, from then newbie network Fox. [<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gipTivjGr-s">YouTube</a>]</li>

<li> Step into the shoes of Adrian Dater, as he writes about the life of a beat writer on the road. [<a href="http://blogs.denverpost.com/avs/2013/10/15/the-beat-life-on-the-road/15136/">DenverPost</a>]</li>

<li> Maxim Lapierre will be meeting in person with Brendan Shanahan, and despite not technically being a repeat offender, this video indictment makes a case for throwing the book at him. [<a href="http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/53817-Maxim-Lapierre-hits-Dan-Boyle-from-behind-continues-history-of-garbage.html">TheHockeyNews</a>]</li>

<li> Hooray! Patrick Kaleta will be unable to injure anyone for 10 games. [<a href="http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/2013/10/15/4842712/patrick-kaleta-suspension-will-sit-10-games-for-hit-on-jack-johnson/in/4604547">SBNation</a>]</li>

<li> Hockey, Harvard, and a former governer of Massachusetts (and U.S. ambassador to Canada) were the keys to gaining the release of a documentary filmmaker imprisoned in Venezuela. [<a href="http://triblive.com/sports/penguins/4874560-74/tracy-adams-tim#axzz2htdTuXaX">TribLive</a>]</li>

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