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Fresh Links: Maybe Davey Edition

Naw, come on, he's too young... or is he?

Steady, ready, GO?
Steady, ready, GO?
Bruce Bennett

Will Peter Chiarelli call David Pastrnak back for training camp?

  • Okay, what if... Pastrnak's Swedish coach feels that he already has shown an aptitude for making jumps ahead. [WEEI]
  • The most Chiarelli will allow is that there is a stepped-up progression of opportunities to see if Pastrnak is ready leading into the preseason. [BostonHerald]
  • His lack of size gives pause, but there is a lot to like about Pastrnak, and he is the right-shot wing the Bruins are lacking. He will be at training camp. Gregory Campbell might move to wing to make a spot for Alexander Khokhlachev or Ryan Spooner. [ProvidenceJournal]
  • Moving Gregory Campbell to wing opens up a possible spot for Alexander Khokhlachev or Ryan Spooner. [WEEI]
  • Massachusetts and Sweden are well represented at camp, and strength and conditioning coach John Whitesides loomed large in the assessments, as he put in extracurricular time with Brian Ferlin. [TheBostonGlobe]
  • Here are your top 10 prospects thus far. [BostonHerald]
  • The two young Swedes, Linus Arnesson and Anton Blidh, have also made their marks. [Bruins.NHL]
  • Nepotism has never seemed as nice as with the young bunch of campers with family ties. [TheBostonGlobe]
  • Matt Bartkowski has been re-signed. [@FriedgeHNIC]
  • Derek Sanderson lived hard, and lived to tell. He still values his former teammates and teamwork. [SentinelAndEnterprise]

Elsewhere around the rink:

  • Look in on CHL players, and what they do to pay the bills in the offseason. [BuzzingTheNet]
  • Why, goalie controversy and the Vancouver Canucks go together like... [ProHockeyTalk]
  • After his success with the Canadian women at the Olympics, Kevin Dineen has returned to the NHL. [TheHockeyNews]
  • Speaking of women, maybe it is time to take a hard look at the roles they are recruited to play in hockey, and whether or not "ice girls" serve a necessary function. [TheHockeyNews]
  • The rink in ailing Gino Odjick's hometown in Quebec will be renamed for him. [TheProvince]
  • Enjoy a mixed mailbag of Katie Baker on a World Cup of Hockey vs. Olympics participation, Brad Richards, her take on Tinder, and her answer the eternal question "F,M,K: Khloe, Kourtney, Kim?" [Grantland]