Fresh Links: Cap'n Crunch Edition

<p><b>  In Bruins news you can use: </b></p>

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<li>  In oder to get under the cap, defensemen will lead the list of expendables. [<a href="http://causewaycrowd.com/2014/09/01/boston-bruins-bruin-will-get-moved-september/">CausewayCrowd</a>]</li>

<li> After several years of relative roster stability, the Bruins will be relying heavily on Young Guns to fill big voids. [<a href="http://toomanymenonthesite.com/2014/09/01/will-take-bruins-return-glory/">TooManyMenOnTheSite</a>]</li>

<li> Here is a sober look at some options the Bruins have to solve their cap crunch. [<a href="http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2014/08/29/poll-how-should-boston-handle-its-cap-crunch/">ProHockeyTalk</a>]</li>

<li> If the choice is to move Johnny Boychuk, here is a look at the Bruins' likeliest returns. [<A href="http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/rumor-roundup-would-a-boychuk-yakupov-trade-solve-two-problems/">TheHockeyNews</a>]</li>

<li> Matt Fraser spoke about playing in Boston, his game winning overtime goal, and how it all finally set in as he sat in his truck post game. [<a href="https://www.shnarped.com/blog/2014/9/2/qa-matt-fraser-boston-bruins-1">Shnarped</a>]</li>

<li> Patrice Bergeron is featured in this listing of the goalies and forwards that did the heavy lifting for their teams last season... [<a href="http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2014/09/01/workhorse-goalies-forwards-from-last-season/">ProHockeyTalk</a>]</li>

<li> ... and Zdeno Chara was featured in the corresponding list of workhorse defensemen. [<a href="http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2014/09/01/nhls-hardest-working-defensemen-in-2013-14/">ProHockeyTalk</a>]</li>

<li> A whole bunch of Bruins were back in town and reported to be dining out in Boston. [<a href="http://bostonherald.com/inside_track/the_inside_track/2014/09/tracked_down_corey_stoll_mark_zuckerberg_tuukka_rask">BostonHerald</a>]</li>

<li> And the survey says... the Bruins are gaining on the Red Sox in fan popularity! [<a href="http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2014/08/bruins_breathing_down_red_sox_necks_in_fan_popularity_survey.html">Boston.com</a>]</li>

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

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<li> The opportunity cost of drafting goalies is high, and the lead time sobering. Surprisingly, failure may actually result more from poor development. [<a href="http://www.rawcharge.com/2014/9/1/6093315/its-still-okay-for-an-nhl-team-to-draft-goaltenders">RawCharge</a>]</li>

<li> Goalie Anders Lindback suffers from an unusual chronic condition, controlled by medication. [<a href="http://blackoutdallas.com/2014/09/02/anders-lindback-adult-onset-stills-disease/">BlackoutDallas</a>]</li>

<li> Here's a sober look at the value of player fitness testing. Actually, it is a lot like being chased by a lion... [<a href="http://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/559233">TheScore</a>]</li>

<li> And here are your top 10 Tweets for the month of August: Riddick Bowe smacks down Sean Avery, the best goalie pads EVER, and Ice Bucket Challenges.  [<a href="http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/top-10-nhl-tweets-of-the-month-august-2014/">Sportsnet</a>]</li>

<li> James Mirtle embraces Twitter for opening the hockey dialog, and as an alternative to "inbred" sources, which make reporters indebted to them. [<a href="http://mirtle.blogspot.ca/2014/09/a-word-on-our-words.html">Mirtle.Blogspot</a>]</li>

<li> Here are the honest NHL logo rankings, complete with snark. [<a href="http://toomanymenonthesite.com/2014/09/01/sarcastic-yetag-legitimate-nhl-logo-rankings/">TooManyMenOnTheSite</a>]</li>

<li> Or maybe, Alex Ovechkin, save Malaysian airliners full of civilians? Some of the victims were children, just sayin' ... [<a href="http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2014/08/28/russia-ukraine-and-what-alex-ovechkins-savechildrenfromfascism-photo-means/">RussianMachineNeverBreaks</a>]</li>

<li> NHL scouting is dead as we know it. There are much cheaper, better ways to find great players on the Interwebs. No, REALLY! [<a href="http://hockeynationcity.wordpress.com/2014/08/25/nhl-scouting-to-change-dramatically-in-coming-years/">HockeyNationCity</a>]</li>

<li> This long read is about the legendary Hobey Baker, athlete extraordinaire, who soared from St. Paul's to Princeton to WWI, where he "...may have flown too high." [<a href="http://www.si.com/college-football/2014/08/20/hobey-baker-si-60-ron-fimrite">SportsIllustrated</a>]</li>

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