Fresh Links: Fine Tuning Edition

Tonight the Bruins host old friend "Hi, I'm Chad Johnson" and the NY Islanders. In other Bruins news you can use:

• In this tidy analysis, here is where the Bruins stand cap-wise- they do have several options still available to them. [GermanBsFan]
• Take a look farther ahead at where the Bruins stand as far as restricted and unrestricted free agents going into next season. [NESN]
• Peter Chiarelli asserts that no veteran players were on the line during the process, and added some observations about camp so far. [BostonHerald]
• Torey Krug and Reilly Smith joined their teammates at practice yesterday, here are the lines and d-pairings, and some brief observations. [NESN]
• The payoff to the deals: Johnny Boychuk remains a Bruin, but he may have to agree to a "hometown discount" to stay. [WEEI]
• The Bruins have entered an era of compensation tied to performance. [Boston.CBSLocal]
• The David Krejci line will be the next big mystery for the Bruins to solve. [BleacherReport]
• There are other pressing questions for the Bruins this season. [ProHockeyTalk]
• Patrice Bergeron spoke about owning the face-off circle and offered tips to players playing as the Bruins in NHL 15 in this interview. [SportsIllustrated]
• PuckDaddy is featuring the Bruins in their "Emoji Preview." Enjoy! [PuckDaddy]

Elsewhere around the rink:

• Doug MacLean says that if you're a fancystats acolyte, just shaddap about it already. (Video, 3:46) [Sportsnet]
• Futility generated the explosion of fancystats. Just look at all the bloggers hired by NHL teams. [SportsIllustrated]
• A coach relying on fancystats would be grounds for immediate termination if Pierre McGuire had his way. [PuckDaddy]
• But don't be caught without a basic familiarity of the concepts and terms involved in advanced hockey statistics. Your cram session is here!  [SportsIllustrated]
• Speaking of the numbers, it ain't your goalie hobbling your team, and here's proof. [FearTheFin]
• That's the PERDS, not the PERVS. The Nashville Predators will change their goal song, as royalties are paid to a convicted felon who once again is facing charges. [Predators.NHL]
• GoPro has an idea that you might enjoy a real-time, on-ice vantage of hockey games. It will be coming to a rink near you. [TheHockeyNews]
• On-ice officials have test-driven helmet-mounted GoPro cams, but don't want to rely on them. [PuckDaddy]
• Hey, footy fans, how about these NHL concept soccer uniforms? [BarDown]
• The Tragically Hip will headline the NHL Face-Off season opening event in Toronto on Wednesday in advance of the Maple Leafs vs. Canadiens game. [Sportsnet]
• Save the HNIC musical montages! Those party poopers at Rogers are cutting back, albeit not entirely. [NationalPost]