Fresh Links: Light 'Em Up Edition

Former Lightning player Brett Connolly will have to watch from the press box as his Bruins play Tampa Bay tonight at TD Garden, 7:00 PM.

• Here's a preview of tonight's game. The Lightning have been a middling road team, despite Steven Stamkos ' outstanding efforts. [Bruins Daily]


• Milan Lucic and the kids have done just fine, but don't expect that that they'll stay together after David Krejci's return. Their numbers have been deceiving. [WEEI]


• True Confessions: Torey Krug helped Ryan Spooner become a good roommate. Maturity and "conviction" have brought the final piece to Spooner's professional game after a string of disappointments. [MetroWestDailyNews ]


• Both he and David Pastrnak have sparked the team with their speed and skill, now they need to not allow themselves to be trapped in the D-zone. [BostonHerald]


• Dennis Seidenberg is ready to tap up his already big minutes into the playoffs, and has put his knee injury in the rear view mirror. [PatriotLedger ]


• In praise of Loui Eriksson , who deserves better than to be constantly held up as a yardstick for the Peverley trade. [NHL]


• The Bruins have signed undrafted local kid Frank Vatrano out of UMASS. [WEEI]


• Here's a nice piece on Pastrnak's childhood and family, with insight from his mother, Marcela, who returned only recently from Boston. Bonus: family PICTURES! (rough Google translation from Czech) [Denik.cz]

Elsewhere around the rink:

• Counterpoint: As for supporting women's hockey, maybe the answer comes down to YOU and your family, not some men's professional league. [HabsEyesOnThePrize]


• 30 NHL games in 30 nights, and all for charity? Sign me up! [SportsNet]


• Tough love: Brendan Shanahan's scratch of Nazem Kadri echoed a lesson he learned as a young player by having been similarly disciplined by Lou Lamoriello. [SportsNet]


• Is it too soon for talking off-season trades? The Coyotes may be willing to deal their captain, and a former Bruins backup goalie might be just the ticket for the team whose captain is a former Bruins teammate.  [TheHockeyNews]


• The Great One has just been launched into a galaxy far, far away. Appreciate this imaginative illustration on a brown paper lunch bag. [BarDown]


• Ohio State is looking for a new women's hockey coach... [BuckeyeExtra]


• Hockey Parents Behaving Badly ad nauseam... now it is a 67 year old victim of assault at the hands of a 45 year old miscreant at a Bantam A game. [CBC]


• Did you ever want to drive the Zamboni? Here's a quick job description and video. [Cleveland.com]

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