Fresh Links: Aw, SHOOT Edition

Blah blah shootout blah blah better luck next time blah blah. Better luck to the Bruins tomorrow at 1:00 PM as they host the Flyers.

• The Bruins were not up to the task 5 on 5. At least the Panthers were in the same boat. [MetroWestDailyNews]


• So, how did the game end up in a shootout? [TheBostonGlobe]


• A sloppy game led to the inevitable result. [BruinsDaily]


• Lack. Of. Finish. [WEEI]


• The Bruins are a team that should not be simply playing for their playoff lives right now. [WEEI]


• Check this off Peter Chiarelli's to do list: Torey Krug and Reilly Smith have new contracts. [PuckDaddy]


• The Bruins whistle past the graveyard when it comes to shootouts. [PuckDaddy]


• How ironic if the Bruins should lose the final wild card spot to a team that accumulated just enough loser points in the shootout! [TheHockeyWriters]

Elsewhere around the rink:

• Of the ten must-watch games left in the season, the Bruins are at number one against a specific opponent. [TheHockeynews]


• Meanwhile, the Panthers turn their goaltending woes into a prime promotional opportunity... [PuckDaddy]


• ...and why not? It is just more fodder for this week's potpourri of hockey news. [Grantland]


• Jaromir Jagr is enjoying his tenure in Florida almost as much as his young Panther teammates. [NationalPost]


• A former coach wins in a lawsuit against a parent who made defamatory statements after her son was cut by the team. [WashingtonPost]


• Pro hockey has gone all soft, and penalty statistics prove it. [WallStreetJournal]


• Let's celebrate Krug's new contract by examining the trends in relative sizes of NHL defensemen. [hockey-graphs]


• Stick a fork in this specific flavor of lurid speculation that inevitably crops up about player movements. [SpectorsHockey]