Fresh Links: A Mighty Wind

Keep Calm and Bergeron.

• Catch up with Zeno Chara at his vacation home as he answers the burning question- which teammates he does and doesn’t like to hang out with and why. Providence Journal
• David Pastrnak rebuts Chara’s preference for two solid reasons, although he allows that he might avoid Tuukka Rask’s crease. (Video) @NHL Pasta also answers some burning questions. NHL
• Tuukka Rask checks in from his downtime to address those concerns and clarifies his retirement comments. (Audio, skip to 28:56) WEEI
• Kirk Luedeke offers his take on Jack Ahcan. Bonus- video interview. Scouting Post
• Revisit the 2010 NHL Draft from a New England perspective. Scouting Post
• Anton Blidh is keeping busy, but clearly misses hockey. @bliddan
• Cam Neely realted a story about how Jim Carrey helped him capture the right expression filming a scene from Dumb and Dumber. NESN
• Johnny Bucyk has had to postpone planned surgery for the time being. (Paywall, but 90 day free trial offer still holds.) The Athletic

Got plans? We’ve got game threads!

• NESN is re-airing the 2011 Stanley Cup run games. The Bruins and Habs play for all the ECQF marbles tonight at 9:00PM. When we left off last night after Game #6, penalty trouble led to two 5-on-3 goals against, and Milan Lucic was ejected for a game misconduct to boot. The Canadiens have a glimmer of hope. Join us tonight for a reprise game thread for Game #7 at TD Garden. (Updated schedule on NESN.)

Elsewhere around the rink:

• In news of former Bruins: Michael Hutchinson is among a declining subset of NHL goaltenders. NHL
• What are the risks, benefits, and rules surrounding free agent signings? Pension Plan Puppets
• Hindsight would change a few choices made in the 2007 NHL Draft. Remember #8? The Hockey News
• Golden years- which NHLers are staring down the tunnel at retirement as they reach pending UFA status? The Hockey News
• You’ve got questions? Gritty has answers- just not necessarily the right ones. ESPN