Carle joins Predators; McPhee waiting to name coach (Puck Headlines)

Posted on by Jen Neale

//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

• It is way too hot to wear your favorite hockey sweater. Might we interest you in some mesh tanks to rep your favorite team? [@BringHockeyBack]

• Defenseman Matt Carle signed a one year, $700,000 contract with the Nashville Predators. [The Tennessean]

• Tyson Barrie wants one year at $6-million. The Colorado Avalanche offered two years at just over $4-million per season. The two sides have two days until the arbitration hearing to strike a deal. [Today’s Slapshot]

• “NHL commissioner Gary Bettman probably isn’t a moron. Yes, Bettman’s newest denial of the link between concussions and brain disease runs against common sense. But it isn’t Bettman’s job to be sensible; his job is to maximize the market value of professional hockey for the owners of the league’s 30 teams.” [New York Daily News]

• George McPhee isn’t in a rush to name a new head coach for the Las Vegas team and will likely wait until 2017 to do so. [NHL]

• Steve Yzerman expects to sign Nikita Kucherov before the start of the season, but it doesn’t look like it’s happening any time soon. Kucherov is due a hefty raise. [Tampa Bay Times]

• Restricted free agent Dmitry Orlov and the Washington Capitals elected not to go to arbitration. Usually this indicates a deal is in the works, but that doesn’t appear to be the case for Orlov. [Washington Post]

• Catching up with Crosby: Sid on speed, summer camp and the chance to repeat. [The Hockey News]

• Max Domi continues to share awareness and hope for all young athletes with diabetes. [Sportsnet]

• Are European goaltenders taking over North American hockey? [In Goal Mag]

• How the retooling of the New York Rangers roster will impact the team’s penalty kill. [Blue Seat Blogs]

• Making sense of the complicated cap position the Tampa Bay Lightning are in following the signing of Vladislav Namestnikov. [Two For Spearing]

• The Carolina Hurricanes roster planning is showing signs of preparing for the expansion draft next summer. [News & Observer]

• Why the Las Vegas franchise team name should be the Thunder, even though it’s probably not going to be. [The Sin Bin]

• Korean national team goaltender Sojung Sing signed a $13,500 contract with the New York Riveters. [NWHL]

• Fantasy hockey cage match (round 2): Breakout players in 2016. [Dobber]

• Playing Armchair GM with the Edmonton Oilers. Who should get ice time with the Bakersfield Condors (AHL)? [Oilers Nation]

• Backdraft 2009: Ranking the forwards, defensemen & goalies from the 2009 NHL draft. [Yahoo! Sports]

• DJ MDZ (a.k.a Michael Del Zotto of the Philadelphia Flyers) shows off his skills on the ones and twos. [Broad Street Hockey]

• Brooks Laich might be having the best offseason ever, and it has nothing to do with hockey. [Pension Plan Puppets]

• Finally, the best video game glitches of 2016 thus far. Who knew that Ryan Strome of the New York Islanders was also the Headless Horseman from Sleepy Hollow? [Dyno Mike via Bardown]