• The classic painting American Gothic with a Team USA twist as we try to understand how a Lombardi built, Tortorella coached squad exposed overall weaknesses. [The Committed Indian]

• “Team USA stunk, and now they’re indignant about it.” [Sporting News]

• Why USA Hockey is on life support. [Vice Sports]

• Down Goes Brown: Five times a team avenged a round robin loss at the World Cup. [THN]

• Could Team Europe be the biggest threat to Team Canada? [The Star]

• Without Aaron Ekblad in the lineup, Team North America’s job against Team Sweden is a whole lot more difficult. [AP]

• How we play hockey in Norway by Mats Zuccarello. The New York Rangers forward is currently representing his nation as a part of Team Europe. [The Players’ Tribune]

• David Clarkson failed his physical and will not be with the Columbus Blue Jackets to start camp. His return is unknown. [Blue Jackets Xtra]

• The Blackhawks and Univision have paired up for a 14 game series of Spanish-language broadcasts. [Second City Hockey]

• Interview with the newest member of the Peoria Rivermen (SPHL) Shannon Szabados and reactions from her teammates. [PJ Star]

• Artemi Panarin is leaving the contracts talks up to his agent. Don’t expect him to be leaving the Chicago Blackhawks though. [Chicago Tribune]

• The Edmonton Oilers have invited Eric Gryba to camp on a PTO. He played for the team last season. [Oilers]

• The Washington Capitals are nearing a deal with RFA defenseman Dmitry Orlov. [CSN Mid-Atlantic]

• Fighting and hockey’s concussion problem with insight from the documentary ‘Ice Guardians.’ [Blueshirt Banter]

• Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: the Oilers GM feels the team is headed in the right direction, but for real this time. [CP via Sportsnet]

• The NHL Coaches Association have hired Michael Hirshfeld as Executive Director. [Kukla’s Korner]

• How having an outdoor game on Parliament Hill (in Ottawa) would break a whole lot of rules and protocols for the venue. [CBC]

• If the Buffalo Sabres wanted to trade Evander Kane right now, finding a buyer would be difficult because of his behavior away from the rink. [Today’s Slapshot]

• The beginning of training camp brings a blank slate for all players, even those like Brian Gionta who have been around for a while. [Buffalo News]

• A roster spot on the San Jose Sharks isn’t guaranteed for Tommy Wingles. [CSN Bay Area]

• Fantasy Hockey Cage Match: Elias Lindholm vs. Andre Burakovsky. [Dobber]

• Fancy stats: How often you hit your opponent is irrelevant to predicting goal scoring. [Hockey-Graphs]

• No matter how skeptical you are, ‘sold out’ means ‘sold out’ in Vegas when it comes to season tickets. [Sin Bin]

• “Why Your Team Sucks: Philadelphia Flyers.” [PPP]

• Finally, all the feels for this Hockey Night in Canada ad, ‘Saturday night is the night you fell for hockey.’