Prospect camp has come to a close. JP Nikota wrote a great summary of the scrimmage here, and Katya has a round up of the player interview videos and game highlights here.

There's still a few free agents around, and the Leafs may still pull off a trade, but the hard news is drying up fast. We are now truly in the dregs of Summer, but all your favourite PPP writers, and Fulemin, will still be here every day scouring the internets for whatever tidbits are out there.

Signings

Scheifele signs eight-year deal worth $6.125 mil AAV - Arctic Ice Hockey
The 23-year-old is coming off a 2015-16 in which he posted 29 goals and 61 points in 71 GP, while being a possession positive player regardless of line combination.

MacKinnon Signs for 7 years - Mile High Hockey
The Avalanche announced today that Nathan MacKinnon has signed a 7-year extension with the org. Word on the street is a $6.3M AAV.

Other News

Wayne Simmonds skips leg day; can still kick your ass at any sport, every day.

Down Goes Brown Grab Bag - VICE Sports
Nobody's shedding too many tears for Subban, who'll still make millions of dollars on a deal that carries the highest cap hit of any defenseman in the league. But that doesn't make this rule any less ridiculous, arbitrary and unfair.

Cracking the code of Ron Hextall's philosophy of promoting Flyers prospects - Broad Street Hockey
[Species: We may not know the Shanaplan yet, but you can read about the Hexyplan here.]

From one end of the spectrum to the other: Rediscovering a love for the game - Eyes On The Prize
Spending years looking at multiple sporting events in their smallest details, it was a move to a more humanized approach to the game of hockey that made me a fan again.

Click through to check out the full jersey design for HC Kunlun Red Star, the new KHL team based in Beijing.

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