It’s still bye week. Auston Matthews is out boating. The rest of the Leafs are probably doing very similarly exciting things. JvR is probably eating pistachios.

In actual news, Jeremy Bracco was traded from the Kitchener Rangers to the Windsor Spitfires in a deal that included a second round pick in the 2025 draft. Yes, somewhere out there is a 6 year-old whose future hockey career path has been suddenly altered.

Don’t forget to check in if you are attending our Fantastical Furies Festivities on Saturday.

Other News

Snow Fall: Going from fan to frustrated with the Islanders general manager - Lighthouse Hockey
From cordial emails to confusing decisions, somewhere along the line, things changed between Garth Snow and one fan.

Michael Grabner named NHL’s first star of the week - Blueshirt Banter
[Species: LOLISLANDERS!]

Jets could be Canada's worst NHL team - Winnipeg Sun
[Species: Could?]

Moneyball, shooters, and scorers - Arctic Ice Hockey
One of the reasons that this bridge seems harder to cross in hockey might come back to the idea that there are some talented players who  have strong boxcars (goals and assists) who are derided by advanced stat  followers because of their poor advanced stats.

2017 World Juniors: What We Learned From the Tournament - Canes Country
The Canes have a couple of gems on the way in a few years.

Denis Guryanov Shines At 2017 World Juniors - Defending Big D
A lot of eyes were on the highly-touted Dallas Stars prospect, and he rose to the occasion

Policing the digital cartels - Financial Times
“Finding ways to prevent collusion between self-learning algorithms might  be one of the biggest challenges that competition law enforcers have  ever faced”

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