Happy Monday, everyone. The best day of the week this hockey season because it means the game is on Prime. And no, I never would have believed I'd be saying that. Leafs play Chicago, which takes a little shine off it, but someone has to.

Oh, hey, Columbus thumped them yesterday, that's good.

Something to watch tonight is the five-forward power play. This was debuted in Blue and White on the Marlies by Sheldon Keefe and there was a story that Keefe and Dubas had a shouting match of great intensity over the idea. Now fast forward a couple of years and Craig Berube is all for it, it seems.

They were out there on Saturday for one power play, with Mitch Marner playing the defender spot – after a fashion – he isn't held to the blue line entirely. Expect to see this get used more in the coming weeks.

In other news, I was told I had to post this:

Oh, and that was Connor Hellebuyck, bless his heart. Are the Jets regressing?

New York Sirens had the first overall pick this summer:

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That's all you get for now. A preview will be up later so we can marvel at the Chicago lines, and there's a little something about scoring goals coming along later too.

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