Greetings on this Sunday summer morning. With everyone else busy working on T25U25 posts, you’ll be seeing FTBs from me a bit more often. An update from this weekend’s pre-Olympic games: Sweden beat South Korea 3-0, 4-1. This is not the super dominant performance Sweden hoped for.

ICYMI

Prospect pessimism is my approach to rankings - Pension Plan Puppets
Katya expounds upon her prospect philosophy. Abandon hope!

Highlights from Sweden vs USA Blue at the WJSS yesterday, conveniently cued up to the goal by a certain T. Liljegren. Today’s games are USA Blue vs Finland at 1:00 pm and USA White vs Sweden at 4:15pm.

Around the league

Dallas Stars Make it Official, Will Host 2018 NHL Draft - Defending Big D
For the first time since the team came to Texas, the NHL draft will be in the Lone Star State Is it that time already? Jeez the 2017 CWHL Draft is still 3 weeks away.

M&G Ask Us Anything: #1 - Matchsticks and Gasoline
Our colleagues at M&G did an AMA on Facebook and posted their answers on their site. I'm not sure that's how an AMA is supposed to work but it seems like they had fun.

AHL

Binghamton Devils Cap Off 2 Day Event With Logo Unveil - All About The Jersey
Devils introduced to the community for the first time with a presser held on Friday, new logo/jersey for display on Saturday

From The Branches