One week until NHL pre-season opens. The baby Leafs will play the baby Pens tonight at 7PM EST, presumably again on limited, Ontario-only outlets. It's getting closer.

Links:

Is success partly to blame for Dion Phaneuf's and Mikhail Grabovski's poor corsi last year? - HockeyAnalysis.com
HockeyAnalysis tries to answer Dellow's Shareholder's Lament, Pt. 1., from yesterday.

A Shareholder’s Lament: Pt. 2 | mc79hockey.com
And Dellow builds on it.

Around the league:

Today marks the two year anniversary of the Lokomotiv accident.

Capitals Re-Sign Marcus Johansson - Japers' Rink
The Caps lock up their final RFA for $2M/yr for 2 years.

Just When You Think He Couldn't Get Worse... - The Copper & Blue
Ales Hemsky gets a call from Steve Tambellini's butt.

Jonathan Toews Is Not Impressed With Team Canada Jerseys (Puck Daddy Reader Art Contest, Gallery 1) - Yahoo! Sports
PuckDaddy's photoshop contest is still open.

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