Some news and notes to pass along for Friday.

Sidney Crosby has been named captain of Team Canada for the World Cup. This will continue to be the case for every event that Crosby plays for Canada. The summer fun with the Stanley Cup has ended for Sid and he has been training hard back in Nova Scotia and there some good video of him doing just that.



It remains a sight to be seen when Sid is working the puck down low. He is the best grinder in the history of hockey and just happens to have the hands, skating, and awareness of a superstar to go with it. That is Nate MacKinnon he is working over in the video. He is also playing with his former World Junior linemate and current World Cup teammate Brad Marchand.

Matt Murray received his new gear for the World Cup

Breaking in some @VaughnHockey #WCH2016 gear. pic.twitter.com/Eskv6eVcO1

— Matthew Murray (@mattmurray_30) August 23, 2016

Looks like he is preparing to be a bad guy in Sudden Death 2.


The Stanley Cup finally made it over to Europe and Evgeni Malkin

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A photo posted by E.Malkin71Geno (@e.malkin71geno) on Aug 23, 2016 at 2:43am PDT

The Penguins new jersey patch is in production and it looks good



A look at Pittsburgh's defense corp. last year

PIT: And nearly all of these guys are back next year. pic.twitter.com/gI0ML7zJZV

— Carolyn Wilke (@Classlicity) August 25, 2016

Nobody was struggling which is good considering everybody is back with the exception of Ben Lovejoy.

Derrick Pouliot is an NHL player. He should be an every game player. Will it be in Pittsburgh?

Sergei Plotnikov playing on a line with Datsyuk and Kovalchuk for SKA St.Petersburg. Fair to say that he's probably enjoying it. #KHL

— Peter Goodwin (@petergoodwin92) August 25, 2016

I suppose it beats 4th line minutes

Here are some power rankings to start the 2016-17 season

I'll be away from twitter for a few days (our 10th anniv!) but in the meantime enjoy this draft I'm working on. pic.twitter.com/AFK6Dtmcgd

— Micah Blake McCurdy (@IneffectiveMath) August 26, 2016

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Brand new Hockey Hurts Podcast discusses the Vesey decision, Jiri Hudler to the Stars, Dave Bolland trade and some of the curious World Cup roster decisions being made. You can find that here

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