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An annotated guide to today's must-read hockey stories: •If you're not already a fan of the Lightning, you will be after watching them troll their own players

An annotated guide to today's must-read hockey stories:

•If you're not already a fan of the Lightning, you will be after watching them troll their own players with a fake third jersey reveal. Palm trees!

•Evgeni Malkin isn't skating and he isn't working out. Should Penguins fans start worrying?

•Guess we can put aside all that talk about a three-headed monster between the pipes in Vancouver. The Canucks waived Jacob Markstrom yesterday, ostensibly to create roster space for a young forward like Bo Horvat or Hunter Shinkaruk. My guess though? They're hoping to slide him through waivers at a time when every other team seems to be set/injury-free in goal. Smart move by Jim Benning.

PTO hopefuls; most frustrating Bruin; more training camp notes

All he cares about now is winning another Stanley Cup.

• Some saw Anthony DeAngelo as a risky pick this summer, but the Bolts were willing to overlook some character concerns to snag the puck-moving defender in the first round. With his performance so far in camp, he has them thinking they might have another Dan Boyle in the making.

•If this is the Chris Stewart that shows up this season, the Sabres might really have something. Just a beastly performance from him last night...but it's always about consistency with him, isn't it?

•Arizona Coyotes captain Shane Doan looks back on 20 years of highlights in this excellent career retrospective from Sarah McLellan.

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the Gordie Howe hat trick he put up last night against the Bruins.

• Funny how quickly fortunes can change in the NHL. Just yesterday, I mentioned the likelihood of Henrik Tallinder turning a PTO into a contract with the Maple Leafs. That all changed last night.

•More than 17,000 fans are expected to watch the Blues and Stars battle tonight in Kansas City, reason enough for the bridesmaid city to hold onto its NHL expansion dream.

•Two days after his impressive NHL preseason debut, Nikolay Goldobin signed an entry level deal with the Sharks. Now that he's under contract, everyone's wondering whether San Jose's 2014 first-rounder can actually make the team.

Red Wings, Rangers, Lightning must deal with early injury issues

Mikhail Grabovski make the transition to a new team on Long Island.

•No one is calling Leafs prospect Tyler Biggs “the next Milan Lucic” anymore. Now, they just wonder if he'll ever become an NHL regular. The size, the talent...it's all there for Biggs, who was the 22nd pick in 2011, but a lack of consistency has stymied his development.

•No one doubts Beau Bennett has the talent to be a solid performer for the Penguins. They just wonder if he's too brittle. The promising winger is sidelined indefinitely, again, after suffering a leg injury in practice Friday.

•John Branch recently wrote what is supposed to be a terrific book detailing the life of Derek Boogaard. He's interviewed here for NPR.