Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media.
• We had this photo in the gallery published this morning but had to move it here for reasons far too tedious to mention. But yes, the surreal sight of these amorous Vancouverites could be the photo of the year. Shameless borrowed from Adryan: "At least someone from Vancouver can score on the road!" [NPR, and here is an aerial view via Facebook]
• Interesting bit from Daniel Wagner from Pass It To Bulis on the Vancouver riots — blaming the anarchists, but still saving some anger for the fans. "Too many people chose to stay downtown, egging on the rioters and, in too many cases, joining in. Those standing around watching the destruction with cell phones out to snap pictures and text your friends? You're partly to blame. Mob mentality began to set in, as more and more people wanted to be a part of the show. Canucks fans posed in front of burning cars for a new Facebook profile picture. Opportunists saw no harm in looting from stores that someone else broke into." [PITB]
• Ben Kuzma spills the details on injuries to Alex Edler, Christian Ehrhoff, Chris Higgins and Dan Hamhuis … but Ryan Kesler refuses to explain if he's banged up or not, at least right after the Game 7 loss. [The Province]
• "The twins may not yet be Stanley Cup champions but they are unquestionable superstars of life no matter what Mike Milbury or anyone else might want to say about them." Superstars of life? [The Province]
• More Jaromir Jagr-to-the-NHL scuttlebutt, as his agent allegedly has contacted the Detroit Red Wings, Pittsburgh Penguins, Montreal Canadiens and the New York Rangers about his return to the League. George Malik rightfully wonders why the Red Wings would spend money on Jagr when he's not, at last glance, a puck-moving defenseman. [Malik Report]
• The Carolina Hurricanes are shopping the rights to Jussi Jokinen or Erik Cole as UFAs. [Red And Black Hockey]
• Canes Country is wondering: "Will John-Michael Liles finally make his way to Carolina? He has one more year left on his contract that will pay him $4.55 million this coming season." [Canes Country]
• The Boston Bruins Stanley Cup parade will be held on Saturday. The city is renting a few dozen extra bandwagons to accommodate the fans. [Bruins Blog]
• "Breaking News: Wild Trade All-Star Defenseman to Devils." This doesn't mean what you think it means. [Hockey Wilderness]
• The Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club announced today that the team has promoted Adam Deadmarsh to Assistant Coach. The organization also announced today the hiring of Tim Army as Assistant Coach/Video. [Avs]
• You will be calling Winnipeg's MTS Centre the MTS Centre until 2021. [CBC Sports]
• Might Craig MacTavish actually become the first head coach for the new team in Winnipeg, instead of the third head coach for the Minnesota Wild? [Sun]
• Here's how CNN covered the Vancouver riots.
• The idiots injured nine cops. [CP]
• Good Game 7 recap from Stanley Cup of Chowder. [SCOC]
• Nathan Horton talks about that dirty Boston water he put in the Vancouver ice last night. [CP]
• An older piece, but one worth reading: Tom Benjamin on the press coverage of the Canucks. [Canucks Corner]
• Interesting homecoming for the Washington Capitals, as Olaf Kolzig joins the team as an associate goaltending coach. Mike Vogel has the details. [Dump 'N Chase]
• Nicklas Backstrom on the Tampa Bay Lightning: "I must say that they had us fooled completely with the way they played. We had no solutions. We couldn't find a way to fix it or correct our mistakes. We couldn't solve them." [Japers' Rink]
• Razor is happy and sad about hockey today. [Razor With an Edge]
• Finally, the top 10 saves of the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs, according to The Score.