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.
• The Chive has a collection of images from Paul Bissonnette's yfrog account that feature candid photos, hilarious images and this great moment in hockey history. Thumbs up indeed. [The Chive]
• If you've not read it, a terrific piece by Helene Elliott on the Drew Doughty stalemate with the Los Angeles Kings that has a ton of candid observations by team president Tim Leiweke: "The difference of opinion here is that Drew may see this as disrespect, and it's not at all. We have offered to make him the fourth-highest-paid defenseman in the NHL and equal the highest-paid King in our history. When I look at that, I think there either has to be a miscommunication or Drew's a 21-year-old and probably hasn't done what he may need to do here, which is stand up and take charge of the decision." [LA Times]
• Hey, it's Kansas City night for the NHL! And the game is sold out, to "set the attendance mark for 2011 NHL pre-season games played at neutral site, non-NHL venues in North America." Against the Crosby-less Pittsburgh Penguins, no less. [Kings, KC Star]
• The Royal Half with a Kings-centric take on the KC game. [The Royal Half]
• Rich Hammond takes us inside Sprint Center. [LA Kings Insider]
• In which Jaromir Jagr calls Claude Giroux "a little Mario Lemieux." Just keep twisting the knife, Jags. [CSN Philly]
• How the Detroit Red Wings can show the Washington Capitals how to better preserve Mike Green for the postseason. [Japers' Rink]
• Singer Mac McCaughan of Superchunk: Celebrity puckhead. Read about his love of the Carolina Hurricanes. [Canes Country, via HMof2]
• Patrick Kane sounds very enthusiastic about moving to center for the Chicago Blackhawks: "I guess it's something they wanted to try, so hopefully we'll try it for a couple games and see how it goes." [Blackhawks]
• Colorado Avalanche defenseman Jan Hejda may be superhuman. [All Things Avs]
• Patrik Elias, Petr Sykora and Zach Parise on the same line for the Devils? Yes please. [Devils Advocate]
• Jason Arnott and Jamie Langenbrunner are new to the St. Louis Blues; what should be expected of them? [St. Louis Game Time]
• Ryan Kesler done Keslurked himself! [Pass It To Bulis]
• Also: Kesler isn't Canadian. Although reading this Grantland piece on why Toronto is the worst sports city in the world might convince you otherwise in an ill-conceived comparison with Tim Thomas. (The article also originally listed the Blue Jays as being owned by MLSE.) [Grantland]
• Anthony Perez explains why Kyle Turris needs to knock off the holdout and get his behind into Phoenix Coyotes camp. [Examiner]
• Stat nerd alert: Top 20 Seasons By Offensive Point Shares. [Kukla's Korner]
• David Shoalts on Wayne Simmonds: "While racial slurs have been thrown around by NHL players from time to time, it is far more common for homophobic remarks to be heard in heated situations on the ice. In the last couple of years, many hockey players have said they support gay rights or would support a player who decided to go public with his sexuality. But the fact is, many more, particularly the younger players like Simmonds, have a lot to learn." [Globe & Mail]
• A gay Vancouver Canucks blogger's take on the Simmonds/Sean Avery incident: "Do I think Simmonds deserves a suspension? To be honest, no. Maybe one game would be fine with me. But I do think he should be fined. The NHL needs to send a message that slurs, whether they're racist, sexist or homophobic are not tolerated." [Canucks Army]
• The San Jose Sharks travel a bit, but nearly as far as the Kings and the … Florida Panthers? [Sharkspage]
• Ahead of his suspension, Tom Sestito has been placed on waivers by the Flyers. [Broad Street Hockey]
• In praise of Dennis Seidenberg. [Boston Globe]
• Finally, via reader Ryan Real, it's Geordi La Forge learning how to play hockey with the New York Islanders and goalie Kelly Hrudey in a 1987 episode of "Reading Rainbow." So much better than that time Rick DiPietro broke his hip on "The Electric Company."