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Ryan's bad injury luck; Strader's return broadcast (Puck Headlines)

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• It’s spelled Nickelback. [Columbus Blue Jackets]

• Ottawa Senators forward Bobby Ryan could miss over a month with a possible broken right index finger. This continues a string of bad injury luck for the winger. [Ottawa Citizen]

• After missing the first 59 games of the 2016-17 campaign while battling through different forms of treatment for bile duct cancer, Dallas Stars play-by-play man Dave Strader returned to the broadcast booth Saturday and called his first game of the season. An inside look at Strader’s return with comments from Strader. [Dallas Morning News]

• Nashville Predators forward Ryan Johansen was upset at the Columbus Blue Jackets didn’t recognize him in their Sunday game. Johansen was drafted by the Blue Jackets in 2010 and played 309 games there until a trade last season. It was his first game at Nationwide Arena since the deal. [Tennessean]

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• What should a rental player cost at this year’s NHL trade deadline? [Sportsnet]

• It has become clear that the decision to replace Claude Julien with Bruce Cassidy in the middle of this season and how it ends for each will be what defines the time of Boston Bruins general manager Don Sweeney and his tenure with the Bs. [WEEI]

• The Arizona Coyotes celebrated the first team that played in the desert over the weekend. Several guys who were on that group, including Keith Tkachuk, Mike Gartner and Teppo Numinen came to Glendale to take part in the festivities. [Arizona Sports]

• NHL teams have been more cautious as they head into the trade deadline thanks to the entrance of the Vegas Golden Knights next season and the upcoming expansion draft. [SinBin Vegas]

• United Arab Emirates’ national team player and talented stickhandler Fatima Al Ali returned home to Abu Dhabi a week ago after a whirlwind trip to Washington D.C. In an interview, Thursday, the inspiring female hockey player was still clearly in the afterglow of meeting her favorite NHL player, Alex Ovechkin, and skating with her favorite NHL team, the Washington Capitals. [Russian Machine Never Breaks]

• The inevitable declines of Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin will come sooner rather than later. Crosby will be 30 next season and Ovechkin will turn 32 before 2017-18. Since both are performing at high levels, we should take time to appreciate them more than ever. [Spector’s Hockey]

• On hockey in Mexico and where it stands globally and the NHL’s future there: “In the past 12 months, Mexico City has hosted Major League Baseball, auto racing’s Formula 1, UFC’s mixed martial arts, the NFL’s Monday Night Football, two regular-season NBA games, even wrestling’s WWE. For the NHL, a league also looking to expand its brand beyond its usual sphere of influence, Mexico could provide an interesting destination and a chance to gauge future outings beyond North America in an effort to popularize the game.” [ESPN]

• Eric Semborski, the Temple University goaltender who filled in as an emergency backup for the Chicago Blackhawks earlier this season at a game in Philadephia, got a cool new mask from the team for his efforts. [Second City Hockey]

• A look at the pieces the Tampa Bay Lightning could deal at the trade deadline if they decide to be sellers. [Raw Charge]

• Former NHLer Boyd Devereaux talks about both his love of music, and love of hockey. [Sports Illustrated]

• Breaking down a recent interview Jim Benning conducted on TSN 1040 in Vancouver. [Vancouver Courier]

• The second Global Girls’ Game is over. From the first puck drop in Dunedin, New Zealand, to the final buzzer in Toronto, Canada, the game was played over two days in 38 countries on six continents. Although the scores of course mattered for the players giving it all, the real winner in the end became girls’ and women’s hockey. [IIHF]

• On Friday, USA Hockey announced that 23 players from the women’s national team were invited to a training camp at the New England Sports Village in Attleboro, Mass. from Feb. 27 to March 2. The camp will feature only post-grad players on the national team. The roster includes 15 forwards, five defenders and three goaltenders. A total of 18 members of the 23 were part of U.S. team that won gold at the Women’s World Championship. [Excelle Sports]

• The Alaska Aces of the ECHL could suspend operations, leaving the team’s future in doubt. [The Sin Bin]

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• New York Riveters defenseman Ashley Johnston also works 50 hours a week at a robotics firm just outside of Albany — more than 150 miles from the Riveters’ home rink in Newark. [New York Post]

• After a 14-year NHL career, former St. Louis Blues defenseman Barret Jackman is adjusting to life outside of hockey. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]

• Positional needs and potential swap scenarios in the Central Division for the upcoming trade deadline period. [Dobber Hockey]

Finally, The manager of the Reading High hockey team scores the goal of a lifetime.

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