Bits: Jaromir Jagr Speaks; Mike Gillis on Luongo, Bure

Very little going on in the hockey world's late-July dog days, where our discussion threads devolve into "Little House on the Praire," so here is some fodder to chew:

• Marc-Andre Fleury is disappointed not to be invited to Olympic camp ... but thinks maybe if he gets off to a good start this season... [Sportsnet video]
• For players who did get invitations, such as these Islanders, it's pretty cool.
• "Why invite young U.S. players who haven't even made the NHL yet?" David Poile was asked. He explains.
• A little bit back, the WSJ compared Ryan McDonagh and Travis Hamonic through the eyes of a scout, who made some weird observations ("Hamonic can be soft").
• Kyle Okposo's guns, they are not Nino guns. [Isles workout photo]
• Down Goes Brown (with a real byline at Grantland, but we still can't stop calling Sean McIndoe "Down Goes Brown") looks at the six most perplexing offseason moves.
• Roberto Luongo is totally fine, you guys. So pleads Mike Gillis: NHL.com | TSN | Nucks Misconduct video | Sportsnet video
• The Canucks confirmed they will retire Pavel Bure's #10. Sadly, #96 remains in circulation.
• Oh, then there was the Jaromir Jagr coverage: Basically he signed with the Devils because they are still an NHL team. Fire & Ice | Post | Puck Daddy | Patrik Elias calls Jagr's addition "surreal"
• Devils fans, meanwhile, hope that whole aging roster thing is just a number (includes weighted average age of all 30 teams). Because like the young post-grad said to Louis C.K.: "You're so old."
• The St. Louis Post-Dispatch goes into the history of David Perron's fast and sometimes awkward transition to the NHL -- he was a late bloomer and late entrant even to juniors, and sometimes rubbed his NHL teammates wrong -- and Copper & Blue has a go at some of the quotes with feigned outrage at Perron's affront to hockey's grand tradition of conformity. (The original article actually isn't a post-trade skewering though.)
• Finally: Thank goodness, Detroit's bankruptcy does not jeopardize the Wings' new arena plan.