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• After two days of media hoop-jumping, John Tavares returns to his blue and orange roost. [Islanders]
• Noel Gallagher Nikolay Kulemin talks about his offseason, which included training in sunny So. Cal with Mikhail Grabovski. [Islanders]
• Notes from rookie camp include Michael Dal Colle and Mathew Barzal focusing on their games. [IPB]
• Also from Point Blank, Tavares and Matt Martin remember September 11th.
• Area man continues to experience psychotic and possibly drug-induced delusions of a displaced hockey team returning to his home. Police say he is unarmed, but should still be considered dangerous. [CBS NY]

Around the NHL

• The Hurricanes acquired Kris Versteeg and defenseman Joakim Nordstrom from Chicago for three bags of pucks, which is exactly what the Blackhawks wanted... [Canes Country]
• ...because they needed to resign Marcus Kruger, which they did for one more year. [Second City Hockey]
• You're not going crazy: those Sabres look much, much better than they did just a year ago. [Puck Daddy]
• Players conscripted to Team Europe at the World Cup are frustrated that many of their countryman will be left behind in the tournament's tight format. So much for the European union. [Puck Daddy]