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The Jack Eichel-Buffalo Sabres marriage has been on the rocks for a while. But the once blissful union (maybe draft day 2015?) is now irreparable, and divorce court is surely on the horizon.

Hey, Mighty Ducks. Meet the River Rats. “Let Them Lead: Unexpected Lessons From America’s Worst High School Hockey Team” by New York Times bestselling author John U. Bacon tells a hockey underdog story with a different approach, and it might be getting “The Mighty Ducks” treatment after all.

These may be the dog days of summer, but that hasn’t stopped the NHL from staying busy as bees, because the offseason is everyone’s favorite time to rejig everything. The free-agent floodgates opened July 28 with a number of big names ripe for the taking.

The 2021 offseason is expected to be a doozy with the Kraken’s expansion draft and the unforeseen flat cap looming for the upcoming 2021-22 season. Now the first domino has fallen, as the Blackhawks parted ways with three-time Stanley Cup champion Duncan Keith, sending him to the Oilers on Monday.