Hockey headlines for May 5, 2020

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Maple Leafs sign KHL all-star Mikko Lehtonen to one-year contract (Toronto Sun)
Sharks sign Alexei Melnichuk, Fredrik Handemark (San Jose Mercury News)
NHL makes its pitch for holding virtual draft in June (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
'This can happen to anyone,' ex-Hab Laraque says of COVID-19 battle (Montreal Gazette)
Sidney Crosby donates 100,000 meals to Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Gretzky and Jordan were different and similiar at same time (Edmonton Journal)
Detroit Red Wings revisited: When Steve Yzerman was a consolation prize (Detroit Free Press)
Harry Sinden reflects on Bruins’ 1970 Cup win (Boston Herald)
Locals playing for China’s KHL club recall ‘crazy’ finish to season when pandemic broke (Calgary Sun)
Red Wings could get big assist if NHL moves up draft (Detroit News)
June draft before NHL season concludes sits fine with Leafs' GM Dubas (Toronto Sun)
No matter where Lehtonen eventually lines up with Leafs, he should be impactful (Toronto Sun)
Avalanche goalie Philipp Grubauer cycling “about 100 miles per day” in Denver area (Denver Post)
Guitar man: Binnington takes up new hobby during coronavirus pause (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Predators' Mattias Ekholm back in Sweden, unsure when or how he'll return to U.S (The Tennessean)
Penguins’ Matt Murray, other goaltenders have unique challenge during NHL’s pause (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Which Sabres players could lose the most if NHL is unable to resume season (Buffalo News)
TSN's all-time Maple Leafs team complicated at centre (Toronto Sun)
Golden Knights to donate meals to Las Vegas police (Las Vegas Review-Journal)