Hockey headlines for August 29, 2020

Saturday, August 29, 2020

The NHL is investigating former Panthers GM Dale Tallon for allegedly using racial slur (Miami Herald)
Flyers-Islanders series resumes Saturday, but players keep the focus on protest against racial injustice (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Golden Knights resume Canucks series with back-to-back games (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Islanders-Flyers to resume series Saturday night (New York Newsday)
Penguins sign defenseman Chad Ruhwedel to contract extension (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Sharks reach agreement with depth centerman on two-year deal (San Jose Mercury News)
CEO Brad Alberts says Stars have lost season-ticket holders over the team’s support of Black Lives Matter (Dallas Morning News)
Paul Coffey loves seeing some young, standout defencemen in NHL playoffs (Edmonton Journal)
Where does the NHL and its players go from here? (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
For NHL players, taking steps to ensure equality for all won't end once games resume (Toronto Sun)
NHL players empowered to speak out like never before (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Islanders taking NHL's social justice message into the community (New York Post)
Lightning players are talking about race, some for the first time (Tampa Bay Times)
Bruins, fellow NHLers entering a different fray (Boston Herald)
Trotz: Listening is key to making change in this world (New York Newsday)
Jacob Blake shooting: Devils’ P.K. Subban applauds NHL’s actions, adds ‘there’s a lot of work to be done’ (NJ.com)
Blackhawks and other NHL players take varied views on sitting out games for racial justice: ‘To say what’s right or wrong, it’s hard to say’ (Chicago Tribune)
Will Lightning play an 11-7 lineup again, even without back-to-back games? (Tampa Bay Times)
NHL’s protest “pause” will undoubtedly aid banged up Avalanche (Denver Post)
Islanders confident they can turn focus back to Flyers (New York Post)
With back-to-back games, how will Flyers coach Alain Vigneault use his goalies? (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Revised playoff schedule puts extra pressure on Markstrom (Vancouver Province)
For Blues, 'JayBo' was out of sight, but never out of mind (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Andrei Svechnikov feeling good after ankle injury — and also very lucky (Raleigh News & Observer)
Blackhawks’ rookies set offseason training plans heading into second seasons (Chicago Sun-Times)
Detroit Red Wings' Filip Hronek now the fifth prospect loaned out to European team (Detroit Free Press)
Sabres reportedly loan forward Rasmus Asplund to team in Sweden (Buffalo News)
Luke Hughes leads top-rated NTDP defensemen into Plymouth camp (Detroit News)
Why the Lightning’s Amalie Arena probably won’t be a polling place (Tampa Bay Times)