PHT’s Morning Skate takes a look around the world of hockey to see what’s happening and what we’ll be talking about around the NHL world and beyond.
Brett Hull weighs in on the lockout, with his larger message being: just get it done. (The Sporting News)
Igor Larionov equates the feeling of watching Pavel Bure - or at least watching people watch Bure - to people observing a great actor. (The Vancouver Province)
Henrik Lundqvist now has a special mask for Frölunda Gothenburg. (Dave Art via the IIHF’s Szymon Szemberg)
Elliotte Friedman’s latest 30 Thoughts column. (CBC)
The Edmonton Oilers ponder the franchise’s five greatest mustaches in honor of Movember. (Edmonton Oilers)
Down Goes Brown imagines what might have been said at Monday’s Hockey Hall of Fame ceremony. (Down Goes Brown)
Do older players really decline/wear down as a season goes along? It’s hard to make that argument emphatically after reading this piece. (NHL Numbers)
The latest example of the lockout beating up on “normal” people. (Eye on Hockey)