Welcome to the PHT Morning Skate, a collection of links from around the hockey world. Have a link you want to submit? Email us at phtblog@nbcsports.com.
• Fixing the Edmonton Oilers is the most difficult task in the NHL. (TSN.ca)
• Player and puck tracking and today’s NHL. (The Canadian Press)
• He’s 40 and hasn’t played in the NHL for the past three seasons, but Pavel Datsyuk is open to a return to the NHL. (TSN.ca)
• Winnipeg Jets head coach Paul Maurice never content to rest as a head coach. (NHL.com)
• A quick look at every general manager in the NHL. (The Hockey News)
• Phillip Danault, Montreal Canadiens MVP? The case is there to be made. (Montreal Gazette)
• P.K. Subban -- veteran NHLer, rookie television producer. (Forbes)
• Where do the Penguins currently sit among the NHL’s Stanley Cup contenders and pretenders? (Pensburgh)
• Ondrej Kase to have season-ending surgery, out five-to-six months. (OC Register)
• When Mario Lemieux had his best-ever NHL season. (CBC)
• Go big or go home: Islanders should be aggressive through the trade deadline. (Lighthouse Hockey)
• Brayden Point is going to get paid. (Tampa Bay Times)
• Will anyone hire Peter Chiarelli now? (Edmonton Sun)
Scott Billeck is a writer for Pro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports. Drop him a line at phtblog@nbcsports.com or follow him on Twitter @scottbilleck