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PHT Morning Skate: Still time for Aho; Lehner’s future with Isles

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After struggling early in the series, Martin Jones has turned things around for the Sharks setting a franchise-record with 58 saves in Game 6.

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.

Here’s today’s NBC Sports Stanley Cup playoff update for April 22

• The Stanley Cup Playoffs are unfair right now, but the Faceoff Circle explains why that’s okay. (Faceoff Circle)

• This women’s ice hockey team in Northern India is the first of its kind. (New York Times)

• Hall of Famer Marcel Dionne had his boyhood skates stolen on Good Friday. (St. Catherine’s Standard)

• The NCAA has changed some rules so that they can slow down the recruiting process. (College Hockey inc)

• The Philadelphia Flyers have officially parted ways with their Kate Smith statue and recordings. (Courier Post)

• Bruins forward Brad Marchand ripped the ice at the TD Garden. That’s where Boston and Toronto will play Game 7 of their first-round series. (NBC Sports Boston)

• The Montreal Canadiens might need to trade one of their top defense prospects to fill another need. (Habs Eyes on the Prize)

• There’s still time for Sebastian Aho to make an impact in Carolina’s first-round series against Washington. (News & Observer)

• The Islanders are expecting Barclays Center to rock now that they’re heading there for their second-round series. (Newsday)

• What’s Robin Lehner’s future in Long Island? Are the Rangers going to go after Jacob Trouba? Larry Brooks tackles these questions. (New York Post)

• Steve Yzerman has a long list of things he needs to do now that he’s the GM of the Red Wings. (Detroit News)

• Cale Makar has impressed the Avalanche both on and off the ice. (Denver Post)

• ESPN breaks down the inconsistent officiating that we’ve witnessed in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. (ESPN)

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Joey Alfieri is a writer for Pro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports. Drop him a line at phtblog@nbcsports.com or follow him on Twitter @joeyalfieri.