"Hockey players are idiots. You have to get hurt first so you know the value of it. That's what we do. I didn't put a visor on until I took a puck in the eye and scratched my cornea. You don't think you need stuff and then you add on as you hurt yourself. It's plain stupid."
- San Jose Sharks defenseman Doug Murray.
The Edmonton Oilers are off to the third round of the Stanley Cup playoffs after winning the Battle of Alberta in five games.
The Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers combined for four goals in just 1:11 of play on Thursday, good to beat the previous playoff record for four fastest goals scored set by Philadelphia and Toronto in 1976 by 22 seconds.
The Los Angeles Kings exceeded expectations in 2021-22, and they're going to want to take that up a notch with a strong off-season.
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