NHL Daily: Jaromir Jagr, Adam Larsson, Colorado Avalanche

NHL Daily: 44-Year Old Jaromir Jagr Reached a Prestigious Milestone on Thursday Night, Adam Larsson Providing Much Needed Spark for Oilers Defense, Three Players Who Need to be Better in Colorado, and More! (Morning Coffee Headlines)

Grab your morning cup of coffee and join us here at Puck Prose for a compilation of NHL daily links that will help keep you updated with everything going on in the hockey world.

Before turning to the headlines, as per usual, we highlight the performers of the previous night. 11 games were on the schedule Thursday night, the most notable of which being a Stanley Cup Final rematch between Pittsburgh and San Jose. The Pens came out on top with a 3-2 victory at home.

Other winners included Colorado improving to 3-1 on the year after shutting out the Lightning 4-0. Last year’s Presidents’ Trophy winner/Metropolitan Division winner took on the 2015-16 Atlantic Division winner. Washington came out on top with a 4-2 win on the road against Florida.

Previous Night Performers:

F Matt Duchene, COL (2 goals 1 assist)
D Noah Hanifin, CAR (3 assists)
F Eric Staal, MIN (2 goals)
F Brad Marchand, BOS (1 goal 1 assist)
F Patric Hornqvist, PIT (1 goal 1 assist)
F Evgeni Malkin, PIT (1 goal 1 assist)
D Shea Weber, MTL (1 goal 1 assist)
F Jeff Carter, LA (1 goal 1 assist)
D Alec Martinez, LA (1 goal 1 assist)
F Tanner Pearson, LA (1 goal 1 assist)
F Jason Spezza, DAL (1 goal 1 assist)
F Jeff Skinner, CAR (1 goal 1 assist)
F Connor McDavid, EDM (1 goal 1 assist)
F Brandon Sutter, VAN (1 goal 1 assist)
F Tyler Seguin, DAL (2 assists)
F Paul Byron, MTL (2 assists)
F Tomas Plekanec, MTL (2 assists)
D Patrick Wiercioch, COL (2 assists)
D Matt Niskanen, WSH (2 assists)
F Aleksander Barkov, FLA (2 assists)

G Tuukka Rask, BOS (Stopped 28 of 29 shots)
G Marc-Andre Fleury, PIT (Stopped 32 of 34 shots)
G Semyon Varlamov, COL (Stopped 27 shots for a shutout)
G Cam Talbot, EDM (Stopped 34 of 35 shots)
G Jacob Markstrom, VAN (Stopped 26 of 27 shots)

NHL Daily: Morning Coffee Headlines

Jagr Makes History

44-year-old Jaromir Jagr scored his first goal of the season Thursday. It marked a special milestone as the future Hall of Famer notched his 750th career goal. Only two players sit ahead of Jagr on the all-time list, Wayne Gretzky and Gordie Howe. [CBS Sports]

Larsson Making Impact Felt

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Offseason acquisition Adam Larsson is already making an impact with the Edmonton Oilers. Sammi Silber over at Oil on Whyte explains how the Swede has been an absolute force alongside Oscar Klefbom. [Oil on Whyte]

NHL Launching Post-Career Program

The NHL has announced it is starting a program aimed to help players with their post-careers. It’s aimed to help educate players so they can find that next occupation once they’ve hung up the skates. Most pro leagues already have a similar program in place, so the NHL is playing a bit of catch-up here. [Globe and Mail]

3 Players That Need to Step up in Colorado

Prior to the Avs 4-0 victory over Tampa Bay on Thursday night, Nadia Archuleta over at Mile High Sticking released a list of three players that needed to improve, listing Mikhail Grigorenko, Francois Beauchemin, and Blake Comeau. Grigorenko recorded an assist with a plus-2 rating, Beauchemin was also a plus-2 rating, and Comeau was a plus-1 with two shots on Thursday. [Mile High Sticking]

6 Teams Hit Early With Goaltending Issues

Sportsnet explores six teams facing early goaltending issues in 2016-17. The most intriguing scenarios to watch will be Arizona and Los Angeles – and something tells me Winnipeg‘s Ondrej Pavelec could be a hot commodity. [Sportsnet]

Babcock Mishandling Leafs Defense?

Tim Chiasson over at Editor in Leaf believes that coach Mike Babcock is mishandling his defense early in the season. In their loss against Minnesota Thursday, Jake Gardiner recorded just 13:48 of ice-time, something that Tim points out as a troubling sign. He might be on to something. [Editor in Leaf]

Next: Week 2 NHL Power Rankings

NHL Daily Morning Rant

Now that we’re eight days into the new season, I’d like to take a moment to highlight certain veteran players off to hot starts. The reason I want to do this is because a solid 2016-17 campaign could put Las Vegas GM George McPhee on notice. Here are five players to keep an eye on:

1. G Jimmy Howard, Detroit Red Wings
2. F Matt Moulson, Buffalo Sabres
3. F Thomas Vanek, Detroit Red Wings
4. F Lee Stempniak, Carolina Hurricanes
5. F David Desharnais, Montreal Canadiens

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