It's the NHL Grab Bag, featuring way more Blue Jays than it probably should

Welcome to my weekly monthly very occasional NHL Grab Bag, a feature that, it may surprise you to learn, has tended to focus on the NHL.

In theory, I should continue that trend this week. But that would involve a level of dishonesty, because I’d be implying that hockey’s been the top sport on my mind lately. And as all my fellow good Canadians know, that’s just not the case.

No, we’re all about the Toronto Blue Jays up here, as they sit one win away from an unlikely World Series championship. With the World Series up for grabs in Toronto tonight, it's been hard to focus on much of anything else. But I'm going to try, which means this is my promise to you: This week's Grab Bag will feature some hockey, and I'll only bring it around the Blue Jays in like three or four sections.

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Grab Bag: Penguins/Lightning excuses

In a special Thursday edition of the Grab Bag:
- Penguins and Lightning excuses
- Breaking down a week of first-round outrage
- An obscure player who was at least consistent
- The week's three comedy stars
- And our old friend Alan Thicke helps us remember when the Lightning were just starting out...

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Grab bag: The curious case of Little Drake

In the Friday Grab Bag:
- Wait, holy crap, was that a 10-year-old Drake in last week's YouTube section?
- The Blackhawks are going to get out of Marian Hossa's contract, and that's fine
- An obscure player to make Oiler fans sad
- The week's three comedy stars
- And a YouTube clip that is -- and I do not say this lightly -- the weirdest moment in NHL Awards show history

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Grab Bag: The day the Senators and Lightning were born

In the Friday Grab Bag:
- Upon further review, the NHL's coach's challenge explanations are useless
- A tribute to legendary hockey fan Alan Thicke
- My suggestion for how the NHL could get in on the e-sports boom, and yes it's exactly what you think
- The week's three comedy stars
- And a classic YouTube clip in which the NHL announces their expansion plans and the TV guys try really hard not to laugh about it.

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