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ST. LOUIS — For openers, it was too close for comfort. Columbus limped into town 0-2-0, minus the injured Patrik Laine, and having played at home (and lost) on Friday night.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — After their season-opening loss Tuesday, the Lightning gave the Rangers credit, but knew they were far from their best.

DETROIT — This NHL offseason promised to be wild and woolly and, so far, hasn't disappointed.

Everyone expected Johnny Gaudreau to sign close to home. But in the end, the money won out.

The Columbus Blue Jackets made the biggest splash in NHL free agency, stunning the league by landing Johnny Gaudreau with a seven-year contract for $68.25 million

PHILADELPHIA — Johnny Hockey’s not coming home.

The forward reportedly took less money to head east.

Naive predictions for all 32 picks to be made during the first round Thursday, plus the Blackhawks’ top pick of 38th overall.

PHILADELPHIA — John Tortorella sat with his back to a piano, bushes waving in the wind outside large windows on a sunny day on his farm in Westchester County, N.Y. His salt-and-pepper goatee trimmed, his long hair perfect, his glasses an eloquent accessory to his presentation, he might have been…