Wrapping Up The Strands in Duder's Head

Some news and notes coming out of the weekend.-There's been an interview on the Blackhawks main page with Bryan Bickell. Now, keep in mind that this could have taken place whenever and they just pull it out when the news slows down in August. But some fans have taken as peculiar that Bickell said he'd been working out but hadn't hit the ice yet. This could be because he's still getting back from his wrist surgery he had in April. The original diagnosis for this was 6-8 weeks, and it's been 14. But it's probably not that either. However, Jonathan Toews also admitted he hadn't done anything on the ice at The Convention. This isn't abnormal. August is generally when players get back to skating again and doing hockey things. This gives them six weeks before training camps begin, and combined with that it's over two months of prep before the season starts. That's plenty. They're all entitled to some beach time, and when they haven't been do...