Duck Tales: The '2016 Second Half' Edition

DUCKS NEWS

• Practice Report: Ducks in right frame of mind as second half of the season begins. [Ducks]
• Corey Perry remains Ducks' only reliable scorer. [OC Register]
• This is definitely going to start some heavy speculation among the Ducks faithful...30 Thoughts: Ducks a logical fit for Lightning's Drouin. [Sportsnet]
• Ducks' Sami Vatanen eyeing a new career high. [CBS Sports]
• Former-Duck Ryan Whitney writes about his personal experience of playing in Russia's KHL. [The Player's Tribune]
• "From one great 8 to another"...Teemu Selanne welcomes Ovechkin to the 500 club. [BarDown]

AROUND THE NHL

• Could Ovechkin one day break Gretzky's goal record? [Sportsnet]
• Police arrest Galchenyuk's girl friend for domestic abuse. [Sportsnet]
• LA Kings playing 'dangerous game' with Anze Kopitar. [Puck Daddy]
• Interesting deadline discussions coming. [ESPN]
• 'Soul on Ice' film tells story of black players in hockey. [NHL]
• Babcock has justified the hype in Leafs' first half. [TSN]
• Denna Laing says, "Hello, I'm back." [Puck Daddy]
• Calgary mayor should be applauded for staring down Gary Bettman. [The Hockey News]
• $1.4 billion for the Powerball jackpot. So if you're Ovechkin, why not get in on it? [CBC Sports]
• If you won the Powerball, which NHL team would you buy? [ESPN]
• Little hockey player kids are freaking adorable...but little hockey goaltenders are just too precious. Especially ones that know how to jiggy with it. [BarDown]