Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. • Workers today began removing the "Home of the Fighting Sioux" sign at Ralph Engelstad Arena at the University of North Dakota today. It will be replaced with "Home of North Dakota Hockey". [ Jamestown Sun ] • Patrick Kane heads to Switzerland to play with EHC Biel and Tyler Seguin. Those post-game parties will never be the same. [ EHC Biel ] • So where do we stand on the CBA talks? "League sources say Bettman won't be allowed to offer up any more concessions to try to get a deal and, in fact, he has gone further than some owners expected he would." Ugh. [ Ottawa Sun ] • What are some good and bad signs in the CBA talk? Down Goes Brown helps you out: " Good sign: The players have been attempting to build goodwill by inviting the owners to spend leisure time with them individually.  Bad sign: So far, the owners have declined the repeated invitations to go for a nice walk in the woods with David Booth."  [ DGB ] • Michael Grabner of the New York Islanders has written a blog to fans explaining how he sees this current lockout situation. [ MGrabs40 ] • A number of players, including Sidney Crosby, who haven't left for Europe have congregated this week to workout in Dallas. [ Heika ] • Here's a Maple Leafs Gardens dressing room toilet up for auction. Poop where Wendel did! [ Frozen Pond ] • Don Cherry took a break railing against Europeans and players who wear visors to set his scope on ... baseball announcer Tim McCarver? [ Awful Announcing ]

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