Chirps from Center Ice

No real updates big enough to fill out a regular blog post, so here are a bunch of one line topics in bullet format:

• Andrew Hutchinson may be off to Barys Astana of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) which is Russia’s highest level of professional hockey. This link in Russian has the story. I’m not going to play fun with Babelfish on this one because it is not official. Those cavalier enough who want to, can.
• Jonathan Bombulie caught up with John Curry on his decision to play in the DEL next season.
• The Columbus Blue Jackets have a new assistant coach who is a familiar face around the Wilkes-Barre area.
• The Syracuse / Anaheim affiliation doesn’t look to be going anyplace according to this tweet from Lindsay Kramer, the Crunch’s beat writer for The Post-Standard in Syracuse.
• Meanwhile, the Norfolk Admirals want the Tampa Bay Lightning to stay around as the parent team. The Admirals are offering to cover some travel costs per this tweet from Mike Corcoran, who is the TBL insider for ESPN 1040 AM in Tampa, Florida.

We will see on the affiliation news. This time of year it’s still a moving target.

Finally, I was given word today that the Penguins do not credential bloggers. Therefore, I shall continue to strive to continue doing my best in bringing you Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins hockey news and views from the fan perspective.