With the Olympics in Vancouver this year, the Canadians open Olympic orientation camp this week.  That leads off the links with some other NHL notes mixed in. 

Hockey Blog In Canada: Vancouver's Hockey Numbers - A look at some Olympic hockey facts and figures.

No shortage of storylines for Olympic orientation camp -  It's Canada. It's hockey. It's the Olympics. Combine these three things and there will be no shortage of storylines to follow as the Canadian men's team prepares to open its orientation camp this week in Calgary.

The Columbus Dispatch : Blue Jackets: GM's wife wrote the book on life in Columbus -  A good look at what the wives of hockey players have to endure and how some teams help out that process.

Quantifying Heatley's discontent - From The Rink - Heatley spoke. We listened. And in reading into what he's given us to go on, it seems there are some hurt feelings over two minutes in ice time under new coach Cory Clouston.

Et Tu Canada? Dany Heatley Exposed in His Own Country - Bird Watchers Anonymous - Now Canada turns on Healtey as he flees yet another team.

The NHL's salary cap deadline - From The Rink - The best rule of thumb to use when it comes to the cap in the off-season is that (a) you can exceed it by up to 10 per cent and (b) you can do so right up until the end of training camps