Daily Links For Sunday June 12th

A late Sunday morning edition of the daily links takes a look at the things going on around the league as the Stanley Cup Finals take the weekend off. 

Milbury's aim: Crass warfare - NYPOST.com
Larry Brooks takes aim at Mike Milbury and his Thelma and Louise comment about Henrik and Daniel Sedin.

Report: Heritage Classic won’t return next season, could return in 2012-2013 | ProHockeyTalk

According to a report from ESPN's Pierre LeBrun, the NHL may be staging just one outdoor game next season. 

Flyers know goalie's agent has leverage | Courier-Post | courierpostonline.com
Chuck Gormley takes a look at what its going to take for the Flyers to sign Ilya Bryzgalov before the July 1st deadline.

Apparently scoring the first goal is important | ProHockeyTalk
Even though home-ice advantage has been important, the team that scores first has been the most telling statistic throughout the entire playoffs.

New Curb, No Ban, On Hits to the Head - NYTimes.com
The N.H.L.'s general managers want full-contact hitting in the game, even though many jurisdictions have banned hits to the head.

NBC ratings rebound for Game 5, but down from 2010 - Puck Daddy - NHL Blog - Yahoo! Sports
After a cable drop in ratings for Games 3 and 4, the ratings for Game 5 have rebounded but not to last year's levels.

Parise says ‘nothing’ going on with Devils; arbitration next? - Puck Daddy - NHL Blog - Yahoo! Sports

Zach Parise has pretty much ruled that the Devils will elect for team arbitration when the deadline comes up next week.