The NHL is officially back, with playoff action happening every day which you can follow with our daily RTP threads. Those will discuss the series, but you know the drill for Links, News and Notes, where we have you covered with the everything happening in the NHL over the past weekend.
- After their watered down attempts at Black Lives Matter activism backfired in their first few events, the NHL provided a platform for Minnesota defenceman Matt Dumba before the Edmonton-Chicago matchup. A member of the newly-formed Hockey Diversity Alliance, Dumba delivered a powerful and direct speech which you can find below, followed by kneeling for the American national anthem.