Shaved Ice – July 5

It does not feel like a Thursday. The Fourth of July should never happen on a Wednesday.

Quick hits

As I’m sure you heard by now, the Wings are out of the Parise/Suter sweepstakes. Defenseman Matt Carle is no longer available, either; he signed a hefty new contract with the Lightning yesterday evening.

The question now: what are the Red Wings going to do? MiHockey writer Dave Waddell ponders the very subject.

Detroit could be involved in a trade for Columbus forward Rick Nash. That’s got one Ohio writer saying “anywhere but Detroit“.

Here’s a Red Wings TV interview with new goaltender Jonas Gustavsson.

The Kitchener Rangers aren’t too happy with the Michigan Daily report that said the team offered Wolverines commit Jacob Trouba $200,000 to come to the OHL.

Jaromir Jagr signed a one-year, $4.55 million deal with the Dallas Stars. And no, he hasn’t gotten any younger.

NHL.com takes a look at what the Suter/Parise signing could mean for the Wild in the future.

Here’s a list of NHL players still available, sorted by their previous team.

More puck talk tomorrow!