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Devils in the Details - 4/27/18: Outstanding Edition

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For what it’s worth: Ray Shero apparently has permission from the ownership group to spend to the cap. [The Record]

Taylor Hall has been named a finalist for the Ted Lindsay Award, which is given “to the most outstanding player” in the league as voted on by the players.

A couple injury updates here. Neither would seem to be serious, but something to note:

Jack Adams finalists for this season: Jared Bednar of the Colorado Avalanche, Bruce Cassidy of the Boston Bruins and (the likely winner) Gerard Gallant of the Vegas Golden Knights. Seeing as this award is usually the “We thought your team would be bad, but it wasn’t. Good job on that.” Award, it’s a little surprising not to see John Hynes get a mention here.

In his “31 Thoughts” column, Elliotte Friedman mentions the rumors you might have heard recently about the Devils signing Russian defenseman Egor Yakovlev. It sounds like the Devils are expected to ink Yakovlev. [Sportsnet]

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The league is, for some reason, tweaking how the Draft Lottery results (remember when the Devils won the whole dang thing last year?) will be announced, and it is predictably annoying. Here’s how it will work: Picks 4-15 will be announced during the “2018 NHL Draft Lottery Show” Saturday on NBC. The top three selections will be revealed later (imagine the suspense!) during the second intermission of Sharks-Golden Knights Game 2. [NHL]

The league reportedly gave the Bruins a call and asked them to tell Brad Marchand to stop licking people after Marchand did just that to Leo Komarov in the first round. [ESPN]

Will Lou be back with the Maple Leafs next season? His three-year contract with Toronto ends this offseason. Might the Islanders be a fit for the legend? [Newsday]

Feel free to discuss these and any other hockey-related stories in the comments below.