I lost a lengthy (and 80 percent completed) blog this morning to a computer freeze-up, so I will have to rewrite it from scratch. This will serve as a placeholder in the interim. The blog should be finished around 11 AM and will cover:

* The Phantoms’ 5-3 exhibition opener loss to Albany yesterday
* An update on Claude Giroux
* An update on Nicklas Grossmann
* Matt Read’s arrival in Sweden

Read the rest here: Bill Meltzer