Quick Hits: The Svechnikov edition

The Big Story

Vegas NHL franchise hires General Fanager creator - By Frank Seravelli: TSN

Tom Poraszka, the creator of General Fanager, was hired as hockey operations analyst by the Las Vegas Name-to-be-decided-laters.

One of his qualifications is that he “owns an encyclopedic knowledge of the NHL/NHLPA’s Collective Bargaining Agreement.”

Perhaps our own JJ should dust off the old resume.

In Detroit News

PROSPECT NEED TO KNOW: EVGENY SVECHNIKOV GROWING IN GRAND RAPIDS - By Ryan Kennedy: The Hockey News

Svechnikov gets the highlighted section in this look at NHL prospects.