In Red Wings Land

Sweden has lost another world junior player because of a positive COVID-19 test: Red Wings prospect William Wallinder is now ruled out for the tournament.

— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) December 7, 2020

Some teams have already run into either players testing positive or “not available to participate.” Team USA dropped G Drew Commesso, D Alex Vlasic and F Robert Mastrosimone from its camp roster, replacing with G Logan Stein and D Tyler Kleven and Hunter Skinner.

— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) December 7, 2020

Wallinder and Mastrosimone will be two Wings prospects you won’t get to see at the WJC if the event still goes off as planned.

In better news, Joe Hicketts will have something to do!

BREAKING: The @ECHL has approved the opportunity for the Walleye to begin the 2020-21 season in February.

Read more: https://t.co/RsaN0W3ZMY pic.twitter.com/XMmJOzaDYe

— Toledo Walleye (@ToledoWalleye) December 7, 2020

Around the NHL

Here's the bracket for our Greatest NHL Name of All-Time feature on ESPN+.

As mentioned: No nicknames, PG-13 (sorry, Clitsome fans) and we're looking for quintessential hockey-ness. 📖: https://t.co/ZBqOjzZh5O pic.twitter.com/fnJ9Q3HCPe

— Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) December 7, 2020

The article itself is behind ESPN’s paywall, but all the names are available in the pic (as long as you’re willing to click through and possibly zoom).  The biggest missing name I could come up with is Darius Kaspairaitis, but the Modern International Region has the strongest contenders for me.