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• 12 members of the Chicago Blackhawks are in Sweden right now, participating in a mini-camp as guests of Södertälje Sportklubb, which I can only assume, based on the jerseys they've been given, is a team owned by Riverdale teenager Forsythe P. Jones. [ Third Man In ] • "Labour update", a short play: Gary Bettman and Donald Fehr enter. Bettman: So Donald, are the players going to take a drastic revenue reduction yet?" Fehr: "No they are not, Gary." Exeunt Bettman. [ TSN ] • Jesse Spector's plan for solving the labour issues and bringing hockey back on time. [ Sporting News ] • If there is a lockout, who goes where? [ The Hockey News ] • Georges Laraque has reportedly been named the head of the CHLPA. All right then. [ National Post ] • "Phoenix Coyotes President and COO Mike Nealy announced today that single game tickets for the team's two home preseason games and the first 18 games of the 2012-13 NHL regular season go on sale to the general public today at 10:00 a.m." All right then. [ Coyotes ] • Kevin Westgarth's wife Megan, the daughter of Super Bowl winning coach Bill Cowher, on how football's ultimate prize differs from hockey's: "The funny thing about the Super Bowl is there's a huge build up to it and once it's done, it's done. She said that her dad spent about 12 hours signing memorabilia for the Hall of Fame and for different stuff and after that it was done, whereas the Stanley Cup, it goes on. It parades around the world. It is a unique experience. And this small town Canada thing, you don't get that anywhere else." [ Windsor Star ] • Sean Couturier would like to stay good next year. [ USA Today ]