Willie O'Ree is being inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame 60 years after breaking the NHL color barrier.

By excluding the vast majority of retired NHL players, the settlement will fail to serve as the last word on NHL concussion litigation. At the same time, the NHL concussion settlement offers a number of benefits for both retired players and the league itself.

For the teammates of Evgenii Dadonov, whose stop-and-start NHL career has hit its stride, the Panthers wing's nickname is only weird some of the time.

On top of being Colorado's ice-time leader, defenseman Erik Johnson spends much of his time owning and breeding race horses.