Daily Cupcakes:

Colorado Avalanche

Avs-Flames Grades – Sloppy hockey is losing hockey. [BSN Denver]

Semyon Varlamov misses third consecutive game because of illness. [Denver Post]

The Rest of the Game

Matt Duchene’s 1st goal with Sens not enough in dreary loss to Isles. [CBC]

How an abrasive owner almost kept Toronto out of the NHL 100 years ago. [National Post]

Ducks pull ‘insensitive’ video featuring naked Ryan Kesler. [USA Today]

99 reasons to be thankful for hockey this season. [The Star]

Alexander Ovechkin scores hat trick for 13-year-old cancer survivor. [KCRA]

Facts and Figures: Golden Knights continue setting records. [NHL]

‘It’s the best game in the world’: readers on 100 years of the NHL. [The Guardian]