Separated AT BIRTH

TYLER BOZAK Toronto center was subject of trade rumors, will be a free agent in the summer. Often featured on TSN. DARREN DREGER Toronto reporter tweets trade rumors plus free agent signings in the summer. Works for TSN. Submitted by: Angelo DeThomasis Email your suggestions to sab@thehockeynews.com…

THE LAWSUIT

ON MAY 13, 2011, Derek Boogaard was found dead in his Minneapolis apartment at the age of 28. The Hennepin County (Minn.) Medical Examiner’s office listed the cause of death as a mixture of alcohol and oxycodone toxicity. Almost two years to the day later, Derek Boogaard’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit in the Circuit County Court of Cook County, Ill., naming the NHL, the NHL’s board of governors and NHL commissioner Gary Bettman as defendants. The eight-count lawsuit essentially claims the NHL breached its duty to Boogaard on two fronts – that it did not adequately protect him from the brain trauma he sustained as an enforcer in the NHL and in its management of Boogaard’s addiction to prescription medications. The NHL will have 30 days to file its defense…

The Instigator

ALL THE GOODS, INSIDE THE MAG

We love to share here at The Hockey News. So as a bonus to the readers of our regular issues, we are now including a special section of content from our Fully Loaded imprint, a magazine previously purchased separately on newsstands. If you haven’t seen Fully Loaded before, it’s where we get the chance to break out a little bit, looking at the hockey world from a more rounded perspective. As important as the on-ice game is, there’s also a lifestyle and culture that surrounds the sport, whether that involves the celebrities who follow the game or the interests and fashion choices of the players usually confined to jerseys and podium cliches. Fully Loaded is the place for fun – “the gear, the goods, the life,” as we like to say. And…