Day 2.5, running

Jeff Hamilton could be about to make the Blackhawks, say the Tribune and the Daily Herald. What jumped out at me in the Herald piece: Hamilton reportedly saying he was 7-for-10 in shootouts for the Sound Tigers in 2003-04. I wonder if one or both of them meant Hartford in '04-05. Hamilton never took a shootout attempt in a Bridgeport sweater: There wasn't one until '04-05, and last year, he was up for the first four and was hurt the night of the fifth, in Manchester, his final game in a Bridgeport sweater.

Update2, in reverse order: Former AHL stat service Pointstreak had Hamilton 6-for-11 in shootouts in 2004-05.

Update1: Mike Jarmuth is joining Chris Thompson in camp with Columbia (ECHL).