While the NHL saga burns on...

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A couple of switches today for Bridgeport, one necessitated by illness: Casey Cizikas, under the weather, had the morning off to see a doctor. Jason Clark filled his spot with Nino Niederreiter and Colin McDonald. One other change: Mike Halmo and Brett Gallant swapped places from this weekend's lines.

Yesterday's ECHL transactions had Kael Mouillierat signing with Idaho. Yannick Riendeau, briefly on Bridgeport's roster after the Cantin/Mottau/Rolston trade, signed with Stockton of the ECHL (h/t Jason Guarente).

New Canaan's Max Pacioretty is coming back from Switzerland. Mark Katic got a four-game suspension over in Germany (more, albeit translated).

As seen on yesterday's Chat: I haven't had the time to sit down and really evaluate all this, but it's fun to ponder idly: did the Dark Ages really exist? This paper says no; the count just skipped about 300 years. (h/t Eric Barker, who's so worth the follow.) There is a book about that period in Europe -- which, I guess, presumes the Dark Ages did actually exist -- that I've been dying to read but haven't had a chance to get through. Taken it out of the library about four times in the past two years. Someday.

And RIP, Bo Field and Chris Serino.