Plenty to use

By Puckhound
Hockey Hounds Universe editor

It's easy to never get caught shorthanded, so to speak, anytime an NHL rookie comes to town. Using a puck from a player's NHL draft year and creating a card are two simple autograph platforms that hockey hounds can use.

Both worked just fine yesterday when Atlanta's Alexander Burmistrov, taken eighth overall at the 2020 draft, signed before heading to the St. Pete Times Forum with teammate Nik Antropov before the Thrashers' games against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Over the years, too, I've come to appreciate the neat Cyrillic signatures of most Russian-born players. Aside from Washington's Alex Ovechkin, most take their time and lay down a pretty sweet sig.