Oilers forward competition; Laine isn’t going anywhere; Benning extension sends clear message to Canucks; Leafs maximizing injured reserve; Flames arena designer’s; Tkachuk, Virtanen and more in this week’s Nation Roundup brought to you by Sumo Jerky.

In the Roundup, we go around the Nation Network and give you some of the best articles of the last couple weeks. Every once in a while it’s good to know what other teams are doing, or maybe you find an interesting article you wouldn’t have found otherwise.

Jake Gardiner might be waiting for Leafs to sign somewhere (Ryan Fancey)

Marner reportedly in talks with Zurich (Ryan Fancey)

Why Pronman ranked the Leafs prospects 21st (Rachel Doerrie)

How to maximize long term injured reserve (Adrian Pooley)

Benning extension sends clear message throughout organization (Thomas Williams)

Are the Canucks tough enough to survive the Pacific Division? (Stephan Roget)

The Canucks need 3 scoring lines (Chris Faber)

Can Virtanen learn from Ferland? (Thomas Williams)

RELAX: Laine isn’t going anywhere (KB)

Laine and Wheeler on NHL’s Top 20 Winger’s list (Art Middleton)

Wings announce several promotions and hires (John Beiser)

Setting expectations for Oliwer Kaski (Josh Tessler)

Tkachuk’s agent: It’s not a waiting game (Ryan Pike)

Know your arena designer’s (Ryan Pike)

Interesting milestone’s for the 19-20 season (Ryan Pike)

Can the Oilers PP be better next season? (Tyler Yaremchuk)

10 tid-bits: Mid August edition (Dustin Nielson)

Plenty of competition for Oilers forwards (Cam Lewis)

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