Pittsburgh Penguins fans troll Washington Capitals with an absolutley savage banner

COLOGNE, Germany — Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman has seen the reports and has a message for anyone who thinks his firing of assistant Mike Kitchen was a warning shot directed at coach Joel Quenneville. Speaking with the Sun-Times on Friday at the world hockey championships, Bowman dismissed that notion. ‘‘People think that’s the case, even though there’s no validity to it,’’ said Bowman, a member of the advisory group for the U.S. men’s national team. ‘‘I learned a long time ago that you can’t control what other people are going to think or say. We know what the truth is, and none of that is accurate. But that’s OK. That’s the way it goes.’’ Bowman said he hasn’t set a deadline to replace

Here’s what we know about Andreas Borgman, the Swedish Hockey League’s reigning rookie of the year:
— He’s leaving his SHL club, HV71, to sign with an NHL squad. HV71 announced it on the club website today.
— According to Swedish news outlet Sport

AROUND THE RINKS: Why hasn’t Bob Murray promoted top prospects Sam Steel, Max Jones and Troy Terry from the AHL to the struggling Ducks? He doesn’t want to expose them to a terrible dressing room. Murray is using this time as interim coach to assess his NHL players and plot out his makeover plans