He does extra work before and after Islanders practices. He credits the coaches for showing video of his room for improvement. He is in much better position to grow now than he was last year, when he played for four teams in four months.
"I'm much more settled, much more calm. I feel a lot better about where I am and my situation here."
Kyle Okposo, in a Newsday column discussing his growth and Olympic prospects.
I watched the replay of last night's game with some neutral friends. Their consensus: "Hey, that Okposo has something." So there's that.
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| Josh Bailey | 12 | LW | 10/2/1989 | 190 | 6-1 |
| Rick DiPietro | 39 | G | 9/19/1981 | 190 | 6-1 |
| Mark Eaton | 4 | D | 5/6/1977 | 215 | 6-1 |
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| Travis Hamonic | 3 | D | 8/16/1990 | 203 | 6-2 |
| Milan Jurcina | 27 | D | 6/7/1983 | 253 | 6-4 |
| Andrew MacDonald | 47 | D | 9/7/1986 | 196 | 6-1 |
| Matt Martin | 17 | LW | 3/8/1989 | 210 | 6-3 |
| Al Montoya | 35 | G | 2/13/1985 | 203 | 6-2 |
| Mike Mottau | 10 | D | 3/19/1978 | 190 | 6-0 |
| Matt Moulson | 26 | LW | 11/1/1983 | 205 | 6-1 |
| Evgeni Nabokov | 20 | G | 7/25/1975 | 200 | 6-0 |
| Aaron Ness | 55 | D | 5/18/1990 | 170 | 5-10 |
| Nino Niederreiter | 25 | RW | 9/8/1992 | 205 | 6-2 |
| Frans Nielsen | 51 | C | 4/24/1984 | 184 | 6-0 |
| Kyle Okposo | 21 | RW | 4/16/1988 | 205 | 6-0 |
| Jay Pandolfo | 29 | LW | 12/27/1974 | 190 | 6-1 |
| P.A. Parenteau | 15 | LW | 3/24/1983 | 193 | 6-0 |
| Rhett Rakhshani | 49 | RW | 3/6/1988 | 190 | 5-10 |
| Marty Reasoner | 16 | C | 2/26/1977 | 205 | 6-1 |
| Dylan Reese | 42 | D | 8/29/1984 | 201 | 6-1 |
| Brian Rolston | 11 | LW | 2/21/1973 | 215 | 6-2 |
| Steve Staios | 24 | D | 7/28/1973 | 200 | 6-1 |
| Mark Streit | 2 | D | 12/11/1977 | 197 | 6-0 |
| John Tavares | 91 | C | 9/20/1990 | 202 | 6-0 |
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