Islanders news
- In the most notable news of the day, developer Bruce Ratner announced yesterday that the next Nassau arena will be using a different food service company. [New$day]
- Oh. Wait. One more thing: Two rich guys - Jon Ledecky and Scott Malkin - have agreed in principle to buy the Islanders from Charles Wang. Yes, for real. Dom had every single angle covered in this storystream, including quotes from Bobby Nystrom and a summary of just who the new guys are. [More coverage from New$day | NY Post | Point Blank]
- Mark Hermann on The Big Picture of what the sale means for fans, Wang and the future. [New$day]
- Still not excited for the season to start? Listen to Howie Rose to get your blood flowing.
- In other Islanders news, John Tavares and Kyle Okposo are in full beast mode this off season, according to their trainer.
- Joshua Ho-Sang remains a topic of conversation for his mouth [Bourne at The Score | The Hockey News] and for his redonkulous skillz at the BioSteel Camp, which I think is where SkyNet built the T-800s. [Next Impulse Sports]
- The Dump n' Chase podcast had a special guest in NHL Network guy and alleged Islanders fan EJ Hradek.
Around the rink
- The long, grotesque, life-changing/sport altering Todd Bertuzzi/Steve Moore saga finally comes to a conclusion with a court settlement, 10 years after the trial first started. [SB Nation]
- The Leafs continue to defy their reputation and go all-in on analytics. The latest scuttlebutt: Toronto has added Extra Skater founder Darryl Metcalf and blogger Cam Charron to their stable. [Puck Daddy | James Mirtle at the Globe n' Mail]
- The hirings did not sit well with the Sun's Steve Simmons, who went plum loco, ranting about weasels and testicles. He's perilously close to living homeless outside of the Toronto Public Library muttering "Cantstandya..." [The Hot Takery]
- Michael Willhoft at Islanders Insight says the War on Advanced Stats is a lost cause. Simmons might want to realize that.
- So what happens to Extra Skater? Russian Machine wants to built a new one.
- Bastion of hard work and virtue Alexei Kovalev thinks P.K. Subban doesn't deserve all the money he's making. OK, Alex. [Eyes on the Prize]
- The Senators have had some wild game opening ceremonies, man. [On the Forecheck]
- "Hey, we should sell hockey to the Japanese. They'll love it. Let's just send our two extremely shitty expansion teams over there for a couple of games. They won't know they're shitty." [Japers Rink]
- When Ice Bucket Challenges Go Wrong: The Darkside of Charity [Deadspin] (Sorry. Embedded video was deleted, but can still be seen at the link).