A lovely lot of links from around the Island and beyond on a Friday afternoon. Habs fans lament, checking Penguins-St. Louis rumors, tomorrow's Hockey Night on Long Island, Hockey Across America, and more:
- Habs fans are lovers scorned. (Habs Inside/Out)
- Pensburgh evaluates the Pittsburgh-St. Louis (the man, not the team) rumors.
- Special post-game version of HNLI after the Flyers game Saturday. Mike/Islesblogger -- who now possesses Lighthouse Hockey letterhead! -- will co-host this episode.
- The Palm Isle: relieved the Tank for Tavares countdown is back on.
- Dragoneye of Yes! Islanders got a sit-down with Town of Hempstead officials. Good info. Meanwhile, Nick says do a "white out" on ToH Night Feb. 21.
- BMR is retroactively applying Twitter to great moments in NHL history. First up? The night Volek aborted the Penguins dynasty.
- It's Hockey Across America Weekend, and 7th Woman still loves Jason Blake. Battered Leafs fans now know him as their leading scorer.
- Mentioned this in the last game thread, but Islanders Outsider sets goals ("enter Calder discussion") for Okposo the rest of the season. Speaking of which, Ken is keeping Outsider going while also filling in at HockeyBuzz during B.D. Gallof's hiatus. Congrats to Ken! He's always a good read.
- I got a kick out of this: Not Your Average Ice Girl was taken aback by the legends of Butch Goring's, uh, travel habits. This week's Islanders of Yesteryear FanPost has more Goring links, sartorial and otherwise.
- Hockeycaster pulls up some footage of when the Winnipeg Jets visited Finland. I feel like I should remember this, but ... "I had other priorities" at the time.
- View from Section 317 scored sweet seats and refreshments when the Isles visited The Rock.