Islanders Bits: It's Prospect Mini-Camp Time

Fitness testing was yesterday, but today the fun begins for the Islanders developmental mini-camp. (Fitness tests, by the way, aren't simply to pump {clap} youuu up, but also to establish base lines and compare returnees' progress since last year.)

The Islanders are putting up a fair amount of in-house coverage on the official site (some of which is included in the links below), and you can look for their blog posts here.

Some links and the mini-camp roster below:

Islanders Links

• I'm thinking of a watercolor theme: Kevin Poulin is asking for help with paint job ideas for his mask [Twitter]
• With special Blake Comeau mention(?): Power Forwards - On The Rise Or A Statistical Blip? - The Copper & Blue. Also discussed in LHH FanShot here.
• Isles top picks took two very distinct paths - New York Islanders. No doubt.
  
• Strome's chance to shine at Isles camp [Newsday] Putting on the weight, apparently.
  
• Kirill Kabanov is dialed in. [Islanders]
• Matt Martin and Rhett Rakhshani, mini-camp veterans. [Islanders]
  
• Stephen Alonge is one of the locals who gets to skate in mini-camp this week.
• Roster for the week: New York Islanders Blue vs White Roster and Bios
• Two months remain for Snow to make his big move [Point Blank]
• And a round-up of various Point Blank links on prospects at camp this week.
• Areener: County Officials Take Informational Tour to Long Beach - Long Beach, NY Patch and Nassau Chamber of Commerce supports the arena plan. More on that at the .gov site. | and this: Let There Be Light(house): Referendum Language is Set - Including A Good Step
• And How To Argue with an Arena Skeptic, Part 2 -- the $17 Shuttered Coli Tax
• Hockey Greats Fantasy Camp - Hosted by Bob Bourne

Hockey Links

• Off Season Moves, movements, signings etc | CBC
• Heh: Souray on Edmonton: "It guess it’s just not a place that’s attractive to go…" | Edmonton Journal
• A but: With Tim Connolly, there's always a but... | Toronto Sun
• Oooh, look at the Winnipeg fans with their new toy get all uppity about other markets. (But seriously...think the Panthers make it out of the bottom five of the East?)

Mini-Camp Roster

Sorry this is truncated, but the full roster stats can be found here.