Islanders News: Bailey's break, Z's knee, Subban's a Smooth Criminal and the Defensive Datsyuk

Islanders news

• Recaps: LHH | New$day | NY Daily News | NHL.com | Islanders | Cup of Chowder's gif recap
  
• A win is good, but losing Josh Bailey to a broken hand...not so much. [LHH| New$day]
  
• Eric Hornick's Skinny from the game. [NYISkinny]
• Audio: Johnny Boychuk gives a quick but refreshingly honest post-game interview to Bruins Radio.
• The Bruins media really misses Boychuk around the Boston locker room. Good thing they all got these tattoos to remember him by. [Zeitgeist]
• Actor, director and commercial voice-over guy Kevin Connolly talks about his deep Islanders fandom. Shoutouts are given to Lighthouse Hockey ("terrific") and occasional LHH poster vinny.piccolo (@rosetintedvisor on Twitter) [NY Post]
• Brock Nelson emerges on the pages of USA Today.
• This article was about the changes made before last night's game. But more importantly, it's a look into how Jack Capuano views his fourth line. [Point Blank]
• Video: News 12 Long Island sits down with John Tavares.
• More Video: Episode 2 of New$day's Last Season at Nassau Coliseum focuses on the team's first six games.
• And a pair if Sound Tigers videos: a preview of their weekend games | Who is The Defensive Datsyuk?
• A scouting report on Toews the Younger (and unrelated). [SB Nation Hockey]
• The Wall Street Journal weighs in on the Ledecky/Malkin introduction. As does WPTZ, whatever that is.
• Bruce Ratner might put his stake in Barclays Center up for sale next week. [Pollstar]

Elsewhere

• The Islanders-Bruins game had another significant casualty: Zdeno Chara will miss 4-6 weeks with a knee injury after running into John Tavares, who apparently has Adamantium-coated bones. [SB Nation]
• Elliotte Friedman's 30 Thoughts. [Sportsnet]
• The transition from coach to broadcaster isn't as easy as it looks. [TSN.ca]
  
• This week's Connor McDavid Power Rankings. Here come the Jets (Winnipeg, not New York). [SB Nation]
• Mark Giordano is going to keep the Flames from getting the first overall pick because he's just too damn awesome. [TSN.ca]
  
• Which teams have the most expensive tickets? Puck Daddy finds out.
• Toronto's Cody Franson is Patient Zero for the war between advanced stats and eye tests. [SI.com]
• Pittsburgh hates Sean Couturier. Gee. I wonder why. [Broad Street Hockey]
• For Leafs fans, the Tom Kurvers trade is like the Kirk Muller trade only 100 times worse. [Down Goes Brown at Grantland]
• Goalie Noora Raty makes history by playing in the Finnish second division. [The Hockey News]
  
• Like those new Penguins third jerseys? Yeah, me too. But this one, that never made it out of the design stage, would have been something else. [Puck Daddy]
• Arenas and politics don't mix in the world of junior hockey, either. [Yahoo.ca]
  
• P.K. Subban wins Halloween. [Eyes on the Prize]