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And so we come to the final game day before the Olympic break, and Travis Hamonic is off of IR and set to play tonight against the Avalanche.
Morning reading, relevant to the Isles:
- The Islanders made no trades yesterday, so this is their roster until late February at least. The coach was asked about the power play and Brock Nelson at yesterday's practice [Newsday]
- Bridgeport hits its 1000th game: On the way to 1,000: Sound Tigers' milestones - Connecticut Post
- Remembering the first edition: Sound Tigers to play 1,000th game, but team's first version unforgettable - Connecticut Post
- Pierre-Marc Bouchard stopped by the Bridgeport locker room to say goodbye to teammates and staff, who will clearly miss him. {Soundin' Off]
- Lottery talk! Islanders must consider passing on top-5 draft pick - Sportsnet.ca
- No, Lubo: Islanders won't let Lubomir Visnovsky play in Sochi - Newsday
- On Eamon McAdam, whose numbers are awful on a bad Penn State team: Evaluating the Penn State ice hockey goaltenders: Eamon McAdam | PennLive.com
- Standard agent fare: The Fourth Period :: New York Islanders :: MacDonald wants to stay, but could go
- On Duchene's goal drought, which will no doubt end tonight. [Mile High Hockey]
- On the Kings' trade chips [Jewels]
Elsewhere
- The Royal Half announces the successor to NHL Network: HEN: Hockey Entertainment Network
- Taking it to the Star: Department of Hoakey Analytics: USA Goalies - Pension Plan Puppets
- A Visit From the Goon Squad "Grantland
- Not hockey, but great and with some Howie Rose: Kiner was so much more than a slugger and storyteller | New York Post
- Did you catch Olympic hockey last night? Winter Olympics 2014 Preview: Women's hockey tournament - Eyes On The Prize || 2014 Sochi Olympics Ice Hockey Preview: Norway, Latvia, Austria, & Switzerland - Winging It In Motown
- Lots of awkward: Sochi Games put Hayley Wickenheiser in the spotlight for likely the final time as an Olympian - Yahoo Sports Canada
- And fun: Cam Fowler celebrates Olympic appearance by creating ‘Cam America,’ superhero (Video) | Puck Daddy
- Then there's this: Why isn't Canada more dominant in hockey? - Sportsnet.ca
- Ed Snider is not a fan: Ed Snider has some hot takes about the Olympics - Broad Street Hockey
- Still haunts. As Olympics open, Slovakia remembers Demitra - Sportsnet.ca
- The very commercial and not-quite-academic nature of that annual Sloan Sports Analytics Conference.
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