Islanders Gameday News: Brooklyn marketing plan, prospects in AHL and Frozen Four

The Islanders return to action tonight for what promises to be a truly memorable, epic battle for 15th place in the conference. Some reads before we get there:

• The Islanders' Brooklyn overlords will use Gameplan Creative to help leverage and brand the transition to Brooklyn. [Sports Business Journal]
  
• Taylor Cammarata and Jake Bischoff are in the Frozen Four with Minnesota. [Isles]
• Bunches of prospect assignments at the AHL and ECHL, including Viktor Crus Rydberg and Kyle Burroughs. [LHH]
• An official site update on the prospects. [Isles]
  
• Wyshynski and Marek talk to Botta about Islanders stuff. [Sportsnet podcast]
• ... and also the same old story, different month: Should the Isles call themselves Brooklyn? [Puck Daddy]
  
• Who is the Islanders' locker room DJ? [Isles video]
  
• Dave Scatchard: Making a difference on and off the ice. [Greatest Hockey Legends]
  
• Draft-gazing FanPosts: Points per game comparisons between Sam Bennett and Michael Dal Colle (OHL), and LLeon Draisatl and Sam Reinhart (WHL).
• FIG Picks: Leave tonight's First Islanders Goal picks over here.

Elsewhere

• Do defensive defensemen exist? [Hockey Visualized]
• The best and worst defensemen by possession, and by deployment. [Habs Eyes on the Prize]
• Coveted UMass-Lowell defenseman Christian Folin is now a #currentwild.
• Why is Randy Carlyle, Proven Cup Winner, turning into Randy Carlyle, failed Leafs coach? [Globe and Mail]
• Ron Wilson doesn't know, but he recognizes the stare. [ESPN]
• This could be a hint though. [mc79hockey]
• Adrian Dater rants about people who rant about shootouts. [Denver Post]
  
• Do David Poile and Barry Trotz deserve a 16th season in Nashville? [On the Forecheck]
  
• Ted Nolan loses ... the interim tag. Three-year extension finally signed. [NHL]
• On anonymity and media/blogger criticism. [Toronto Sports Media]
  
• When Blake Wheeler cheats, he really cheats! (Aside: That let the Jets go up 4-0. They lost, 5-4.)
• Marty Brodeur got yanked again last night, but it's okay because he's the best in the world. [Post]
• He Who Shall Not Be Named, Brooks Orpik, and the idiocy of retribution. [Puck Daddy]
• Paul Bissonnette on Milbury. [Kuklas]
  
• Cool: Brothers faced off in the NCAA regional of Minnesota vs. St. Cloud. [THN]

Here's Matt Moulson scoring a big goal last night after Jarret Stoll tried to sit on him in the corner. Those are the most satisfying kinds of goals: