Islanders News: Tavares on everything, Strait on health, Grabovski on Grabovski

The New York Islanders return from Brooklyn as victors, having been viewed as liberators. Surely.

It was a return engagement to try out the future digs, and though the ice was crappy, the fan experience sounded great.

• About last night: boxscore | LHH recap with quotes, shootout highlights | Isles recap | ILWT
• Grabovski is shy, so it's nice when Kulemin is around to help open his friend up. [Newsday]
• Staple talks about the roster squeeze and speculates who might be behind. [Newsday]
• Hi, I'm Chad Johnson, and I won last night. [Isles TV interview]
• Brian Strait is tired of hearing about his injuries, and well aware of competition in camp. [IPB]
• Here is a quickie video with fan sounds and sights before last night's game. [Isles TV]
• Catch Calvin de Haan on NHL Live the other day? Here's the segment. [Isles]
• Extensive Islanders season preview, and that's only the half of it. [Islanders Insight]
• And here is John Tavares with nhl.com's Kathryn Tappen:

How was Barclays Center This Time?

Go to the game? How'd you like it? And for those who went last year, notice any major changes/improvements since last September?

Here was Dan, briefly, after the game:

Observations from Barclays, while I wait for the bus. 1. It's a breeze to get to and from via mass transit. Unlike Nassau's harrowing trek.

— Dan Saraceni (@cultureoflosing) September 27, 2014

2. The layout is odd for hockey and I. Do. Not. Give. One. Shit. It's a very clean, modern building made for modern specators.

— Dan Saraceni (@cultureoflosing) September 27, 2014

3. Shoutout to the 2 mooks seated behind @ICanC4Isles & me. Chad Johnson has been an Islander for 5 minutes & they already hate his guts.

— Dan Saraceni (@cultureoflosing) September 27, 2014

What about the rest of you?

Beyond Brooklyn

• P.A. Parenteau and Patrick Roy disagree with how things would have continued in Colorado. But that's okay, because Parenteau is among cool linemates now. [ESPN]
• Do you know how much it sucks to have everyone talking about how you'll be traded all summer long? Johnny Oduya and Nick Leddy do. [PHT]
  
• NBC's new NHL promos are "Loving You" style. [SB Nation]
• The Beanpot in Belfast? Cahm ahn. [SBN College Hockey]
• Oh look, politics and sports and mingling in Quebec's expansion quest. [Canada]
• Already with the Sabres McDavid jerseys? [Puck Daddy]
  
• More on players' offseason training and the trainers who profit. [ESPN]
• Ryan Kesler on being in Anaheim. [Yahoo]