Islanders News: Christmas delivery available; Okposo on the shelf; Venting about Vigneault;

Islanders stuff

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• Kyle Okposo will see some doctors during the Christmas break, but Jack Capuano hopes Kyle just needs some rest. [Newsday]
• Brooklyn native Helene Elliott talks to the Islanders about the move. [LA Times]
• Goalie prospect Eamon McAdam stops by the Isles Buzz podcast.
• On Sunday night, I (Dan) spoke with the Sportstalk 1240 crew about the Islanders season so far. Safe to say we're all breathing easier today.
• Dom linked to this yesterday, but my talk with the Arctic Ice Hockey guys gets the full write-up at their site. Interesting to hear what out-of-towners think of your team and, in this case, your general manager.
• Barclays Center does Christmas like they do everything else: really, really big and just a little...different. [Zeitgeist]
• Missed this yesterday: Michael Dal Colle and Mitchell Vande Sompel each had goals in Oshawa's 7-0 dismantling of Sudbury on Sunday. [Durham Region]
• Dal Colle isn't the only OHLer that could be a trade deadline rental this season. [TSS]

Stocking stuffers

• Okay, seriously, what the hell is going on with the Ducks? [Anaheim Calling]
• Jared Spurgeon will spend at least four more years in Minnesota for reasonable money. [Hockey Wilderness]
• Meanwhile in Ottawa, Erik Karlsson is playing an entirely different game than everyone else in the league. [TSN.ca]
• In which Rangers fans hate Alain Vigneault as much as you hate Jack Capuano. [BSB]
• One minute, you're sitting on your couch. The next, you're backing up Henrik Lundqvist in a real, live NHL game. Holy shit. [Players Trib]
• James Reimer's new mask is More Than Meets The Eye. [The Hockey News]
• The Islanders aren't the only team to lose a Russian prospect to the KHL this week. Say goodbye to Oilers center Bogdan Yakimov. [Edm. Jour]
• Just in case anyone was wondering, no, you can't play with two goalies. [CBS]
• The uniforms for the Wild's Stadium Series alumni team look a little familiar. For an entirely separate franchise that still exists in a different part of the country. [Wild]