Islanders News: Pesky Panthers Purloin a Pair of Points; Potvin Pokes Pols

Islanders notes

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• The extra stats breakdown shows a rough game for the Euro Line. [LHH]
• Four hundred games come and go so quickly. [Newsday]
• Bow tie Bill's heart is still at the Coliseum. [Newsday]
• But Denis Potvin lays the blame for the Islanders' move at the feet of Nassau County. [Miami Herald]
• Turns out Kyle Okposo has a detached retina. That sounds painful. [LHH]
• Jiggs McDonald talks a little more about his recent visit to Al Arbour. [Newsday]
• Your eyes did not deceive you. the fisherman was back last night and somehow, we all survived. [Puck Daddy]
• The Islanders Stanley Cup odds are 12/1 right now. Not sure if last night's game changed that. [Newsday]
• A big feature on Michael Dal Colle. [Oshawa Express]
• Lukas Sutter has been suspended for one game by the AHL following a match penalty. [The AHL]
• Sunday is Brett Gallant Bobblehead Day. The Sound Tigers hope to have the man himself in the line-up that day. [CT Post]
• This bro at the game last night is FIRED UP! [SB Nation via Keith]

Around the NHL

• Well, this is surprising: ESPN will broadcast the next World Cup of Hockey. [TSN's Rick Westhead]
• This save by Carter Hutton is unpossible. [SB Nation]
• The Jets made Evander Kane a healthy scratch in his hometown of Vancouver last night, which I'm sure will go over real well. [Puck Daddy]
• Ted Nolan is not a man to mince words: Play hard to get traded [Die by the Blade]
• That interview with Puck Daddy got referee Tim Peel suspended for a game. [PD Follow-up]
  
• Things could be picking up on the trade front, even before the deadline. [NHL.com]
• Contenders and pretenders in three-word summaries. The Islanders should have been "Unlicensed Penalty Killing." [Winging It]
  
• Dan Boyle: Third Pairing Defenseman. [NY Post]
• The future of the Winnipeg Jets is a bright one. [Jets Nation]
  
• The NHLPA says slow your roll on the 3-on-3 OT. [USA Today]
• Brandon Prust writes about what being an NHL enforcer is like. I appreciate his enthusiasm and candor, but the circular logic will make you dizzy. [Players Tribute]
• Gordie Howe's health is getting better thanks to stem-cell treatments. [NHL.com]
• Down Goes Brown disseminates some of the worst long-distance goals of all time. [Grantland]
  
• The Kings went back to the White House. Which president would each LA player be? Glad you asked. [Battle of California]
• Not hockey, but of interest to any other New York/New Jersey Hit Men fans: An oral history of the XFL. [SB Nation]