Islanders News: The bus for the Camp Mohawk basketball game is leaving in 15 minutes

Islanders news

• Good dude Matt Martin brings joy and GRITZ to some Long Island kid campers. [LI Herald]
• Michael Dal Colle is out there, Jerry, and loving every minute of it [LHH]. He's also the exact type of hand model the Islanders are looking for. [Metro.us]
• A Q&A with Japanese national Yuri Terao, who attended the Islanders development camp. He speaks about his background, his training and his English. [IIHF.com]
• More on the Draft Ops fantasy sports lounge at Barclays Center, where you'll have screens to check scores, watch your fantasy totals and, I assume, occasionally glance up at the game happening on the ice right below you. [CBS NY]
• The first game at the new place will have a special guest in attendance: an old Coliseum-going Islanders fan named Gary Bettman. [LHH | Newsday]
• The NWHL jerseys have been revealed and those that voted for the Riveters made the right choice. [NHWL]

Beyond the campsite

• Look, if you want an NHL expansion team, Seattle, you are going to have to try a little harder and make a real effort. [Seattle Times]
• Ron McLean on ex-Leaf Phil Kessel, Leaf pipe dream Steven Stamkos and current Leaf boss Mike Babcock. [Sportsnet]
• The Penguins have hired one of the guys behind War-On-Ice, which could be bad news for the Metro Division. [Pensburgh]
• Also potentially bad for the Metro is Brandon Saad's addition to the Blue Jackets. [CBS Sports]
• Are some players just more susceptible to injuries than others? [EOTP]
• The NHL has denied California another expansion team because they are cold, heartless backstabbing backstabbers. [Battle of Cali]