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Last night was the annual prospect scrimmage, this time billed as Blue vs. White. Blue beat 8-3 (5-3 in the game, plus a 3-0 shootout/skills competition tally), but really it was about having some fun, getting the prospects in front of the fans, and -- this time, at least -- orienting fans and players to the Islanders new home in Brooklyn.
Islanders Reads
- Again, the Isles beat the Isles 8*-3 (*3-0), everybody had fun, and the first rounders put up points. "It's home now," Ryan Pulock said. [Isles]
- Smilin' Joshua Ho-Sang on the scrimmage: "I had so much fun." [IPB]
- It may be "home" and all now, but it's not ready for prime time just yet. That's okay because it's July. [Times]
- Garth Snow is happy with the roster and happy with how the scouting staff has helped built it. [Newsday]
- He also digs the new building. And knows the "campus" must be ready for Frans' early arrivals. [NY Sports Day]
- Snow again: "There's no patience. We've got to win." [Daily News]
- On the day Barclays started to feel like "home," Mark notes how the end of the Coliseum represents the end of a generation of arenas built to get fans in. [LHH]
- Like beer? Like to talk beer? Like to try local beer? Never too early to plan for next season, so this is the post for you. [LHH]
Tweets n Stuff
The new home welcomes the new tenant:
Thank you #Brooklyn for an incredible night of @NYIslanders hockey! #IsItOctoberYet #Isles pic.twitter.com/cxRK6QYOCe
— Barclays Center (@barclayscenter) July 9, 2015
There was lots of skill and trickery on display for the shootout, but John Schiavo's moves may have stolen that show and fired up da social medias:
Schiavo shootouts goal pic.twitter.com/3epIc21RF1
— Stud Winger (@KeithLHHockey) July 9, 2015
Schiavo again pic.twitter.com/RCgioQ7H4D
— Stud Winger (@KeithLHHockey) July 9, 2015
Another angle:
Can we talk about @JSchiavo44's shootout goal tonight at @barclayscenter? #nasty #Isles pic.twitter.com/FyCGfM2UGX
— Kat Przybyła (@katprz) July 9, 2015
(Update: His move also is getting some love from The Score.)
And some other sights and notes:
Was a fun train ride from Barclays to Jamaica with @BComptonNHL @ScottmCharles @CA_NYHockey not sure how fun it will be in December though.
— Tony Stabile (@tonystabile) July 9, 2015
Part of why Josh Ho-Sang enjoyed playing at Barclays center: "I love soccer and the Barclays Premier League is my favorite league." #Isles
— Christian Arnold (@CA_NYHockey) July 9, 2015
(By the way, Barclays is not renewing its sponsorship of the English Premier League. And this is why here at LHH, we go by [temporary corporate sponsor of some sort] Arena/Center/League.
Beyond [Bank of some Sort]
- A case for Phil Kessel fitting better with Evgeni Malkin than with Sidney Crosby. [NHL]
- Don't be surprised if the Leafs keep Dion Phaneuf. [theScore]
- The Bruins have taken their licks, but their latest additions totally wanted to be "big bad Bruins." [CSN | NHL]
- At least from what's publicly known now, Mike Richards and the NHLPA would have a very good case to overturn his contract termination on appeal. [Forbes]
- Speaking of which, the contrast in how the Kings handled Richards vs. Voynov was pretty alienating to victims of abuse (and plenty others). [PPP]
- Vladimir Tarasenko wants to lead, knows that a big contract is no good if your teammates hate you. [NHL]
- Niklas Backstrom (the goalie...the Wild goalie) is 37 had nerve damage in his elbow. [NHL]
- An update on popular Bruins AHL fighter Bobby Robins, who suffered a concussion in his first NHL game and is now essentially retired from hockey. Because fighting is really dangerous for the brain. [CSN]