Islanders News: I Parenteau pardon? Fountain of youth springs as rosters due

Everything you thought you knew about the New York Islanders’ roster plans was thrown into disarray with the news that projected first-liner, John Tavares friend, and returning Islander P.A. Parenteau was placed on waivers.

Then over year you’ve got Eric Boulton.

Islanders Reads

• So yeah, Parenteau was placed on waivers. We’ll know around noon today where he’s headed. That’s part of maneuvering to finalize the 23-man roster today at 5 p.m. [Newsday | LHH]
• Nice timing, then, for Dan and Leboff to record another Islanders Anxiety, featuring Arthur Staple of Newsday, who broke the Parenteau news -- admittedly caught off guard despite being forced to watch all of preseason. Also talked Burnside, media, predictions and locker room insight. And Leboff's tattoo. [LHH podcast]
• (Not a separate link, just have to quote this Staple line, on Halak: "If I've learned anything it's that players who are not healthy or not playing are surly, and players who are healthy and playing well are not surly."
• And, so, if this is clearing room for Anthony Beauvillier and/or Matthew Barzal and (later?) Joshua Ho-Sang, then...Youth Movement! Is it crazy good or crazy bad or just a little bit of Boulton? [LHH]
• The Sound Tigers final roster decisions depend on what dominoes fall up with the big club. [Soundin' Off]
• Keep an eye on one of the Quinnipiac boys, Travis St. Denis. [CT Post]
• Prospect news: Kieffer Bellows is watching the Isles but is focused on getting it going with a deep Boston U. lineup. [Trentonian]
• Parker Wotherspoon leads the Americans. [Daily Progress] Mitchell Vande Sompel notched two for Oshawa. [Durham Region]
• This 10-year-old's season preview is better than yours. [Carter Hud]
• Khan predicts the Isles season, which happened hundreds of years ago. [LHH fanpost]

In Other Dramas...

• Meanwhile, in Smurftown, is Dylan McIlrath turning up Reinhart? [Post | Daily News]
• Big news: Sidney Crosby was diagnosed with a concussion, which the team says happened from practice. [PensBurgh]
• The Red Wings put Teemu Pulkkinen on waivers, causing Parenteau-level debate among the Wings twitters. [WIIM]
• As expected, Johnny [not hockey] Gaudreau signed before camp ended. Six years, $40.5 million. [TSN]
• Elliotte Friedman in 30 Thoughts dishes on goalie equipment changes, with the revelation (to me) that now-defunct Sports Authority sold a lot of hockey equipment. (Really? Mine didn't. All running shoes and dri-fit clothing) [Sportsnet]
• At long last, the NHL has bothered ot suspend Radko Gudas. Six games! Enough was enough, apparently. [BSH]
• Former Broad Street Hockey writer Eric Tulsky is at the forefront of analytics in his full-time gig with the Hurricanes. Seriously good forward. [News & Observer]
• The Devils, they have 21 theme nights. By golly Lou would never have stood for this. [All About the Jersey]
• Dan Boyle (and Bobby Orr) says bring back the red line. [TSN]