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Tonight’s season opener against the Rangers is also the first regular season game for new Islanders’ play-by-play announcer Brendan Burke.
Burke is the third announcer to sit next to Butch Goring, who is already mentally preparing for another switch:
Brendan Burke and I will start the season tonight at https://t.co/SM65Lb8im8 many times will I reference Howie and Jiggs,stay tuned.#Isles
— Butch Goring (@91Butch) October 13, 2016
Bovada has set the over/under for how many times Butch calls Burke anything other than “Brendan” tonight at 3.5, which is easy money if you take the over.