Islanders Gameday News: Wild weekend; Ice, Ice, crazy; Boulton on waivers

The Islanders are back at it on the slushy, bouncy Barclays Center ice this evening at 6:00 pm against the Minnesota Wild. Doors open at 4:30.

FIG picks go here. Don't pick Ryan Pulock or Eric Boulton.

Islanders links

• The ice at Barclays Center takes center stage again and PVC pipes now join the pantheon of Islanders arena annoyances, along with asbestos, scoreboard hoists and leaky ice. [LHH | Newsday]
• Meanwhile in more pressing matters, Ryan Pulock is out 4-6 weeks with what Arthur Staple says is a broken foot. It's possible Nick Leddy is back today, though. [LHH]
• The injuries and dwindling roster spots led the Islanders to do what was one thought impossible - place Eric Boulton on waivers. [LHH]
• Brendan Burke gets a write-up in the New York Times about his wonderful story.
  
• Stan Fischler has many thoughts about the metro area teams. [MSG Networks]
• The Sound Tigers lost 5-2 to Hershey, but Tanner Fritz scored both goals for Bridgeport. [CT Post | BST]
  
• Mitch Vande Sompel had one of the goals in Oshawa's win over Sarnia. [Durham Region]
  
• Thomas Greiss loves riding his bike, Batman movies and chilling with his three dogs. [Pink Bike]
  

Meanwhile

• Last night's NHL scores.
  
• The Kings are in a bad way with goalies. First Jonathan Quick goes down, now his replacement Jeff Zatkoff leaves practice with an injury. [JFTC].
• It's so bad, their AHL goalie Jonah Imoo had to be backed-up by his father. [LAK Insider]
  
• Evaluating Shea Weber is kind of a tricky thing for Habs fans. [EOTP]
  
• Today at 3 pm is the Heritage Classic, the first outdoor game of the season, between the Oilers and Jets at Winnipeg's Investors Group Field. Here's how to watch (Sportsnet/NHL Network) | In yesterday's alumni game, Teemu Selanne made an electric return to Winnipeg [NHL.com] | Wayne Gretzky described his own play as less than electric [NHL.com] | Arctic Ice Hockey reflects on the game in Jets history (no Coyotes jokes, please). | And Dom reflects on the words of Dale Hawerchuk and how times have changed, with a cameo  from Mike Bossy.