It's Islanders gameday, which means more anxiety. But we have some audio anxiety posting later this morning.
Leave your FIG Picks for tonight over yonder.
Islanders Reads
- Jack Capuano talks about consistency and Thomas Greiss talks zen about when he starts and when he doesn't. Capuano: "The last eight games we played some pretty good hockey. I know that our record is not perfect in that stretch, but if we play like that we’re going to win hockey games.’’ [Newsday]
- Johnny Boychuk the Defenseman's return also means Johnny Boychuk the Good In The Room is back. [ESPN In$ider]
- Better late than never, what solace Oilers fans can take from the Sunday thumping by the Islanders. [Copper n Blue]
- The Malcolm Subban injury doesn't have Sound Tigers fearing for their equipment, nor adopting "danglers." [CT Post]
- Otherwise, no major updates from Bridgeport, though Scott Mayfield rejoined the squad. [Soundin' Off]
- How does the Dustin Byfuglien contract affect their chances, and potential, to be Travis Hamonic's landing spot? [LHH]
- The price of those 229 obstructed view tickets is going up. [Isles Blog]
- Michael Grabner suprirsed his old billet family with Super Bowl tickets. [Fox]
- Playmobil is putting 12 more NHL teams on its roster, including the Islanders. [Toyland]
- Hey, anyone know the origin of this Fisherman logo "Borke"? [Fanshot]
Yes! Yes! Yes!
Daniel Bryan, the wrestler whose underdog story inspires and whose "Yes! Yes! Yes!" inspired the chant after Islanders goals, has retired. The Islanders salute:
#ThankYouDanielBryan for the best chant in hockey! #YESChant @WWEDanielBryan pic.twitter.com/qSgqvwcCoy
— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) February 9, 2016
Beyond the Island
- Jackets fans try to find the positives. [Jackets Cannon]
- Aleksander Barkov is out after a crushing hit by Justin Abdelkader. [Puck Daddy]
- Alain Vigneault was P.I. Pissed at no NHL response for Wayne Simmonds' punch to Ryan McDonagh and stick throwing tantrum that followed. [Daily News | Post]
- Milan Lucic recalls his wife texting him that maybe he was traded but maybe it was just a random guy with a dog face profile on Twitter spreading rumors. [SCOC]
- There was more to the Lucic revisit to Boston, including the hope he'll stay a King forever. [LA Times]
- This Vegas would-be owner is totally ready for an expansion team, though an interesting topic is how he'll get his players and how much he'll be allowed to spend starting from scratch in a cap league. [Puck Daddy]
- The week in the Metro. [All About the Jersey]
- Lots of eyes on Gary Bettman's decision int he appeal of the Wideman suspension. Also: if you're a high school parent attacking a referee, you're a worthless piece of Avery. [TSN]
- I'm Anaheim I got defensemen galore, you may have a lot of d-men but I got much more. [Today's Slapshot]
- The Jets are bad (not as bad as the Jackets) but should be fixable. [Arctic Ice Hockey]
- The Blues placed Alex Pietrangelo on IR. [stltoday]
- Those Riveters, they continue to fall. [Victory Press]
- The tale of an American hockey fan (or two, or three) in Finland for the WJC. [SCOC]