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The Islanders are in Nashville tonight, where the Predators have been on some kind of roll. It's an 8 p.m. EDT start, leave your FIG picks here. No Irish whiskey until game time.
Islanders Reads
- Jean-Francois Berube is showing he can be a number two. [Newsday]
- League-wide, yesterday was filled with potential expansion and expansion draft news. How might it affect the Islanders? [LHH]
- Dave Scatchard discusses the power of visualization. [Vimeo]
- Islanders assistant George McPhee will be one of the GMs for Team Canada's World Championship entry this year. [Kelowna]
- Mathew Barzal scored on a penalty shot as the Thunderbirds clinched their WHL division with their 11th straight win. [Seattle Times]
- Bridgeport has points in six of its last seven after a four-goal third-period comeback win in Springfield. [CT Post | Soundin' Off]
- Sound Tigers boosters will hold a recycling event. [BST]
- The wonderful career, plus some puns, of Stan Fischler. [Forward]
Elsewhere
- The Flyers beat the Blackhawks to pull into a playoff spot. [BSH]
- The Isles are no longer in second place because the stupid Ducks lost to the Rangers on a late goal. [NHL]
- Elliotte Friedman's 30 Thoughts has more on expansion (draft) speculation, plus a few minor Isles notes. [Sportsnet]
- The GMs wanted a preview, while the league wants to make sure an expansion draft actually helps a new team do well. That means lots of salary exposed too. [ESPN | Sportsnet]
- Hey but what if an expansion draft were held today? [Puck Daddy]
- The Predators assigned Eric Nystrom to the AHL. [On the Forecheck]
- Five games that could have gone different and altered past NHL drafts that do not include the Islanders getting Jagr instead of Scissons. [Down Goes Brown at THN]
- How Rich Peverley's life changed forever, and the people there to help save him. [ESPN]
- A couple of GMs would like to know just how baldly they can manipulate the cap like the Hawks did last year with Patrick Kane's injury. [TSN]
- Sean Avery talks about his favorite topic: Sean Avery. (Social tip: If you think no one likes you because you're so bold and different, look in the mirror; there might just be other variables at work.) [ESPN]
- Hockey at the 2016 Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. [TSN]
- Colin Campbell thinks a 20-year-old NHL draft would be better. [Sportsnet]
- Ten finalists for the Hobey Baker Award. [SBN College Hockey]
- A look back at the NWHL New York Riveters season. [Victory Press]