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Islanders Links
- In case you forgot: Ryan Strome still isn't signed yet. I know you didn't forget. [LHH]
- The differences between Andrew Ladd and Kyle Okposo raise many questions. [Eyes on Isles]
- Seriously, the Batavia Muck Dogs is a great name for the baseball team. And their former play-by-play announcer is now the Islanders' lead broadcaster. [The Daily News - but not THAT Daily News]
- Audio: Brendan Burke talks to his friend KrockRain about his new gig. [Sound Cloud]
- The Islanders have reached an agreement with the Long Island Gulls youth team for ice time at Northwell Health and Ice Works. I'm not sure who's happier: the kids or the lawyers. [Newsday]
- Bridgeport has resigned forward Andrew Rowe. [BST]
Meanwhile
- Strome isn't the only unsigned RFA. The Jets and Jacob Trouba are still looking for a compromise as are other teams and players. [Sportsnet]
- Old friend Dwayne Roloson is out as Anaheim's goalie coach, stepping down for personal reasons. His possible successor could be another former Islanders employee, Sudsie Maharaj. [OC Register]
- Vancouver's Sven Baertschi is an animal! - at least, for a little while. He'll be voluntarily locked in a cage to help animals. [Puck Daddy]
- Olympics: Still more gold for Katie Ledecky, who is just dominating at Rio. [SBN]
- If you see an Olympic caddy that looks a lot like former NHLer Ray Whitney, you're not going crazy. Embedding the whole tweet because George Richards knows what's up.
Former Florida Panthers winger Ray Whitney now serving as a caddy at the Rio Olympics:https://t.co/mVoXq9Gqne pic.twitter.com/rJ27OQwqmk
— George Richards (@GeorgeRichards) August 12, 2016