Hey, did you hear? The Islanders did a thing yesterday.
Jack Capuano’s Farewell
- Man, Dom wrote a lot: Original story | The Final Straw | Garth Snow's quotes | Doug Weight incoming | Uncle Bob and a few ex-jocks give their takes | Isles talking to Gerard Gallant? | Yours truly on Cappy, an NHL coach like no other
- From the usual suspects: At Newsday, Staple has the main story and Mark Herrmann points the finger at Snow. | Cyrgalis on Cappy the scapegoat. | Michael Fornabaio has the Bridgeport perspective. | Brian Compton talks to 710 WOR | Eric Hornick with The Skinny on all of the team's previous coaching changes. | The Maven on the reasons why and the new guy.
- And from outside the echo chamber: Cotsonika: Islanders can build a new identity. | Sportsnet on potential (and underwhelming) replacements. | Burnside and Murphy at ESPN are all doom and gloom. Shocking. | Elliotte Friedman says it all goes back to missing out on Steven Stamkos. | Puck Daddy says Snow is next.
Non-Cappy Notes
- The Islanders still get good marks for their prospect system. [E$PN IN$IDER$]
- The Point Blank Podcast talks about fantasy trade scenarios (before all hell broke loose).
- Shannon Hogan blogs about an eventful week, even before Tuesday.
- Jaroslav Halak's goalie coach stops by the Sound Tigers. [Soundin' Off]
- On January 24th, Bridgeport coach Brent Thompson will unveil a new coach's show streaming live on Facebook every month, co-hosted by Sound Tigers announcer Alan Fuehring. Cool. [BST]
Other league notes
- Last night's NHL scores including a defensive battle between the Stars and Rangers at MSG.
- All about amateur scouting with former Penguins scout, Scott Bell. [Let's Play Hockey]
- Everybody wants the Avalanche's players at the deadline. [TSN.ca]
- Patrik Elias weighs his future. [USA Today]
An hour or so before his coach was fired, Anders Lee answered fan questions via the Edward Jones FaceOff show: