Islanders News: de Arbitration, Tavares and Belmont

Let’s say we have a magazine spread about Johnny Boychuk having fun, yeah? See below.

Island-like reads

• The proposals from team and player -- with a $3 million gap — for Calvin de Haan’s next contract are into the arbitrator. The hearing is Wednesday. We assume it doesn’t get that far. [LHH |
• The Hockey PDOcast kicked off with 12 minutes on The Tavares Question. [Hockey PDOcast]
• The Tavares free agency encyclopedia has been updated accordingly. [LHH]
• Following yesterday/Sunday evening’s Belmont news, here’s the Post version of hey, the Isles’ path back to Nassau... [Post]
• If you’re someone who cares about things, you already know that next season’s NBC and NBC Sports schedule has like 14 Rangers games and one Islanders game. (I’m always told to care because people care, but I can’t get myself to care: It’s often poor coverage at inconvenient times.) [Newsday]

Not the Island

• But anyway, if you care about the NBC schedule, here are 10 interesting games perhaps. [SB Nation] And more on the full slate. [SB Nation] Cause there are even winners and losers! [Puck Daddy]
• I think about this whenever we do our Top 25 Under 25, and here’s a nice write-up on why to be default skeptical of prospects. But of course part of the point is discussing what could/might (but probably won’t) be. [PPP]
• The Sabres reached a two-year, $2.4 million AAV deal with Habs recapture Nathan Beaulieu. [Sabres]
• Down Goes Brown on offer sheets, this, that and the other. [Vice]
• 17 years after Tampa Bay scooped up Martin St. Louis, a look back at 10 great undrafted free agent signings, including Steve Thomas. [THN]
• The risk of the bridge deal. [Puck Daddy]
• Hot-taking the Hurricanes’ attendance issues. [Canes Country]
• Former Islanders goalie guru (or something) Mike Dunham lands with the Bruins. [Bangor Daily News]