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It’s mid August, dead center in the dog days of summer hockey news, but the Islanders inadvertently provided some roster fodder to chew on yesterday.
Islanders News
- That fodder is Shane Prince’s foot. Or rather, his ankle, which started as a high ankle sprain last season and finally required surgery after unfruitful rehab. [LHH | NHL]
- Calvin de Haan talks with team media about his summer. [Isles]
- Meanwhile, in Nassau...Robert Brodsky teed this up perfectly: “Research group argues Ed Mangano Hub vision is outdated, lacks housing and transit options need to transform area.” [Newsday]
- The Islanders and Flyers are in middle-bubble territory in the Metro, so if things go south for one but not the other maybe they...trade John Tavares/Claude Giroux to the other? I see. [Red Line]
- Something called “Dune Deck at Westhampton Beach” opened with people like Eli Manning and Doug Weight there, so...an Islander in Page Six! [Page Six]
- Enjoy some Logan Cockerill highlights and prospect hype, hype away:
Hello #NYI fans. Here is some video of @LoganCockerill's WJSS performance. Looks like a late-round steal to me.https://t.co/ko6j0Zr2NB
— Adam Herman (@AdamZHerman) August 14, 2017
Lots of Islanders scoring in Da Beauty League, but we’ll just leave you with this casual marker from Kieffer Bellows.
Kieffer Bellows starts off the scoring in game #1!! @TraditionCo @NYIslanders pic.twitter.com/ELw6Dled2V
— DaBeautyLeague (@DaBeautyLeague) August 14, 2017
Elsewhere
I mean...how is this a thing?
With what I am hearing I would not be surprised if David Pasternak @NHLBruins is traded. #contractproblems @NHLNetwork
— Brian Lawton (@brianlawton9) August 14, 2017
if you're uncomfortable declaring Matt Murray a top 10 goalie in the NHL because of a lack of games, Bayes rule can help. he very likely is pic.twitter.com/5esD5lY8oY
— Cole Anderson (@CrowdScoutSprts) August 14, 2017
- Matt Murray is the only goalie on the SB Nation Top 25 Under 25 countdown. [SB Nation]
- Maybe it’s the name? It seems like the Wild screwed up with hot prospect Kirill Kaprizov, who signed for three years in the KHL. [Hockey Wilderness]
- Alexey Marchenko, claimed from the Wings on waivers late in the season, is now waived by the Leafs and appears headed back to the KHL. [TSN]
- How will Ken Hitchcock improve the Stars’ penalty kill? [Defending Big D]
- Continuing their summer “What If?” series, “there are a number of terrible decisions made by the Flyers that can be directly traced to losing Chris Pronger.” [Puck Daddy]
- Phil Kessel trolls the Toronto media who ripped his diet by...eating hot dogs out of the Cup. [Puck Daddy | SB Nation | TSN]
- Longtime Princeton women’s coach departs to coach the Penn State women’s team. [Salem News]