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YOU GUYS IT’S REALLY HAPPENING. Training camp formally opens today. There’s ice and photos and John Tavares and everything. First preseason game is Sunday at the Coliseum (not a misprint).
'I'm not going to make any crazy predictions but I think we have a team that can beat every team in the league' - Joshua Ho-Sang #Isles
— Jon Lane (@JonLaneNHL) September 14, 2017
Islanders Reads
- The friendly Doug Weight has promised a tough training camp, and the players are ready for it (they say). [Isles]
- That and a little more overall team preview stuff here. [TSN]
- NEWSFLASH: John Tavares said he’s not worried about his next contract, and communications with the team continue to be great. [Newsday | NHL]
- A numbers overview of the many contracts, PTOs and such in camp. [Soundin’ Off]
- Kind of cool: The Islanders had a “Captains Getaway” golf outing with the captains from their history — like Westfall and Gillies and Potvin to Peca and Weight and Tavares, etc. (I’m a poor, disinterested once-a-year golfer but even I can tell some of these guys...are not naturals) [Isles video]
- Here’s the Isles’ MSG telecast schedule. [MSG]
- Matthew Gaudreau and John Stevens have known each other a while. [Courier Post]
- Khan is floating through space but he still wants your predictions for 2017-18. [LHH Fanpost]
- Former very tall Isles pick and Sound Tiger Loic Leduc signs in the ECHL. [Reading Royals]
Always, in Tavares We Trust:
#Isles Media Day in full swing! #IsItOctoberYet pic.twitter.com/bCNRSYe1dt
— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) September 14, 2017
A theorem proved time and time again, and one that escaped so many visiting media hotel-dwellers for years and years:
Jason Chimera loves living here. "As a visitor, you get the Marriott and the Coliseum and you're like, where the hell are we?" #Isles
— Brian Compton (@BComptonNHL) September 14, 2017
Elsewhere
- Kyle Okposo talks about his scary medical ordeal last season, happy to put it behind him. [NHL]
- David Pastrnak signed! Six years, $6.67 million per. [Globe | SCOC]
- ...and Pastrnak’s deal shows the Oilers overpaid on Leon Draisaitl. [Willis @ Athletic (sub.)]
- Bryan Little also signed an extension, with the Jets. Also six years, but $5 million per. [Arctic Ice Hockey]
- Alex Ovechkin’s statement on missing out on the Olympics is thorough and heartfelt. [Capitals]
- Ovechkin, better at statements than at tomato juggling. [SB Nation]
- The Senators’ Clarke MacArthur failed his preseason medical. [Silver Seven]
- Randomness: Even over 82 games, it can affect the NHL standings. [TSN]
- Lou Lamoriello and his stupid rules may not last with the Leafs beyond this season, maybe, but yeah he probably will. [Sportsnet]
- Our friends at Fear The Fin digest adding ex-Isles prospect goalie Stephon Williams. Do they know about his goal-dumping prowess? [Fear the Fin]
So Jack Eichel and Sam Reinhart arrive for training camp...
Jack Eichel Sam Reinhart rolled up to training camp like this pic.twitter.com/I6PIFaxUOd
— Bar South N Celly™ (@BarSouthNCelly) September 15, 2017