Islanders Anxiety - Episode 98 - It’s Not a Big Deal

Mike and Dan discuss the first two games of the Islanders season, the concerns about the team’s attendance and the uniqueness of Josh Bailey.

They examine what’s worked so far and what could be better, as well as how their performance matches last season’s (so far). Later, they re-evaluate the future of Josh Ho-Sang, who has requested a trade, and marvel at how Bailey has quietly amassed 800 games played without changing at all from his draft day.

They also have their (maybe?) final say on the team’s attendance issues and hope everyone comes to understand the dreaded “Two W’s” trap.

REFERENCES

• Dom on Josh Ho-Sang’s trade request and Lou Lamoriello’s weird words.
• Craig Custance on why sure things don’t get picked up on waivers (Spoiler: the contract limit).
• New podcasts! Islanders Award Winners is finally a go. Hope you enjoy it. Staple and Parrish are getting No Sleep Til Belmont while Andrew Gross skates on Island Ice.
• Here’s Mike’s draft video on Josh Bailey. They grow up so fast (and yet don’t change one iota):

PLUGS!

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Opening theme song: "Sports" by Josh Spacek.

Closing theme song: “Winner Takes it All” by Sammy Hagar from the legendary film “Over the Top.

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