Islanders Anxiety - Episode 95 - Dance With The False Hope Devils

NOTE: CONTAINS COARSE LANGUAGE. PARENTAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED.

Mike & Dan cover another weird free agency day for the Islanders, a roller coaster of big losses, galaxy brains and, perhaps most weirdly, hope.

They talk about how Artemi Panarin slipped through the team’s fingers, how Anders Lee isn’t @#$%&ing leaving and how Robin Lehner’s Islanders chapter came to a sad end. They also examine how the loss of one goalie and the acquisition of another is tied to the eventual signing of a third.

Finally, they look at the big picture and where the Islanders stand now, and how the day shook out around the NHL.

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REFERENCES

• Our entire stream of stories from this free agency year can be found here.
• And Dan and Noel talked about July 1st just hours after the day ended.
• Arthur Staple on Anders Lee’s journey from the Islanders to... the Islanders.
• Staple’s Athletic colleague Scott Powers recounts just how the hell Robin Lehner ended up in Chicago.

PLUGS!

• Tell everyone you can about NHLNames.com, the great new website founded by our own Jon and Travis (aka Spizzwolf and North Dakota Red Eagle).
• And as always, check out SneakyAthletic.com for great Islanders merchandise and use the code ANXIETY at the checkout to get 10% off.

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Opening theme song: "Sports" by Josh Spacek, available at the FreeMusicArchive.org.

Closing theme song: “Are You Gonna Go My Way” by Lenny Kravitz.

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