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The Islanders had another scrimmage yesterday, it was live-tweeted, there are even highlights below. But first...
Islanders News
- Jean-Gabriel Pageau had an odd arrival to the Islanders: trade deadline acquisition, signed a contract right away, then experienced a seven-game winless streak. So the return in this bubble has been good for him, getting him a better chance to bond with his new team. [Isles | Newsday]
- As the Islanders suddenly have a lot of healthy defensemen, getting their stingy defensive game in form will be key to the series with the Panthers. [Athletic]
- On that note, Barry Trotz likes how they are shaping up on offense and defense. [Newsday]
- Here’s Pageau, Mathew Barzal, and Derick Brassard discussing things during yesterday’s media availability. [Isles video]
We talkin’ practice?!
Here’s how they divided and lined up for the scrimmage yesterday:
Blue squad for #Isles scrimmage
— Andrew Gross (@AGrossNewsday) July 18, 2020
Fs
Lee Barzal Eberle
Kuhnhackl Brassard Brassard
Ladd Johnston Dal Colle
Ds
Pelech Pulock
Greene Dobson
Hutton
G - Varlamov
White squad for ##Isles scrimmage
— Andrew Gross (@AGrossNewsday) July 18, 2020
Fs
Beauvillier Nelson Bailey
Martin Cizikas Clutterbuck
Bellows Koivula Wahlstrom
Ds
Toews Mayfield
Leddy Boychuk
Hickey
G - Greiss
And here are the highlights, so to speak:
Team White got the dub in today’s scrimmage! Check out the top moments⬇️⬇️ pic.twitter.com/kqFYe5GxwD
— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) July 18, 2020
And here are a few reactions...
Barry Trotz: “It looked more like hockey today.” [Isles video]
Trotz said exhibition game won't be your normal exhibition game. "Players are smart. They know that they've got to get themselves ready. ... They're going to push themselves so that they're ready for Game 1." #Isles
— Brian Compton (@BComptonNHL) July 18, 2020
#Isles Barry Trotz calls the Andy Greene-Noah Dobson D pair in training camp, "as good as any pair we've had."
— Andrew Gross (@AGrossNewsday) July 18, 2020
So don't just assume Pelech-Pulock, Toews-Mayfield, Leddy-Boychuk top six for Game 1 vs. #FlaPanthers
Elsewhere
- Marc-Andre Fleury says it’s fine if he’s competing with Robin Lehner...probably only because Lehner isn’t wearing an Islanders uni. [NHL]
- Sidney Crosby left the Penguins’ scrimmage early, and the coach isn’t permitted to comment, because everything is just “unfit to play” now. [TSN]
- Sheldon Keefe is preparing his Leafs to face his coaching inspiration in John Torotorella’s Blue Jackets. [Sportsnet]
- Willie O’Ree remembers the John Lewis, the civil rights leader and legislator who died this week at age 80. [NHL]
- Speaking of which, the Hockey Diversity Alliance has been in “productive but at times contentious” meetings with the NHL while proposing some reforms. [TSN]