What is the story about?
Is just me, or has this summer been slower than last? Am I just getting old, tied up by work, distracted by Neuenschwanders? Or maybe last summer was more exciting because of the turnover in management and the anticipation of the unknown. (Plus, the Dobson Wars…{shudder}…but those have not subsided and are as intense and repetitive as last summer, so…)
But even the national outlets in Canada and the U.S. have appeared to take extra long cottage holidays. Maybe we need it, after an Olympic year, and to get
ready for an 84-game playoff play-in season.
Islanders News
- Talkin’ about Viktor Eklund and his bid to make the roster out of camp. [Post]
- Matthew Schaefer listed among the top 20 (duh) NHL defensemen. (And speaking of long-running LHH wars, Devon Toews also remains on the list…). [NHL]
- Kyle Palmieri talks about his summer and enjoying living back on Long Island. [Isles]
- And here are photos from the charity event from which that and the prior Newsday story on his summer originated. [Isles]
- The story behind Alexei Yashin’s turtleneck is…there’s not much of a story. [Isles]
Elsewhere
- Here are standouts/takeaways from the Hlinka-Gretzky Cup. My takeaway is that there’s a dude named Cooper McAslan and another dude named Jonah Neuenschwander. I hope they both become household names because the league could use more McAslan and Neuenschwanders. [Sportsnet]
- Conditions are right for Auston Matthews to get back on track, Toronto media insist. [TSN]
- This is funny in that it is in no way earth-shattering news: “Media market data will factor heavily” into the NHL’s next expansion decision. (Like…it…has…for decades, otherwise Quebec and Hartford and Hamilton would #makeitseven. Houston has always loomed large on the radar, and Atlanta is a candidate (again) because it’s huge and growing and the last failure was ownership self-inflicted.) [Sporting News]
