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Islanders have a week before their season opener after closing out the preseason Thursday night in Philadelphia.
Islanders News
- Max Shabanov — who confirmed that making the NHL was a boyhood dream — is trying to learn English and settle in, and his teammates are trying to help him. [Isles]
- Patrick Roy likes that Shabanov’s trying to learn the Isles’ defensive requirements. It’ll be interesting to see if everything eventually clicks. [Post]
- Thomas Hickey is enjoying his new role as the primary color man. A perfect fit for it, too. [Newsday]
- Jonathan Drouin’s illness absence meant yet another line tweak at Wednesday’s practice. [Isles]
- Roy has seen growth in Isaiah George and likes to have him soaking up experience around the NHLers, which is why he lasted so long in big league camp. [THN]
- David Rittich gets the call as backup over Marcus Hogberg, with Semyon Varlamov’s health still a…will we ever see him suit up again, do you think? [Newsday]
- And finally, the news you’ve been waiting all year for: The Isles have an official HCM partner.
Elsewhere
- The Devils finally reached a lucrative extension with Luke Hughes. [TSN]
- Kirill Kaprizov’s monster deal could be the sign of a shift toward player leverage, with the cap rising by leaps and top players maybe willing to eat up a higher percentage of a team’s cap. [NHL]
- Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen is not only the thing to say, on a bright Hawaiian Christmas Day, it is also the name of a goalie who just re-tweaked a lower body injury, which is not good for the Sabres. [NHL]
- Connor Ingram has found a new home as the Oilers’ latest wild card attempt in goal. [TSN]
- The Mammoth and Oilers were each happy to help get a fresh start for Ingram, who’s struggled with OCD. [Sportsnet]
- Ol pal Barry Trotz has claimed Tyson Jost off waivers from the Hurricanes. [TSN]
- Erik Johnson has retired and can now crash golf carts full time. (It’s funny and wonderfully petty that the team graphic shows him in all his other team uniforms but hides the logo of their division rival and the team from which they acquired him. That’s good hate.) [Sportsnet]
- Six GMs under pressure heading into the season, including the guy behind the decade-long rebuild in Detroit, the never-ending hamster wheel in Buffalo, and whatever the hell is going on in Pittsburgh. [Sportsnet]
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