What is the story about?
The
Islanders continue their mediocrity-destined season with a visit from the sadsack Canucks, who just lost to a “gritty, resilient” Rangers team, so you know we’re screwed. The Canucks are 2-5 and have lost four in a row, so they are due an uplifting win on Long Island.
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Islanders News
- Previewing tonight: Bo Horvat and Brayden Schenn are off to hot starts even if the team is not. On the other side, somebody named Paul Cotter has four goals already. [Isles]
- If Simon Holmstrom’s “fall” from the fourth line is creating opportunities for Ondrej Palat and Anthony Duclair, we probably got problems. [Newsday]
- Pete DeBoer talked about Holmstrom needing a “mental reset” and Logan Stanley talked about being welcomed to the awesome organization. [Isles]
- Islanders Anxiety podcast: Now is the winter of our mediocrity. [LHH]
- Brayden Schenn is teaching the young Isles, and thank goodness for that, because Anders Lee could never… (To be fair to Schenn, who didn’t ask to be traded here, he’s been good, and he talks about learning from the kids, too.) [Isles]
- Prospect Report: Multi-point games for some CHLers. [Isles]
- How the Isles helped a superfan battle cancer. [Post]
Elsewhere
- Oh, like Zenon Konopka and Hoppy never existed? [Post]
- The Flyers are winless in their first seven, which is pretty funny, and some fans are already chanting “fire Tocchet,” which is pretty funny too. [ESPN]
- Matt Duchene has core surgery, seems like a really old 35. [NHL]
- The Wild’s Nico Sturm went to the hospital after a puck to the head. [Sportsnet]
- The Leafs have injury uncertainty around Chris Tanev, but John Tavares has returned after launching another T-800, a neural net processor, a learning computer, into the world. [Sportsnet]
