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Islanders begin a short Ontario road trip with a visit to Ottawa tonight, followed by a second visit to Toronto on Saturday. The Senators are without Brady Tkachuk (who had a hat trick the other night) due to classic Sibling Envy. Speaking of brothers, they’re also without Eklund the Lesser after a foot/ankle injury.
But they still have red jerseys of their own, at least some nights.
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Islanders News
- When will the Islanders grasp Pete DeBoer’s system? (And what is that system? And do they even have the horses to…?) [Newsday]
- Kyle Palmieri’s teammates were very happy for his two-goal burst on his long comeback from injury. [Post]
- Palmieri knows how lucky he is to be back at his age, especially after watching Alex Romanov go down yet again. [NHL]
- The Islanders made things difficult for themselves agains the Canucks. They should really try to not do that against bad teams. [Newsday]
- The Skinny: “Schaefer is also the youngest defenseman (and third-youngest player) in NHL history with an assist in each of the season’s first four home games. Wayne Gretzky and Sam Gagner also did in four straight games, but neither earned an assist in their fifth game. The record for a teenager is 10 games, set by Ron Francis.” [Isles]
- The Swedish Meatball and Palmieri received the team’s post-game locker room awards. [Isles]
- Give us your personal info and we’ll let you do some Bo Horvat trivia. [Isles]
Elsewhere
- Behind the new official full-time EBUGs, which DeBoer says sounds like a pretty good gig. [Sportsnet]
- Struggling teams and their panic meter: it’s kind of wild and tremendously funny that the Flyers are still winless. [Sportsnet]
- Who says the Red Wings are a sinking ship? Alex DeBrincat just signed on for seven more years and $91 million. [NHL]
- They say they aren’t trading unsigned Simon Edvinsson, either. [TSN]
- Brady Tkachuks’ hat trick was the “first natural hat trick with all three assisted by a brother” in NHL history. Not even the Stastnys, apparently… [Athletic]
- In which the Tkachuks sing about how nice it is to play with each other, and seem to suggest all the Hughes should gather in Minnesota. [Athletic]
- The Hurricanes are dealing with some injuries, first Jordan Staal for two months and now Taylor Hall, too. [Sportsnet]
- Where is Connor Hellebuyck headed, and when? [Sportsnet]
- Speaking of whom, this is mostly just meaningless early-season power rankings, but “Over the last five years, only one goalie has saved more goals above expected than Sorokin and he’s currently sitting at home.” [Athletic]
- Not sure why the NHLPA even needs to defend no-trade clauses that were freely negotiated, but here we are. [Sportsnet]
- Faust Arp Aatu Raty is on waivers with the intention of an AHL assignment. [Sportsnet]
