Day 3 notes
Updated the Brett Gallant note from Day 1. A @capgeek exchange provided a logical reason why Gallant was not on the free agents list. Hockey Prospectus’ Corey Pronman pegs the Islanders’ prospects...
View ArticleDay 5: Landry to the Wild, Riley to the Rock
Jon Landry to Minnesota; Blair Riley to St. John’s. In Bridgeport, the kiddies are away at camp. One last plug for The Big Assist; the rosters are here. The Hall of Fame class includes Fred Shero,...
View ArticleMuscle memory/Monday notes
Fun story, I hope: Kind of awesome/scary. Was looking for something on YouTube the other day, and one of the recommendations on the margin was, remarkably and for some unknown algorithmic reason, an...
View ArticleRookies report, don’t play
The Islanders announced their rookie camp schedule today; it included no rookie games. An assortment of entry-level types* will be there at the Coliseum (closed to the public). They show up Thursday...
View ArticleCamp from afar, Day R1
Morning edit: Single-game tickets on sale Tuesday. They took to the ice legitimately on the Island on Friday. A Ryan Strome bit then hit the Sound Tigers’ site. Meanwhile, Rich Elliott reported the...
View ArticleCamp From Afar, Day R5/0
Rookie camp wrapped up Tuesday at the Coliseum with a scrimmage. No real surprises among those the Islanders sent back to junior. If I count correctly that leaves first-rounders Griffin Reinhart and...
View ArticleGallant good to go
Brett Gallant was back in full practice mode today, feeling good and ready to go; Scott Pellerin said they’ll keep an eye on him, probably throw in a bit more contact tomorrow, but that’s a step in the...
View ArticleNot big enough
It showed up again in a four-on-four again, Scott Pellerin said: When they need a big play, a big stop, a big moment, it has not been there in these first seven games. They led for the first time in...
View ArticleThursday practice: Putting it together
A pretty hard practice today; so hard that I thought for a moment Marc Cantin might be injured on a bump from behind from Joey Diamond. He got up looking sore but OK. “We have to be able to do all that...
View ArticleFinley out: who else?
Joe Finley’s tour of specialists wound up with the tough diagnosis: He needed surgery on his left hand to correct a “blood-flow issue,” as Scott Pellerin put it; Finley has had similar issues in the...
View ArticleLess ill: Monday notes
So 12-7-2 on the ice at Wonderland today. Pierre-Marc Bouchard got a maintenance day, Scott Pellerin said. John Persson remained out with that lower-body issue from Friday night. Riley Wetmore’s been...
View ArticlePTO swap: Wednesday notes
Something else figured to be coming after Philip-Michael Devos was released last night. The “something else” turned out to be Peter Boyd, 25, a third-year pro up from South Carolina. He got his only...
View ArticleNo milestone: Albany postgame
Bleh. I said it wasn’t crisp. Scott Pellerin said it was an embarrassment. That was easy. ….. Donovan, Sundstrom, Pistilli, three new arrivals, “I thought we’d have that energy,” Pellerin said. Not...
View ArticleAccurate: skills contest plus Tuesday notes
Ryan Strome hit two posts, then hit four targets in succession to set the bar with a 4-for-6 in the accuracy competition. Then Magnus Nygren and Jason Jaffray matched him. He still gets a share of the...
View ArticleTwo goals for Strome: Wednesday notes
There’d been four Sound Tigers to score more than a point at the AHL All-Star Game, but if I’ve not misrecorded, Ryan Strome tonight became the first to score two goals. (First one reminded me just a...
View ArticleRefreshers: Thursday notes
Same cast today; same array, generally. Lots of systems work; some refreshers, some tweaks, it sounded like. Justin Johnson should be available. (By the way, that line — he was with...
View ArticleLinks from away: St. John’s pregame 1
As noted, out of touch for tonight’s Sound Tigers game in St. John’s. It’s bad enough not actually being in St. John’s. Anyway. You’ve got AHL Live for video and possibly audio, depending on how things...
View ArticleRoad to the End: Thursday notes
This last week with an eliminated team felt different from other seasons’ last weeks, and I think I figured out why yesterday, dumb as it sounds. This is the first time Bridgeport will miss the...
View ArticleFlames in Adirondack: Friday notes
Glens Falls is now home to the Adirondack Flames, complete with something resembling the old Atlanta Flames logo. Clear victory. The buzz out of that press conference was that the Flames will wind up...
View ArticleFinal to the brink/Cro’s back: Monday notes
Texas is a win away from the Calder Cup after a huge comeback-slash-massive St. John’s collapse Monday. Travis Morin scored in overtime for the second game in a row, a 4-3 Stars win. Morin, if I’ve...
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