Today's look on Forward lines: Moulson-Tavares-Bouchard;
Bailey-Nielsen-Okposo; Grabner-Regin-Clutterbuck;
Martin-Boulton-Cizikas-McDonald.
A Defensive Pairings: Hamonic-Strait; Hickey-Visnovsky;
MacDonald-Carkner; Finley-Martinek.
B Defensive Pairings: Cantin, Dalhuisen, de Haan, Donovan,
Jackson, Keenan, Mayfield, Ness, Pedan, Pulock, Reinhart.
Split squad rosters can be found here.
Split squad rosters can be found here.
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Per Arthur Staple,
"Isles doing first PP work of camp. 1st unit: 26-91-21-11-51. 2nd unit:
12-16-96-47-15. Looks like Bouchard on
the point of 2nd unit PP, with Clutterbuck net front."
"Capuano says
that Ryan Strome and Matt Donovan will get PP time tomorrow. Believe Donovan
will pair with A. MacDonald as well."
Donovan has been turning heads at camp on defense. I think he is ready, as is Ness if he can
stay healthy.
Brock Nelson has
looked very strong in camp while Ryan Strome has impressed a lot of media with
his play thus far. Per Daniel Friedman,
"I think some of these younger guys might need a little more time in Bridgeport
but we'll see how they do in preseason."
Strome has also gotten some time with Lee and Nelson in Bridgeport. How's that for a near future line?
PMB commented on the
possibility of playing with JT, " Johnny does everything on the ice so
well and Matt is just a pure goal-scorer. I'm just gonna try and fit right in
... "I'm looking forward to a fresh start. It was a good run in Minnesota
but now I'm excited to be with the Islanders."
Per Anthony Stabile,
Capuano on Donovan, "He had a great summer." He is expected to be given a long look at
camp and although probably be sent to the BST for more seasoning, any impact he
can make now will help him when the opportunity arises.
Look for projected
lines and d-pairings to be listed tomorrow for the Isles 1st split squad preseason games vs
Flames tomorrow night. From there, realignments and cuts will get made as the
roster is tweaked and players are retained or moved down. The team will slowly take shape over the
next two weeks. You never know what
opportunities will be earned from a prospect. Who knows what waiver opportunities or salary shedding moves might be available to test Garth
Snow's idea of what the Isles 2013-14 roster can be?
Isles Notes:
A video stream of Tuesday’s game vs Calgary can be found on the Isles website @ 9:00 pm.
TSN point
projections: 31 goals, 70 points for Moulson; Grabner 29 goals; 48 points for
Nielsen; 45 for Okposo; 45 for Strome; 42 for Bailey; 36 for Vis.
From yesterdays WPG
game vs OTT, Jim Toth, "Rookie Brenden Kichton dumps puck over glass then
goes to wrong penalty box. Sens head to PP."
Former Isles
prospect, Mitchell Theoret was cut by WPG today.
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Sound Tigers Notes:
BST have signed
former Notre Dame LW Nick Larson to a two-way AHL contract.
Lines for 9/13: Nelson-Strome-Lee,
Kabanov-Sundstrom-Persson, Diamond-Miller-Bruton, Gallant-Wetmore-Johnson,
Clark-Quine.
NHL Notes:
Per NHL, "The
total width of the bottom of the goal frame is changed from 96” to 88”. There
is no change to the opening of the goal frame."
Seeing a couple of
preseason game, the more shallow nets will mean a learning curve and increase on
wrap around goals. Bob McKenzie adds,
"More forwards will try wraparounds and score more goals so d-men will be
instructed to drive to post and bury exposed forward as he wraps."
The goaltenders
shorter leg pad will mean a larger 5-hole, and like the mechanics of the net,
the goaltenders will need to adjust on the fly.
G, Tim Thomas has
signed a PTO and will be back on the ice with the Florida Panthers tomorrow.
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