Christian’s Daily Links: Exhibition Games Are Over

The Islanders are down to their final days before the start of their Qualifying Round series with the Florida Panthers. They started off on the right foot with a 2-1 win over the New York Rangers last night.

One of the interesting notes from the game was the decision to dress eight defensemen. Andy Greene and Noah Dobson did their best to make Barry Trotz’s decision for Saturday harder than it already is going to be.

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“With being off for four and a half months and getting everyone healthy (on defense) it’s a battle,” Greene said. “We had a good couple weeks of camp here and it’s good to get the legs under us tonight. It’s out of my hands at this point and we’ll go from there.”

Along with Greene and Dobson’s performance, Anthony Beauvillier and Semyon Varlamov looked pretty good last night as well.

Just two more days before the Islanders and Florida Panthers finally square off.

Hockey Now

The Florida Panthers also played their warmup game on Wednesday… It did not go well for them. George Richards breaks down what happened. (Florida Hockey Now)

Teams continue to get used to life in the bubble, but that doesn’t mean there haven’t been a few awkward moments. Take, for instance, running into an entire team of players who genuinely don’t like you. (Pittsburgh Hockey Now)

The Colorado Avalanche defeated the Minnesota Wild. Adrian Dater gives us his takeaways. (Colorado Hockey Now)

David Pastrnak is likely to play for Boston today when they face the Toronto Maple Leafs. (Boston Hockey Now)

Tommy Wingels sat down with Shen Peng for a wide-ranging discussion on his decision to retire, Black Lives Matter and much more. (San Jose Hockey Now)