Thanks to a series of unrelated craziness, I was here way early, which meant I was here when Jeremy Colliton took his first twirl in some time. He went through a couple of light skating drills with Matt Bertani (though Justin DiBenedetto, coming out for power-play practice as Colliton finished, demanded that Bertani bag-skate him). Brent Thompson isn’t expecting Colliton for the weekend.
The defense pairs may have been tweaked a bit; thought I saw Donovan with Wishart and Ness with de Haan. Status quo otherwise here, though Arthur Staple believes both Trevor Frischmon and Dylan Reese will be on their way here today, and Ryan Strome will stick around up top as a spare for the moment. He has his expected Saturday-night lineup on the blog. Edit: Indeed, the Isles’ announcement is exactly that, Reese and Frischmon sent down.
From the paper: Today’s Anton Klementyev story.
Reminder: We chat Friday at 1:30.
Edit2: West Haven’s Joe Pereira signed with South Carolina of the ECHL.
Hockey Reference’s list of No. 65s in the NHL. An elite fraternity.
And I was driving home yesterday and realized that if I changed the station, I could listen to Gary Cohen call a ballgame on the radio again. Just about every thought that came to mind is found in that Greg Prince blog piece, so there it is.