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Free agents week begins

Katie Strang tweeted this morning that six Islanders Group II players have been tendered their qualifying offers, which will make them restricted free agents come Friday. Most notably for Bridgeport

Figren to Linkoping

“Two seasons of harrowing of the AHL to be enough”: Robin Figren has signed with Linkopings Hockey Club.

Wrapping Up ’11

That time of year. The rhythms all break down. Get a little depressed, just because it feels as if there’s somewhere I’m supposed to be, except… Well, I joked with Pat Bingham on Sunday night and

Wrapping Up ’11

That time of year. The rhythms all break down. Get a little depressed, just because it feels as if there’s somewhere I’m supposed to be, except… Well, I joked with Pat Bingham on Sunday night and

Unsung hero

While we focused on 60 players and rookie records and 11 ATOs and stuff like that, a bigger number slipped by us. NameGAPtsJeremy Colliton64105 169* Rob Collins53110163Jeff

On Sweden and injuries

You may have seen this report on Monday that several Swedish teams have interest in Robin Figren. Asked him about the report this morning. “I heard,” Figren said. “I’ve got nothing really to say about

Deadline day

First bit of Islanders news today is that Rob Schremp won’t be coming here at any point. Atlanta claimed him off waivers. Nathan Lawson cleared, so he’s eligible to be sent down. Here at a quarter

Whole lot of fight

One shot beat Mikko Koskinen tonight, and it was from a bad angle, while his teammates were without sticks, clutching Justin DiBenedetto’s stick himself. The 42 others didn’t beat Koskinen tonight, a

What happened here, Vol. 371

We’ve seen some crazy stuff around here. We’ve seen Louis DeBrusk send a playoff series to Game 7. We’ve watched Drew Fata take a penalty in the last two minutes, and Bridgeport score short-handed to

Complete game

“Complete-game shutout” is redundant in June. Not so much in November. Against the first-place Pirates, the Sound Tigers couldn’t have done much better. They caught that bounce they wanted last night.