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Only comebacks: Springfield postgame

This was starting to look like last week. Point shots, eluding bodies in front, goalies screened, bingo*. But then they took things over in the third period. They kept the puck deep. They held

Witt-less

The Islanders announced today they’ve put Brendan Witt on waivers. One assumes a buyout, like Joel Rechlicz’s, follows if nothing happens on the wire. Edit: Buyout’s official.

One (point) to go

The Sound Tigers go into this one without Brendan Witt, whose father-in-law is ill. Jake Gannon gets back in, and the defense pairs get tweaked, with Mark Wotton (in his 1,000th North American game)

Calling all angels (and defensemen)

Katie Strang reports Bruno Gervais is day-to-day with a groin strain. Good. Gravy. If they’ll need to replace him, without signing someone, the options are Anton Klementyev or, pending a

Familiarity breeds contempt

Trevor Smith liked that they got a few more chances at Springfield. Otherwise, it just felt too similar to other recent games. Take his tying goal. I started to say something about a couple of nice

Defensive addition

Katie Strang tweets that Brendan Witt is on his way to Bridgeport, and the Islanders don’t plan to put him on re-entry waivers. Hope to know later this afternoon when he’s expected here. Usual