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Frenzy: Monday/Tuesday/whateverday notes

This Weird Year rolls on. (Oh, yeah, hey, long time, no talk. I know, mostly my fault. But you could click some stories or something, too. #pageviews) We have reached the point in the calendar where

Early news: Thursday (5/28) notes

Was kind of hoping to avoid a blog post until tomorrow, when the AHL should announce its MVP and wrap up the 2019-20 awards season. Ah well: The Big Club got busy, took care of a bunch of draft-pick

It’s everywhere: April 22 notes

(Did I say I was gonna check in once in a while? Well, it’s been a while. And I barely know who I am anymore.) In German: Yannick Rathgeb and Federica Boschung had COVID-19 back home in Switzerland,

Insider Access: ‘Thursday notes’ seems disingenuous

I mean, you have probably noticed things are different around here already. For one thing, when the heck was the last time I posted before today? The accumulated RIPs may include Lyndon Johnson. Big

Conservation of Captains: McDonald returns

Kind of a perfect storm. Colin McDonald had a feeling his time in Lehigh was coming to an end last year. He’s got a new baby girl. His wife’s family is in Boston; his is local. He knows the area. He

Promotions of various sorts: Wednesday notes

The (other) beat goes on, so the blog suffers (sigh), but a few things of note have gone down in the past couple of days… –Islanders draft-pick goalie Jakub Skarek’s Finnish club expects him to

Schedule/moves: Wednesday notes

Let’s lead with a goalie bit: Brennan Klak broke it late last night, and the assorted other contract clearinghouses confirmed in the morning, that the Islanders have picked up goalie Jared Coreau on a

Lee returns: Monday notes

On a day when we got an offer sheet… not much happened in Bridgeport. Closest thing was probably Tom Kuhnhackl’s official re-signing. Meanwhile, almost everybody else was AHL-active on Day 1 of the

Yes, New Jerseys for All: Saturday notes

While we were in computer heck and at a golf tournament, the Devils made the biggest splash of Day 2 of the draft: At 96, they selected Tyce Thompson, Brent’s younger son, correcting what appears to

Draft day/qualifications: Friday notes

Belated note from last night: Lou Lamoriello told the media assembled in Vancouver that the Islanders sent qualifying offers to three of their restricted free agents, including Michael Dal Colle and