Newsday: Greg Logan has Rick DiPietro's comments about how more important than the result Monday was that he is healthy as he discussed playing last season with injury and talked about his stick-handling abilities.
NY Post: Dan Martin's limited space article is on Josh Bailey surviving the first round of roster cuts along with Chris Lee returning to New York
before being assigned to Bridgeport.
NY Times: Dave Caldwell attended Islander practice on Tuesday and had a full feature on head coach Scott Gordon with comments from general manager Garth Snow.
AP Reports Kyle McLaren was placed on waivers by the San Jose Sharks.
NYI Fan Central Comments:
Knee injuries, declining stats says were a long way from the day a rumor suggested a deal was going to happen for McLaren comes to New York. I do not see Garth Snow taking a chance because Skinner is here for depth while Campoli/Sutton recover.
Plenty of NHL players still have to clear waivers. Bryan Trottier/Jamie Lundmark is back on the list for Calgary.
NYI Fan Central Comments:
So an article was done by the Times on Sunday and now on Tuesday. Are we going to see our next article tomorrow or by Christmas?
They don't attend the coaches press conference when he's hired but come out now, go figure it out because I simply cannot.
Ct Post: Staff reports list the current roster as follows:
FORWARDS (16) -- Sean Bentivoglio, Jeremy Colliton, Mitch Fritz, Micheal Haley (injured), Tyler Haskins, Rob Hennigar, Mike Iggulden, Tim Jackman, Jesse Joensuu, Tomas Marcinko, Kurtis McLean, Vladimir Nikiforov, Jason Pitton, Joel Rechlicz, Trevor Smith, Ben Walter (injured)
DEFENSEMEN (7) -- Joe Callahan, Jamie Fraser, Dustin Kohn, Chris Lee (injured), Andrew MacDonald, Andy Sertich, Mark Wotton
GOALTENDERS (2) -- Yann Danis, Peter Mannino
Ct Post: Mr Fornabaio in his blog had the players cut from the Islander roster Tuesday but added AHL teams can carry eighteen plus two this season.
Finally:
NYIFC will be taking a break on Thursday from the daily artcles unless something major breaks, instead releasing our very long in-depth 2008-09 preview with a projection as to where the club will finish.