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| NHLI via Getty Images Its mid July, free agency has settled down...how do we get something on the radar? I got an idea and its only as fish-sticky as you make it..
Islanders News In a move that wouldve invited infinite scorn during the Blog Box era, and now only invites...well, scorn but also satire and shrugs, the Islanders are inviting fans to design (via a template) their next third jersey.
Heres their PR hype about it.
Heres Newsday on it.
Have fun with your design here.
Its for the 2027-28 season, of course.
It did its job by getting lots of attention and media coverage, and its off to a big start with 37,000 submissions so far some of them probably arent even from Rangers fans.
[ Newsday | ESPN ] The unusual path of March undrafted goalie signing Josh Kotai, and the friends he met along the way.
[ Isles ] Elsewhere In a move that surprises very few, the Ducks chose to match the offer sheet to Leo Carlsson.
[ Sportsnet ] So Danny Briere and company singlehandedly shat on everyones salary scale for...the drama, I guess.
At least they made Pat Verbeek uncomfortable.
Carlsson appreciates the generous raise and generational wealth for his family but insists he always wanted to be a Duck.
[ NHL ] The Mammoth also matched the offer sheet for Barrett Hayton by the Devils, so the lesson here once again: Its not that NHL GMs are too chicken or buddy-buddy to do offer sheets (though some surely are), its that they only make sense and actually work in very specific circumstances, such as when Edmonton screws itself and leaves it exposed.
[ NHL ] Connor Bedard needs surgery and will be out till November.
Dudes cursed, but the Blackhawks deserve all the misfortune.
[ NHL ] Fresh challenges led Daniel Alfredsson to turn to the Senators hated rivals to join their bench.
[ Sportsnet ] That makes for a tough offseason overall for the Sens.
Mark Giordano whos worked with Isaiah George and Matthew Schaefer also earned a promotion to the Leafs NHL bench.
[ THN ] Hayley Wickehnheiser is leaving the Leafs though, unable to find common ground on her role with the new GM.
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