Islanders and NHL News: Adjusted starts; $112M Draisaitl; remembering the Gaudreaus

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Still unfathomable. | Photo by Steven Ryan/NHLI via Getty Images


Don’t print that schedule. It’s September and Islanders camp is so close you can smell the gloves.
Islanders News
Not sure how much this really affects your world, but there are half-hour adjustments to five Islanders games this season — only one of them at home, an April 15th game pushed back to 8 p.m. [Isles]
On a very very related note, here are the 10 games slated for national broadcast in the U.S., including several of the five mentioned above. [Isles]
Stan Fischler scrolls through some memories from a few Isles Cup winners about what it meant to win it the first time. [Isles]
Elsewhere
Remembering Johnny Gaudreau:

During a long holiday weekend, the Gaudreau tragedy came up often. Still hard to believe. They are remembered fondly. [NHL]
Craig Conroy and the Flames recall Johnny Gaudreau and ponder how best to memorialize him. They also think about how the family is grappling with how to hold funeral services that thousands would like to attend. [Sportsnet | TSN]
Johnny’s wife and family’s public statements are gut-wrenching. [Sportsnet]
It’s also brutal for the Blue Jackets organization, handling its second offseason tragedy in the last three years. [Athletic]
The Blue Jackets and the Flames will hold candlelight vigils tonight. [NHL | TSN]
Jaromir Jagr was one of many former teammates to post a tribute. [NHL]

And also...:

Leon Draisaitl has reached agreement on an 8-year, $112 million contract extension. That’s a league-high $14 million annual cap hit. [NHL]
Concerningly injured Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko is back to skating. [Sportsnet]
This was expected particularly after they added blueliners this summer, but Torey Krug of the Blues will miss the entire season after surgery to address “pre-arthritic” condition in his ankle. [NHL]
One of those defensemen is part of what would be the seventh pair of brothers to play for the Blues, assuming both P-O and Mathieu Joseph get NHL time this season. [NHL]
His former Bruins teammate Brad Marchand will get back at it after three offseason surgeries. [NHL]
Former NHLer Stephane Veillieux is in a halo trying to recover from a serious neck injury following a car accident. [Athletic]

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