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A great weekend if you’ve already transitioned over to #TeamTank. Two third period goals by the Isles on Saturday tipped the balance of that contest away from the Devils. Islanders won, 3-2. [NHL] [All About the Jersey] [NorthJersey.com] [NJ.com]
The ending of Sunday’s game against the Islanders felt, charitably speaking, like hot garbage. An offside review took away an overtime winner for P.K. Subban, and then the Islanders went on to win in the shootout, 3-2. The Devils have now lost 11 games in a row at home. [NHL] [All About the Jersey] [NorthJersey.com] [NJ.com]
Something to watch out of this weekend:
#Isles Player Update: Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Noah Dobson were placed on the NHL COVID-19 protocol list. There will be no further comment.
— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) March 14, 2021
#NJDevils coach Lindy Ruff said there were no conversations, as far as he knows, about not playing this game after Noah Dobson took warmups and then was pulled from the game to go into COVID-19 protocols.
— Corey Masisak (@cmasisak22) March 15, 2021
Well, it’s clearly trade board season, and here’s the feeling on Kyle Palmieri over at The Athletic: [The Athletic ($)]
Hockey Links
It seems unlikely that we’ll see the North Division beyond this season, but “There are at least a couple of the Canadian teams that are still (holding) out hope that the North Division will live beyond this season, that they’ll get at least one more year of that,” Sportsnet’s Chris Johnston reports. [Sportsnet]
As we near the end of the NCAA hockey season, here’s a look at the top college free agents: [NHL]
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