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Hey friends (and foes), our new site overhaul is scheduled for overnight (Monday-Tuesday, Western Hemisphere times), so I wanted to get one more thread up before that transition happens and in case we have any login hiccups on the other side.
For the NHL sites on the Vox/SB Nation network, these changes come at a good time since we are in the quietest period of NHL news {knocks on wood, fully expects blockbuster trade at 5 p.m.}.
What Should You Do?
Understand that you will be logged out Aug. 4-5 and will need to log back in. The biggest thing you should do is to review this network-wide post to understand how you’ll log in and retain your user name or archive once the changeover happens. (And yes, I do see the delicious irony in having to close a pop-up ad on a post that tells you how to continue using our site. Ahhh, capitalism.) How you log in after the change will vary depending on how you log in now (e.g. Google and Facebook? Fine; Yahoo or Twitter? You got work to do) or how you first created your user name.
Lord Bossy knows we don’t want to lose anyone to this changeover — well, except you there, in the back. Yeah you, the one with the Muller jersey. Real funny. Go dye your hair.
So bear with us, follow the directions and hopefully we’ll see you on the other side.
Meanwhile…
Islanders News
Ranking the 10 worst contracts in the league: Once upon a time, “Ryan Pulock [7th-worst] was one half of one of the league’s best shutdown pairs. Even if the production wasn’t there, Pulock looked like a true top-pair stud with his ability to win difficult matchups with Adam Pelech. It’s what made it seem like an eight-year deal at $6.2 million could be a great deal. Today, it looks anything but. In two of the last three seasons, the Islanders have struggled a lot more with Pulock on the ice at both ends of it.” [Athletic]
New prospect Daniil Prokhorov has some options. He’s going to try out for Dynamo Moscow but if that doesn’t work he could go back to Russian juniors or even leap to North America with OHL Sarnia. (He has some interesting traits but is still a longshot, so I wouldn’t spend much time worrying about it, except it’s August and what else are we gonna do?) [THN]
Elsewhere
- Bill Guerin says the U.S. “has to win” at the Olympics. Okay then! [NHL]
- Speaking of which, Connor Bedard was among 42 invited to Team Canada camp, so isn’t that nice. [NHL]
- 32 Thoughts podcast: a 1.5 hour mid-summer check-in you can probably do without. [Sportsnet]
- The 2016 Draft: Not a great one! (But the Isles have the joy of temporarily employing underwhelming picks 19, 20 and 21.) [Oilers Nation / Hockey Reference]