NFT: Islanders-Leafs 7pm Game Thread

Funny how 2 days off seems like we haven't had a game in a week.

So, some interesting developments in the past 48 hours. Travis Hamonic has had a left side upper body injury that has had him in and out of practice over the past 48 hours. He is optimistic about playing tonight but will be a closer to gametime decision.

Also on the D front, looks like we may well have The Viz back in the fold this evening. "A good chance" he plays, according to Cappy. Having 6 top-four quality defensemen sure is a nice feeling: Boychuk-Leddy, Hamonic-DeHaan, Viz-Hickey.

Grabovski, who initially was ruled not to have a concussion, woke up Friday with concussion symptoms and is undergoing the concission protocols. Looks like he's still a few games away and may be an IR candidate. However, he participated in the morning skate today, so that's positive. If he is out for any appreciable length of time, the Isles may well look into bringing up Anders Lee, who won Sunday's game for BPT with an OT goal 41 seconds into the extra frame.

Some additional prospect notes:
Victor Crus-Rydberg is 2-8-10 in 10 games for Plymouth (OHL)
Josh Ho-Sang is 2-5-7 in 3 games for Windsor (OHL)
Michael Dal Colle is 5-7-12 in 7 games for Oshawa (OHL)

For tonight's game, Halak gets the start in goal. D pairs to be announced later. Probable forwards (note the RW switch on L2 and L3):
89 Cory Conacher 91 John Tavares 21 Kyle Okposo
86 Nikolay Kulemin 29 Brock Nelson 15 Cal Clutterbuck
12 Josh Bailey 51 Frans Nielsen 18 Ryan Strome
17 Matt Martin 53 Casey Cizikas 13 Colin McDonald

First goal prediction: Kulemin, just to stick it to Tronno.

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