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Watling: Despite similar roster, the Islanders are far superior to last year’s club

After sweeping three straight games against the Buffalo Sabres, the Islanders sit atop a loaded East division by two points over the Washington Capitals, who have a game in hand. At roughly this point last year, when the NHL went on pause, the Isles were badly struggling, just holding the ...

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Islanders Need to Utilize Depth Defensemen on Their Own Terms

In a season with more x-factors than we can count, the New York Islanders have managed to keep their defense stabilized through the first half of the season. Not many teams have been able to do that, dipping into the league-mandated taxi squad when injuries or COVID protocols come into ...

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Close Encounters With Floyd Patterson

I did a Biofile interview with Floyd Patterson in 1994 which was later published in the magazine Boxing 94. For a gesture of immense gratitude for a former world heavyweight champion giving me, an amateur reporter, a full page interview, I mailed Floyd a copy of the magazine and to ...

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