They mayor of Hartford along with the governor of Connecticut have reached out to the New York Islanders and offered the team a new home after they leave both Brooklyn and the Barclays Center in 2019.
The offer seems to be a genuine plea for professional hockey to return to Hartford, a city that lost their beloved Whalers in 1997. While the ‘Hartford Islanders’ does have a nice ring to it, I don’t believe the Islanders will move from the greater New York area.
In Red Wings Land
Thanks to the Red Wings’ logjam of players, Alexey Marchenko is now a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs.