Tonight’s season opener against the Rangers is also the first regular season game for new Islanders’ play-by-play announcer Brendan Burke.
Burke is the third announcer to sit next to Butch Goring, who is already mentally preparing for another switch:
Bovada has set the over/under for how many times Butch calls Burke anything other than “Brendan” tonight at 3.5, which is easy money if you take the over.