Whoa, a real-life trade! It actually happened!
The Islanders are in Arizona to take on the Coyotes for a President’s Day match-up this afternoon, a matinee in mountain time.
- It’s always tough to play in Las Vegas, between the crowd and the glam and glitz and then the team you have to go up against. [Newsday]
- Ross Johnston likes playing there, though. He scored his first NHL goal out there and Vegas has a badass in Ryan Reaves that is actually up to his level of fighting prowess.