We’re three games into the season but Brock Nelson’s highlight pair of goals in the Islanders’ first win, over the Avalanche, gives us the off-day water cooler talk that some look for.
Thankfully, it’s not about his pending UFA status (although I’m sure those stories will come in droves) but rather about his candidacy for a spot on Team USA’s entry in the Four Nations’ Cup, which is a thing that some people, mostly people in four nations that can both supply players mid-season and are not currently invading another sovereign country, want to see.
The Islanders finish their road trip on Thursday in St.