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Islanders News: Wing swap; Okposo’s story

Not a lot new since Sunday’s roundup, but here’s a few:

Scary, emotional stuff from ex-Isle Kyle Okposo’s post-concussion experience a couple of seasons ago, which awoke some personal demons. Even when doctors discovered he’d had a concussion a few days after the impact, they:

were unable to explain why Kyle had gone through a manic phase, why the lifelong introvert spent three days calling people from his past to tell them off, why he stayed awake for four days straight, why he stopped eating and dwindled to a teenage weight...

Meanwhile, back to training camp

And if you missed it in the Newsday story about the Islanders’ win over the Rangers in Bridgeport, this line about why Barry Trotz swapped Josh Bailey for Jordan Eberle on the Barzal line will be worth following (emphasis mine):

“Beau is a very intelligent player who plays a north-south game.