The newest Islanders COVID updates came late in the afternoon, with a bare-bones update from GM Lou Lamoriello:
Anthony Beauvillier has come off the COVID list, with the test that took him out of the opener now deemed to be a false positive. But the bad news is Kieffer Bellows is the latest to join the COVID protocol that already includes Josh Bailey, Anders Lee, Adam Pelech, Andy Greene and Ross Johnston.
All of this raises questions about NHL protocol — and the menacing and changing path of the virus, as we enter winter and perhaps yet another adaptation to how to handle things.