With World Cup-worn stars John Tavares and Jaroslav Halak getting their preseason debuts in the New York Islanders’ final warmup before the season starts, the Isles will dress a close-to-opening-night roster Sunday evening in Washington.
But the camp competitions that have lasted this far into training camp are still on display.
Namely, training camp signing (and fellow World Cup participant) Dennis Seidenberg gets another look, this time with the left-shooting but right-side-comfortable German next to Calvin de Haan. With Nick Leddy consistently pairing with de Haan’s old partner, Hamonic, it looks like the question is how the other two pairings will be composed.