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Islanders Gameday News: Temporary pairings, inescapable lines

The day after being promoted from PTO to Signed Veteran With Finals Experience and Real Steady, Luca Sbisa was paired with Nick Leddy in practice...so that’s interesting.

Reporters on the scene quoted Barry Trotz saying he still prefers three lefty-righty pairs, so maybe that’s good news for a double-lefty Leddy-Sbisa pairing Not Actually Happening, but you wonder.

Then again, Thomas Hickey was also paired with Johnny Boychuk, so this is probably just Trotz getting a look at different combos from players he’s still getting to know. Stand down, #IslesTwitter.