Islanders News: Waiver dancing

Never happened. It did not.With the NHL season beginning Tuesday — I know that’s a shock when the Isles don’t start till Saturday — yesterday, Sunday, was a big waivers day around the league as teams made moves to become salary cap compliant and to set their opening rosters.

The waiver activity did not include the Islanders.

That may mean that Simon Holmstrom, still waiver-exempt, will be the guy drawing the initial Bridgeport assignment to get the 24-man camp roster down to 23. Or maybe someone turns up on IR.

Either way, we’ll get an answer for Saturday, until conditions change again. There’s pretty much no way in hell that Ross Johnston is in the lineup to take on the Sabres, but he may…