Good morning. We highlighted (and debated, and debated) the latest scuttlebutt on the Islanders’ GM search yesterday, but maybe there will be some more nuggets today after this posting.
Meanwhile, in the season’s-not-over section of the NHL, the Leafs went up 2-0 in their series with the Panthers when Mitch Marner scored a go-ahead goal just 17 seconds after the Panthers had tied the game at 3-3.
And in the series opener, MIkko Koskinen scored another hat trick — he had a hand in 12 consecutive Stars goals across two series — as the Stars took Game 1 by a hair in Winnipeg.