Friday, September 23 - 7 p.m. at Boston Bruins (TD Bank North Garden)SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 - 7 PM VS. NEW JERSEY DEVILS (NASSAU COLISEUM)Tuesday, September 27 - 9 p.m. at Calgary Flames (Scotiabank Saddledome)Friday, September 30 - 7 p.m. at New Jersey Devils (Prudential Center)SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 - 7 PM VS. BOSTON BRUINS (WEBSTER BANK ARENA)CH: Underwhelming. Some will argue the pre-season doesn't matter much, but that's really open for debate. Last year, the Islanders had a very similar pre-season schedule, but was attributed to the fact they had to move training camp from Saskatoon, SK to Long Island. This year, there's really no reason not to have a full 7-8 game schedule. It's a tune-up for the players and allows spots in the NHL lineup to be won. Teams schedule their own pre-season games, so the Isles had tons of time to put an acceptable schedule together. I'm interested to hear their reasoning more than anything, because I would like to hear the philosophy behind this. Maybe there is a reason that would make sense for a shortened schedule.
AT: Perhaps Snow is a little wary of injuries... pre-season injuries hit us bad as everyone knows from last year. Pre-season is important to get the players in regular season mode. I hope Snow has a good reason besides injuries for the lack of exhibition games. I always enjoyed the Isles-Rangers exhibition games.
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