Tavares and Streit on All-Star Game ballot
John Tavares and Mark Streit are the two Islanders present on this year's All-Star Game ballot.
Yes, the same Mark Streit that suffered a shoulder injury this preseason and has yet to play a game this season (and likely won't until at least March). I mean no disrespect to Streit, who I'm sure would be having an All-Star worthy season had he not been sidelined this September, but I find this selection puzzling.
Why not defenseman James Wisniewski instead? With a team-leading 12 points this season (2 goals, 10 assists), Wisniewski is tied for sixth among defensemen in scoring.
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No practice today for the Islanders, who flew into LA late last night after a 2-1 shootout loss to San Jose,
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