Milan Jurcina News

Something we think we learned from an admittedly wee-sized 9-game sample in 2011-12: Aaron Ness looks like he can play NHL hockey.

Hey all! Welcome to Arctic Ice Hockey's first annual NHL Mock Draft. Over the next thirty days, Ryan, Tim and myself will attempt to telepathically channel the minds of NHL General Managers as they complete their final rankings in preparation for the 2012 NHL Draft being held June 22, 2012 in Pittsburgh, PA.

This year features one of the most critical training camps for the Islanders . A team rich with prospects who are coming off a division title before losing in the playoffs, the drive to make it to the big brother team of the Sound Tigers will be higher than ever.

Dylan Reese is the lesser known but more interesting of the New York Islanders ' four-pack of pending unrestricted free agent defensemen.

Of all the complaints I've seen hurled at Garth Snow for the 2011-12 New York Islanders , the worst has to be the complaints about the team not keeping Zenon Konopka.