{"id":18302,"date":"2017-10-26T16:22:11","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T20:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=18302"},"modified":"2017-10-26T16:22:11","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T20:22:11","slug":"18302","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2017\/10\/26\/18302\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Islanders Announce Josh Ho-Sang Assigned to Bridgeport"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Islanders<\/a> announced that\u00a0Josh Ho-Sang<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0has been assigned to Bridgeport today. Ho-Sang was a healthy scratch for the last two games after being benched for the third\u00a0period and overtime of the New York Rangers<\/a> game last Thursday. This was due to overly long shifts and positioning issues. The Islanders<\/a> decided to send Ho-Sang back to an environment in which he had a lot of success last year for more development. He had 10 goals and 26 assists in 50 games for Bridgeport, under Brent Thompson<\/a> in 2016.<\/p>\n

New York Islanders Announce Josh Ho-Sang Assigned to Bridgeport<\/h1>\n

Coach Doug Weight<\/a><\/strong> said in an interview with Newsday. \u201cI don\u2019t think that we\u2019re as good a team as we can be without Josh on the ice. He can make us better and there are some areas he wants to address.\u201d\u00a0 Weight went on to say \u201cHe wants to find out how to be better at those things.\u201c<\/p>\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t think we\u2019re as good a team as we can be without Josh on the ice\u201d #Isles<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/znHowtJ0y5<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Eyes on Isles (@eyesonislesFS) October 26, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

During the interview, Weight alluded to the fact that he, Ho-Sang and the Islanders<\/a> are all on the same page regarding his development. Saying that \u201cWe\u2019re all in a good place with this relationship. It\u2019s on the right path, and we have the utmost respect for Brent and what he instills in his guys\u201d<\/p>\n

Ho-Sang worked well with Brock Nelson<\/a><\/strong> early in the season. He put up four assists in six games, including three on Nelson goals, scored during their California swing. Weight had a lot of praise for Ho-Sang and the maturity that he showed in the assignment. He said about Ho-Sang\u2019s outlook on the demotion \u201cHe did, or he\u2019s a damn good actor\u201d going on to say \u201cI suspect the way he\u2019s taken this, he\u2019ll be pushing to get back real quick.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ho-Sang is waiver exempt. This factors into the decision-making process for roster moves for the Islanders<\/a>. They also brought Alan Quine<\/a><\/strong> off of the injured reserve list. The Islanders are set to assign him Bridgeport for conditioning. The Islanders assigning Ho-Sang and Quine to Bridgeport are necessary roster moves to avoid placing Quine on waivers.<\/p>\n

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