Islanders Preview: Optimism Overides Fear Of The Inevitable
Sunday, October 5th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Hey everyone. Sorry I disappeared for six weeks, but there wasn't a hell of a lot to report and my job took over my life. I'm back for good now that the season starts Friday night at New Jersey. OK, like ...
Isles to be aggressive, but that’s been their problem
Thursday, August 14th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Listening to Scott Gordon, the newest in a long line of Islanders head coaches, speak, I got the feeling that I had heard all of this before. Gordon, the reigning AHL Coach of the Year who beat out a handful of ...
Search Over: Gordon Gets Isles’ Gig
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Obviously this has already been reported by David. I'm excited about Scott Gordon because who better to lead a massive rebuilding project than a guy who just won AHL Coach of the Year? Everyone seems to rave about Gordon, so I ...
Isles list of potential coaches long, all over map
Thursday, July 17th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Now, depending on who you read and which NHL insiders you know, the next coach of the Islanders will be someone who is accepting of a massive youth movement. No, wait, he'll have to be able to deal with disgruntled ...
BREAKING NEWS: Nolan out on Long Island
Monday, July 14th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 8 Comments »The Associated Press is reporting Ted Nolan has been fired by the New York Islanders. The team's official Web site has confirmed the move. General Manager Garth Snow on Nolan's ouster: "Ted has helped us achieve some success over the last two ...
Garth Gives Isles Good Chance To Be Medicore
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 Posted in Okposo, Uncategorized | No Comments »I'm not going to go crazy about the Islanders' draft or their free agent signings to this point because I'm somewhat encouraged by what's gone down over the last few weeks. Garth Snow is nothing but honest. He said he'd ...
It’s all about winning players
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I wish the Islanders had more guys who know exactly what it takes to win the Cup. Guys like Petr Sykora. Sykora is exactly that type of player. Yeah, he's bounced around, playing on five teams during his 13-year career, but ...
Isles going forward, or backward if you’re paying attention
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I'm not sure what is more disheartening -- not making the playoffs or hearing Islanders brass describe how they are going to fix the problems in the offseason. Charles Wang, he of the billions of dollars and no hockey sense, said ...
Isles jerking Nolan around, but WHY he asks?
Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in DP, Uncategorized | No Comments »No coach likes to go into his final year of a contract as a lame duck. He also doesn't like to be thrown under the bus for failures that are not his fault. Lord knows Ted Nolan has earned a big extension ...
DiPietro out for the season
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 Posted in DP, Uncategorized | No Comments »ESPN and Newsday are reporting that Rick DiPietro will miss the remaining eight games of the season due to a tear in his right hip. DiPietro will have surgery at the Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo., on Wednesday. He had similar surgery at ...
