Islanders Links: Loss hangover edition
by Dominik on Oct 18, 2009 2:22 PM EDT
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PrintI'm traveling this weekend -- this morning I woke up, landed in a new city, changed my perspective ... but the Islanders had still lost last night. Blah.
- Newsy Recaps: Newsday and the Post with pretty much the same quotes. The Gordon comments about Isles players mistakenly thinking they're an explosive offensive team give food for thought. That's what's eating lines #2 through 4?
- During his live blog, Mike at Islesblogger reported the best part of the game: "The Sens fans in attendance have thrown their Heatley garb on the ice." Nice.
Meanwhile...
- Islanders 2015: For other hockey fans or anyone who hasn't seen it: A very thorough Newsday round-up of where potential relocation options stand if the Lighthouse Project falls through. Baumbach also confirmed through "sources" that there would be an additional fee to move closer to Rangers land, home of the Short Island Smurfs. Speaking of which: More overt campaigning from the Queens Chamber of Commerce.
- Several league updates from Pierre LeBrun, including Ilya Kovalchuk getting close to a decision on his Thrashers future, and more of the same within the NHLPA.
- The Ducks were trounced 5-0 at home by the Blues last night, and Behind The Net takes a look at their defense in the post-Pronger era.
- Also if you missed it: Gordon addressed Rechlicz's poor penalty in the Buffalo game.
- From the News of the Obvious Department: Shock! Doug Weight might not still be an Islander in March. Now that is how you turn a Mark Messier junket quote into a story about Weight that is old news, but will not be relevant until 50 games from now. This 0-3-3 start has nothing to do with Weight's location in March.
- Finally, you think you got problems? Lotsa teams got problems. Rebuilding is hard, and the bipolar performance of second-tier prospects is enough to drive you from cloudy hope to the gutter of despair in the span of five minutes. WIth that in mind, Oilers blog Lowetide points out that Ales Hemsky is not a second-tier player, so calls to trade him are insane.
Patience: Turns out it's actually quite hard to maintain.
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Not sure about the "sources" verdict
From what I’ve been reading, it is far less clear that the Isles would owe the Rangers anything…especially if the move is to Queens. There would probably be some dickering about this, but in the end I am sure that an agreement would be reached that would pose no problem for Wang if, as I ecpect, they make the move to the CitiField location.
What about Huet, Dom?
If you’ve been reading my fanshots, they are about ready to run Cristobal out of town on a rail in Chi-town. His latest debacle? He let in two incredibly soft goals costing the Hawks a 4-3 first of the season home loss. Hawks’ Trib blogger Steve Rosenbloom has been all over Huet, talking about getting him a plane ticket out of town and a DNR holiday card!!! Rosenbloom pointedly said that the Bowman braintrust was even now thinking about which scoring forward they would trade for a goaltender.
My thoughts? If, hopefully Roly and / or Marty’s games pick up—as I am sure they will—package one of them along with Dougie or maybe Andy for Buff Daddy. A trade to coincide with their March 2 trip to Uniondale would seem to make sense.
I say grab Huet
BC – I was under the impression that we take Huet and his contract therefor gurenantee not only Buff in the deal but also get Versteeg or Barker for a Biron and Sutton
Not sure who suggested that to you. I haven’t. At one time, I was thinking that we take the poison pill of Huet and his contract to loosen the bottle cap to get Buff Daddy. I no longer think that is necessary. And I am quite sure that Chicago isn’t going to give away half of their franchise. I think they are coming to terms with the need to unload one of their big guns—probably Buff Daddy—and get a more reliable goalie. They would also like a tough stay at home defender and a good PP guy. We have Witter, but he would be bringing a salary they don’t want. So either Roly or Marty and Dougie for Buff Daddy. If Roly and Marty pick up their games and Huet is still ole-ing shots on net in a few months, it could happen.
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