Islanders Links: Beat the Rangers edition
by Dominik on Oct 29, 2009 1:10 PM EDT
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PrintI love the day after wins, because it brings out the happy in bloggers and fans. And of course I love wins over the Rangers, because it brings out "official" coverage, too. (There are actually 1,000 more reasons to love both, but they don't jibe quite as well with the convention of introducing a links post.)
Them papers: Newsday (that'll be $5 please) | The Brooks treatment: Okposo "the best player on the ice by leaps and bounds" [Post] | Coolest picture of Okposo that you ever did see [Daily News] | Post-game contrasts [Times]
Recaps and tributes galore: Botta's +/- | Islesblogger's live blog | Eric/Forever1940 with the stat trick | Okposo Net in praise of its namesake, who passes Kozlov (hee hee) on all-time Islanders points | B.D. on Gordon relaxed and life sans Gabs [Hockey Independent] | 7th Woman | Islanders 360 looks at the tough schedule | View from 317 | Angie OnTheNYIslesScene
From the other side: Blueshirt Banter with post-mortem | the dark half of The Rivalry | Scotty Hockey's is his 1000th post. | Battle of NY recap
Plus: The Post on Weight's swine flu; Nick with resources on the elections [Let There Be Light(house)]
Randomly Elsewhere: Our next opponent has to get through Atlanta first | Petr Sykora's struggles with the Wild [Puck Update] | Old friend Yann Danis starts against the Bruins tonight [WEEI]
More on last night's game later [update: actually, tonight or tomorrow; Chickendirt has a discussion-stirring FanPost on what the recent good play means, so I'm going to adjust what I had planned]. As always, if you have additional links -- or reactions to any of the above -- the comment box is your friend.
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What a nice day
for a while a lot of folks were claiming that these kids were not developing. What a difference a day makes.
Okposo looks like he’s becoming one of the premier power forwards in this game. Tavares, struggeling as of late like all players do, busts out with a beautiful goal. What a difference it makes for everyone else when your big players coming through. That really opens things up for everyone else on the team.
Moulson is making Snow look brilliant once again. Last year it was Mark Streit.
Anyone confusing this years team with last years squad better think again. It’s not. One year under the belt of the kids and the addition of Tavares makes this team significantly better. It’s nice to see that we can actually roll lines.
More coming through the pipeline next season with Hamonic.
by Chickendirt on Oct 29, 2009 1:53 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Is it ever too early to talk trade or draft
Anyways love talking about potential trades or especiallly draft talk.
Anyways confused about “the system” that we apperently run. If someone could explain it to me. Apperently we r in yr 2 of this re-build, so that does mean KO (who Nolan drafted was he part of this system. From my understaning we drafted in 08 and 09 guys who fit r system, we r apperently r coaching the farm(BRI) who r currently on the roster also playin “in the system”. If anything isnt speed one of the most important componet of this “SYSYTEM”, does that mean guys like Witter and Hunter dont fit the “SYSTEM” or most importantly our franchise 1st rnd pick Johnny Boy doe he really fit the stlye that Gordon likes. If the system means everyone has to hustle and lets bring it to them as opposed to waiting for it to come to us that’s fair
On to my trades – Horton (a 1st rnd pick 3rd overall 03) from the FLA panther is apperently available. I like his size and grit plus he could get get 30-40 g.
but FLA is worsre off than us a least we have a plan their kinda stuck in the middle heavy defence poor out put on O.
wHAT Would it take to pry off a disgruntled player who makes good money who still has lots of potential playing on a poor team who doesnt know if their going to a youth movement or trying to make yhe play-offs
Now my Draft – as I mentioned w FLA I dont think we r coming in last place so I think guys like Fowler and Taylor might b gone I like Kirill Kabonov we could put him on a line with JT and KO and call it the U.N line representing the 3 powerhouse countries in Hockey , we could b prejudice and put him with Kyle and the other Kirill (petrov) u guys can come up with your own name for that line
Funny that you mention Petrov
I have been reading that his development in Russia is not going well. He’s not getting a ton of ice time either.
Wonder if that’s a situation where Snow steps in and gets him out of there.
I think there is also concern with Ness and our favorite Gophers coach.
I think there is also concern with Ness and our favorite Gophers coach.
Heard anything new there? I know they’re off to a historically bad start for Minnesota standards.
I was talking with my Minnesota buddy last night — I bug him every time Okposo scores an Islanders goal that could have been a Gophers goal — and I was raving about KO. My friend: “That’s what I loved about him! He just never stopped skating. He always hustled and made things happen. That’s why I don’t get why he and Lucia didn’t mesh.”
Lighthouse Hockey: Side effects may include Weight gain and frequent game loss.
I dont think there are any problems with Ness there in Minnesota. There was a recent article in the Daily News abou them. Some highlights:
…it’s worked out just fine for all concerned thus far. “Since I’ve been there, it hasn’t been an issue at all,” Ness said. “Everything’s been great.”
“All reports are that Aaron’s playing well,” Snow said. “We’re excited that Aaron is playing college hockey and having some success. We’ll keep monitoring Aaron, and hope he continues on that development path.”
Likewise, Lucia has nothing but good things to say about his program’s interaction with the Islanders.
“There’s been no issues whatsoever,” Lucia said. “Trent Klatt, who works with the Islanders in player development, is a former player here. He’s living in the state of Minnesota. We’ve had good dialogue with him, and he’s the one who’ll be watching and evaluating Aaron at a more consistent basis, so that’s the person we’ll be going through.”
Sounds like things are going smoothly.
Lets go Islanders...
by TheMetalChick on Oct 29, 2009 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Coool. I missed that one. This is good to here. The whole Snow/Lucia/Okposo thing was just odd.
Lighthouse Hockey: Side effects may include Weight gain and frequent game loss.
TRADES
Don’t see us trading for Horton. They would probably want at least our first round pick and we aren’t trading that. And Garth will not trade Hunts.
Players who will or may be on the block in March: Park, Biron, Weight, Sutton, Sim, and Schremp. Witter, Martinek, and Roly may also be going. They will be more difficult as they still have a year left on their contracts. And with all of the above, it will depend on their performance. In Roly’s case, it will also depend on DP’s status.
I don’t see us trading for other players. I would like to see us trade Roly, Weight, and Sutton to the Hawks for their first round and two second round picks. Then, if we don’t get the #1 or #2 overall, we might trade down for more assets and use them and the other picks to trade up with the Chicago pick as well as our own.
Players to target in the first round if we don’t get Hall or Fowler: Teemu Pulkinnen, defensemen Gudbrandson or Merrill, and PF Nino Niedereiter. Second round target: Big, nasty, physical Swedish defenseman Patrik Nemeth.
If someone had told Isles fans a month ago that the Isles would be 2-3 points out of a playoff spot right now, most of us would have told you that you were being far too optimistic. But, technically, there they are. How about that huh lol?
Lets go Islanders...
{raises hand} Me, guilty.
And it’s a beautiful thing.
Lighthouse Hockey: Side effects may include Weight gain and frequent game loss.
Okposo
Man, they need to make that daily news pic a Poster, I’d get it in a second. The only thing that could make that pic better would have been if they were wearing their classics.
Plus even better is the crowd. You have a few Rangers fans that are in shock, and a few Isles fans with pure joy on their face.
by Mark D on Oct 29, 2009 3:53 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Ha, you’re right! The retros would make that photo perfect.
And what’s with the seven dudes in blazers? The Rangers practice squad? Glen Sather’s cigar posse?
Lighthouse Hockey: Side effects may include Weight gain and frequent game loss.
The retros make every photo perfect.
They are so gorgeous that if I ever got married Id want wedding shots with the guys wearing em over their suits.
Lets go Islanders...
Now that is a wedding gimmick I could get behind.
Lighthouse Hockey: Side effects may include Weight gain and frequent game loss.
How about the construction hat!!
did you see Tavares in the post game interview with the hard hat on?
classic
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