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LHinks: Free agency turns sleepy, lens turns to Lighthouse Project

You knew that the excitement (and Snow-managed uncertainty) about the 2009 NHL Draft, followed immediately by free agency, would mean a certain franchise-defining real estate project would lose the spotlight for a bit.

Now that the Islanders are in wait-and-see bargain-hunting mode (a.k.a. B+ grade from Puck Daddy), and the big names are mostly off the market league-wide (check out Mirtle's post on who has money left; keep in mind the Isles' figure is without the inevitable Tavares rubber-stamp entry-level deal), it's time to surf some Isles links, Lighthouse Project and otherwise.

But first: Great signing by the Penguins to keep Ruslan Fedotenko in the fold. At $1.8 million, it's Fedotenko's second consecutive pay cut, which tells me Tenk's competitive priorities are in order. As an Isles fan and Fedotenko fan I'm personally happy for both him and Bill Guerin. But objectively speaking, they both played crucial supporting roles in the Cup run. Can they pull it off again?

Sticking close to the Island, while many are sorry the Islanders couldn't land Mike Komisarek (always a long shot, honestly), his defection from Montreal to Toronto should provide great theater, in terms of the anxiety of torn fan loyalties. I'm not so much looking forward to the next Leafs-Habs game as I am the fan myth-spinning afterward.

Meanwhile, are we going to see a market "correction" for those who didn't land big dollars in the first days of July? We just might. Intuitively it makes sense, as jobs (and cap room) become scarce. But GMs and their money soon part...

Islanders and Lighthouse Project links follow the jump...

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Lighthouse Project

In case you missed it between the draft and Free Agent Meat Market opening, Sen. Schumer unsurprisingly pledged support for the Lightouse Project, saying he would seek federal money to improve infrastructure around the proposed development. [Long Island Business News] Newsday also offered editorial support for this plan.

The next Lighthouse meeting is Tuesday, July 7 -- to approve the DGEIS (environmental impact statement) -- but Chris Botta has a helpful list of big dates in the near future. Public hearings, hopefully, in August.

Nick of Let There be Light(house) sees the Town of Hempstead's denied challenge about how to develop the Bellmore Army Base site as a sign of better trends ahead. For me, a non-resident watching from afar, that's out of my department; but Nick's insight on the Lighthouse Project has been essential reading, and his (young) citizen-on-the-ground perspective is always interesting. Nick's end-of-June, State of the Lighthouse post is full of resources, too.

Bloggers React to Islanders Free Agency

That's a rundown of reactions we didn't link to in the preceding days. As always, if we missed something or if you have something that's not on the radar, drop it in comments (or email me, if you're shy). In these LHinks posts, self-promotion is -- like fish paralyzer in the old Kevin Nealon/SNL skit about the All-Drug Olympics -- both legal and encouraged.

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I don’t get the people who are questioning DPs health because of the signing. First off, he’s barely played in almost 2 seasons. Obviously there is something wrong healthwise. Secondly I think it would be a bigger question of DPs health had the Isles gotten a younger goalie. Roloson is an obvious sign that although DPs health might be questionable, the answer in the future in goal is DP. Unless of course the Isles sign someone young next offseason or one of the AHL’ers/Draftees does something spectacular.

by WebBard on Jul 4, 2009 12:35 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, good point. Don’t see adding depth changes anything. I haven’t read anything into the goalie signings/draftings other than insuring against the obvious uncertainty. Hell, he could do a workout in front of me right now and stop 100 NHL shots, and I’d still want some extra back-up. It would probably be a couple of seasons before I’d feel comfortable about his joints.

Lighthouse Hockey: Side effects may include Weight gain and frequent game loss.

by Dominik on Jul 5, 2009 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I’m in agreement with WebBard here.

Roloson was brought in as a mentor and a quality 1-A option for Gordon to utilize. That’s it. If Ricky is ready to go, then I’m sure Rolie will only see somewhere in the neighborhood of 25-30 games. Although, I’d love to see more of a platooning action (ie. Boston from last season) where neither goalie takes the brunt of the workload.

The Munroe signing is baffling to me because of the scouting report I received on Mikko Koskinen. If the intent was to bring him to the AHL and North American rinks, I don’t see the need to sign Munroe unless there were some issues in bringing Koskinen here. I’m sure that story will play itself out over the coming months.

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by IslesOfficial on Jul 6, 2009 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Indeed. Doubt Koskinen will want to come over to learn he’s going to … Utah.

Lighthouse Hockey: Side effects may include Weight gain and frequent game loss.

by Dominik on Jul 6, 2009 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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Josh Bailey 12 C 10/2/1989 188 6-1
Sean Bergenheim 20 LW 2/8/1984 205 5-10
Blake Comeau 57 RW 2/18/1986 207 6-1
Rick DiPietro 39 G 9/19/1981 210 6-1
Bruno Gervais 8 D 10/3/1984 205 6-1
Trent Hunter 7 RW 7/5/1980 210 6-3
Dustin Kohn 56 D 2/2/1987 200 6-2
Andrew MacDonald 47 D 9/7/1986 188 6-1
Freddy Meyer 44 D 1/4/1981 192 5-10
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Frans Nielsen 51 C 4/24/1984 172 5-11
Kyle Okposo 21 RW 4/16/1988 200 6-1
Richard Park 10 RW 5/27/1976 190 5-11
Dwayne Roloson 30 G 10/12/1969 180 6-1
Rob Schremp 13 C 7/1/1986 200 5-11
Jon Sim 16 LW 9/29/1977 195 5-10
Mark Streit 2 D 12/11/1977 197 6-0
Andy Sutton 25 D 3/10/1975 245 6-6
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