Maple Leafs blog/reporter insults the Islanders organization
by Jetsexpert on Oct 18, 2010 10:45 AM EDT
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Damien Cox writes for a "spin" column for the Toronto Star. He wastes no time taking a very cheap shot at the Islanders in his breakdown for the Leafs opponents tonight at the Air Canada Center.
From his "the spin" column - October 18, 2010
By most any measure, the once proud New York Islanders are a failure of a franchise. They're still in the NHL, but barely, it seems.
Wow...your team gets off to a 4-0 start and now you can start to insult other organizations who despite the Leafs having 5 extra seasons on them since expansion have won FOUR LESS Stanley Cups than the Islanders over that time.
Stanley Cup tally for Organizations
Since Expansion (1967-68)
Islanders 4
Leafs 0
Add to that the Leafs only claims to fame the last 44 years was the fact that their two biggest playoff series wins came against the Islanders which include the 1978 Semis and the 2002 Quarters. Are Leafs fans that jealous of the Islanders???
Taking a cheap shot at the Islanders for their lack of payroll is just not something class people or organizations do. Anyone who has half a brain understands the Islanders are being hamstrung by their own town which is making it impossible for them to get a new arena and start making money instead of owner Charles Wang losing about $30 million a season.
We'll see how much of a "Failure" we are when we end their perfect season tonight...
Lets go Islanders.
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Cox doesn't represent the Maple Leafs or their fansthough
He’s just a (too) proudly cantankerous columnist who is as gratuitously cheap and grumpy toward the hometown team as he is to any other.
Leafs fans generally HATE him.
Like so many old media columnists, he has serious difficulty finding a role for himself without basically slinging crap to get a reaction. (Like this one.) He is essentially irrelevant to the thinking fan, so I wouldn’t worry about him.
Lighthouse Hockey: You say that like Streit and Okposo and Schremp and Tavares and Wisniewski were important.
Case in point
Here is how the Leafs fans at PPP look at Damo.
Lighthouse Hockey: You say that like Streit and Okposo and Schremp and Tavares and Wisniewski were important.
Thank you Dominik
Myself and other members at PPP (who can’t comment due to the 24 hour delay) are glad you immediately pointed out that Damien Cox is indeed a douche and does NOT represent the city of Toronto or its fans.
20 miles to Legoland!
by nhlcheapshot on Oct 18, 2010 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions
can't stress that enough
if you want to see how Leafs fans relate to the MSM in Toronto, there’s no better place than the gone (but not forgotten) Cox Bloc
We really, really, really, really, really, really (REALLY) don’t like Cox et all and their incredibly poor reflection on Leafs fans.
My apologies for the pot shots from him nonetheless…
This is my BOZAK!!!1
by blurr1974 on Oct 18, 2010 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Agree
You guys should all leave comments there rationally telling Cox just how bad he is.
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maybe well win now
we always seem to do good when other teams or their fans talk crap about us right before hte gane
Bailey for captain NOW!
don't disagree with the above but
it isn’t unusual for Leaf bloggers and fans to dis the Islanders because they are the one franchise in the last 10-20 years that has struggled more than they have. Obviously not all Leaf fans think that way. As you say, we will see what happens tonight.
the one franchise in the last 10-20 years that has struggled more than they have.
Categorically false, because the Leafs, since 1994, have actually had the most playoff success of any Canadian team, so…
Anyways, while none of us are above dissing other teams, I’d say the Islanders are one team that gets very little of it. See; Habs, Senators, Canucks, heck even the Panthers get it more than the Islanders.
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Oct 18, 2010 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh and here’s the info re: Leafs playoff success.
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Oct 18, 2010 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions
We shall speak softly while carrying our big sticks.....
which we will use to silence the doubters with!
Go isles or Go home.
Ummm
Did you actually read the WHOLE article? It’s actually not bad, he even predicts the Isles will beat the Leafs.
After the 2nd Period of Opening Night "Best Period of the year" DevonPSU
Contributor to Lighthouse Hockey not sure if I'm the Sniper or the Enforcer.
I did read the entire article, but the rest of the article was simply outlining the OBVIOUS at home the Islanders have played this season.
There was no call for the first sentence in this story. why would anyone say that the Islanders are a failure of a franchise? That was a low blow.
A Decade of Milbury
Yashin/DP Contracts
No Playoff series wins in almost 20 years
An arena that is half fill most nights.
Just for examples, here’s some quotes from later in the article.
Yet as they arrive in Toronto to take a poke at the perfect Maple Leafs tonight, the hockey team itself appears to be anything but a pushover.
Adversity seems to have welded this long forsaken club together – the Isles haven’t won a playoff round in 17 years, remember – and these players, so far, have banded together in impressive style.
After the 2nd Period of Opening Night "Best Period of the year" DevonPSU
Contributor to Lighthouse Hockey not sure if I'm the Sniper or the Enforcer.
Haha
Ironic that. I actually didn’t read it — he turned me off past reading him again years ago.
Lighthouse Hockey: You say that like Streit and Okposo and Schremp and Tavares and Wisniewski were important.
Of course he predicts the Isles will win despite the Leafs’ having a 7-1-2 record against NYI at the ACC since the lockout. He’s trolling both fanbases!
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It takes a special kind of Cox to pull that off
Lighthouse Hockey: You say that like Streit and Okposo and Schremp and Tavares and Wisniewski were important.
All Articles by Damien Cox in just four lines
Crosby Great
Ovechkin Evil
Islanders Bad
No Fighting.
He’ll fill in with other nonsense and crap on occasion like how the Blackhawks logo is racist (even though it isn’t, he knows it isn’t, but he can imagine how it could be). Replace Crobsy with the name Brodeur or another Canadian player and repeat article.
LOLOL
By most any measure, the once-proud Damien Cox is a failure of a journalist. He still reports on the NHL, but barely, it seems.
There, fixed that for you. I also observe that our Distinguished Columnist has shaved both his mullet and his copy editor, to judge from the state of his grammar.
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good summary except you forgot 1967
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Oct 18, 2010 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions
he required a reply
Especially commenter Mark. In case it never sees the light of day up North, I have cut-and-pasted mark’s insights and my reply:
It’s sad to see how a once proud franchise can take such a nose dive. In my opinion, the fault lies squarely at the feet of Charles Wang. It’s incredible that someone who has shown such as talent for shooting himself in the foot when it comes to his hockey club has made billions in his other business ventures. If you were to put together a top 10 list of the dumbest ideas in NHL club ownership history, I would venture to say the Isles under Wang would dominate that list. The ‘Milbury’ years, the Yashin contract, the Di Pietro contract to name three. Frankly, I don’t know why Wang is holding onto the club and I suspect with the possible death of the Lighthouse development plan looming so may be Wang’s tenure as an NHL owner. Jim Balsilie, are you out there? —“mark”
@Mark – the Milbury years started well before Charles Wang. The DiPietro contract was not the problem – his health was. (Otherwise why would other franchises be signing their own stars to eight or ten year contracts like Ovechkin and Richards?) Even Yashin was productive while on the Island, though nobody would argue that he was worth THAT much money.
Considering how the Isles’ dynasty was shamefully dismantled under the absentee ownership of John Pickett, how Chicago was mismanaged nearly to death under Bill Wirtz, how nobody seems to know who owns Phoenix, the ongoing Spendthrift Circus of Misadventure playing 41 dates at the Madison Square Garden, whatever the blazes is going on with the Florida Panthers… to say nothing of MLSE’s oversight of the Leafs… well, Charles Wang, while not perfect, is far from the top of the list of problems with the New York Islanders… certainly not dominating any top-10 dumbest owner ideas.
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Results count
We should look beyond this game and measure the entire series between the teams. Of course where we finish in relation to the Leafs and if either team makes the play-offs. And if he persists with how cheap an operation the Isles are, than the huge Toronto contracts [many of them inflated, start with Komy] are going to be in the glare if infact we do better than them this season.
Cox Stinks
We rip on the Isles all of the time because Mike Milbury made it so easy (he’s like your John Ferguson Jr) but we rip everyone just like everyone rips up regardless of how well the team is doing.
However, Cox in no way represents us. The financial jibes are cheap because he doesn’t bother finding out why it’s a problem or what could be done to fix it which is about par for the course for his writing.
While 1978 was a big win, 2002 doesn’t even rank in our top 10 other than because it was a wickedly dirty series.
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To summarize:
1. Cox is terrible and non-representative of a human being, let alone a leafs fan
2. The Isles are actually pretty decent and Snow has a good plan.
3. There is a good chance that either the Isles or Leafs will win tonight. Either way Damien Cox won’t be happy.
4. The Leafs biggest playoff wins since 1967 do not involve the Islanders, much like the Islanders biggest playoff losses since 1983 don’t involve the Leafs.
Who wants to hear a funny ass joke?
Clarification
Either way Damien Cox won’t be happy.Isn’t it either way Cox has his next paint-by-numbers column?
Lighthouse Hockey: You say that like Streit and Okposo and Schremp and Tavares and Wisniewski were important.
Prescience?
3. There is a good chance that either the Isles or Leafs will win tonight.
:nods head: In hindsight, this was impressive.
by Nova Scotia Isles Fan on Oct 20, 2010 2:10 PM EDT reply actions
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