He’s not listed on IR yet. Maybe they try their new pairings and then see how it goes? This is one benefit to carrying 8 D.

I’d be tempted to call up a forward myself, but that’s just because I’m greedy and want to see the Rhetts and Martins of the world. Gimme more, more! (In truth, we probably shouldn’t deplete Bridgeport unless we really need it.)

this surprises you? why not start buying some Lundqvist and Avery jerseys ???

We wait until the guy is injured, then we project him based on how many months he’s going to miss. I predict Streit has a terrible, horrible 2010-11, with hardly any points at all.

No reason to post anything. He doesn’t seem like the type that would listen anyway.

Essentially, it’s the yahoo equivalent of the Bleacher Report.

Ignore it.

Yeah, its basically an op ed piece. He’s entitled to his opinions, we’re entitled to ours.

ogam5, I “hid” your FanPost on this. There was something technically screwy that was messing up the page’s formatting, but in any case we don’t need to make a big deal of it.

Like some mentioned, he’s doing Yahoo’s version of Bleacher Report (they bought Associated Content earlier this year), and if you notice there are a bunch of articles next to it that are coincidentally very similar in topic, all launched today (Reasons to hate this team, 5 reasons to blah blah, etc.).

Also, everyone please note: There are already two FanShots linking to this article. (One here, one there.) This is my own fault, but this is why it’s a good idea when you’re doing a FanShot to be pretty specific in the title. So, not “Please Read This” as your title (nor “OMG! PLEASE READ………..”, but rather, “Yahoo User’s Tripe: 5 Reasons to Hate the Islanders.” etc. You can always add further commentary in the body of your FanShot, or as the first comment.

Urologist: Ted, so how are things in the bedroom?
Ted Yale: Wha?
Urologist: Well, Mr. Yale, I’ve been practicing medicine for 20 years and I don’t think I’ve seen a penis that small on an adult male. …ever… and I have two Irish midgets that have been coming to me since they were children.
Ted Yale: It wasn’t always that way…
Urologist: Hmmm… are you feeling an inordinate amount of stress at work?
Ted Yale: Not really…uuuum doc… can you make it bigger?
Urologist: Like big enough so that you don’t pee on your pants when you’re in a public urinal…ummm… no… but why don’t you jot down the things that really bother you and maybe we can get you to a psychologist that can turn it from an inny to an outty for ya.
Ted Yale: Okay Doc… i have an article due at yahoo!Sprots anyway…

He’s going to be wearing a Tavares jersey in two years after the Islanders make a run in the playoffs, praising their character, and to borrow a phrase from Amazin’ Avenue, “grission.” He’s simply a glorified internet troll. Nothing he says holds any weight: “they suck” isn’t a good reason to not like a team, an old building isn’t either, and neither is some spotty logic about the WHA. Pick on the Rangers then for driving the New York Americans out of town.

Don’t you think he said the same thing about the Penguins about, oh, say, five years ago? And now he’s probably sporting his Crosby 87 jersey.

With administrative powers over a professional hockey team for more than a decade.

Oh wait, just imagine him with hair—really, really bad hair.

lol, that’s awesome.

I can’t believe that e-mail got a response

Hockey players are the best, ain’t they? They sign for fans who twitter them, they film replies to angry fan mail, and they even worry about how to stretch $1.8 million in today’s tough economy – just like us.

Not that the "public apology " wasn’t enough but then he tells him to get his players moving because they are too slow. That is priceless. The straight face response makes the whole thing though.

There’s usually no correlation between blocked shots and a team being good or bad. Last years blocked shots leaders were

Florida, Islanders, Montreal, Edmonton and Philly in that order.

Florida and Edmonton were awful, Philly and Montreal got to the Eastern Conference Finals.

The bottom five were

Kings, Boston, Yotes, Devils, Ducks, Wings.

You just gotta play your game, and if it involves blocking shots so be it.

I was thinking about the inevitability of injuries last night after watching a series of great blocks. Little did I know A-Mac was already a victim.

I do know players talk about the best way to block them to reduce the likelihood of injuries, but certainly no method is perfectly safe (other than, “oops, Ole!”) and some situations are just “get whatever you can in front of it.” Especially with the rules not allowing you to take so many liberties to clear the slot and front of the net, it just seems to be the way of things now.

And of course A-Mac’s came on a 5-on-3 kill, which is pretty much throw every man, woman, child and dog time.