wow, lots of notable Islanders from the run missing, can you name them?
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It's so pretty.
I was so innocent.
Lighthouse Hockey: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A Dane with no holes is Frans Nielsen.
I detect a severe shortage of gutless pukes.
Lighthouse Hockey: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A Dane with no holes is Frans Nielsen.
by Dominik on Oct 26, 2011 3:39 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
That
should’ve turned your brain green
NY Islanders, just one irrational free agent signing away from contention!
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And Green had a pretty good run when he got bounced up a line
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Had to make this "Travis"
Rec’d
"Seriously that's the last time you guys f#@%ing won?" -RSH (about beating the Penguins in '93)
To be fair
The organization pissed off a lot of ex-players over the years
No volek though?
I can sort of understand Healy and Green, but there’s guys who are missing that makes no sense.
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Season Ticket Holder Meetup
As per the e-mail from the team, there will be a meetup with some members of the 92-93 team.
“This Saturday, October 29th we will be celebrating our 1992–93 Conference Finals team with a pre-game ceremony, just before our 7:00 p.m. game vs. the San Jose Sharks. Prior to the game, as part of the pre-game festivities, we have secured members of the 1992-93 team for an exclusive subscriber meet and greet. Several players, including Pierre Turgeon, Pat Flatley, and Darius Kasparaitis, will be signing autographs in the Expo Hall at Nassau Coliseum from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. A complimentary 1992-93 team collage will be available at this event. In addition, the team store will be open starting at noon for your convenience to purchase additional memorabilia to be signed. For this event please enter through the main box office entrance. Due to pre-game scheduling, this event will end promptly at 5:30 p.m.”
If anyone is attending the game and would like me to try and get extra people in, we can plan a place to meet for this. Should I create a new fan shot for this?
Usually Dom posts the game previews early, you can always make it the first comment, or talk to Dom about mentioning it in the preview.
"Failing upwards! How come I can’t ever seem to do that?" - AP77 on Strang's ESPN Job
Contributor to Lighthouse Hockey not sure if I'm the Sniper or the Enforcer.
Sure, post a FanShot
Offering any meetup friendliness you’re game for. I’ll try to remember to link to it in the preview as well.
Lighthouse Hockey: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A Dane with no holes is Frans Nielsen.
I wonder
looking at it again, if the players in the picture are going to actually be there. Doubtful, but it could make sense.
Also, from an interview with Kasparitis about 93:
The Islanders will honor the 1992-93 Patrick Division Champions on Saturday, Oct. 29 when the Isles faceoff against the San Jose Sharks at 7 p.m.
Why are they trying to revive this? They weren’t the Patrick Division champions. Just seems stupid to go down that road again.
Tavares is Tavares.
huh?
They were Patrick Division champs, there’s even banners for teams that were Patrick division champs and the Islanders had one for the 93 team that disappeared.
The old playoffs before Bettman were based on the division. So it was 1 Vs 4 and 2 vs 3 based on division seeding, and then the winners of those two matchups would face off in the next round for the division championship. At the time the Conference Championships were actually matchups of the division champions.
"Failing upwards! How come I can’t ever seem to do that?" - AP77 on Strang's ESPN Job
Contributor to Lighthouse Hockey not sure if I'm the Sniper or the Enforcer.
Pretty sure
the other banners are for winning the Patrick Division in the regular season. The NHL didn’t award banners for winning the divisional playoffs.
That’s why they had to give it away take that one down. It wasn’t legit.
Tavares is Tavares.
I was under the impression teams did both
If not, there were a lot of surplus/illegit banners around the league.
Lighthouse Hockey: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A Dane with no holes is Frans Nielsen.
by Dominik on Oct 27, 2011 2:18 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yup, Im sure there have been plenty of both.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Oct 27, 2011 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions
The '93 banner always stuck out from the rest
It said “Patrick Playoff Champions.” It was the only banner that celebrated winning a PLAYOFF division. If they had done it before ‘93, they sure didn’t raise a banner for it.
That being said, I loved the banner and wished it had remained in the rafters.
"Seriously that's the last time you guys f#@%ing won?" -RSH (about beating the Penguins in '93)
I personally think its bad luck to remove a banner completely. I mean, the team has not done anything since. Three personal trophies, yes- and winning contests at the ASG, things like that- but the TEAM itself has not done anything since the very moment that banner represents. I think even if they just had it back in the building it would be a good thing for the organization.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Oct 27, 2011 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions
They should put it back up this tomorrow :-)
"Seriously that's the last time you guys f#@%ing won?" -RSH (about beating the Penguins in '93)
ugh: this weekend/tomorrow/this morrow
damned english language…
"Seriously that's the last time you guys f#@%ing won?" -RSH (about beating the Penguins in '93)
I think
as far as the Isles go, it’s regular season. For example, 87-88 they won the regular season, but not the playoffs-there is a banner. Conversely, 79-80 they won the playoffs, not the regular season-no banner.
I don’t know what lesser teams do, but the Isles seem to do playoffs only.
Tavares is Tavares.
Greatest Gif Ever
"Failing upwards! How come I can’t ever seem to do that?" - AP77 on Strang's ESPN Job
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No Kinger?
Derek King was not one of my faves but he was a solid scorer there for the isles in the early 90’s.
I agree, I wish he was going to be there.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Oct 29, 2011 2:45 AM EDT up reply actions
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