Islanders Bits: Will History be Saved?

Thanks for putting this together. As a lifelong Islander fan from the days of Billy Harris all I can say is please vote – Yes. I am one of many fans not living on the Island but quite dependent on this outcome for my hockey fix.

After 40 years of putting my faith in this organization I don’t want to feel the pain and sadness Giant and Dodger fans experienced sixty years ago.

PS – I read the Copper and Blue article on their top 25 under 25. It is a good exercise in helping fans evaluate the teams talent. The good news for Islander fans is we have a lot of good talent in our pool of young players. We are getting recognition amongst the blogsphere for the collection of young players Snow has assembled. We need time to let those kids cook properly and then work them smartly into the lineup.

To all other Nassau residents, we can’t take this vote for granted. Everyone needs to get out and support this. To non-Nassau residents who want to help, call anyone you know who lives Nassau and do whatever necessary to secure a vote. Beg them, bribe them, blackmail them, threaten them, beat them up. Anything necessary. If you know people who plan to vote no, remove the spark plug from their car and return it on August 2nd.

It could give everyone a chance to debate why their favorite prospects are better than other’s favorite prospects. Would the ranking system be based off of a prospect’s pure talent and upside or the likeliness that they contribute in the NHL?

to see the results on that featured poll to the right of the screen regarding how people are voting and to see how many of us don’t have a vote.

I wonder how many of us are all out of state? I know there is that map, but don’t know how updated it is.

because holy God I am so sick and tired of reading about the referendum. (Yes, I know it’s really important to Nassau County and the future of the New York Islanders, but sometimes you just want to talk about hockey, damnit!)

I currently live in texas. until last year I lived in suffolk all my life and have been an isles fan for as long as I have been a hockey fan. My parents who still reside there have said that it is not looking so good for the vote as far as they can tell from everything they’ve read and heard in papers and news. Do you really think there is a realistic chance of this thing passing? Even though I live 1500 miles away I’d be devastated if my team was forced to move off the island because nassau county sucks ass.

i’m not a nassau county, nor a long island resident. obviously i’d vote YES if i did live there…my whole thing with this is: THIS CANNOT HAPPEN. for the love of everything that is good in this world, it would actually give me a valid reason to give up on life if somehow we fans lose the islanders. not only would i not cheer for another team if this team moves, i would give up on hockey and possibly all other sports. i can’t even imagine the thought of no new york islanders existing. that’s where this really comes down to: the existence of something that we as fans cherish like our children to cease to be. i believe the referendum will pass. however, the legalism and political garbage will find every way to prevent this from happening. this is why the referendum must pass. if somehow no wins, this team will not only move off the island, it will move out of state and possibly out of country. county of nassau, you’re doing this not only for yourselves. you’re doing this for the betterment of the world.

Awesome nonsense article in the times today. It throws around the 58 dollar per resident number like candy. He also called the nordique fans coming to the island the highlight of last season. I pointed out to him that most of those fans called for the thrashers to move. I emailed the writer. I called his article nonsense and hackery.

If you go to the polls with Isles gear of any sort, you could encounter problems if the poll workers are personally against and don’t want you to cast your YES vote. Just a thought. I’ve been seeing a few tweets like this.