Images: Ryan Strome Shoots for the Green Men
by Dominik on Aug 30, 2011 6:58 PM EDT
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- 1) ...on 1950s conception of what Mars looks like.
- 2) ...after nuclear meltdown.
- 3) ...for a hockey card shoot at the Diner's Club (or is it Carte Blanche?*) Centre for Hockey Excellence** in Toronto.
The top three picks in the 2011 draft, as usual and as warranted, get most of the attention (h/t Puck Daddy) at these pre-pre-preseason publicity and hockey card shoots, but the Islanders have sure had their share there in recent seasons, have they not?
In the coming season and in a stable of players on their way, we are getting closer...
*Notes: My father, a bit of an oddball, took great joy in our travels by asking merchants who claimed to "accept most cards" whether they took Diner's Club? How about Carte Blanche? Truly, nobody takes Carte Blanche. Certainly nowhere he shopped.
**Ironically, in my effort to further blur the identity of corporate named locations, I have stumbled into an odd triangle between these and MasterCard, the actual sponsor of the "Centre for Hockey Excellence." The story of credit card brands and how they do their thing is actually somewhat interesting if you've never thought about it, or if you're forced to learn it because they become your client.
(This was long ago ... the statute of limitations in dinging a former client has certainly expired by now, ri-- .....
P.S. Feel free to conjure a better explanation for the Strome image. We aren't actually off the air, dontcha know.
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Diner's Club or Carte Blanche
Back in the dynasty days I had those cards, ah yes, sweet memories
time to drop the puck !!!!!!
My theory, and I think there's a 90% chance it's 60% dead on, 55% of the time at least:
Since Christian Bale is holding a camera, top right, obvisouly this is on set of the new Batman movie. In this scene, The Strome (new villain, written specifically for the film) has busted in Fenway Park, after torching The Penguin on Yawkey Way, and is looking to bring down the Green Monster with a Flaming Puck of Doom (CGI will add in the fire effects in post-production).
SPOILERS: What happens next is Bale changes in Batman, using the smoke from the FPoD as cover, and just as he’s about to wrangle in The Strome, The Dane shows up, kills Bane with a Backhand of Justice, then yells at Batman like he was Danny Briere, so naturally, Batman breaks down weeping, The Dane picks up one of The Strome’s FPoD, and transforms in Franzy Automatik, does a second BHoJ, Fenway crumbles, credits roll, after credits we see The Penguin, who looks kinda like Mario Lemeuix, who breaks into tears saying he doesn’t want to play anymore, yada yada yada….end scene.
Now, I’m just going by what someone who said they overheard someone in a bar say they heard of someone that read something on the internet apparently written by someone that heard someone else they read a summary of the script. So take it for what it’s worth, but I’m running with it.
by Les Beaver on Aug 30, 2011 9:11 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
why do I have a feeling Strome will start the season with the Islanders?
it must be tempting to start with
Moulson-Tavares-Strome for 9 games
If we're carrying 3 goalies
Do we have enough players who could possibly clear waivers that Strome would have a spot?
"Maybe (Frans) should concentrate more on FO rather than the thugging aspect of his game." - AP77
Contributor to Lighthouse Hockey not sure if I'm the Sniper or the Enforcer.
Trade maybe, but I doubt he'll hold out again
Not if he still wants to play pro hockey anyway.
Lighthouse Hockey: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A Dane with no holes is Frans Nielsen.
But at $600k, I can see him holding out. That's nothing to him.
He could hurt his value more then help it if he still wants to play in the nhl and does bad behind a team that almost finished last in the east last year. And at his age, he doesn’t have time to better his image if he falls on his face next year in net.
He would have to be awfully good in training camp
… to even get the 9 games, I think. And if so, I think it is 9 games as a bottom-6 forward, just getting a taste of the NHL— with Reasoner and/or Rolston. The playoffs are too important this season, and Strome’s development too imortant, to take a big chance with him unless he’s 100% ready, and I don’t think he will be physically.
by North Dakota Red Eagle on Aug 31, 2011 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Strome Vs. The Green Slime from Beyond Jupiter!
Strome wins, assist by Tavares.
Hey, Tavares had to defeat The Atomic Supermen from Planet X in his first camp!
Damn hazing rituals for 1st rounders.
The Thing from 200 Fathoms damn near killed Nino last year…
Jeff Carter to Columbus? Wait, I've seen this one before, it was called Shanahan to Hartford. Advice? Don't buy a Carter jersey.
by BrassBonanza10 on Aug 30, 2011 10:52 PM EDT reply actions
Two Weeks from Today
Islanders-Bruins rookie game at Nassau Coliseum. It’s coming! Can you feel it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoPHp6mvyfw
Oh, can we please update that video this year?
by rmblifn on Aug 30, 2011 11:02 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I have a feeling Ryan's cards are going to be absolutely RED-HOT commodities......
…..and I count myself extremely fortunate that I’ve been able to nab so many NN rookies, for comparatively little scratch (YES, I’m collecting again – cause for someone to stage an intervention? LOL) – awaiting delivery of the Black Diamond before week’s end, in fact, and missed the Young Guns card last night, but it appears that Nino’s stock has fallen a bit…..in addition, have almost all the Hamonics (no Young Guns there either, though) and Poulins too. I’m presuming that Calvin, Matt (Donovan) Anders (Lee) Scott (Mayfield) and Casey (Cizikas) will all see their RCs debut this season as well…..
Surprise of the morning
…was seeing Okposo listed 29th on NHL.com’s fantasy RW **O*E**IO* list. He’s just behind Setoguchi, Seguin, and Pominville. Just ahead of Stafford.
I’m not saying KO is not a solid top-6 forward, but I sort of doubt he’ll end up 29th in points among RWers. But perhaps his +/- (with Nielsen and Grabner) will be good enough to land him in the top-30. Or perhaps if some of his post-ringers end up in the goal, he’ll end up with enough points to earn a spot on that list.
BTW, Grabner is 23rd on the RWer list. (They’ll figure it out soon.) Behind Hemsky and Alfredsson and ahead of Doan and Justin Williams. I bet Grabner surprises some people and ends up behind only 10 or 15 RWers.
What is less likely: Grabner comes close to the 50-goal pace the 2nd half of ‘10-’11 or that Grabner comes close to the 1 assist for every 2 goals pace? (In other words, I don’t expect 50 goals, but I don’t expect 1 assist for every 2 goals either.) If Grabner ends this season with 18 assists, I would be very, very surprised.
by North Dakota Red Eagle on Aug 31, 2011 11:24 AM EDT reply actions
Ha
I wonder if they’re figuring KO to end up on the Tavares line?
Agreed on Grabner’s assist total. Although if he has to wait five minutes for the rest of his team to catch up to the speed of light, he may have no one left to pass to.
Lighthouse Hockey: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A Dane with no holes is Frans Nielsen.
by Dominik on Aug 31, 2011 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
What do they do if Okposo outshines Parenteau noticably in camp?
It’s not like that’s unfathomable, especially if Okposo is healthy and continues to mature. Then do we swap PAP and Okposo? Do we throw PAP on the 3rd line and Rolston on the 2nd? What do we do?
Probably start with a swap
PAP has shown that he can play top-6 minutes effectively. Unless KO and another RWer outplay PAP in preseason, I expect him to remain in the top-6, even if that makes the 2nd line a little soft physically.
But do Isles even swap the two just because KO is outplaying PAP? Do they risk the chemistry imbalance? Perhaps KO moves to the #1 PP unit, but I think even strength it probably stays the same.
by North Dakota Red Eagle on Aug 31, 2011 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions
A few options
for sure. Which is nice.
One that doesn’t really get mentioned would be putting Comeau on the first line. I know everyone is ready to trade the guy, but he did put in 24 playing with Bailey and x number of other players where x = all players who played for both Bridgeport and the Islanders last year. Not hard to see him topping 30 playing with JT, and can add some physical play to the line too.
What’s nice about that is you can then slot Bailey between two more veteran players in PAP and Rolston (I know PAP was a rookie, but he’s 28-he’s a veteran of something).
MM-JT-BC
MG-FN-KO
PAP-JB-BR
MM-MR-NN/MH
Who knows though? That’s what camp is for!
I like that idea, but for it to work we need a couple things.
-comeau actually playing and staying on the rw.
-comeau playing physical
-comeau dishing the puck more/better(he’d be playing with 2 30goal scorers, he needs to)
I'll take that bet going another way...
I think Grabs will end up Top 10 for RWs this season. High-end/low-end, that’s what I don’t know yet, but I think the Grabs we saw in the second half is the Grabs that merited a first round draft pick and a very good indication of what he’s capable of.
He’s got one of the most under-rated centers in the game on his line and the tacheon level of speed Dom speaks of, plus, he and Frans have had a year to gel. Frans can’t down the ice as fast as Grabs, but I’ll bet dollars to donuts he’ll use his also highly under-rated hockey sense to create breakaway situations for Grabs and (every bit as important) put the puck on his stick to exploit it.
Remember, Grabs’ speed not only can’t be matched by his line mates, it also can’t be matched by most NHL players. The guy really is that fast.
Fn’GO is a big reason I say we’ll finish at least ahead of the Debbies and the Phlyers: Speed and smarts to break the trap, speed and skill to get around the aging Phlyer D.
Of course, there’s always Tavares, Moulson and…well, I’d like to see Nino on that line myself, but if Strome’s the real deal right out of the box, putting him on the right side of Tavares could be intriguing too.
Jeff Carter to Columbus? Wait, I've seen this one before, it was called Shanahan to Hartford. Advice? Don't buy a Carter jersey.
by BrassBonanza10 on Aug 31, 2011 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Green screen....
so they can digitally imagine him in Quebec, KC or some other we-don’t-have-a-team-so-we’ll-take-yours town?
Not to be a pessimist, I love the Isles and hope they can get SOMEthing done to stay on the Island. Willet’s Point, anyone? Close to LIRR, buses, LIE, Van Wyck, GCP, LAG, and all points populous? Or next to Citi Field? They can build a parking garage in Lot C and an arena would fit nicely in Lot E, right next to Roosevelt Ave and just a 30-second walk from the train.
Just 30 more days until hockey. Thank you Dom for getting me through summer.
You know you're an Islanders fan when you hit refresh on LHH 12 times a day. In summer.
Tryin' our best
One day at a time…
Lighthouse Hockey: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A Dane with no holes is Frans Nielsen.
Carte Blance, Diner's Club
reminds me of Louis Winthorp III’s wallet in the scene when he gets arrested in Trading Places. Only thing missing are 2 tickets to La “Boheem” (it’s an opera).
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