As of Dec. 27, he had played in eight games this season and his nameplate no longer was hanging in the Coliseum locker room.
Anyone see this from Brett Cyrgalis' 2011 Review of the Islanders in the Post? And...wanna fill in the blank if you haven't read that yet?
Not sure why the line is "as of Dec. 27" though, since they played two more home games after that.
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I'm wondering
The already small locker room and the three-goalie situation makes you wonder. But I wouldn’t expect a guy who is as theoretically lightly injured (groin “strain”) as he to have no nameplate. It’s a weird detail, dated, that makes you wonder if it’s possibly a hint but not one he could get anyone to address.
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I dont think so.
Not unless a guy had like a broken leg or something else that would definitely take them out for the entire season.
It might be a space issue like Dom said, but the way this was presented is still really strange.
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 2, 2012 3:31 AM EST up reply actions
Could it be an odd attempt at a morale thing?
As in, by removing the nameplate we’re removing the distraction of the team seeming to worry about the player coming back?
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Annnnnnd
not Nabokov? I’ve been a little out of the loop with the holidays and all, but he finished the last game healthy, no?
I guess that tweet doesn’t say he’s not going, but it would be particularly strange to bring four goalies on a road trip. Although this is the Islanders we are talking about…
Im sure Nabokov will be there.
That tweet was only talking about the injured guys.
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 2, 2012 11:19 PM EST up reply actions
(and the injury call-up)
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 2, 2012 11:20 PM EST up reply actions
The Nameplate...
has probably been missing for years. You’d have to think that Rick removed it at some point to scratch inside a cast… and just forgot to put it back. He doesn’t have to get changed in the locker room anyway… that’s only for PLAYERS.
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