Commence Roster-Gazing: Islanders Recall Rhett Rakhshani, Kevin Poulin
Just when we'd run out of things to discuss before New York Islanders games resume Tuesday night in Raleigh (where the Carolina Hurricanes have reached an extension with pending UFA Tim Gleason) the Islanders announce the recall of Rhett Rakhshani and Kevin Poulin from Bridgeport.
Marty Reasoner, out since Jan. 6 with a broken hand, officially goes on IR now.
Good for Rakshani (9-16-25), who was on a tear for the suddenly January-loving Bridgeport Sound Tigers. He's overcome early season injuries and hopefully this latest audition will see him stay healthy for a while. Casey Cizikas, on a tear himself most of the season, represents the Sound Tigers in tonight's AHL All-Star Game [televised on MSG+].
No clear reason (yet) why Poulin is recalled, unless some accident or setback befell Al Montoya or Evgeni Nabokov during the break. [Note: Go here for our thread on Montoya and Nabokov, which was quickly bumped by this roster-juggling.] Of course both goalies are pending unrestricted free agents themselves, so the musing about them being in potential trade discussions will continue until the Feb. 27 NHL trade deadline.
Your post-All-Star break maneuvers and line-sketching have begun. Enjoy.
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Rakh is practicing
with Bailey and Martin… woot!
"Mark D: the internet's foremost chronicler of Milburian insanity" - Pretty Good Idiot
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And Rolston with Okposo/Moulson until JT arrives in Carolina
Think that means Rolston is next on the scratchwagon?
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Fun Game
Rolston holding down a spot for Tavares is kinda like _______ .
"The reader of this sentence exists only while reading me."
by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 30, 2012 2:51 PM EST up reply actions
Rolston holding down a spot for Tavares is kinda like _______ .
When I used to park my big wheels in the driveway and my grandpa had to wait for me to move it so he could park his Cadillac.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 30, 2012 3:11 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
Oh, hold the phone
Big wheel time! What kind of big wheel(s) did you have? Were there streamers off the handles?
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OT:Big Wheel
Big Wheels in Brooklyn were like 18th trimester abortions. When you didn’t want your 4-6YO kids anymore you gave them a Big Wheel and went inside to watch the soaps.
When you’re riding a bike and you go between the parked cars into the street you can see the cars and they can see you… so you get a screeeeeeech…thump.
When you do the same thing on a big wheel you get THUMP!…SCRAAAAAAPE.
So no, I never had a big wheel, but at 10 I was hit head on by a buick going about 30 down a side street. My favorite childhood story of all time… remind me to tell it some time. When I reached my late teens i realized what I wrote above and used to call then the little yellow abortion-mobiles.
I believe in ELI! Go Blue!
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by JPinVA on Jan 30, 2012 3:52 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
I was not allowed to ride my big wheel in the street unless it was a block party.
I had to stick to the sidewalks and the shared driveways/alleyway in between every other house.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 30, 2012 4:19 PM EST up reply actions
That was the general rule...
for kids who obeyed the rules.
Growing up I don’ tthink the kids I grew up with were rebels as much as they were just stupid. I remember an 8th grader trying to shooti out the windows of PS 226 with a tomato can cannon. He never had a chance to break those reinforced windows with a tennis ball, but he lost all hope when the thing blew up in his hand and he was a 3rd degree burn victim.
We were playing basketball when we heard the explosion.. and like good 6th graders we just laughed our asses off.
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by JPinVA on Jan 30, 2012 4:38 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Amazing.
And probably to the point.
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Knight Rider Big Wheel
Sleek. Jet black. Didn’t talk or jump canyons at the push of a button, though.
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nicccce
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 30, 2012 4:17 PM EST up reply actions
I bet it was a real chick magnet though...
“Hey Danny, can I ride your Big Wheel?”
Did you carry a KRBW key chain and toss them on the table during milk break?
“Hey Vicky, Danny got the new Knight Rider Big Wheel… I bet you feel stupid now… not inviting him to your birthday party”
Can Dan come out and play?
Sorry boys he’s washing his big wheel.
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@JPinVA
You're assuming
that girls talked to and/or about me.
"He's depriving some small village of a pretty good idiot" - Mike Milbury on Ziggy Palffy's agent. On Twitter: @Dan_of_Science
The number of times I tried to dramatically crash the thing just to get a girl's attention.
…little did I know then, I just needed to be an asshole.
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by Dominik on Jan 30, 2012 5:39 PM EST up reply actions 8 recs
Knight Rider, baby
Went through a Dukes of Hazzard and a G.I. Joe one with a cheap but awesome plastic “windshield.”
Rode the crap out of those things commuting through the neighborhood. The wheel would eventually bust through and create a flat “corner” that mandated weeks of begging for a replacement. I suppose that (and possibly the 24th trimester according to JP’s theory) is why they finally got me a used bike.
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GI Joe Big wheel
the thing even came with a plastic helmet.
by Jones79 on Jan 30, 2012 6:37 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Huh, I don't remember that, they must've taken mine away
Now I’m really convinced mom was trying to get rid of me.
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Those helmets didn't work, ya know...
Still got the head x-ray!
I'm NOT a jinx!
by BrassBonanza10 on Jan 30, 2012 11:36 PM EST up reply actions
Then again, I doubt they were intended for use as crash helmets for attempts at taking really steep hills in 'modified' Radio Fliers...
What were we talking about again?
I'm NOT a jinx!
by BrassBonanza10 on Jan 30, 2012 11:39 PM EST up reply actions
lemme guess
You used the special send-away glasses for the x-ray.
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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I had the spy camera too!
I'm NOT a jinx!
by BrassBonanza10 on Feb 1, 2012 1:16 AM EST up reply actions
i always go my brother's old toys
so by the time i got to use the big wheels, the tires were near non-existent, which made for having to start slow to build up speed, and then having ABSOLUTE ZERO stopping ability… which resulted in a broken fence and 8 stiches
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Big Wheels
I had the kind with the hand brake on the back wheel that you could hit and do donuts. My brother had a “CHiPs” one with motorcycle sounds and handbrake.
We used to have full out neighborhood demolition derbies with those things. And mine could sideswipe people like nobody’s business.
Good times!
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by Keith Quinn on Jan 30, 2012 4:00 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
My buddy had the CHiPs one
I hated that guy, so I took his hand brake.
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by Dominik on Jan 30, 2012 5:38 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
CRUEL!
We are all Islanders, even if we’re from Jersey!
by Russel Ginart on Jan 30, 2012 6:41 PM EST up reply actions
Ah...the 'ol Neighborhood Big Wheel Demolition Derby...
The thrill of the charge, the glory of the hit, the smell of Mercurochrome, the screaming refrain of the mothers “What’s wrong with you kids?! Are you mental?!” and the inevitable wails of the kid who ended up doing a face plant. (There was always one per derby.)
SNIFF
I think I got something in my eyes…
I'm NOT a jinx!
by BrassBonanza10 on Jan 30, 2012 11:47 PM EST up reply actions
It was all primary colored and definitely streamers on the handles, I think my grandma even added extra streamers :)
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 30, 2012 4:17 PM EST up reply actions
Mine too
I remember red, yellow and blue… with the humongous big black tire.
Kinda missing it now…
by SJG in NJ on Jan 30, 2012 4:34 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
If you were lucky enough to have said Big Wheel for a while
Your big plastic front wheel would always rot out, but you could still ride it.
How do Islander fans spell hope?
T-A-V-A-R-E-S
by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 30, 2012 5:34 PM EST up reply actions
Also known as "The Flat Spot"
always wore out in one spot and created a very distinctive sound when you were coming down the sidewalk (never the street for me either, grew up in Brooklyn).
Made it harder to peel out when starting out.
by SJG in NJ on Jan 30, 2012 6:11 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Was just thinking of that ker-plunk, ker-plunk sound
Once that happened, there was no riding up a hill.
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Yeah, but at least it didn't roll away anymore
when you got off.
That's true
You really are an Islanders fan!
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God, we are old.
How do Islander fans spell hope?
T-A-V-A-R-E-S
by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 30, 2012 7:00 PM EST up reply actions
Best thing though,
was when you got big enough to stand behind it, put 1 foot on the seat, grab the handles and push with the other foot.
You could really get going that way.
That's the one I had.
My dad did something with the wheels to make it faster and put a rally flag on the back of it.
Mom wouldn’t let me ride it without a helmet!
I'm NOT a jinx!
by BrassBonanza10 on Jan 30, 2012 11:57 PM EST up reply actions
Green Machine baby...
Way faster than the ordinary Big Wheel. Bad to the Bone.
by CloseCallJiggs on Jan 30, 2012 8:30 PM EST up reply actions
Rolston holding down a spot for Tavares is kinda like______
Steven Segal doing stuntwork for Bruce Lee.
"He's depriving some small village of a pretty good idiot" - Mike Milbury on Ziggy Palffy's agent. On Twitter: @Dan_of_Science
by PGI on Jan 30, 2012 3:56 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Rolston holding down a spot for Tavares is kinda like
Rolston holding down a spot for Tavares
by Isles2011 on Jan 30, 2012 4:56 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Rolston holding down a spot for Tavares is kinda like______
grabbing the oreo out of the cookie tin, only to realize it’s a hydrox
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by bob l on Jan 30, 2012 3:54 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Rolston holding down a spot for Tavares is kinda like ________
…trading in your HD-TV for a 60-inch Etch-a-Sketch.
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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by mikb on Jan 30, 2012 4:14 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Rolston holding down a spot for Tavares is kinda like______
drinking O’Douls.
by Les Beaver on Jan 30, 2012 4:40 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Rolston holding down a spot for Tavares is kinda like_____
Thinking you went home with Scarlett Johanssen, but waking up next to a naked Rosie O’Donnell
Amateurs practice til they get it right. Professionals practice til they can't get it wrong.
by Torgo on Jan 30, 2012 4:46 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH MY BRAIN
Luckily, there isn’t enough beer in the world for goggles of that magnitude. You’d die of alcohol poisoning first.
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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Rolston holding down a spot for Tavares is kinda like _______.
…a Mike Milbury wet dream.
by GreekIsles83 on Jan 30, 2012 4:55 PM EST up reply actions
Rolston holding down a spot for Tavares is kinda like watching Jackie Mason take on Rodney Dangerfield’s role in Caddyshack II.
Ugh.
Too close to home!
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Rolston holding down a spot for Tavares is kinda like _______.
is like adding tits on a bull! Useless!
We are all Islanders, even if we’re from Jersey!
by Russel Ginart on Jan 30, 2012 6:31 PM EST up reply actions
Rolston holding down a spot for Tavares
is kind of like Pinky holding down a spot for the Brain
Definitely a poster at Lighthouse Hockey until 2015, then maybe somewhere else.
by ArsenalLI on Jan 30, 2012 6:34 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Rolston holding down a spot for Tavares is kinda like ___________.
…losing a hand to a seal with a yellow bow-tie.
"I didn't come out of a cereal box." --Bob Dylan
by isles732 on Jan 30, 2012 10:00 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Rolston holding down a spot for Tavares is kinda like getting a Time Square 'Rolex' for your college graduation...
I'm NOT a jinx!
by BrassBonanza10 on Jan 31, 2012 12:02 AM EST up reply actions
Looks like someone needs to let go of the past.
Move on. Let it go. Don’t let that watch define you CAN BE.
by Les Beaver on Jan 31, 2012 7:37 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Definitely much more exciting trio
Add some more offensive punch, at least, seemingly so to the third line. Also Deservingly with the tear he has had. I think at this point after 4 years of college, and a year and half in the AHL, Rhett knows what to do at this level and much like Ullstrom when he came up, will add what Bailey lacks, someone who can skate and put the puck in the net. Lets see some Roller Hockey hands.
Hopefully neither is holding down a spot for Rolston...
…while Rolston holds down a spot for JT.
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 30, 2012 2:50 PM EST up reply actions
You know what this means?
ROLZTON AND NABBAKOF FOR SHAY WEBBBAR!!! ZOMFG!
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by PGI on Jan 30, 2012 2:28 PM EST reply actions 10 recs
hahaha
a .gif file of kermit the frog freaking out would go well here.
"son of a bitch i'm sick of these dolphins"
- Steve Zissou
by gukid17 on Jan 30, 2012 2:30 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
You asked for it.

Official choice of Lighthouse Dog #1.
by Fabtraption on Jan 30, 2012 2:39 PM EST up reply actions 15 recs
Now that should be the Isles' mascot
Lower him down in front of the opposing goalie as the Ice Girls are shoveling.
"The reader of this sentence exists only while reading me."
by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 30, 2012 2:48 PM EST up reply actions
Sweet
Lighthouse Hockey goal on the play, by Fabtraption… assist to Pretty Good Idiot. Time of the goal at 2:48 of January 30th. Fabtraption from Pretty Good Idiot, 2:48 pm.
:::satrianisolo:::
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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Sweet I got the FLHHG!
Official choice of Lighthouse Dog #1.
by Fabtraption on Jan 30, 2012 4:36 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
ahem...
gukid17 is awarded an assist on the play for the suggestion.
"son of a bitch i'm sick of these dolphins"
- Steve Zissou
Yeah, what the hell man
What game are these scorekeepers watching?!
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Must have had to go to replay
to see the second assist
oh, it was an islander blog goal
disallowed due to a distinct clicking motion
This is my signature, not that you particularly care.
by Homey Chives on Jan 30, 2012 9:05 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
IC WUT U DID THERE
wp
STOP effin' messin' with my FnGO!!
by Nova Scotia Isles Fan on Jan 30, 2012 9:10 PM EST up reply actions
Well, I was going to give you a plus, at least.
Howie: I see that we have a secondary assist on the previous goal, Butch.
Butch: yeah, they’re giving it to Gikud, I think, with the nice outlet pass.
Howie: Gukid17, yes.
Butch: that’s right, Goku17.
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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by mikb on Jan 30, 2012 11:02 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
Jumpy little frog isn't he?
I’m gonna have a siezure if I keep looking at that lol
by Torch7 on Jan 30, 2012 2:55 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
lol its safest if you never see his face
GASP SOMEBODY TALK, NO ONE IS SAFE, IM GETTING OUT OF HERE AAAAAHHHHHHHH
……whats his appeal?
Oh stop
We would have to AT LEAST throw in Mottau for that deal to work.
Being born in New York and rooting for the Islanders, Jets, and Mets. Yeah, I know.
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by CharlieIsles on Jan 30, 2012 2:31 PM EST up reply actions
I read this as
“For Sure Webbard”
and I was amazingly confused
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Contributor to Lighthouse Hockey not sure if I'm the Sniper or the Enforcer.
They're reassuring you that it can be done
Like, totally done.
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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That trade is a deal if they throw Rinne in there too
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 30, 2012 2:59 PM EST up reply actions
But then they're going to need a goalie in return.
Nabokov and Montoya become UFAs in a few months.
They’ll be asking for DiPietro, and I just don’t think the Isles want to part with Rick.
"The reader of this sentence exists only while reading me."
by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 30, 2012 4:43 PM EST up reply actions
I just don’t think the Isles want to part with Rick.
NOW THAT"S FUCKING FUNNY!
We are all Islanders, even if we’re from Jersey!
by Russel Ginart on Jan 30, 2012 6:33 PM EST up reply actions
My heart says trade..
my head (and tradition) says Nabby and Al have both suffered serious, freak injuries.
Let's hope your heart is smarter than your head.
"The reader of this sentence exists only while reading me."
by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 30, 2012 2:47 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
It was reported via Twitter that they were all skating at practice
Dom reposted it in the other thread. So, unless they all crashed into each other…
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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well it is the islanders so....
James T Paulson
by Jtpdolphins2009 on Jan 30, 2012 6:40 PM EST up reply actions
Well the game after tomorrow is in Ottawa on Friday
So that rules out a simple ‘call him up for insurance’ move. It has to be either that someone is day to day or there may be a trade coming and they wanted to make sure KP makes it to Carolina in time if it goes through. I’m leaning trade as both goalies had a couple days off (though that doesn’t rule out the injury by pancake kind of scenario) and the All-Star Game is a good time for GMs to get together and discuss trades for down the stretch. So I guess this means I won’t be getting any work done the rest of the day while I check twitter every five minutes.
No Sleep 'til....We Find Some Secondary Scoring
Why Rakh and not Ullstrom?
just because of his pending RFA status?
Definitely a poster at Lighthouse Hockey until 2015, then maybe somewhere else.
Rakh is a RH RW
So I think they move him in and keep Wallace a healthy scratch.
No Sleep 'til....We Find Some Secondary Scoring
I wouldn't mind seeing Wallace back down in BPT
…where he had something like 20 pts in 24 games.
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 30, 2012 4:46 PM EST up reply actions
I think
because they know what they have with Ullstrom. He’s going to be a long term part of the team. But not so much with Rakh, and he had some real good chemistry with Bailey, so might as well give him a chance to see if that can carry over to the NHL
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Is Rhett on a standard ELC?
Because he was a rookie last year, so if he is under that type of deal, he’s not a RFA until next year right?
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by Keith Quinn on Jan 30, 2012 4:02 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
He only has 1 year left
according to capgeeek, meaning he’s about to become an RFA
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Hmmm
Are there different rules for college players or “by age” that he is subject to? Is he not on an ELC or did those few games he played for BPT in his first season count toward that?
That seems weird.
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by Keith Quinn on Jan 30, 2012 4:13 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Maybe because
he played all 4 years of college? So he was technically a UFA?
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Contributor to Lighthouse Hockey not sure if I'm the Sniper or the Enforcer.
It's because he was 22 when he signed
You get 3 years up to 21, 2 years at 22 & 23, 1 year at 24 and no ELC at 25.
No Sleep 'til....We Find Some Secondary Scoring
Thanks
So this may be more of “a showcase” than a promotion. Hey, if he can be part of a package for D, good enough. There is talent coming up the pipeline.
And he’s still cost controlled for a couple of years, so time to develop him. If he can stay healthy and put up half of his AHL totals, who wouldn’t want him?
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by Keith Quinn on Jan 30, 2012 4:33 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Wasn’t he hurt when Ullstrom got the call last time? If so, you wonder if Rakh would have been the guy then as well.
Yeah, he was hurt
RR probably would’ve been first call up…unless he is RW. Can’t remember, but it was noted at one point that the call-ups were matching the guy who went on IR to a T.
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Those games are usually under an ATO
No Sleep 'til....We Find Some Secondary Scoring
Maybe Cary can answer that...
or if you check with Fornabaio tomorrow you might be able to confirm my assumption. Ullstron is getting some time at center, and the eventual spot for him is the fourth line center with a ceiling of REPLACE NIELSEN.
That would give them something that looks kind of like this next year (plus a BLUE CHIP commodity before the deadline)
Moulson-Tavares-Okposo
Grabner-Bailey-Parentau
Nino-Ullstrom-Strome
Martin-Reasoner-Wallace/haley/dibo
If that’s the end game they had better get a something SAAAAWEEET for Frans. If it’s not, then that’s fine, and Reasoner will have more pressure. Ullstrom will be in the NHL next year, but he’ll challenge for either a C or LW postition… whichever is more vital.
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Also FYI - Fornabaio's chat looks like it will be Thursday this week
At least def. not tomorrow (Tuesday) like normal.
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RAKH!!!!
the other JP is not going to be happy… actually this will probably make both other JP’s a little nervous.
Rhett may get the RW on the Bailey line, which is great, But I think he will wind up on the fourth line replacing Pandolfo next year. Reasoner in the middle, and guys like Martin, Nino and Ullstrom finding the best fit on LW.
I was in Nashville for his debut last year… which didn’t work ouot so well… and I’m really glad I’m going to be there for his 2012 NHL debut. He may be a minor character in the Islander’s future, but much like Martin, I think I see a lot more in him than most people do because of the backstory. And the backstory reads COACHABLE and FLEXIBLE. Thes are the Tonelli’s and the Hennings on teams that win championships.
RHETT RAKHS!!!
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Honestly in highlights
Hes looked like a magician with puck possession down there. If he can do that, be fast and back check like an animal here, he upgrades the D like crazy. Think about how good JB and Martin have looke like on the PK, and dream that RR brings more of that to even strength.
I hope that it works…and then they can get working in that 4th line and the 3rd D pairing.
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by Keith Quinn on Jan 30, 2012 4:05 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Every time I see him...
his wheels are turning… he reminds me of a slower blake without the puck hog aspect. He’ll definitely improve the Bailey dynamic. As somebody (maybe Ben) suggested, that bailey needs to be more of a shooter by necessity… because it hasn’t been by design (with Comeau, then Rolston).
With Martin creating space this could have some potential. martin also negates a little of the size disadvantage… kind of what Scatchard (who I thought Martin would turn into in the first place) did for Blake.
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I had a weird thought the other day
Of trying to make PAP a center and putting Bailey on his wing with Niño or Martin for just those reasons you mention.
Bailey’s shot is pretty dangerous when he takes it. The way PAP controls the puck is outstanding. A big net presence would open things up.
The only downfall is the defensive aspect…which would be less of a concern if they had some remotely adequate blue liners back there.
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by Keith Quinn on Jan 30, 2012 4:17 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I never think of PAP @ C
You’d think they’d have tried it by now, somewhere… maybe it has been tried.
Kyle seems to fit that mold a little better, except you lose a little of that grinder board rider part of his game we love.
It’s nice that this move finally opens up so much for discussion though… and if it means that Rolston really is going to get his press creds… then they can play PAP on D for all I care.
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Just figured with PAP
He’s a better puk distributor than KO and as you noted, KO a much better boards manager and forechecker.
Considering they aren’t on the same line any more, it’s not a huge issue. And if that experiment worked and FN/MG/DU or RR can be a shut down 3rd line (exclusively without the burden of having to worry about offense), I think you’re looking at a completely different team.
It still bugs me a bit that they really haven’t put anyone with above average offensive ability around Bailey, but hopefully they will start to do that…and there is AHL carryover with the RR chemistry.
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by Keith Quinn on Jan 30, 2012 4:27 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Not a bad idea, but...
…PAP likes to play around the perimeter more than most centers. It would be an interesting experiment. How would he adapt to it? Hmmm….
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 30, 2012 4:54 PM EST up reply actions
Wonder if his turnoves are part of the fear
Some of his try-to-make-a-play turnovers could be deadly at center instead of just regrettable.
Although he’s been a late-bloomer and under-estimated his whole path, who knows.
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The turnover point
is a good one. That’s why I brought up the D pairing thing. I mean, if they could be looked at as exclusively trying crazy stuff with strong D partners, cool…if not, it could get ugly.
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A slower Blake without the puck-hog aspect?
That about exhausts my Blake memory bank.
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 30, 2012 4:51 PM EST up reply actions
To refresh your memory...
Blake was an excellent forechecker.
Got shots off from where ever he could (though not accurately)
Constently agitating.
Excellent one-on-one battler for his size.
Nice speed up the wing. I don’t think Rhett is slow, but he doesn’t have the first stride acceleration that Blake had.
Good hands.
You’d get a full shift out of him every time… unfortunately it was a minute and a half sometimes.
For some reason he always appeared to be the kind of guy that was never invited to the party.
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Thanks for fleshing it out.
I was being more of a wise guy, but the three things I remember most of Blake was (1) he worked as hard as any hockey player I’ve seen hounding the puck on D and working hard with the puck, (2) his waterbug quickness/speed, and (3) he was a shoot-first player. Any question in his mind whether to shoot or pass, he’d shoot every time, which I think is much better than the other way around. But I do remember some nice passing as well from Blake.
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 30, 2012 5:07 PM EST up reply actions
And don't forget
He was great at dashing really quickly into the offensive zone, pulling full stop along the halfboards to watch the defense fly past him, and skating back up to the blue line for a quick pass. I was surprised at just how many times he could do this with the defense being fooled.
by GreekIsles83 on Jan 30, 2012 5:11 PM EST up reply actions
You know I wasn't trolling...
just that the wise ass aspect gets lost in 2D. Jason Blake was an odd bird to be sure, but he was a damn good hockey player.
…and it’s all good!
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It's not just you
I was kind of wondering which Blake was being talked about also, seemed like both of them being cloned together.
Got shots off from where ever he could
Wasn’t this not being the case part of the problem? i.e. he could have shot the puck often, but instead COZOd around?
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wow this guy sounds great
wish we had someone like him in our system……….oh wait
James T Paulson
by Jtpdolphins2009 on Jan 30, 2012 6:43 PM EST up reply actions
HA....Enjoy it while it lasts
What’s the Over & Under on a Rakh injury? Instead of F.I.G., let’s have a F.R.I.
Concussion at 32:45…assisted by Eric Stahl.
There couldn't possibly be a more of a douchebag comment...
thanks for sharing.
Do you havea prostrate cancer pool at work?
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by JPinVA on Jan 30, 2012 4:52 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
"There couldn't possibly be a more of a douchebag comment... "
Actually, yes there definitely can be, but I held back. I know your love affair with “Teh Rakh” makes any pessimism hard to swallow, but until that 170 pound (soaking wet) guy shows he can do anything at the NHL level other than get injured, I choose to hold back on anything near the same level of excitement that you perpetually demonstrate.
If you can't see it...
then it’s too late for you.
You’re the kind of guy that would heckle my 105 pound godfather who put his life on the line for a minute and change 7 tiems a day… until I’d explain to them what those guys go through every day from the time they’re 14…
When you put that injury BS out there, it’s over the top.
I think deHaan has the same issues with his shoulder, Katic has problems… and DP is an accident waiting to happen as soon as he gets up in the morning. But I wouldn’t wish it on them.
HA….Enjoy it while it lasts
Yeah… I’m rooting for the kid. Size can be an obstacle… but it’s not quite as insurmountable as ignorance.
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We have to stop this JP on JP violence
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by isles732 on Jan 30, 2012 10:03 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
C'mon
That isn’t really much – um – douchier (? douchebag-ier? I’m at a loss for the adjective form) than some of the comments about DP’s propensity for injury.
He has a point, right? Hasn’t Rhett has concussions in consecutive years? Doesn’t bode well…
Success was survival and, kid, it still is
by IslesFanInNJ on Jan 30, 2012 5:42 PM EST up reply actions
The difference
With DP it is the situation that makes SOME of the comments funny (and that’s just my opinion).
I have a deep respect for a kid like Dipietro who puts in a ton of work just try to get back his potential. But the situation is that he has been a crash test dummie since signing a 15 year contract.
Wishing that on a kid who is trying to get to the surface of his dream is really uncalled for… and it’s been the reply to most of my pro-rhett comments.
JP’s comments have completely ignored the kids history except for one aspect, his injuries. He’s had two shots in the NHL, last year in Nashville, and in camp. Both times he was concussed. Right now that stands as pretty bad luck…. and he keeps fighting his way back for another shot.
Why would you root against that?
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just wanted to add
Rhett is a plus 19 this year on bridgeport and also has gained 10 more pounds since last year. Ill be rooting for him to score a goal and put some much need life on the Bailey line.
by ghalbart on Jan 30, 2012 8:25 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Allright dude
You have completely misunderstood me. “Wishing” is not the same thing as “predicting”. I am merely predicting based on his track record. I would not wish a concussion on anyone not named Darcy Tucker, Dale Hunter, or Esa Tikannen (I really hated that guy). I certainly am rooting for the kid – and all Islanders for that matter – to succeed. I hope he proves me wrong. You’re right, his stats – at the AHL level, mind you – have been impressive. I am of the opinion that he will not pan out at the NHL level nor be an integral part o this team’s future. You are of a different opinion. End of story.
by JPinNYC on Jan 30, 2012 9:01 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Not sure predicting a concussion on someone in their 1st game back is hoping for the best any way you look at it
And given your past comments, you’re more negative on Rakhshani than AP77 is on Bailey, and that’s saying something.
I can see people being cautious about his future because the injury and size, but I can also see reasons why people are high on Rakh. His resume speaks for itself:
-Leads BP in scoring in his rookie year
-Played for Team USA
-Was captain of his college hockey team
-Showed serious chemistry with bailey in the AHL
-Has legit offensive hockey skills/hands and d acumen
He has progressively done everything he has had to do so far to get a real shot at the nhl and become a regular nhler. I personally think as long as Rakh stays healthy, and I think he has a future as a 3rd liner. He’s a good skater, plays determined, and he has solid hockey skills. I think he is gonna surprise a lot of people that look at his size and count him out or that have never heard of him before.
What do you mean they won 4 cups in a row? Is that possible?
"John Tavares(a top 10 forward in the NHL)"-Neil Greenberg
Whoa, whoa
And given your past comments, you’re more negative on Rakhshani than AP77 is on Bailey,
Impossible!
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the problem
with that analogy is that martin is 30 pounds heavier and 3 inches taller.
so is Rolston
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by Keith Quinn on Jan 30, 2012 5:23 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Young Moulson
might be funnier then Young Matt Martin:
http://isleschick.tumblr.com/post/16775608020/matt-moulson-as-a-kid
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Of course that pic is him in front of the net
letting a much better player do all the work and living off him.
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T-A-V-A-R-E-S
by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 30, 2012 4:06 PM EST up reply actions
This is gonna sound pretty silly...
But it’s been rally nice to have somebody that is always smiling on the Islanders. And it’s even better to have somebody that is always smiling AND PRODUCING…. It’s good to see that he was smiling (same smile) at that age… it probably means he’ll have that smile in 20 years when they induct him into the ISLES HOF.
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by JPinVA on Jan 30, 2012 4:09 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
It's our patron Saint

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by Mark D on Jan 30, 2012 4:09 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I mean to say
these are from Hockey Players as kids
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He was a thug even then
Looks like he’s gonna cut someone
No Sleep 'til....We Find Some Secondary Scoring
This one is hilarious
Try not to look at the name… it’s so obvious who it is.
That whole site is fantastic.
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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Oh that one's great!
No Sleep 'til....We Find Some Secondary Scoring
At first I thought this was HWSNBN
but I realized that this would need to be an adult pic, not a kid.

It’s really Jason Demers
Amateurs practice til they get it right. Professionals practice til they can't get it wrong.
HWSNBN
He’s in the third house down from the Demers’, threatening to hit kids with their own floppy red shoes.
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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JT had a hockey card when he was 10

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T-A-V-A-R-E-S
by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 30, 2012 7:09 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Was JT really that young in year 2000?
Even I am starting to feel old now.
The youth of today: year 2000 must have no “futuristic” sound to it.
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 30, 2012 7:39 PM EST up reply actions
I never knew he had such a big head until I saw that
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 30, 2012 11:19 PM EST up reply actions
Surprised he isn't in a Leafs jersey.
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by Fabtraption on Jan 30, 2012 11:21 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Even more upsetting
you just made me realize he’s wearing a Yashin jersey.
Fun fact: Gord Dineen was also the captain of the Senators once.
by afrosupreme on Jan 30, 2012 11:37 PM EST up reply actions
he’s wearing a Yashin jersey.
Wow. Thats pretty intense, actually.
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 30, 2012 11:45 PM EST up reply actions
That's gotta be
how he landed Carol Alt.
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by Keith Quinn on Jan 31, 2012 12:47 PM EST up reply actions
There's a turtleneck under that upturned collar
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by mikb on Jan 31, 2012 1:02 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Why do I think any Islander could've had Carol Alt?
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T-A-V-A-R-E-S
by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 31, 2012 6:19 PM EST up reply actions
Somebody in america is complaining about his fur pants
How do Islander fans spell hope?
T-A-V-A-R-E-S
by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 31, 2012 6:20 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
In Russia
Helmets are one size fits all. Fur is unisex. Sticks come in two curves: straight, or broken.
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by Dominik on Jan 31, 2012 11:47 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
It's probably not a Yashin Jersey
It’s a Pee-Wee team jersey, that uses the Senators logo. I think he used to use 19 a lot when he was younger, and then had to switch to 91 at some point.
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What a site...this is amazing
Tyler Seguin’s photo looks like it was taken last year, ha.
by brother_rat on Jan 31, 2012 1:22 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Definitely
a modified Sens jersey, but with the C and the 19 on it, figured there’s a good chance it’s Yashin related.
by afrosupreme on Jan 31, 2012 6:42 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
OMG is that FN?
AWWWWWWW he looks all sad! Its totally Fransie lol.
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 30, 2012 4:28 PM EST up reply actions
always about to cry right after
a takeaway, a goal, a good defensive play, a check, an assist and a back hand of judgement.
Everything in Denmark is emo
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by Chairman Meow on Jan 30, 2012 8:55 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
What do you mean it's time to go...
do you want to feel the wrath of THE DANISH BACKHAND OF JUDGEMENT!!!!
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As with Martin
they both have the same smile now as they do when they were kids.
Moulson with the goofy wide grin, Martin with the smart aleck sneer.
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Poulin, Nabokov, Montoya all on ice today for #Isles; betting here is that, with a week off for the older guys, Poulin gets call vs. Canes.
Also figure on Rakhshani playing — 9-16-25 in 27G for BPT. Skated with Bailey, Martin today; Rolston skated in Tavares’ spot. #Isles
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by DP'sknee(andhipandflubugandotherknee) on Jan 30, 2012 4:20 PM EST reply actions
OT media question/comment
Has Katie stopped pretending to cover the Isles? She is now the de facto Rangers beat writer for ESPN but in the beginning of the season she at least tweeted along Isles news. Now her feed is all Rangers with a bit of Devils and that’s all.
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by DP'sknee(andhipandflubugandotherknee) on Jan 30, 2012 4:23 PM EST reply actions
Do we really care about Katie Bucket...
all she ever did was catch whatever Snow wanted to leak…
“Looks like we’re gonna scratch Okposo tonight…”
“Can I quote you directly…”

“Hold on Katie… wait for the shake!”
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by JPinVA on Jan 30, 2012 4:27 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
She is supposed to be the regional ESPN NHL reporter
But I’m assuming, like with most other outlets, once the team falls into the bottom of the standings, they start to get ignored.
Not surprising really, the Rags are in 1st in the conference, they deserve the coverage.
She did write a response piece on the under 25 JT snub though.
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by Keith Quinn on Jan 30, 2012 4:30 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Truthfully
I’d never bother to follow her when she was covering the Isles, but I really need to start following Staple and Forbiano.
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Really
Forbiano.
From the guy who does the Bridgeport Prospect Report… SHAME ON YOU!
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I know
but I don’t even look at the prospect news until I’m writing it.
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I'm just saying...
probably the two of us have seen that name more than anybody else on this site… and you mangled it like a kitten in a cuisinart.
Just funny bro! Go getchaself a suit!
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I am
incredibly bad with names.
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Best Fornabaio mangling yet
And I’ve seen my share!
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I'm good for that
I cringe when I read my old livejournal posts (from pre-2006) back when I didn’t have a spell check.
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I wish we had more intense media coverage sometimes
I’d really like to know if the Isles are working on contract extensions for some of the UFAs like Nielsen, Parenteau, and Montoya. Tried to tweet at Staple before but didn’t get a response, that also might be because my account is protected now.
Definitely a poster at Lighthouse Hockey until 2015, then maybe somewhere else.
I don't believe Staple responds to tweets
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by DP'sknee(andhipandflubugandotherknee) on Jan 30, 2012 7:34 PM EST up reply actions
There was news on Nielsen
From the Danish reporter not too long ago. But I don’t think Snow gets to the grind and getting UFAs signed till February.
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If your account is protected and the person you tweet at doesn't follow you back...
.. they won’t see your tweet, just as an fyi
I think Staple responded to me once… but that was way in the beginning.. his following could’ve increased and has since stopped responding to people
by BaltimoreIslander on Jan 30, 2012 10:49 PM EST up reply actions
thanks for the heads up
I thought that was the case but wasn’t entirely sure.
Definitely a poster at Lighthouse Hockey until 2015, then maybe somewhere else.
Yeah! Rakh finally getting a well deserved shot. And Poulin is a curious call-up.
What do you mean they won 4 cups in a row? Is that possible?
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Why hasn't Ullstrom been called back up?
I hope they actually allow Poulin to play…I dont know why they did this in the 1st place… Isles management moves will always have me scratching my head…
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Hahahahahaha, you ain’t right.
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 30, 2012 11:18 PM EST reply actions
h/t to Mark D for the suggestion
And I’ve been told “you ain’t right” a time or two! Roomed with a southerner.
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