Islanders To Play Preseason Game in Brooklyn; Ironic Glasses Optional
by Dominik on Jan 31, 2012 12:14 PM EST
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PrintIt's not yet clear whether they'll be asked to grow Rick DiPietro beards* or wear thick-rimmed glasses -- perhaps they can use Patrick Kane's supplier, since alternate supplier Sean Avery won't even let them into clubs -- but the New York Islanders have officially announced they'll be playing a preseason game in Brooklyn's Barclays Center against the New Jersey Devils Oct. 2, 2012.
*Update: Wow, okay we've done the Brooklyn Isles hipster jokes so much that we're overlapping ourselves [FanShot of today's announcement]. No matter, they don't get old.
There were recent hints of an imminent announcement coming hither and yonder, and [English bank of some sort] Center muse/Nets minority owner Bruce Ratner has openly spoken of a desire to squeeze hockey into the tight (in more ways than one) new areener. In the formal announcement, Islanders GM Garth Snow talked of expanding the fanbase while arena CEO Brett Yormark spoke of mass transit and Brooklyn's "untapped hockey market."
So here we go with the next step in a dance -- one that's played in Kansas City and Saskatoon before -- that features several different parties with several different interests and several different leverage points overlapping ever so slightly but hardly in harmony:
Charles Wang owns a team but needs an arena -- ideally one that grows his club's revenues. The Nets gang owns an arena and a team but would like more ways to fill that arena for their revenues. Nassau County owns an arena but no team and sort of needs a new arena or, at minimum, a clue about how to develop a property and answer a question they've punted for only five decades or so. Also: politics.
Where everything stands once the music stops, we don't know and won't know for some time. But for now, this is another necessary beat in the song. And it's totally by a band you've never heard of.
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[Afternoon Update] Lou Lamoriello on the Devils' part:
"It was just a request. It was really the Islanders' choice because it's their home game. We honored it. We certainly have no issue with it. It's probably closer for us than Long Island."
Lamoriello said it was similar to the Rangers playing in Albany, N.Y., while Madison Square Garden was unavailable this past preseason.
"We'll see how people respond," Lamoriello said. "I'm sure it's also a test to see how Long island people respond."
You don't say.
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As a local Brooklyn resident, I would just like to respond with
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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by Fabtraption on Jan 31, 2012 12:19 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
Don't you mean
WHEEEEEEEEEEE whee whee WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
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by mikb on Jan 31, 2012 1:08 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I HATE that F..ing GEICO pig!
We are all Islanders, even if we’re from Jersey!
by Russel Ginart on Jan 31, 2012 1:09 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
Hope it's against Boston
No Sleep 'til....We Find Some Secondary Scoring
by Anarcurt on Jan 31, 2012 12:24 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
Thomas' entire uniform
was purchased in a second hand store in Long Island City. You’ve probably never heard of it.
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by PGI on Jan 31, 2012 12:30 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
No Sleep 'til....We Find Some Secondary Scoring
by Anarcurt on Jan 31, 2012 12:34 PM EST up reply actions 8 recs
Boston would be a good choice.
(this whole thread was so funny)
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 31, 2012 12:49 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
Is this the white Spike Lee?
We are all Islanders, even if we’re from Jersey!
by Russel Ginart on Jan 31, 2012 4:03 PM EST up reply actions
Looking forward to walking to a game
Although I hate the train to cab trip to the Coliseum for a game, I still want the Isles to stay where they belong on LI. Nonetheless, I will greatly enjoy walking the fifteen minutes from home in my Isles jersey for this game.
Mark Your Calendars
October 2nd vs. NJ.
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 31, 2012 12:33 PM EST reply actions
I'll be there with my Orange jersey (fomer 3rd jersey) with a DEVILS SHOULD GO TO HELL sign!
We are all Islanders, even if we’re from Jersey!
by Russel Ginart on Jan 31, 2012 12:53 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
A former 3rd jersey thats no longer available to the masses totally works.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 31, 2012 1:55 PM EST up reply actions
I still have my Peca orange jersey. Wear it every time I go to a game!
Playoffs?!?!?! You're talking about Playoffs?!?!
Got the same one...
for $25 at the draft party right before they picked Tavares.
so you're saying...
That the islanders will be a 30 minute ride on the 4/5 train away from me?
When do these tickets go on sale?
by EastsideIslander on Jan 31, 2012 12:33 PM EST reply actions
Can't resist
This is such a good line.
“Moving the Islanders to Brooklyn would also take hockey arguments to a whole new level. New hipster fans could wax poetically about how mainstream Wayne Gretzky is and how Mike Bossy was actually the greatest goal scorer of all-time.”
HT http://www.fiveminutesforfighting.com/2011/08/hockey-hipsters-brooklyn-islanders.html
by BobSulli on Jan 31, 2012 12:35 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
ive been arguing this
for about 10 years now
by EastsideIslander on Jan 31, 2012 12:36 PM EST up reply actions
What's the arguement?
He was… and every time they talk about unbreakable records, they always leave out 50 goals for 9 straight years…
Um, he actually was.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 31, 2012 12:42 PM EST up reply actions
Then there's the whole most goals per game argument
At .762 per game for his career, Bossy has highest ever. I know 200 points blah blah blah. But after all, what’s the point of the game? (As an aside, that means he scored 3 goals every four games, or rather, was only held out of the net one out of four nights on average. Can you imagine?) OK, thank you for today’s Mike Bossy indulgence.
by BobSulli on Jan 31, 2012 5:47 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Hmmmm....
So now all I would have to take is NJ Transit and a subway instead of NJ Transit AND the LIRR AND a cab?
Sign. Me. The Fuck. Up!!!
by barry_hal_oliver_24 on Jan 31, 2012 12:36 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
OMG!!!!!!!
You guys have to all grow beards, or maybe get those beanies with beards knitted on them.
And you all have to wear skinny jeans.
I will straighten my hair, put on ironically nerdy librarian glasses, you name it.
We have to all have signs to hold up before the game that say things like “We love the Islanders!!!! (you probably never heard of them)”
People have to wear anything fisherman they can get their hands on.
We have to do this lol.
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 31, 2012 12:40 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
IM there!
We are all Islanders, even if we’re from Jersey!
by Russel Ginart on Jan 31, 2012 12:54 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Have a gorton's sweater all ready to go
Complete with Gorton’s HAT, which is really a rare item, overlooked by the retro recycler crowd, so you know it’s a genuine article….
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by mikb on Jan 31, 2012 1:12 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I have two fisherman jerseys (home & away) still with the tags on them.
Don’t tell me I have to wear one of them?
We are all Islanders, even if we’re from Jersey!
by Russel Ginart on Jan 31, 2012 1:15 PM EST up reply actions
YES!
A friend of mine has a white one signed by Kaspar… I will if you guys will lol!
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 31, 2012 1:16 PM EST up reply actions
OMG. That. Is. AWESOME.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 31, 2012 2:34 PM EST up reply actions
yeah, you get a rec on that
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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I can get on board with this
Okay, my facial hair doesn’t really allow me to grow a “beard” per se, but I can grow patches of facial hair.
And I can’t fit into skinny jeans…
I’ll bike to the game on a fixie while wearing my fisherman jersey though!
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by Fabtraption on Jan 31, 2012 12:54 PM EST up reply actions
LOL
I’ll grow mine out. But now I’m torn – wear the fishstick jersey, or go flannel and cap like TT up there? We don’t want to look like complete hipster douchebags, not even ironically.
Help, I’m trapped in an Escher drawing of meta postmodern construction!
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by mikb on Jan 31, 2012 1:40 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
We don’t want to look like complete hipster douchebags, not even ironically.
LOLLLLLLLL!
But being ironically ironic is whats so damn funny!
Seriously though- we will still look like Isles fans- and nearly everyone going will look like people at an Isles game now. I want Isles fans to get some REAL attention at that game. This cause is important!!! :)
When the Isles had the protest march, I made dozens of signs and gave them out to people. I think Im going to be doing the same thing for this game- making a bunch of signs. Some will be funny, some will be game-specific, some will be comments regarding Nassau County, Im just going to have to figure out a spot (bar) where people can meet beforehand and pick up signs. We have a lot of time, this plan is going to grow!
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 31, 2012 1:47 PM EST up reply actions
Cool, Im all for it, its never too early, I already put in for the day off!
We are all Islanders, even if we’re from Jersey!
by Russel Ginart on Jan 31, 2012 1:52 PM EST up reply actions
Im going to take off, too.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 31, 2012 1:53 PM EST up reply actions
We gotta keep watch for when the tickets go on sale, can we buy a whole section?
We are all Islanders, even if we’re from Jersey!
by Russel Ginart on Jan 31, 2012 1:57 PM EST up reply actions
Good question- Maybe Dom will be able to find info on block seating once they all get the details together?
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 31, 2012 2:00 PM EST up reply actions
I'll keep an eye out for sure
This could be fantastic.
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And how AMAZING IS IT
That we will be going berserk with signs and posters and shit for a game that- doesnt even matter. Its so goddamn PERFECT I cant believe it.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 31, 2012 2:05 PM EST up reply actions
STH
I’m a season ticket holder, I can ask my ticket rep, he said any group outings he’d assist with.
by dunnowhat2type on Jan 31, 2012 2:43 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
if you ride there on a fixie
it has to have bullhorn handlebars, short ones, and as many flashy and mismatched colors on it as possible.bonus points for no brakes
Why yes, I do have a man crush on Bailey and Martin, and no, I don't care what you think about it
by DarthDoyle on Jan 31, 2012 2:21 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Not unless you get your jersey from my apartment first.
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock...
by Turgeon1992 on Jan 31, 2012 2:27 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I don't even think I fit into that jersey anymore
I might buy another on eBay.
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Is it home or away?
How small is small?
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 31, 2012 2:35 PM EST up reply actions
I don't know, I was 11 when I got it
It was a little large when I was 11 though. I’m assuming Turgeon1992 will wear it if I don’t.
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Come on
The tight fit would go great with skinny jeans.
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by Dominik on Jan 31, 2012 2:47 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Here- like these
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 31, 2012 12:54 PM EST up reply actions
Tortorella?
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by PGI on Jan 31, 2012 12:58 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
DiPietro?
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 31, 2012 1:02 PM EST up reply actions
Didn't I see those guys on a poster in the post office?
No, wait, of course not.
Nobody goes to the post office anymore,
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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by mikb on Jan 31, 2012 1:41 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
lmfao
if you guys have caps, I can crochet the beards on.
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by JW1970 on Jan 31, 2012 8:13 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
nice!
They are like ready-made playoff beards lol.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Feb 1, 2012 10:29 AM EST up reply actions
The Isles were great until the establishment forced them out.
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Jan 31, 2012 12:59 PM EST up reply actions
Think you're thinking of hipPIE, not hipSTER
Think more along the lines of “the Isles were a great team back in the ’80s… I know it was before I was born, but I was the one that discovered them.”
by sayvillelax94 on Jan 31, 2012 2:35 PM EST up reply actions
Wait, I see what you did there.
My bad hahaha
by sayvillelax94 on Jan 31, 2012 2:37 PM EST up reply actions
No worries!
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Feb 2, 2012 2:12 PM EST up reply actions
TMC I am NOT growing a beard: the ladys don't like it!
We are all Islanders, even if we’re from Jersey!
by Russel Ginart on Jan 31, 2012 1:16 PM EST up reply actions
Go for the beard hat! Its removable lol.
(But for the record, I dont have a problem with facial hair)
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 31, 2012 1:32 PM EST up reply actions
I have a problem with facial hair specially on women!
We are all Islanders, even if we’re from Jersey!
by Russel Ginart on Jan 31, 2012 1:37 PM EST up reply actions
Just for the night
we will refer to them as the New York “Islanders”
by GreekIsles83 on Jan 31, 2012 2:19 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Man, I'd be two stations away on the N train (express)
Or about 10 stops from my R train. Hello season tickets, if this happens.
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Jan 31, 2012 12:41 PM EST reply actions
One stop from work in Manhattan, awesome!!
In loving memory;Dad thanks for making us Islanders fans, ACC 1918-2011
Indeed!
Well, where I work in Manhattan, it’d be one stop to Canal and change for the N which would take me directly there. Good enough for seasons tickets.
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Feb 2, 2012 2:13 PM EST up reply actions
Sell this game out
Every fan remotely interested in the Islanders should attend this game. Imagine a pre-season Tuesday night sellout in Brooklyn, where as Nassau can’t draw a sellout crowd to a regular season game. I think this is a great chance for the fans, old and new, to show everyone how much we need a new building. Until this argument is settled in Nassau, I will continue to save my money and not spend a dime in Nassau. Brooklyn however changes everything. I’m ready to buy tickets, pay for the necessary transportation and buy a pretzel. I 100% support this game. I think we should all embrace this and make a statement to everyone watching.
by Kevin Corey on Jan 31, 2012 12:43 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
And we have to get the word out....
… that the reason why we’re all going to the pre-season game here is because we can’t afford to live where they currently play. On top of keeping the team in the area, I really, REALLY want to embarrass the politicians in Nassau for how they handled the arena situation thus far.
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Jan 31, 2012 12:46 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I really, REALLY want to embarrass the politicians in Nassau for how they handled the arena situation thus far.
Yes. YES.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 31, 2012 2:03 PM EST up reply actions
I can't make the date.
I’m going to be on the west coast. But if someone organizes, I’d be more than happy to sponsor a couple Hospital Kids, or something, to go to the game. I know a lot of us live all over the country, so it would be cool if we could pool some money together to sponsor those less fortunate than most of us. Let’s fill the place up.
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 31, 2012 3:52 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Jez
it sounds like we should schedule a get together for this game!
btw, I’d love if the Isles played a pre-season game in hamiliton, just to piss off Bettman
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How about if the Coyotes play a preseason game in Hamilton instead?
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by Fabtraption on Jan 31, 2012 12:56 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
You just dont understand the whole story.
Wait- we already say that to people.
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 31, 2012 1:05 PM EST up reply actions
If they relocated here
I’d even consider a partial season ticket plan. This would be a lot easier to get to from NJ. And by the time they do move, bridge tolls may actually cost more than the tickets, making the train a decent option.
Amateurs practice til they get it right. Professionals practice til they can't get it wrong.
by Torgo on Jan 31, 2012 12:54 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Me too Torgo, you from Jersey?
We are all Islanders, even if we’re from Jersey!
by Russel Ginart on Jan 31, 2012 12:56 PM EST up reply actions
Yep
I live about a mile away from a mid-town direct stop that has plenty of parking.
1 transfer under MSG to the 3 train and it’s smooth sailing.
I’d totally be down for coming to an LHH meetup beforehand, too. Kid will be 19 months old by then, so I’d drag him along, too.
Amateurs practice til they get it right. Professionals practice til they can't get it wrong.
by Torgo on Jan 31, 2012 1:05 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
You must be in Hudson County then?
We are all Islanders, even if we’re from Jersey!
by Russel Ginart on Jan 31, 2012 1:08 PM EST up reply actions
I see what you did there
Setting the kid up for 2028: “I’ve been going to Brooklyn Islanders games since way before you. I was actually there for the first one. Preseason game against the Hamilton Devils back before they moved.”
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by Dominik on Jan 31, 2012 1:57 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I can't believe how expensive
The Outerbridge is now. Staten Islanders are basically prisoners on the Island at this point.
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You can get off the island
You’d just have to pay to get back on Staten island, or be stuck in Jersey.
They’ve got you by the short n’ curlies then.
Amateurs practice til they get it right. Professionals practice til they can't get it wrong.
by Torgo on Jan 31, 2012 1:02 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Prisoners
Maybe that’s by design?
/obligatory chirp
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by Dominik on Jan 31, 2012 1:07 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
And if I fly in from Central Europe
it’s that much easier to get to by Skytrain and subway!
It is Diduck.
by Paumanok on Jan 31, 2012 12:57 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
That's dedication, right there.
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Jan 31, 2012 12:59 PM EST up reply actions
That is Diduck right there
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Biggest downside to playing in Brooklyn
is that my Josh Bailey jersey might be seen as an ironic gesture.
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by ArsenalLI on Jan 31, 2012 1:27 PM EST reply actions 5 recs
funny thing is that the coliseum is a hell of a lot morre "brooklyn" than barclay's
In fact the coliseum iis as brooklyn as you can get.
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by DP'sknee(andhipandflubugandotherknee) on Jan 31, 2012 1:47 PM EST via mobile reply actions 2 recs
if the coli were in bkln
There wld be a grassroots movement to save it as an authentic specimen of 70s era arena design.
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by DP'sknee(andhipandflubugandotherknee) on Jan 31, 2012 1:49 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Brooklyn is trendy. NVMC is... not.
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 31, 2012 1:50 PM EST up reply actions
that's what makes it COOL
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by mikb on Jan 31, 2012 2:03 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Now I get it
its only IRONICALLY a dump!
by GreekIsles83 on Jan 31, 2012 2:15 PM EST up reply actions
Ed Mangano's response
@randimarshall Mangano "I hope their experience in Brooklyn reaffirms why they should be in Nassau."
Which, I believe, is the equivalent of saying “Oh yeah? Well…..shut up.”
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You hope playing in a brand new arena in a county that wants them reaffirms why they should continue to play in an outdated building in a county that refuses to do anyhting for them? WTF, Ed?
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 31, 2012 2:23 PM EST up reply actions
I want to be a politician
So I can combine two completely different thoughts into one just by sounding like I know what I’m talking about.
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by PGI on Jan 31, 2012 2:30 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
All that cheering will distract them
They will long for the eerie quiet of the coliseum.
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by DP'sknee(andhipandflubugandotherknee) on Jan 31, 2012 2:35 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
That's beautiful
Politicians FTW.
Why not just, “I HOPE YOU LEAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR MY FIST BECAUSE I’M GOING TO RAM IT INTO YOUR STOMACH AGGGGARRRGGHH.”
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by Dominik on Jan 31, 2012 2:40 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
That wins
For the most ridiculous reaction. You’re going to spent two seconds in bustling, developing, multicultural-embracing Brooklyn, in a brand-new billion-dolar arena, and then want to return to the NIMBY idiots and red tape in Nassau?
by brother_rat on Jan 31, 2012 2:42 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
Twitter strikes again
Poor Mangano didn’t have enough characters to really say what he meant. Lemme try:
“I hope that a packed stadium, devoted fans, a good working relationship, and support from the entire community reaffirms to the Isles why they should be out here where nobody can get out of their won way long enough to let their owner build a new building for them on land he owns, with his own money.”
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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by mikb on Jan 31, 2012 2:47 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
How awesome would it be
if Jay-Z bought the Islanders?
I bet he’d have a Blue&Orangeprint for success!
area of concern
If Beyonce came to a game, would he kick fans out of that entire section of seats and make the closest concession stand only serve her?
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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that wouldn't matter
We’d have Beyonce at a game! Who are our usual celebrities? The players’ dads?
Our star power quotient right now is negative.
Entourage guy, the Karate Kid, and Christie Brinkley, mainly.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 31, 2012 3:09 PM EST up reply actions
That guy from King of Queens is an Isles fan i think
And the writers for 30 Rock. Thats about it lol
"Mario Lemiuex… I used to respect you."- Turgeon1992
The Life and Times of Tim has made Isles references- in the most recent Episode Rod was saying he didnt want to die yet b/c the Isles had a chance of making the playoffs this season lol
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 31, 2012 3:14 PM EST up reply actions
It was fantastic.
I LOVE that show.
My friends & I think Tim Wallace kinda looks a bit like Tim, too.
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 31, 2012 3:25 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Sometimes I watch that show and I think "Holy shit, I'm Tim."
“What was it like? Anyone that’s ever been raped by a bum knows the drill. He pretty much took his pants off and went crazy.”
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by Fabtraption on Jan 31, 2012 3:29 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
She was with Comrie
No Comrie, no Duff.
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by PGI on Jan 31, 2012 3:15 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I'm okay without either of them.
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by Fabtraption on Jan 31, 2012 3:16 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Well, unfortunately the two of them are breeding, be warned
The nice collection of semi-celebs at Isles’ games is great, and the pride among the LI diaspora is not surprising, but Kevin Connolly, ‘80s movie stars, ’80s supermodels, and some TV writers don’t compete with the big athletes and performers that, I’m sad to say, hit up MSG or the Staples Center. Can’t imagine the Isles ever being a destination team, or one that’s has any cachet, but Brooklyn gives it a better chance than anything we do in Uniondale.
I'm sure we can find JT a superstar GF
Definitely a poster at Lighthouse Hockey until 2015, then maybe somewhere else.
Who are the top 25 female actresses under 25?
Pick the one that just missed the cut and give Tavares her number.
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by PGI on Jan 31, 2012 3:23 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Gotta make sure she has a low CPI
Cute Picture Index
by GreekIsles83 on Jan 31, 2012 3:25 PM EST up reply actions
What are Zooey Deschanel's zone starts like this season?
Mila Kunis was carrying Natalie Portman all last year.
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by PGI on Jan 31, 2012 3:28 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Sloan from entourage is canadian
get E to hook that up
by EastsideIslander on Jan 31, 2012 3:40 PM EST up reply actions
Ellen Paige
shes a canadian
Why yes, I do have a man crush on Bailey and Martin, and no, I don't care what you think about it
Think more along the lines of Elisha Cuthbert
minus the Avery and Phaneuf
Definitely a poster at Lighthouse Hockey until 2015, then maybe somewhere else.
+1 for Elisha
She’s killing it on Happy Endings.
I’d recommending Eliza Coupe as well, but she’s in love with Michael Fassbender, so…
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Who says she has to be Canadian?
She should be a nice Long Island girl like Lindsay Lohan…
oh. Nevermind.
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by PGI on Jan 31, 2012 3:49 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I went to an Islander chat and a gossip column broke out
lol
James T Paulson
by Jtpdolphins2009 on Feb 1, 2012 7:16 PM EST up reply actions
I could not be more excited
Completely agree with this move. Less seats in Barclays which will be easier to sell out and give an actual home ice advantage. As the on ice product improves the tickets will become hotter. Everyone who works in the city will be able to make it to games on time (including every 20 something who grew up on the Islanders but relocated to the city b/c of work and housing availability). Brooklyn, all hipster jokes aside, is a much easier sell to a FA then Uniondale (God bless it’s soul). Do they have to wait until 2014? Can they just sign now and start playing there full time next season? Please?
If we get to move into Brooklyn I would be ecstatic.
There could be no better news for Isles Country that we are staying in NY.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
No matter how many hip rock clubs and trendy restaurants they build…… it’ll always be CROOKLYN to me. Filled with disco-loving guidos, mobsters and basketball on concrete playing wimps.
UGH. Build a new arena in Pilgrim State in Suffolk so they are Long Island’s team. LIers send too much tax money and expendable income to NYC as it is.
L.I. NOT NYC!!!!!!!!
by punkrockpete on Jan 31, 2012 2:35 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Haha
The 1970s called, they’re asking for your view of Brooklyn back.
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by Fabtraption on Jan 31, 2012 2:41 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
70s?? I was there 3 months ago and there were streetball games going on in fenced-in parks, drug deals taking place on street corners and every bar we went to was playing dance music!!!!!
Still the same old Crooklyn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by punkrockpete on Jan 31, 2012 2:47 PM EST up reply actions
Sounds like Uniondale, too.
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by PGI on Jan 31, 2012 2:47 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
ooo got another one for you
so does that mean Detroit shouldn’t have a team?
James T Paulson
by Jtpdolphins2009 on Feb 1, 2012 7:17 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Whoa, let's not sterotype, I grew up in Brooklyn in the 70's
and 80’s been to hundreds of clubs and bars WITHOUT dance music. If you only found that then thats what you were looking for. I still go back to my roots often (son and Mom still in Bklyn) and I have no trouble Not finding dance clubs.
As for the Guido comment, really? I grew up on a block with Hispanic,Irish German, Italian and greeks origins and NOT one Guido!!!
And the wimp comment, yes we played on concrete, HOCKEY at Fort Hamilton roller hockey league where you don’t “slide on the ice” you scrape your body, love for you to come play a scrimmage with this OLD Brooklyn wimp!!
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by bossy2219 on Feb 1, 2012 8:45 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
While I totally agree with what you say there are bright sides:
1.) Puts more pressure on the garbage politcians in Nassau County to figure this out. Especially if the Islanders fans turn out in droves the Isles can say, “Look how viable we are just a few miles west. Don’t want us? We’re leaving!!!”
2.) Sets up an Islander game with MASS TRANSIT. One of the things I absolutely disliked about the Lighthouse Project, no real planning for mass transit. And a cavalier attitude when questioned about it.
3.) Sets up a backup incase Nassau fails to retain Islanders. Brooklyn is still in NY and on LI. I really really don’t want my Isles to leave.
by GreekIsles83 on Jan 31, 2012 2:42 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
I am predicting and have predicted, that Brooklyn will love them if they were to move there
I know it’s a different time, but I’ve read many books about the Dodgers, and they loved the Dodgers, even when they stunk. Actually, they were more popular when they did stink.
They also have one of the more poular Federal Hockey League teams.
How do Islander fans spell hope?
T-A-V-A-R-E-S
by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 31, 2012 6:42 PM EST up reply actions
I live in Sayville. If they move any further west than Elmont, I’ll be cancelling my season tickets after 30 years. SORRY, but I hate Crooklyn and everything it is (guidos, basketball fans, mobsters, rap music- UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Plus…………..EVERY penny we spend at games will help NYC, not Long Island’s economy
Definitely no guidos on Long Island
by afrosupreme on Jan 31, 2012 2:52 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
At least there's no rap music
Its always perfectly serene when stopped at a traffic light.
by GreekIsles83 on Jan 31, 2012 3:27 PM EST up reply actions
Correct! besides all the mobsters are in New Jersey, they are called government.
We are all Islanders, even if we’re from Jersey!
by Russel Ginart on Jan 31, 2012 4:08 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I understand the not helping LI's economy argument
but it’s not like the organization hasn’t tried to stay here. We’ve had 2 different attempts now stopped to get a new arena in Uniondale. It doesn’t seem like any other prospects have developed on Long Island that have leaked. Given that, I think Brooklyn is a desirable location for the circumstances as it’s still physically located on Long Island and we wouldn’t lose the team to an area where we couldn’t see them on a regular basis (whether it be on TV or in person.)
Definitely a poster at Lighthouse Hockey until 2015, then maybe somewhere else.
I drive 6 hours to see them.
You get no pity.
Plus isn’t Sayville the town with the really nice train station?
by Bleuchz on Jan 31, 2012 4:03 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
You mean, help Nassau's economy?
because well….right now, Suffolk doesn’t get any money from the Isles either. There is no LONG ISLAND ECONOMY.
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by garik16 on Jan 31, 2012 4:30 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
what kind of economy would you expect from LI
in this day and age besides mini malls for the yuppies and Walmarts for anyone that can’t afford what’s in the mini malls? Please, LI’s economy is down the shitter. But you know eventually once the Isles leave, Murray and her cronies will allow the Coli to be demolished so she can have another mall built.
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by Homey Chives on Jan 31, 2012 4:52 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
You won't be at the games?
The list of reasons for the Isles to move to Brooklyn just keeps getting longer.
by Dorfer on Jan 31, 2012 11:14 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Please stay in sayville, thank you very much kind sir
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I just used www.hopstop.com and found that it will take 3 trains and 2 hours and 23 minutes to arrive at a game
I’d rather drive to friggin Montauk
if you're from Sayville it takes an hour and a half
I’m from the same area and was actually just there this past weekend (my friend goes to Brooklyn law, so 2 subway stops away)
Going to the Atlantic Terminal takes the same amount of time as going to Penn, the only difference being you have to transfer at Jamaica. It’s really no big deal.
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by ArsenalLI on Jan 31, 2012 2:58 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
3 trip lengths closest to what time it is right now (Sayville to Atlantic Terminal)
3:39 PM 5:10 PM 1 hrs. 31 mins
4:50 PM 6:23 PM 1 hrs. 33 mins
5:36 PM 7:10 PM 1 hrs. 34 mins
All of these trains have transfers at Babylon and Jamaica but really all you have to do is walk across the same platform and the train is waiting for you.
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by ArsenalLI on Jan 31, 2012 3:08 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
And thats BEFORE the arena is even open- once it is being used regularly, there will be more trains.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 31, 2012 3:10 PM EST up reply actions
eh, trains from Babylon already run every half hour
the ones from the Patchouge line don’t run as frequently and I doubt that would change.
Definitely a poster at Lighthouse Hockey until 2015, then maybe somewhere else.
some Montauk branch trains are even express to Jamaica after Babylon anyway
I’m sure the LIRR will work with the Isles…and even the Nets before that…to get a good schedule for game days like they do with the Mets.
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by Homey Chives on Jan 31, 2012 4:54 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Wherever you are out east, it will take ~35 minutes longer than it takes to get to NVMC.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 31, 2012 2:59 PM EST up reply actions
NOT TRUE
Depending on ridiculous train schedule, since the LIRR HATES Suffolk
by punkrockpete on Jan 31, 2012 3:00 PM EST up reply actions
Actually it is true... if you were at Mineola or Hempstead, Atlantic Ave terminal is about 35 minutes away.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 31, 2012 3:01 PM EST up reply actions
Maybe 40+... we're gonna argue about 5-10 mins?
I take the train all the time because I dont have a car.
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 31, 2012 3:02 PM EST up reply actions
(I'd point out both Hempstead and Mineola are in Nassau)
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They were pointed out becuase they are the closest to NVMC. My point was that it is only about 35 mins further than that.
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 31, 2012 4:44 PM EST up reply actions
Fair enough.
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Including traffic
That isn’t so far off from now. Haven’t you trued to get out and away from the Coli on Rangers/Isles nights?
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by Homey Chives on Jan 31, 2012 4:55 PM EST up reply actions
Couldn't be happier!!
Any other Isles/Nets fan in the house??? (Haha, of course not…we’re a lonely bunch)
I know that Barclays as currently constituted (or planned to be constituted) would give us the opportunity to have—at most!—the third worst attendance in the league with its meager capacity, and I still can’t fathom that BKLYN can be the long-term solution for the Isles, but what a thrill it will be to have the Isles play a semi-home game in a fancy billion dollar arena. I’ll be there, no question. Probably in a delirious stupor. Should be great.
I can only hope it puts the proper pressure on the Nassau pols to get something done.
Get all the hipster jokes out of your system The characterization of LI by many in NYC and non-LI burbs is just as damning (remember—we’re the arena with a tattoo parlor in the concourse!). Barclays will be within walking distance to great neighborhoods like Brooklyn Heights, Carroll Gardens, Park Slope, Cobble Hill, Prospect Heights, etc., etc., not just hipstertown Williamsburg. Lots of great restaurants and shops. If you’re afraid somehow of this area that’s completely safe and benign, and hold on to some Ed Koch-era notions of Brooklyn, that’s your loss.
by brother_rat on Jan 31, 2012 2:56 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
Go Nets!
I try to root for them anytime I can( I can’t stand the Knicks). I follow a little bit, I already pay for Center Ice so a league pass just seems ridiculous when you’re an average NBA fan. Every now and then I will catch a game online or on TV.
It would be awesome to have the Islanders and the Nets in the same building. Both fan bases have a lot of misery in common.
All Who Oppose Grabner Shall Perish.
Dr. J
and the NVMC’s ABA Champion NY Nets
sign me up
by Cary K on Jan 31, 2012 3:54 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
no logo yet
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by Homey Chives on Jan 31, 2012 4:55 PM EST up reply actions
You mean it's not this guy?
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The colors and logo are coming out in February
So things should be moving in a matter of weeks. It’s kind of hard to market the team when you’re not even sure who you’ll be marketing in the new arena (DWill, Dwight, Brook Lopez, etc.).
No way, glad to find another compadre
There’s the Danbury Isles fan that comments on NetsDaily, but otherwise it seems as if the two fanbases never meet. I’m not going to badmouth the Knicks—for the last decade, that’s been too easy, but I just don’t get how folks can root for anything Dolan—but the two franchises have had a lot in common over the years, and you’re right that few fanbases have had more misery.
It would be neat to have two franchises on the upswing in the same building. It would be even better if Prokhorov was willing to buy the team off Wang’s hands and sank some money into the Isles.
Jokes out of the system
Oh indeed — although the fun thing about the hipster jokes is they’re pretty harmless and inherently goofy, not terribly damning.
Of course they never print that on the t-shirt.
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by Dominik on Jan 31, 2012 4:27 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Brooklyn would be awesome
Barclay areena’s design looks beautiful; sure its a little small, but we’re used to that. This would solve all of the areener problems and add a potential new area for the fanbase. Plus, it would be a nice change to be able to use hip and Islanders in the same sentence without referring to Dipietro.
All Who Oppose Grabner Shall Perish.
by pippup on Jan 31, 2012 3:29 PM EST reply actions 7 recs
Plus, it would be a nice change to be able to use hip and Islanders in the same sentence without referring to Dipietro.
rec’d for this sentence alone
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don't drink and rec
u end up quoting one post, while rec’ing another
These comments crawl up from the depths of the deepest Chasm of Saar
seems like firefox fail again
because it showed on my screen that the comment above was Rec’d… maybe time for google chrome???
These comments crawl up from the depths of the deepest Chasm of Saar
+1 for Chrome
Chrome’s awesome. I don’t have that many problems with it, either on my PC or my Mac.
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Awesome! I just have 1 question...........
When do tix go on sale? Work near Wall St. and it’s just 10 minutes away. If it ever became the permanent home I’d get season tix and take in some Nets games. Imagine being relevant again?
"soon" is all we've heard so far
And it appears they want you to go to barclayscenter.com or whatever the URL is.
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YES
I’m a Brooklyn-dwelling, flannel and thick-rimmed-glasses-wearing Islander fan and this is the best possible news for me. Even though I’m probably moving out of the NY Metro area soon, it’ll be 1,000 times easier for me to get to games when I’m home…if’n they actually do move to BK
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by Saeevil on Jan 31, 2012 4:24 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
i love how things never change
living in space for the last 300 years or so i’m not too familiar with long island politics or square/hipster rivalries… but i find it funny how apparently it never changes…
no development at nassau hub
old people mocking young people
suits mocking jeans
might as well scream “get off my lawn”
by Khan Noonien Singh on Jan 31, 2012 4:35 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
But where are the suits?
Who are the old people?
Humanity is best when it can mock itself.
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sadly anyone older than 30 is old today
i actually want a lawn one day and scream that at a kid
it’s hard to do it on a spaceship
by Khan Noonien Singh on Jan 31, 2012 5:38 PM EST up reply actions
What do you shout at without clouds in space?
Nebulae?
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by Dominik on Jan 31, 2012 11:34 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Well, I'm 38 now. Already bald.
So…. Unpleasant revelation ACTIVATE!
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Jan 31, 2012 7:58 PM EST up reply actions
why complain about the trip to the areener if they moved to BK?
It’s a much longer trip to KC.
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by Homey Chives on Jan 31, 2012 5:00 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I wish I could get a look at an NHL floorplan for Barclay's
…but they don’t have one rendered. I’m wondering what seats would disappear from the basketball layout with the rink there…a hockey rink is twice as long and about 1.5 times as wide as a basketball court.
I’d be interested to see if there would be any way to add extra seats from the estimated 14,500…and if that includes the luxury box seats.
by EastsideIslander on Jan 31, 2012 5:09 PM EST reply actions
At the Izod
There are a few sections of pull-out seats they’d use for basketball games. They’d put them away when they build the rink.
Amateurs practice til they get it right. Professionals practice til they can't get it wrong.
I assume there would be fold-away sections
but Im worried about the sightlines as well. Like, they may be able to fold up enough seats in the end zones to FIT a rink, but would those in the back of the mezzanine and entire upper-deck sections in the endzones have the angle to see down to the goal clearly?
by EastsideIslander on Jan 31, 2012 5:17 PM EST up reply actions
Im pretty worried about sightlines myself.
Especially when we are spoiled with them- since thats one of the few things about NVMC that is GREAT.
But we need to let the county know they just cant screw with our hearts anymore.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 31, 2012 5:18 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Yea I mean NVMC is no architectural marvel
but its better to have the last 6 rows not be able to see the scoreboard than to have entire sections not be able to see the goal.
by EastsideIslander on Jan 31, 2012 5:20 PM EST up reply actions
I think
if anything it might end up similar to the Coliseum in that the upper seats are more intimate than most new arenas (due to the smaller size), but for hockey, the bottom rows aren’t that great because the rink won’t be as sunken down as it is in the newer places.
Jersey Plan
If I can make it I will be wearing my P-Bruins Bates jersey.
Take that!
I was a fan of Bates before he was an Islander.
Yeah, that works! :)
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 31, 2012 5:17 PM EST up reply actions
I can't wait.
Please move to Brooklyn. Please move to Brooklyn. They will instantly become the Dodgers of the NHL if this is done right. They will get cult following. And just as they’re getting good!!!!
Go Brooklyn. Can’t wait.
by Torch7 on Jan 31, 2012 5:16 PM EST via mobile reply actions 2 recs
What will be the BK version of the Panther's "rats"
If they obtain cult status what do we throw onto the ice?
Hipster shades?
Flannel scarves?
Vinyl records?
by Bleuchz on Jan 31, 2012 5:24 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Some sort of homemade, small-batch food products, obvi
by brother_rat on Jan 31, 2012 5:47 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
How about actual rats?
We’ve got ’em here.
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Jan 31, 2012 7:55 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
You're bound to find a few
that play better defense than Staios or Mottau
Amateurs practice til they get it right. Professionals practice til they can't get it wrong.
by Torgo on Jan 31, 2012 9:29 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
And all of this is why I love these threads.
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move to Brooklyn
i still don’t get how nassau is even an option anymore… i don’t see how with mangano just planning meetings and rfq’s and starting from scratch all over again how anything could be ready by fall of 2015… when they have nothing right now… not even a plan… doesn’t it take like 3 years to even build something?
by Khan Noonien Singh on Jan 31, 2012 5:43 PM EST reply actions
Well, two years to build...
… but another year to draw up plans and get your contractors lined up. If they really think Nassau (or even Suffolk) is an option, something would have to be signed sealed and delivered part-way through next season at the drop-dead latest (and even then, they might have to start 2015-2016 elsewhere).
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Jan 31, 2012 7:54 PM EST up reply actions
I think it's because Charlie is stuck
I mean he wants to keep the team and he wants to be able to afford to keep the team. So working out something where he’s not just renting somebody else’s baby has to be his first choice (plus his L.I. love). I guess as long as the lease is there as an artificial tether, he’s not going to totally give up.
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Yes, Lou, Brooklyn is closer than Nassau County. Look at a map. Sheesh!
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Jan 31, 2012 7:53 PM EST reply actions
Can't wait...
20 min train ride… Sign me up for season tixx if they Ever move to BK
by LETS GO ISLANDERS!!! on Feb 1, 2012 3:08 AM EST reply actions
i'm all for brooklyn...
i live in jersey and used to live in brooklyn. i would really love for this to happen for the love of commuting. this should happen, even if the arena is the smallest in terms of capacity. the place would sell out and rock out with islander fans come playoff time. even for rangers games, they’d sell out. so many reasons why i’d love this. i’d even accept the name change to the brooklyn islanders if they choose to do so.
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- Steve Zissou
Brooklyn born and raised, I will be there
Now Orange or fisherman is the only decision.
Hopefully this will bring my dream of this arena being their new home closer to fruition.
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May 24, 1980: Tonelli to Nystrom. At long last, the steady build of the New York Islanders from expansion doormat to surprise semifinalist to annual contender reaches the promised land: Buoyed by a late season trade for Butch Goring that gave the team the depth up the middle GM Bill Torrey had been seeking, the Islanders knock off the Philadelphia Flyers in six games.
The victory justified the faith in coach Al Arbour who guided them from their second season to their first Stanley Cup seven seasons later. The Islanders would not be the first expansion team to win the Stanley Cup, but they would be the only one capable of a dynasty.
1980-81
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May 21, 1981: This time it was much easier. After falling to "only" 91 points in the 1979-80 season, the Islanders returned to their division title tradition, piling up 110 points -- a whole 13 points over second-place Philadelphia.
Between the quarterfinals (where they beat the upstart Oilers in six games) and the finals, the Islanders reeled off eight consecutive wins -- with a four-game sweep of archrival Rangers in between. As they defeated the Minnesota North Stars in five games for their second Cup, their goal difference in the final was a combined +10.
1981-82
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May 16, 1982: Another year, another landslide title. The Islanders won the Patrick Division by a whopping 26 points over the second-place Rangers, and were seven points clear of their nearest competition for the President's Trophy, the still-not-quite-ripe Edmonton Oilers.
A first-round scare against the Pittsburgh Penguins turned in the Isles' favor thanks to John Tonelli's heroics, and a true dynasty was on its way: Past the Rangers in six games, then an eight-game sweep of the Quebec Nordiques and Vancouver Canucks to run away with the Stanley Cup.
1982-83
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May 17, 1983: Not so fast, whipper-snappers. The Edmonton Oilers' steadily rising challenge for league supremacy took them all the way to the finals for the first time, where the New York Islanders summarily dispatched them in a four-game sweep. For the Islanders, the Dynasty was secured. For the Oilers, it was a powerful lesson in where talent ends and the demands of playoff hockey begin.
Four years, four Cups, 16 consecutive playoff series wins (a record that would grow to 19 until the rematch with the Oilers the following year). Mike Bossy scored 60 goals yet again, and Wayne Gretzky became acquainted with Billy Smith's crease.
