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Great to see some outstanding play recognized and rewarded. Here's to many more!

4 months ago Lighthouse_hockey_logo_2_medium_tiny Keith Quinn 18 comments 0 recs  | 

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1st Star of the Month but,

still 26th best under 25….And how about that crappy CPI on last nights game winning goal.

Great news though, I wonder when the last time a NYI was named star of the month?

by ghalbart on Feb 1, 2012 12:20 PM EST reply actions  

I think Grabs got a star in January or February 2011

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by DP'sknee(andhipandflubugandotherknee) on Feb 1, 2012 12:27 PM EST up reply actions  

I will let my sig say it all

How do Islander fans spell hope?

T-A-V-A-R-E-S

by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Feb 1, 2012 12:22 PM EST reply actions   1 recs

Exactly!

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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Feb 1, 2012 12:45 PM EST up reply actions  

Wow

Didn’t really think he’d beat out Malkin. That’s awesome. Congrats JT!

by afrosupreme on Feb 1, 2012 12:25 PM EST reply actions  

and really that was

only because he was a pen and they have since won 8 games in a row because of his surge. Supporting cast be damned, Tavares has played lights out and has not missed a shift.

by ghalbart on Feb 1, 2012 12:31 PM EST up reply actions  

Mock Interview

It’s nice to be recognized by the NHL, it’s a great honor to be selected with other great players like Malkin and Rinne, but my focus is on getting this team into the playoffs. Individual awards and recognition are nice, but it’s a team game and my linemates have been great and the team is starting to put some wins together. That’s realy what it’s all about. We just have to continue to take it one game at a time, because I’d be much happier not scoring, but still winning hockey games.

Media: Which we all know can’t happen…The Islanders offense flows through John Tavares and when he’s not going, neither are they. Their lack of secondary scoring and poor goaltending and the three headed monster (*not rooted in fact) continue to leave the Islanders outside of the playoff picture.

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by Keith Quinn on Feb 1, 2012 12:29 PM EST reply actions   1 recs

Although
The Islanders offense flows through John Tavares and when he’s not going, neither are they. Their lack of secondary scoring … continue[s] to leave the Islanders outside of the playoff picture.

That’s actually pretty true. Replace goalies with “old, terrible defensemen” and it’s completely true.

by afrosupreme on Feb 1, 2012 12:32 PM EST up reply actions  

Yes, that's the part I meant

poor notation on my part.

Neil Smith @bigdealneil94 @KeithLHHockey @craigjbutton hey keith GFY
Website:Lighthouse HockeyTwitter: @KeithLHHockey

by Keith Quinn on Feb 1, 2012 12:34 PM EST up reply actions  

Congrats to "The Franchise"

Someday I’m going to tell my sons that I was at the Coliseum draft party watching them pick #91….and God willing I’ll be there the night they retire his number to the rafters.

Being born in New York and rooting for the Islanders, Jets, and Mets. Yeah, I know.
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by CharlieIsles on Feb 1, 2012 12:29 PM EST reply actions  

Bust

Should have drafted Hedman or Duchene.

by DavidSweden on Feb 1, 2012 12:33 PM EST reply actions  

This will surely raise his CPI by at least two tenths of a percentage point

He’ll crack that top 25 in a couple of years.

"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 Feb 1, 2012 12:34 PM EST reply actions  

but he doesn't play for a contender

This is my signature, not that you particularly care.

by Homey Chives on Feb 1, 2012 12:36 PM EST up reply actions  

With Greenberg's calculations

It would actually be 2.37 years.

Remember, he figures in the height of the ceiling at the Coli, hence the few extra months.

How do Islander fans spell hope?

T-A-V-A-R-E-S

by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Feb 1, 2012 12:36 PM EST up reply actions   1 recs

Doesn't ambient temperature also come into play?

And the value of pi.

Contributor for Lighthouse Hockey. Definitely neither the Sniper nor the Enforcer.

by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Feb 1, 2012 12:48 PM EST up reply actions  

JT appearance

NYIslanders @NYIslanders
JT will appear at 5:20 p.m. on @NHLLive on NHL Network and at 5:30 on NHL on the Fly. Tune in.

Neil Smith @bigdealneil94 @KeithLHHockey @craigjbutton hey keith GFY
Website:Lighthouse HockeyTwitter: @KeithLHHockey

by Keith Quinn on Feb 1, 2012 12:58 PM EST reply actions  


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