Bits: Defining NHL Fighting with the Pulp Fiction Amsterdam Speech
A roundup of the latest mostly quiet New York Islanders news.
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2009 NHL Draft Redo: Any changes?
Looking back at the 2009 NHL Draft one year later, wondering if the Islanders would do anything differently.
NHL's Fighting Paradox: Reveling in the violence, policing nothing
With the post-lockout NHL rule enforcement encouraging more skill players and fewer enforcers, it's time to remove the instigator rule and actually let players police their own infractions.
The enforcer role, and Jeremy Reich's Islanders candidacy
Pondering the relevance of the dedicated enforcer role, and wondering if Jeremy Reich will fit the bill for Islanders coach Scott Gordon.
Snow, Gordon: Forward thinkers?
By de-emphasizing the role of one-trick enforcer, and bringing Josh Bailey along with steadily increasing ice time, Islanders GM Garth Snow and coach Scott Gordon may be showing something other teams could learn from.
