Lighthouse Hockey, a New York Islanders community

First lest the title be misleading, let me disclaim that I have zero interest in the bloggers-vs.-print reporter war that embroils MLB coverage and often erupts in every other sport, including...

While the main task is keeping his 30th-place team afloat, first-year Islanders coach Scott Gordon is also having to learn media relations on the fly.

Links! Top 10 overpaid NHLers, look who's going to WJC, Comrie/Okposo back in the lineup (whether the coach wants Comrie or not), and the annual Times crap feature on the Islanders.

More Newsday cuts again raise the issue of local Islanders coverage and the decline of the local beat.