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Islanders Bits: Coliseum Talk, Rental Defensemen, Hot Sound Tigers
You probably know by now -- it was hinted last night and discussed in our a.m. thread -- that the Islanders have recalled Ty Wishart and returned Rhett Rakshani to Bridgeport. With the two-game road trip through the continent's windswept plains this provides some blueline insurance at worst, and at...
Islanders To Play Preseason Game in Brooklyn; Ironic Glasses Optional
It'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...
NHL Realignment: Will the New York Islanders Ever See Playoffs?
The NHL approved the "radical" realignment that eliminates the six-division format, reconstitutes the Patrick Division (welcome, Hurricanes; welcome back, Capitals) and creates what at this point looks like two rounds of intradivisional playoffs, just like the classic Patrick days. As an annoyingly...
Bulletin: Ed Westfall is not Charles Wang
Ed Westfall is a 71-year-old, Ontario-born, Stanley Cup winning former Bruin and beloved ex-Islanders player and broadcaster. Charles Wang is a 67-year-old, Shanghai-born technology entrepreneur, developer and owner of the New York Islanders for the past 11 years. While it was jarring to see...
This is the John Tavares Contract Extension You Were Looking For
Well, that erupted quickly. From a Newsday report last night (riffed on by us here, in honor of the loveliest Toronto columnists) to a media advisory at mid-day today about a press conference Thursday at 1 p.m. EDT, to all your finest media and cheeses quickly digging up the numbers for all to...
That Cursed Lease: On Hockey Economics, Arenas, the Nassau Coliseum Problem
There's a gap in betweenThere's a gap where we meetWhere I end and you begin [source] It's usually not a good sign if I've got Radiohead on the mind. Reading something from our morning links, which pointed to this longer piece at Kuklas Korner, which itself was based on paywall reporting at...
Our Islanders-Brooklyn (and Queens) thread, which will continue for 4 years
It appears there is enough flying around today about the Nets' (lack of) interest in, and the under-construction [English bank of some sort] Center's ability to host, a pro hockey team such as the New York Islanders -- enough buzz that we owe ourselves a separate thread on the topic. Alternative...
Coliseum Referendum Links: 'We have no tower, sir.'
"Just a bridge, sir." One thing we learned from watching results and reactions from the Coliseum referendum vote all night long is that some hockey columnists really do only pay enough attention to form a punchline and move on to the next generalist rant. Actually paying attention to the details...
Nassau Coliseum Referendum: Nothing changes, if nothing changes
One of my all-time favorite quotes is from an everyday regular guy I grew up with. It's simplistic in its Yogism and complex in its philosophical underpinnings: "Nothing changes if nothing changes." I'm not going to tell you how to vote Aug. 1. I don't know what's best for you...most of the time...
Islanders-Nassau Coliseum Lease: $14 million rent; 11.5% revenue sharing
The fuller details and pledges for the proposed lease agreement (for a new Coliseum) between Nassau County and New York Islanders owner Charles Wang were released today. If you saw Newsday's advance piece, there wasn't much new at the public press conference as presented by Wang and County...
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