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Best in Class: The New York Islanders Dynasty
In the interests of a ration of ducats for the humble blogger, I was asked to discuss a team in history that "exhibited exceptional class." There's an obvious answer here, so I tried to think of obscure ones -- this year's Islanders, who stood up for themselves when officials and the special...
Off With His Hair: Clark Gillies shaves for charity
Despite his presence at tribute nights and frequent interviews these days, this is still how I picture Clark Gillies: Helmetless, cutting through a turn with one of the baddest mops in the game flowing behind him -- often with a beard, and usually surrounded by a bunch of Bruins or Flyers feathers...
Bits: DiPietro, Martinek, Gillies, Kovalchuk
Above: Management discuss the Cupcake Initiative. Some quick headlines and reaction to stir your inner urges for training camp to just get here and get here right quick: If you are on Twitter (as with this blog, you can sign up and just lurk, even without participating), you can send questions for...
NHL's Fighting Paradox: Reveling in the violence, policing nothing
Violence ignites passion in humans. Passion taps into our irrational side. When we see someone we love (or root for) physically wronged, our blood boils, we want justice, we want revenge. There are many reasons hockey fans like the willing fighters known as "enforcers," but within the heat of a...
Dynasty-era Islanders' beloved grumpy old men
This is beautiful. If you haven't seen this on the Islanders official site yet, it's a great idea and pretty well executed: Clark Gillies, Bobby Nystrom and Bryan Trottier watch Islanders practice and comment on all the change in the game since they played. They sound like a grumpy old men skit (in...
Roenick Hall of Fame = Turgeon, too?
Great piece by Leahy over at Puck Daddy. A piece after my own heart, comparing a player who got a lot of notoriety for his flash (and mouth) with a player who quietly did things without receiving nearly as much credit. Looking at the stats, Leahy essentially says: If Jeremy Roenick is a Hall of...
Islanders of Yesteryear: Clark Gillies
Editors' Note: I started these as FanPosts, but I think to include video and archive them in a proper section, I will need to duplicate them as main-thread stories. Please pardon the inconvenience (and replication) during construction... This edition was originally posted (minus video) just before...
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