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Islanders Bits: Kevin Poulin Returns to Bridgeport, Sutter Spots the COZO
After the Monday afternoon loss to Nashville (or, as the joke goes, about six minutes into the first period), Kevin Poulin was returned to Bridgeport. As of Monday night the transactions did not list Al Montoya coming off IR from his concussion, but that is the logical inference here. EDIT:...
Legends Describe Ken Morrow, Honored by the Islanders Saturday
Saturday's game and Ken Morrow's induction into the New York Islanders Hall of Fame, is an afternoon game, so we'll get this one up a little early. The people who played with and coached Morrow (and hopefully more of you who watched him with grown-up eyes) can say it best (videos below, but great...
Retro Live Blog: Roberto Luongo's 42 Saves in NHL Debut Nov. 28, 1999
NHL Game Center is a nice product if you need it, and one of its offshoots is "NHL Vault," an archive of old and generally noteworthy NHL games. For the Islanders there's quite a collection, ranging from the Cup clinchers you'll see on NHL Network each summer to games of little import other than...
The Barely-Landers
While discussing the Travis Green trade from yesteryear with Dom, I brought up J.J. Daigneault's short term with the Islanders due to that trade. Dom mentioned he had totally forgotten that Daigneault had been an Islander. With the discussion of the Islanders All Decade Team and the Cry-Landers, it...
Who's your favorite post-dynasty Islander?
As is so often the case, some posts at SBN's Oilers blog Orange Copper & Blue got me thinking (and stealing): Who is your favorite post-dynasty Islander? Which is typical. The destinies of these once-great franchises seem to run in parallel universes, with overlapping raw materials: They have a...
Last 3-0 Series Comeback: The 1975 New York Islanders
With two teams trailing 3-0 in NHL conference semifinal series (a disappointing contrast to the first round), the 1975 New York Islanders will get their share of mentions for the next few days until the Red Wings and Flyers are officially put out to pasture. Those spunky Islanders, in their third...
On this date, 1990: Bryan Trottier's 500th goal
Bryan Trottier could pass a puck through rush hour traffic without it being tipped, and he could find an open teammate with three opponents in his face. But his shot? Hardly legendary, as he's admitted himself. So to note that he scored 500 NHL goals is to recognize his positioning, his subtle...
Islanders Six-Game Starts: A 2000's retrospective
We know starting off the season without a win is frustrating, but we also know that first win will fall out of the sky at some random moment: It could be a week from now, eeked out in OT; it could be tomorrow, in an uncharacteristic 60-minute effort past a team that took the Isles lightly. Whenever...
Pat LaFontaine Q&A: Chatting with one of the best
Pat LaFontaine and former Olympic speed skater Dan Jansen are running in the New York City marathon as part of ING's "Run for Something Better" campaign to raise awareness for childhood fitness and active lifestyles. (i.e. Drop the Xbox controller and step outside once in a while, kids!). As part...
Mike Comrie returning...to Edmonton
In what stands as a classic case of letting bygones be bygones, Comrie and the Oilers have settled their differences to the point where I believe the ink is a formality and the unlikeliest of do-overs will begin when Comrie reports for training camp physicals Saturday. >>Robin Brownlee,...
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