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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...
Islanders Year in Review: Putting 2011 to Bed
The NHL Winter Classic is over (but we can always dream of a future one that includes the Isles), and the Islanders' 2012 schedule begins Tuesday when so many North Americans go back to work. I always know it's a new year when I click the "archives" link and see just a handful of posts instead of...
Off topic: New York Islanders future decided today?
Today is August 1st, 2011. It's a day that will live in infamy upon the narrow strip of land known as Long Island, New York, for the ages... At least hockey fans. Today, Nassau County votes on funding for a new arena to replace Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, one of the oldest and smallest...
Bits: Renderings and Electioneering
[Updated with more of the same on the arena at 07/31/11 3:02 PM EDT ] The rendering; she's a lovely beast isn't she Nassau? It looks like it's us against the world folks. If we come, they may build it. Strangely enough, there continues to be opposition in the form of semi-local sports writers who...
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...
Bits: Onward and Upward
After the closing of the 2011-2012 season, things should start happening all over the place for the Islanders. Things we have to look forward to include; potential buyouts, our own free agent signings, the draft, (trades prior to or during the draft), the acquisition of other free agent help, the...
10 Questions on Islanders/Nassau Coliseum Plan
UPDATED with link/segment of NIFA statement sent to Newsday, plus video from press scrums after the jump... Today's press conference about the plan for a $350 million Nassau Coliseum replacement (plus $50 million minor league ballpark) was for cheerleading, for politicians patting themselves on the...
Nassau County to Announce Major Sports-Entertainment and Casino Plan. You Buying?
The regular readers are hip to this news in comment discussions here and there, but to offer it to those who missed it and to our friends from around the league: Yes, there is a major announcement planned for tomorrow morning (11 a.m.) from Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano about "a major Economic...
Islanders Sign Nino Niederreiter; No Progress on New Arena
"All he’s got to focus on is playing his game and playing well," [GM Garth] Snow said. "He played extremely well last week in Boston, the rookie games. He’s obviously a big body, that’s something that he has in his favor going in to training camp and his skill set (is also...
Beyond ca$inos, betting on the next Islander free agent
"For Islanders fans, this story has played out like an annoying soap opera, twisting and turning just enough to keep their hopes alive but never giving them the final answer they crave. They're the real losers here because they're the ones who have been emotionally invested. And they've got...
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