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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...
Islanders Bits: Nabokov Rests; LeBrun Digs You
From The Skinny for last night's game: Last 5 Islanders with 10+ Game Point Streaks • Pierre Turgeon (1993-94) 13 games • Ziggy Palffy (1997-98) 13 games • Mariusz Czerkawski (1999-2000) 13 games • Mark Parrish (2001-02) 12 games • John Tavares (2011-12)...
Game Recap: Isles Get Streit Back At It in 6-2 Win Over Devils
Mark Streit was simply outstanding in his first real game in 17 months. He quarterbacked a potent powerplay(3 for 6) and was everywhere defensively finishing with a goal, two assists, and a team high 23:44 of ice time in the Islanders 6-2 drubbing of the Devils "B" (ish) squad. The Isles newly...
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...
Bits: Defining NHL Fighting with the Pulp Fiction Amsterdam Speech
We'll get to the Pulp Fiction speech, which was lifted from comments yesterday, at the bottom of this post. But first enjoy some recent Islanders/hockey reading from the past few days: Fully or Vaguely Islanders-Related More than I ever expected to read about whether Zenon Konopka is a...
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...
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