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Preseason Notes as New York Islanders Sign Steve Staios
It's official: The New York Islanders have signed Steve Staios to a one-year contract, which ESPN's Katie Strang reports is for $800,000 and TSN's Darren Dreger reports includes potential bonuses that could push it to $1.2 million -- even $1.6 million "if" the Islanders win the Stanley Cup....
Josh Bailey Re-Signed, It's Time for Islanders Training Camp
The reports of Josh Bailey signing for two years, $2.1 million ($1.05 million salary) strikes me as a sign that the agents lost this one. Pat Morris (Bailey's reported agent) and Newport Sports (überagent Don Meehan's agency) appeared to stretch this all summer long to see if the Islanders...
Does Mikkel Boedker Set the Market for Josh Bailey's Contract?
The short answer is "no," because Josh Bailey is not a Dane, and thus lacks the Frans appeal that glows around Mikkel Boedker's Danish bad self. The more sincere, less LHH-mythology answer is ... well let's do the Player A vs. Player B thing: Age GP G A P P/GP TOI +/- Sh% Player...
Blake Comeau Agrees to 1-Year Deal with Islanders, Avoids Arbitration
Per a team news release, the Islanders have agreed to terms with Blake Comeau on a one-year deal, avoiding the arbitration hearing scheduled for Thursday. Newsday's Katie Strang reports it's for $2.5 million (check her reporting for quotes later, I'm sure), which is right in the expected salary...
Bits: Pre-Comeau Pre-Arbitration Signings: Hansen, Dubinsky, Callahan
We're due to dig deeper into Blake Comeau's arbitration hearing next week -- there is a fairly major event happening between now and then -- but in the meantime we'll also keep an eye on the arbitration-bound players who have signed before their hearings. Add another one, possibly the final one, in...
LaFontaine to Okposo: 20 Years of Context for the Coliseum Rally
Note: The referendum rally takes place beginning at 4 p.m. today, with Blue Oyster Cult performing. Ty Wishart and Matt Moulson are expected, along with other Islanders names. If you went, feel free to share experiences in this thread. Meanwhile, check this thread for information on the Rock the...
Yashin, Gandler, Sovetsky Sport: Your annual OMG thread
It must be mid-July. There are two parties you can count on each summer for Alexei Yashin-to-the-Islanders buzz: Sovetsky Sport (and often other Russian media), which does the reporting, and Yashin's agent Mark Gandler, who all too happily does the sourcing. Happened last year, happens every year....
Depth Signings: The Tim Wallace File
The Islanders have signed Tim Wallace, a defector from the Penguins organization, to a two-way deal. Why? Physical, Veteran Winger: Not a huge guy (6'1", 207-ish), but a physical one capable of some fights and some big hits, some of which would be memorable to longtime Sound Tiger followers. Some...
Ones Who Walk Away: Islanders Free Agent/Rental Exits in the Snow Era
Looking at the post-Islanders trajectory of Andy Sutton and Freddy Meyer, and the Tallonacious financial windfall that blessed Sean Bergenheim mid-honeymoon, we're getting a better picture of how the Islanders under Garth Snow are approaching pending free agents. In the cap era, you want to buy...
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