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Oh Captain, My Captain
[Ed Note: Godard Suspended 10 games, Gillies 9, Martin 4 and Isles fined 100K will post more in the morning. Also Prospect Report will be on Monday morning due to Sunday's game] With the possible impending retirement of Doug Weight, the Islanders are going to need a new captain for next season....
What Happened to the 92-93 Islanders?
[Note from Dom: Bumping this back up to make sure this historical piece isn't buried by the Jaffe discussion...] Truthfully it doesn't feel like the Islanders' magical 92-93 playoff run was nearly 20 years ago. It was the first season I started watching the Islanders and probably the most fun I had...
New York Islanders in Olympic history
It started, I suppose, with Ken Morrow's season of a lifetime, and resumed with Pat LaFontaine's almost-as-dreamy year. While Mark Streit is the Islanders' only Olympic representative this year, there have been many players who doubled as Olympians the same season they played for the Islanders. In...
Paul Kelly Fired: It's Kill or Be Killed
According to sources, part of this group’s desire to get rid of Kelly also stemmed from Kelly ordering an internal audit (by a top former FBI forensic accountant) of the players' association's expenses during the previous three years before he took over. That audit was still ongoing prior to...
Paul Kelly fallout: ex-Islander Patrick Flatley resigns from NHLPA
Update: We're NHLPA-heavy here today, but do check out Doug's hilarious FanPost about what a more adversarial turn in NHLPA direction could mean for the fans who pay union salaries. NHLPA Assistant Director of player affairs Pat Flatley resigned, and said he did so minutes after Kelly was...
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