Archive for September, 2008
by B.D. Gallof
Details are just through the pipeline on a new weekly one-hour hockey show on 1050 ESPN Radio. Don La Greca and our own Point Blank’s Chris Botta are going to be the co-hosts of “NHL Hockey This Week.” The show debuts this Saturday, October 4 from 10:30 - 11:30 am.
The show, which will cover [...]
Greg Logan just blog-posted his take on Rick DiPietro’s schedule to return. I believe Greg’s pretty bang-on, although you have to wonder about the logic - not Logan’s, but possibly the Islanders’ - that DiPietro could play half a game in Boston after just one or two days of practice this week at Iceworks. For [...]
William Houston of the Toronto Globe & Mail has this eulogy on the slow, but painful death of hockey beat coverage in “the States.” Thank you to Lisa of Islandermania for finding the story.
The story of Tim Panaccio and the Philadelphia Inquirer is particularly depressing. I was a PR intern for the Flyers in the [...]
After practice, Point Blank was able to confirm some details for Wednesday’s exhibition game against the New Jersey Devils:
Josh Bailey will play, likely centering Jon Sim and linemate-of-the-future Kyle Okposo, and Jeremy Colliton will center a line with Brandon Sugden and Mitch Fritz.
The Islanders will probably not dress established veterans Brendan Witt and Radek Martinek, [...]
Let’s be real: as much as we await the arrival of Thomas Pock, wonder if Josh Bailey will go 9 and are intrigued by Scotty’s Beam-Speed, there really is only one major story of camp - whether Rick DiPietro will be ready for Opening Weekend, November or worse.
Not to blow to much smoke up the [...]
Neil Best, the sports media columnist for Cablevision-owned Newsday, just broke the news about a development over at Cablevision-owned MSG Network. (Yup, no conflict of interest there, Neil!).
Deb Kaufman Placey has left Islanders broadcasts to be one of the regular co-hosts of “MSG, NY.” Over at MSG World, this is a major promotion so congratulations [...]
First thing we learned about Thomas Pock after our last post was all we needed to know. Pock is on a one-way salary for the 08-09 season at $675,000.
Folks, NHL teams do not pick up 26-year old defensemen (that have played 57 NHL games over 5 pro seasons) with one-way deals on waivers unless…
1. They [...]
The Islanders have always liked Thomas Pock, like his skating, like his composure on the power play. A guy like Pock could have made a big difference for Bridgeport last year. So it’s not surprising they plucked Pock off waivers from the Rangers today.
But the bigger issue is, why. Or better yet, why? If we are [...]
It’s the first day of Long Island New York camp and I have to admit it feels a little odd to be around the team again. I don’t think this day is Live Blogging material, but I will pass along some updates.
10:45 am
Practice started about 30 minutes ago, after a small group of 8 took [...]
A look at the week beginning, uh, today…
Monday, Sept. 29: Islanders return to Iceworks for their first day of big-boy camp on Long Island. Count on at least one fan with a laptop being on the scene, scooping the writers and bloggers with blow-by-blow accounts of practice.
After practice, players will disperse across the Island to [...]
Today, Islanders prospects and wanna-bes are traveling all over North America, dispatched to Bridgeport camp or returned to their junior clubs. There are a few in limbo, injured and technically un-demote-able. Then there are the contenders - trying their best not to smile so giddily today while walking around Roosevelt Field - that have been told to be [...]
Remember the summer of 2003, when Paul Kariya and Teemu Selanne graced the Avalanche with their presence by signing below-market deals? Remember how just about everyone in hockey felt the Cup was Colorado’s and the rest were simply playing for second place?
Marian Hossa signed with the defending Cup champion Detroit Red Wings for one season [...]
