Comments on: EXCLUSIVE: SUG-DONEEnforcer Brandon Sugden released this morning

By: Cline

Cline — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:45:10 +0000

Thank you, Kevin.
Finally a fan with some player knowledge.

By: kevin

kevin — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:18:00 +0000

its not that hes tougher for having more fights it was who he took on and won. fritz fought barnaby and orr and won. fritz is tough but hes not the same as he used to be. sugden is a beast. there both tugh ass nails but sugden is tougher and a better skater. let it go.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:54:46 +0000

Well i cant say that the Organization made the right call that includes Snow and Gordon. Sugden should have made the team due to his skating ability alone! Fritz who i saw in the exabition game SUCKED! So great Move Gordon and Snow, you have kept your Track record in pristine conditon!

By: Pride-N- Passion NYI Hockey~

Pride-N- Passion NYI Hockey~ — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:07:04 +0000

Hey guys just looked it over again,
please excuse
excuse some of the typos that made it through.

As well apology to Brandon.. for the brian .. (brain freeze)…

hey if they payed me the big bucks,

buffoon would be spelled correctly.

as well as some of the botched editing job on portions of it…

My hope is you guys understand most of it.

I’m still wondering how our home town paper is allowed to just walk all over
The Team That plays here?

D-O-L-A-N is a Puke! I guess my question was rhetorical!
(a monopolizing one at that)

Real Quick question For CB..
What did you think about that article she wrote?

If there is some kind of code amongst the media, in regards to not commenting on fellow colleagues work?

I guess I understand.. yet again to me that was a totally classless piece of literature!!

Lets Go Isles 2008-09!! tailgating like a rock star this saturday see you guys there;)

By: Jax

Jax — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:40:58 +0000

It could be a 1,000 to 1 I don’t care. The guy was playing semi-pro hockey for the last two years and you think the Isles should have kept him? Semi-Pro!!!!!! I hope everything works out for him personally but the whole invite was pure media related. The guy never had a shot at making the team. You say check out you tube and I only see a couple of Fritz fights and a bunch of Sugden fights so what’s your point? Sugden has more fights on youtube so he is tougher? Orr a top 5 heavyweight in the league was getting tossed around the ice by fritz in that you tube fight. Sugden was a brawler no doubt but there is a reason he was playing semi-pro hockey and fritz was playing professional hockey. Yeah but I guess the Isles are idiots for not keeping the beer league player.

By: Pride-N- Passion NYI Hockey~

Pride-N- Passion NYI Hockey~ — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:18:38 +0000

the point eluded to on…

“That’s Gotta Change”
I was speaking on our team in future seasons…..

We need to somehow find a way to televise pre season games live..

Where theres a will theres a way!

By: Pride-N- Passion NYI Hockey~

Pride-N- Passion NYI Hockey~ — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:11:03 +0000

Well..
It appaears that the Islander Gm and Coach has choosen Fritz.

I think as a feel good story, you could not help in rooting for Sugden to make the club in role as enforcer.

Yet I being one who rallied behind him as the first choice…

also realize with the lack of time spent checking out camp & practice we (the Fan) are not privy to scout & compare sugden & fritz. (thats gotta change somehow)

That being said, theres a reason why they pay the gm’s-coaches-scouts the money they do at the NHL level..
(not always well spent)

just look @the rags, and how much money they squander each year

Never the less guys Like Snow, Gordon, chabot, morrow, Gallant, Jankowski… etc,

This group has the exp it takes to make the right call.

My heart may have rooted for Sugden, yet its my head that tells me The Organization probably made the right call.

So we move forward & eagerly await the anticipated match-up against colton orr!

(from what i have seen on utube fritz beat him once in the ahl)

Its here where we can begin to stimulate the Club & the fan base!!(The Pride thing)

GO Get It Done Fritz my boy, we are all behind ya!

Last little point for those who pay attention to newsday for coverage we should all be “outraged”…

What “classless” & “Biased” piece of “Propaganda” written by johnette…
(dont call me John i’m a girl)

For What Chris and some other’s have suggested about Newsday attempt to Give The Islanders more & equal coverage then our friends the rags?

To me they made sure today they let us Know whos in control of that paper the one and only,Jim Dolan, who obviously has given the job of head mouth piece to this wench!

I’m sorry I have read newsday for years, yet thius was the worst piece of rhetoric /slander, hidden in sarcasm i have ever read… What a joke!

I mean c’mon..
Her references to baseball where left field as well (pun intended)…

how in the world does she compare the Pirate to the Islanders in overall History of accomplishments?

This Lady made a “buffon” out of her self today!

Howard is obviously a “wanna be”,
Hockey hack that knowes nothing of the Organization she wrote about…

As for
Newsday’s Hockey alliegance & Coverage promising us of fair and responsible view points ??

I guess we know we new this was coming!!

(newsday is not an Islander paper Dolan owns it now)….

Hey, at least we still have here our last bastion of hope for real Islander Fans! (NYI Point Blank)so far Great Chris!

“Newsday”….
should be deeply embarrased tonight.

That was nothing short of a stern- Springer type attack delievered today.. more like a national enquirer
op ed .. (not that they even have one)..

Yet if they did howard has found a place to help pay for her retirment years:)

Hey Newsday, You Reflect your owner to the “T”…… T-E-R-R-I-B-L-E!!

Last Point on Newsday..
(sorry guys this boiled my blood today)

There is an obvious lack of “commitment”,”class”, “dedication” @Newsday….

when it comes to the profession of journalism & the responsibilites that those who work in the field should have to the general public!

How could this happen in a supposed main stream publication??
(oops forgot its Dolans paper now)….

Johnette…
(Stick with baseball wanna be Hockey Hack)

P.S.
“Valiant Effort”Good luck in your future endeavor’s B.Sugden!!

A Hockey player & above that a “Man”,
who has moved past the troubled times he had in his younger adult life.

Brian Sugeden to me has become a Solid family man, Good guy to have in a community.

In General a “class act” in regards handled to how he handled himself through this whole deal!!

(thats worth then any scrap on the ice)

Go Ny Islanders 2008-09

By: kevin

kevin — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:47:21 +0000

jax you have one supporter against everyone else. how can you say fritz is better then sugden at fighting. take a look at youtube. end of story. were you at the game against the devils at home. sugden is better than fritz in skating

By: Jax

Jax — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:59:08 +0000

Thank You.

By: Buddyhackit9

Buddyhackit9 — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:33:16 +0000

Fritz is a better skater and fighter than Sugden. Granted Fritz is not the smoothest skater, but that is partially because he is so big, so he doesn’t look smooth. The biggest asset over Sugden though is his smarts and knowing when to fight, etc. Sudgen is a great fighter, but he is a bit of a loose cannon and is just looking for a fight all of the time. Fritz is a better choice for the team.

By: Jax

Jax — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:13:15 +0000

So the isles kept Fritz over Sugden because Sugden is a better fighter and skater then Fritz???? Yeah that makes a lot of sense. Some people just have to complain about everything. Go watch the rags then. Who needs you!!!!

By: Jax

Jax — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:11:11 +0000

You have to be kidding me Cline? One of the stupidest posts I’ve seen.