Comments on: HOCKEY NIGHT IN AL STRACHAN’S FANTASYLANDWhat will Al make up this week?

By: kevin

kevin — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:23:03 +0000

you should be happy for the former islander.

By: Teebz

Teebz — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:21:32 +0000

I fully endorse your story, CB, and kudos to Bill Guerin.

Al Strachan is an absolute waste of space as a reporter/media face. How this guy made the Hockey Hall of Fame as a media member is beyond me.

I wrote an article about him a couple of weeks ago about his report on how Len Barrie, owner of the Lightning, came down to the Rangers dressing while playing in Europe and began designing powerplay and penalty-killing strategies. His source? “One of the players”.

http://hockey-blog-in-canada.blogspot.com/2008/10/brian-burke-visionary.html

Both Len Barrie and Barry Melrose have denied this happening, so exactly who was this player?

Al Strachan is the TV version of Eklund – no sources, completely fabricated information, and zero credibility. And that’s an E5 comment.

By: Chris TMC

Chris TMC — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:53:37 +0000

^^ Spot on, Nick!

By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:40:26 +0000

This Parrish stuff is really rich. The crying on this site was epic when they signed him to a minor league tryout because people were concerned he’d take ice time away from a rookie. Now Dallas deigns to sign the apparently-useless Parrish, he has 1 good game, and the crying is epic on the other side. Can we for once give it a rest and not whine about every single move this team makes?

By: KP

KP — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:34:44 +0000

If there’s discord on this team, my guess is that Gordon stays and everyone else can shove off. Snow isn’t going to Bryan Trottier his personal choice from coach in the first few months of the season.

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:12:27 +0000

Off topic but I have a stupid question. I know the islanders are rebuilding but why did they not sign Parish to a two year deal. He is a proven goal scorer, an ex Isles all-star, and a fan favorite. I actually think he would have fit in well. Not to mention he scored a hat trick last night.

By: Jon Jordan

Jon Jordan — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:07:26 +0000

Good for you, CB, for calling Strachan out. This guy is the biggest hack going and really needs to be discredited. As Coach Melrose recently said down here about him, “Al is sort of like a spaghetti salesman. He just throws so much against the wall and hopes something sticks and it usually doesn’t stick. It’s BS and Al thrives on BS. It’s total lies.”

By: isles72

isles72 — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:23:20 +0000

cb , this is where I start to get a little uncomfortable with you .

as I mentioned yesterday , I really like that you report things to us before it hits the news stands -i.e , Thompson out with groin for today

but I dont like it when you get too defensive when the media from other outlets pick on the isles .

Strachan is entertainment and in a way he’s alot like Avery .You love it when he’s bashing another team , but heaven help us if he picks on our beloved isles .

we all have to suck it up and take our deserves or not lumps from every direction until this team gets it right .

By: Peter Rogers

Peter Rogers — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:23:19 +0000

Its not just the HNIC people the Hockey News is the same way. Always seems to me that the Toronto based media are so frustrated by the inability of the Leafs to put a competetive team on the ice ( almost every year since 1967) that they find pleasure on dumping on the Islanders.

By: Buddy

Buddy — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:12:07 +0000

Strachan may have gotten it wrong, however… During 3rd period of Isles-Thrashers as the team was imploding, MSG cut to a shot on the bench where Gordon and Guerin were in an animated and heated exchange. They quickly cut from the shot and the announcers said nothing. I’m just sayin’.

By: Chris TMC

Chris TMC — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 04:32:18 +0000

Good for Parrish and all, but if people are going to post every time an ex-islander scores a goal this is going to get really annoying to read lol

By: Hurrapop

Hurrapop — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 04:23:50 +0000

then Parrish got 3

and Parrish with 4

6 goals for Parrish

Who cares? We still have 9 points… I’m just saying