Archive for December, 2008
UPDATED 5:55 pm - The Islanders were scheduled to leave on a 6:00 pm flight tonight. It was bound for Phoenix, so no one’s feeling sorry for them.
The talk of the postgame was the line of Comeau-Comrie-Okposo. Raves all around, from Go-Go to their teammates. The coach said Comrie has been a completely different player [...]
UPDATED 1:55 pm - The Mitchell Fritz experiment appears to be over. The Islanders have placed the 6-8 enforcer on waivers with the intention of sending him to Bridgeport when he clears.
Trent Hunter out with general body soreness, aka general BS. I think Teddy and I were the first to make that one up!
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6:15 pm - As an unrestricted free agent on a one-year deal, Doug Weight can begin negotiating a new contract with the Islanders beginning on January 1, 2009, aka Friday. That is unlikely to happen.
What’s more likely is that between now and the March 4 trade deadline, Islanders general manager Garth Snow will consider all [...]
3:35 pm - As I battle some laptop issues, let’s get some news and notes from today’s practice out first.
Joey MacDonald took a puck in the neck while putting in some extra time with his teammates at the end of practice. He left the ice immediately. While it did not appear to be very serious, [...]
10:10 pm - Some notes from the visitor’s dressing room and some final thoughts before I take the train home to read more than 100 Comments. Do I feel a new Comment-ary record coming on? If anything would do it, it would be a loss to the Rangers.
Trent Hunter, according to Scott Gordon, is “okay.” [...]
3:55pm, Long Island - BD checking in while Chris Botta wanders the city without his laptop. Per Chris, Yann Danis has been emergency recalled from Bridgeport. As Chris said below, I guess you can never be to sure, indeed. No other announcements have been made beyond this. A good guess is one of the two [...]
A source close to Rick DiPietro told me the goaltender was simply “just a little sore” in the aftermath of the Islanders’ win on Friday. This is to be expected after such a long layoff, and playing a game after very little practice - including none 48 hours prior to return. As Howie Rose theorized on the [...]
by Chris Botta
That’s an important distinction. Without it, this is mostly a list of dynasty players. With it, this is a chance to acknowledge some of those who paved the way.
1. Ed Westfall: The first Captain and one of the two most important men to wear the C in franchise history. “18” deserves to be inducted [...]
by B.D. Gallof
When the Isles tied the game, the look on Lindy Ruff’s face, longtime coach of the Sabres, was priceless. The Isles fell behind Buffalo and seemed to keep pace, and even when down by two goals, they went all-out in that third period. The result was two goals within the final 2 minutes. [...]
UPDATED at 5:25 pm by CB: Greetings from Huntington, West Virginia…where We Are Not All Islanders, but We Are Marshall.
The Islanders have confirmed what Greg Logan reported earlier today: Jeremy Colliton has been recalled, hopefully to win a few faceoffs. Andy Hilbert out with hairline fracture of left foot. Logie also has some nice stuff [...]
by B.D. Gallof
The holiday crowd at the Coliseum was surprised as we were. Arthur Staple of Newsday who was subbing for a vacationing Greg Logan said “Hmmmmm” at practice as Rick DiPietro took a majority of the work. Then at warm-ups, DP is out first. Then, the pre-game interviews seal it as they interview Bill Guerin [...]
by B.D. Gallof
6:40pm UPDATE: Yes, in a mindboggling move, Rick DiPietro is taking the bulk of shots in warmups and would appear to be the starter, which has been a hot rumor when I got the Coliseum. No stop at Bridgeport. Do not pass GO. Do not collect $200. But do start in goal.
3:40pm UPDATE: [...]
