Archive for February, 2009
12:25 pm - The Islanders have begun practice at Iceworks, and Bill Guerin is nowhere in sight.
More denials from Montreal, New Jersey and Boston. Carolina too, but that never made much sense to me. Remember: Cup contender, Eastern team.
Pittsburgh? Philadelphia? Washington? (A text of a minute ago says the Caps folks are mum at their practice [...]
UPDATED 7:20 pm - Bill Guerin took warmup, but now is not on the ice. Islanders playing with just 17 skaters. Stay tuned.
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7:10 pm - League sources told Point Blank on Saturday that interest in available Islanders veterans continues to increase. The trade talk has now intensified to the level that one source described the [...]
Word from Chris King of Islanders Radio is that Yann Danis is getting the start and Andrew MacDonald will make his NHL debut alongside Joe Callahan. Talk about the game here, and if time allows I’ll pop in once or twice a period…CB
UPDATED 12:20 pm - The Islanders have decided to go with one of their top AHL D prospects to replace the suspended Brendan Witt. Andrew MacDonald has been recalled from Bridgeport and will make his NHL debut tonight when the Islanders host Buffalo.
(You had to know MacDonald would get the call when we wrote in [...]
5:20 pm - Jim Baumbach, Mark Herrmann, Greg Logan and Eden Laiken of Newsday sat down with Charles Wang today for 90 minutes. Here’s Jim’s first take on the meeting, and there will be more coverage ahead. First thing that’s pretty obvious: a Summer 2009 groundbreaking on the Lighthouse Project seems unrealistic…again.
Talk Lighthouse here, Witt [...]
UPDATED 5:50 pm - The Islanders have just issued a press release acknowledging the Brendan Witt suspension. It includes this quote from Garth Snow: “We are diasppointed to loss a player of Brendan’s calibre and character for this period of time, but we understand the League’s concern regarding hits to the head.”
It seems the Islanders [...]
It’s almost that time of year, when The Hockey News “Future Watch 2009″ issue provides hope or hopelessness to the diehards of struggling or rebuilding teams. If you are an Islanders fan, be prepared for a little pain and a large dose of reality.
If you think the Islanders already have enough draft picks and bonafide prospects, or [...]
10:25 pm, NVMC - Bill Guerin may be closer to becoming the Islanders’ former captain.
Guerin will waive his no-move clause and is open to a trade from the Islanders ”under the right circumstances,” a league source has told Point Blank. Guerin and the Islanders negotiated the no-move clause when the captain signed a two-year contract as an unrestricted free agent [...]
Talk about the game in Comments.
According to two high-ranking NHL team officials, the phone lines in Garth Snow’s office at the Coliseum have significantly heated up this week as Wednesday’s NHL trade deadline nears.
Although it is quite possible the team has already made its biggest deal, the Islanders are a popular hot spot for teams looking to beef up for the playoff push. [...]
When the Islanders made some style adjustments and ran off a few wins at the end of January, we wrote the following:
“We’ll always believe a cornerstone like John Tavares or Victor Hedman is what the franchise needs more than anything else. But as long as the kids are being properly developed, the Tavheduch Watch can wait [...]
Lots of topics: trades, Lighthouse, my Hilbert mistake, NTCs, Yann Danis, Matt Gilroy, Duchene and more. If you didn’t join in, please roll through the thread when you get time…CB
