Comments on: ROOMIES: Tambellini and Hillen (1st in a series)Plus: Calling Nielsen’s cell to stop him from snoring

By: Heartburn Home Remedy

Heartburn Home Remedy — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:09:08 +0000

Not that I’m impressed a lot, but this is a lot more than I expected when I found a link on Furl telling that the info is awesome. Thanks.

By: the bomber

the bomber — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:30:36 +0000

i went to bed at 10 pm last night, an i depressed??

By: Travelchic59

Travelchic59 — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:07:24 +0000

Tamby was a guest at one of the Booster Club’s meetings earlier this year. He was hysterical. Can really tell a story. Had us all in stitches. I told him he should try stand-up if hockey doesn’t work out. I am still rooting for him to fulfill his potential. I hope when he does, he’s still with us.

By: The PolishPrince

The PolishPrince — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:25:17 +0000

Great story. I really do like Tambs and am still holding out hope that he’ll develop into a consistent scorer. Great wheels and a laser of a shot. I know someone who played with him and Gebeshkov in Manchester. He always felt Tambs would be an impact player in the NHL. I’m still prayin’ he will be too. BTW Grebeshkov’s nickname by the fans was Grebesh-cough-up the Puck yet now I think he’s doing pretty well in Edmonton. Whoda thunk it.

By: pete

pete — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:12:39 +0000

lmao that is great!

By: Marcus

Marcus — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:57:05 +0000

About Yashin – I think he was depressed, probably walking around undiagnosed. Interesting to see how much he actually slept.

Don’t get me wrong, I am totally against medicating people. Before going into Accouting I was in higher ed administration and there were a lot of so called campus pshyc’s drugging up college kids. So I am not a fan drugs.

But Yashin’s lack of motivation/quite demeanor and (at least in this story penchant for sleep) indicative of inherited depression? Wonder if anyone in the Isles looked into that?

By: Ed J

Ed J — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:47:22 +0000

great piece CB!!!!

By: stumpy32

stumpy32 — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:32:43 +0000

Tambo has improved alot in my book. He takes the body now. Two months ago he wouldnt hit anyone. Now he finsihes his checks. Whatever clicked,Keep it up Tambo.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:17:27 +0000

Steve #13…..Billy Smith was on a team filled with personalities. That is part of what made that team so dynamic.

By: Scott B

Scott B — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:55:20 +0000

Chris love these types of stories.

I think I speak for everyone to keep these coming. And, at least I think it doesn’t have to be about the current Islander team…

By: nightfly

nightfly — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:55:02 +0000

Why diss a kid for being a nice kid? I got news for you, a team of 20 Billy Smith-types would NOT have been nearly as successful as the actual mix of players the Isles had then. They would have killed each other. I’ve played on very talented teams full of nasty finger-pointers and it gets OLD, FAST. And if Smitty couldn’t stop pucks then his demeanor wouldn’t have meant two cents to his teams.

The way some people talk around here you’d think that being nice was causing Tambi to play poorly… It could just be that he’s taking longer to develop. It could just be he isn’t all that great – in which case, being a jackass to his teammates won’t suddenly make him a better player.

By: stevedepot

stevedepot — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:51:38 +0000

Great story, very humorous (obviously exaggerated a bit by Tambellini) but none the less a good read. Would be easier to stomach if Tambellini had used this year to prove his worth to the team in the FIRST third of the season like we all talked about last year. I just cannot get too excited about this guy right now. Justify your NHL contract during next training camp by working as hard as you’re working lately “Tamby” and maybe you and Nielsen can be next years version of the ole “Heals and Flats” duo, calling yourselves “Fransy and Tamby”. Some great comedic potential there for between periods fodder.