Archive for June, 2009
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Garth is really taking this deception thing to a new level. The PR staff just sent out a media advisory for an Introduction to John Tavares, which will be, um, in a week. Thanks for the notice!
The lead story on the official team website is on the drafting of Tavares, which [...]
UPDATED at 5:50 pm - The Islanders have not, but Rich Chere reports a swap between the Islanders and Devils: Ben Walter to New Jersey for the rights to Tony Romano, a Devils’ 178th overall pick from 2006. Tony is a 5-11 center from Smithtown. The run of Long Islanders coming to Long Island begins!
Romano [...]
Islanders Point Blank on Twitter
UPDATED at 3:55 pm - As Twittered by the great James Mirtle, Mike Komisarek’s agent has announced that his client will test the UFA waters.
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If you really believe - or just want to believe - the Islanders are going to sign some stud free agents over the next week, then I [...]
Now that John Tavares is aboard, will the Islanders stay with their rebuild and development program and maintain their commitment to suckulence?
The Penguins did it for five years, whether they knew they were or not. (Boy, did Ray Shero step in it). Washington management knew darn well what they were doing. Since the Islanders or any [...]
Islanders Point Blank on Twitter
7:20 pm - How do you get 10,000 fans to watch the NHL draft on the scoreboard of a rusty arena? Three ways:
1. JOHN TA-VA-RES
2. Have C. W. Snojanks keep it a secret
3. Watch the Islanders webolution do the rest
Make no mistake Islanders fans, there were two stories coming out of Friday [...]
3:50 pm - Like our draft wrapup with Garth Snow, here’s a brief phone conversation with Scott Gordon from today on some storylines surrounding John Tavares. Many of you will be happy to know that Scott told me, “Contrary to what you might believe, I’m a big proponent of that aspect of the game.” He was [...]
12:04 pm - As we forecasted thanks to this photo, Scott Gordon gets the nod as one of Ron Wilson’s assistant coaches for Team USA at the 2010 Olympics in Canada. John Tortorella of the Rangers is the other assistant. Congratulations to Scott. Kudos to Dave Sandford of Getty Images for some quick thinking on [...]
In the first half of Sidney Crosby’s rookie NHL season of 2005-2006, he was treated like a pinata. On January 18, 2006, the Pittsburgh Penguins traded a draft pick to Florida for an enforcer who would protect Crosby. That deterrent was a 6-6 defenseman named Eric Cairns, the former Islander who is back with the team [...]
A highly placed source told Point Blank this morning that while Nathan Lawson has received a Qualifying Offer, fellow Bridgeport netminder Peter Mannino will not.
This opens the door for goaltender Mikko Koskinen, the Islanders’ second round pick (31st overall) on Saturday, to sign with the Islanders this summer and play for the team’s AHL affiliate in [...]
Johnny Fever…catch it! Tavares will throw out the first pitch tomorrow night before Yanks-Mets. And a new perk for potential season ticketholders: sign up for seats now and meet Tavares in July. My hunch is that would be around the Prospect Camp.
Just got off the phone with Islanders GM Garth Snow for a quick recap of some of the big issues from draft weekend.
The day after, come clean. Did your hockey operations staff indeed operate independently of the sales and marketing staff? Did you really not tell anyone planning the Draft Party of your intentions with the [...]
In five years, this draft could be viewed as the one when the Islanders got a star goal scorer, top-pair defenseman (Calvin de Haan) and No. 1 goaltender (Mikko Koskinen or Anders Nilsson).
Or it could be known as the weekend the Islanders got John Tavares.
Yep, the Islanders made some odd-duck moves - taking goalies with [...]
