Archive for June, 2009
12:35 pm - With the first pick in the sixth round, the Islanders select 6-2 center Anders Lee from Edina HIgh in Minnesota. He is also considered a strong football prospect who could be recruited to play quarterback in Division I.
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11:58 am - With the first pick of the 5th round, the Islanders draft 6-1 [...]
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8:54: With the 12th overall pick, the Islanders go with a head-turner and select Calvin de Haan. Not John Moore (surprised), not Jordan Schroeder (not surprised) or Zack Kassian or any numbers of prospects widely considered as higher first-rounders. A bit of a stunner. The move from 16 to 12 was not expensive. The complete move [...]
And the Coliseum crowd of 10,000 erupts like it hasn’t since the Toronto series.
By not saying for two months what they would do with the No. 1 pick, the Islanders were telling you all along.
Make no mistake, the selling of John Tavares begins tonight. (Updated 7:30 pm - NYI saying that if you buy a [...]
7:07 pm - TSN shows live shot. Crowd goes nuts. Enjoy the night.
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7:00 pm - Billy Jaffe, clearing aware of a brewing storm inside the Coliseum, plays up how “the Islanders are going to get a great player either way.”
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6:50 pm - About 8,000 people here now, and still coming in. Crowd chanting “JOHN TA-VA-RES” [...]
UPDATED at 4:40 pm - The well-respected Eric Duhatschek says almost everyone around the draft floor thinks the No. 1 pick will be Matt Duchene. Yes!
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PB reader Jeff K, in town for the Draft Party and staying at the Marriott, just walked over to the Coliseum. At the merchandise kiosk he [...]
Me, B.D. Gallof and other bloggers who don’t travel with the team predict Tavares. Greg Logan and Billy Jaffe - the Islanders’ only beat writer and the team’s most connected broadcaster - predict Duchene. Bob McKenzie and Darren Dreger - the Peter Gammons and Buster Olney of Canada - say it’s Hedman. Be warned. Provide your prediction [...]
Since I speak quicker than I type, here’s an interview I did this morning on XM with Shawn Lavigne and Jamie Shalley. They even knew about RC Dugans.
It’s confirmed: there will be a camera at the Islanders Draft Party to beam a reaction shot on the TSN/VERSUS broadcast.
Folks, the John Tavares Twitter page is a [...]
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I don’t know if I’ve come out and said this much over the last 72 hours, but the Islanders’ first choice in the 2009 NHL Draft will be, from the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League…John Tavares.
Seems a little bizarre the Islanders came in last in the league, won a lottery and will make [...]
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Our series of little stories on the mechanics of draft day continues…
At the Islanders draft table in 1997, I had an old hockey bag stuffed with two jerseys and about two dozen Velcro nameplates. The Islanders had the fourth and fifth overall picks that year and smart money was on Joe [...]
