Comments on: ISLANDERS SIGN DWAYNE ROLOSON2 years, $5 million for 40-year old goaltender

By: anthony c

anthony c — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:44:41 +0000

Amazingly (and not to jinx roloson) he gets better as he gets older from what most people have said. And at 2.5 per year is a bargain. Like most goalies who reach their late 30′s near 40 is when they are completely break down cause they got some mileage on them. Roloson has usually shared time in his carreer like he did in minnesota for quite a few years. I really like this signing. Gives us insurance if DP is not 100%. Good job garth, now if we sign a blueliner, a tough forward then we will be in good shape going into camp. Still shocked over komisarek going to toronto. As well as that 12 years deal hossa got from the blackhawks. I think the hawks might be ready to take over the western conference

By: Priest

Priest — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:31:06 +0000

Excellent signing. I don’t think there was anything possibly better available. I got half my wish list list today I guess. I as really hoping for Neil, and would’ve given him more than Ottawa did.

By: mjbr24

mjbr24 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:06:18 +0000

Neil re-signed with Ottawa, Gionta to Habs and Gaborik to Rags.

By: MickeyBoy7

MickeyBoy7 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:51:31 +0000

Look, I actually think this is a good signing BUT I have to point out to all you optimistic and happy fans that the MO is the same every year around here in Islander country when it comes to free agency. Every big name is discussed and predicted to be signed but in the end we only grab the bargain basement guys and hope they shock the world with their new team. Let’s face it we are bottom feeders who thankfully HAVE to spend some money just to reach the legal cap MINIMUM. So every signing will have fans glowing about what a good deal it is…but really…it’s just wishful thinking.

By: JD

JD — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:50:37 +0000

Welcome to the Island, DR!

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:22:02 +0000

“Garth Snow Sleeping”

ACT I: TODAY

SNOW:
zzzz

WANG:
Garth wake up, Free Agents are available. Free Agents are available. We need to get a goalie!

GARTH:
I’m up, I’m up. Don’t worry Mr. Wang, I didn’t forget. You know how I love goalies. Goalies can do anything! I used two really high draft picks on young ones last week…so I’ll overspend to get an old one today.

WANG:
Ooh, I love old goalies. Big ones, tall ones, even Sumo ones. Go get one, and when he is done playing I can make him head of my Lighthouse construction team.

SNOW:
Wow, really?

WANG:
Yes, as you said, I think being a backup goalie makes you qualified for anything. In 15 years, I am going to make Ricky GM of a hospital I plan on building in Hicksville…Lord knows, he has seen the inside of enough of them.

SNOW:
Good plan boss. I’ll get one who is especially close to retirement…

WANG:
Ok, don’t spend too much elsewhere. I need to make sure we have enough money for that extra floor in the skyscraper I want to build in Ronkonkoma.

GARTH:
Don’t worry, after the old goalie. I plan on going back to sleep anyway.

ACT 2:

DATE: December 10, 2009.

A beaten and battered John Tavares skates off the Nassau Coliseum ice in immense pain

ACT 3:

Free Agent Signing Deadline 2010.

GARTH:
zzzz.

WANG:
Garth wake up! We can sign Free Agents today..

GARTH:
Yeah, lets do it…I was reading Botta’s blog and he said we should get a tough guy and maybe a scoring winger. It would suck if young Hall ends up with no help upfront like JT last year.

WANG:
Yeah it would…

GARTH:
…Or… we could pick up a goalie?

WANG:
Ooh, I love goalies! You are the best hire I ever made!

GARTH:
Thanks Boss

WANG:
I’m a real estate guy at heart and I just love rebuilding.

GARTH:
I know boss.

WANG (looking longingly at Garth):
We can rebuild forever.

Garth and Wang walk arm and arm to Kansas City…

THE END

By: jonw

jonw — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:08:53 +0000

CB, I could be wrong but minus the RFA’s the Isles are still sitting roughly 6-7m below the supposed salary floor

By: 19 ISLE in NJ 22

19 ISLE in NJ 22 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:06:41 +0000

Well … we got “Rollie the Goalie Part Duex” for a good price … Garth is getting another bargain and fills the situation at hand pretty good.

I notice other GM’s have lost their sense of fiscal responsability … Will Cammi and Kommi be this year’s version of Drury and Gomez??

The price for an enforcer is going to start going up as they come off the table … so I hope Garth’s got a deal in place for this evening.

By: TIM

TIM — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:44:56 +0000

gotta remember that if we had no rebuild right now, and we were just gonna patch things up like we use to, we would have over 20 million dollars to spend right now,komi,cammy,hossa,gaborik they might be islanders by now, but this is a rebuilding team and this is reality as much as i think we are to small( only edmonton is as small as the islanders)i hope garth at least addresses the toughness part cause we are gonna get pushed around in the atlantic division

By: Islander505

Islander505 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:44:37 +0000

“A healthy Andy Sutton = Mike Komisarek”

Uttering the phrase “a healthy Andy Sutton” is like saying “a decent deli sandwich in the 505″, it may happen once every coupla months.

By: LouD

LouD — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:34:02 +0000

ChrisTMC,naaaah, it is called rebuilding and noone is confusing anything. Actually the only people confused are the ones who keep wondering why the Islanders aren’t signing more free agents. For some reason nobody believed Snow when he said they were sticking with there young guys so they could develop in the NHL. Everyone wants to sign this guy and that one and I guess they expect the team to send a bunch of young players, who played in the NHL for an entire year, back down to the minors which in turn would push some of our developmental kids out the door. Then we would have these free agents for two years, go nowhere, lose them to free agency, and have little talent in the minors to chose from. Sound farmiliar? It should because it’s the exact thing the Isles have been doing for the past 15 years and is one of the main reasons we’re in this position today. Nobody tanks it in June/July as that doesn’t come until around March.

By: TIM

TIM — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:28:25 +0000

wow were gonna have lots of injuries again this year…..look at our average size we will get creamed by eastern conference opponents smallest team in the east by far