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Details of the Islanders’ first complete training camp in Nassau County in a long time are starting to surface, and the news is good for the die-hards. The Islanders have turned the fiasco of their cancelled trip to China into a public relations positive.
The majority of 2010 training camp will be held at the Nassau [...]
5:00 pm: Point Blank has learned that Butch Goring has been hired by MSG Network and approved by the Islanders as the new color commentator on the team’s television broadcasts. Goring suceeds Billy Jaffe, whose four-year run in the job ended when the Islanders would not grant their approval to a contract negotiated between Jaffe’s [...]
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Kirill Petrov loved his visit to Long Island and his stay at Islanders prospect camp last month. He has a deep appreciation for Josh Bailey welcoming him into his Nassau home for a few days to show him around the community when camp [...]
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FanHouse: Modano deserves to go out on top, on his own terms
For information on this youth hockey outreach or to sign up for the next session that begins in October, email michelle.winter@newyorkislanders.com or call 516.501.6764
Looking for a way to get the children in your [...]
CB at FanHouse: Rick Dudley on
scouting process, Burmistrov
Since word got out earlier last month that the contract for his services as a player development coach for the Islanders would not be renewed, Bryan Trottier disappeared for a while. He got away from the phone and spent the last few weeks visiting with his mom in Saskatchewan.
In typical Trottier fashion, he expressed [...]
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Not bad for depth, as they say.
CB at FanHouse: Rick Dudley on remaking the Thrashers
Salary Cap figures credit: Capgeek
More than a few readers got a chuckle (at the writer’s expense) when I gave my Islanders’ free agency forecast on June 29 the sub-head:
“Taking his time, Cool Hand Snow will get his men”
I ended my piece with…
The Islanders will get the men [...]
8:30 pm: Garth Snow made a great trade Friday evening, acquiring James Wisniewski from the Anaheim Ducks for a conditional third round draft choice in 2011. Wisniewski, signed by Anaheim this afternoon to a one-year, $3.2 million contract, makes up for the loss of physicality in Andy Sutton and at a much younger age.
The 5-11, 200-pound [...]
Garth Snow said last season they would not put Brendan Witt on waivers to make him available at half-price to teams. But even at $1.5 million, based on the market this summer for depth players, it’s unlikely a team would have taken the veteran defenseman’s tab. He was placed today on unconditional waivers.
A buyout is probably in his future. [...]
FanHouse: Kyle Okposo’s offseason training with Parise, Stafford and pals
While writing my offseason piece for FanHouse on Kyle Okposo, I held back a few of his quotes I knew would be of particular interest to Point Blank readers.
Is there added excitement for the upcoming decision because Garth Snow is giving you and the rest of the young core [...]
Please read my summer story on Kyle Okposo at FanHouse.
