All Entries in the "New York Islanders" Category
Meet the Defense
Meet the Defense…
After last season, General Manager Garth Snow could not have been happy with the performance of his defense. He lost Radek Martinek, one of his reliable defenseman to another season ending injury just 16 games into the season. It was the 4th time in his 8 seasons he failed to play in at [...]
Is Quebec City ready to welcome back the Nordiques? Part Trois
There is a bug buzz in town these days as things start to move faster towards the return of an NHL franchise back in Quebec City. Last week, Radio hosts Denis Gravel and Jerome Landry of CHOI Radio X, launched a Quebec Nordiques fan club called Nordiques Nation, a Website dedicated to show political authorities [...]
Checking Out The Fowards
Heading into the 2010-2011 season, the forwards of the New York Islanders looks very similar to last year’s group. Though there have been few changes, the core of the forwards are now a year older, and are looking to take a step forward in their development.
DAILY RUMORS: Rumors That the Isles are interested in Niemi are Doubtful
We at HockeyIndependent.com want to be your resource and filter for what is going on in the NHL. We try to disseminate the noise in the blogosphere. We don’t look to to attack those sources, but to question the veracity of the rumor with cold logic, hockey smarts and knowledge. To do that… we have [...]
TALE OF TWO CITIES: A Scouting Story
Funny dichotomy…
NY Rangers lose their head European scout CHRISTER ROCKSTROM. Christer Rockstrom, the man with the rockstar name, was a member of the New York Rangers organization for the past 21 years, including the past five seasons as Director of Player Personnel – Europe. He previously served as a European scout for the Rangers for 16 [...]
JUST A BIT OUTSIDE: Isles Clearing Out Honesty
Per IslandersPointblank, Bill Jaffe was victim of being just too honest.
Despite the outrage and that is one of the dumbest moves since…well, the last one….this is actually the norm for sports teams. They love to control the message. Especially teams who don’t have a lot going for it. An inferiority complex envelopes the team from [...]
COMMENTARY: Word-For-Word, Lighthouse Project Starting To Fall Flat
If there is one thing to be seen in this new scuffle over the Lighthouse Project, is that the newest wrinkle to it all has very much splintered the fanbase. We can certainly glean the Lighthouse Project’s own take in one read. Meanwhile wordage of the ToH press release is loose enough to drive truck-wide [...]
New Jersey Devils re-sign Ilya Kovalchuk***updated***
After Ilya Kovalchuk’s agent Jay Grossman broke silence earlier today announcing the Russian winger will make a decision today regarding his future as a NHL player, the New Jersey Devils announced via Twitter that Ilya Kovalchuk was just re-signed to a contract (as per Dmitri Chesnokov the deal is rumored to be a seventeen-year, $102 [...]
The Shire: Lighthouse Project Reduced to Hobbit Village
Town of Hempstead counter-proposal dramatically reduces the Lighthouse Project and throws the future of the New York Islanders into jeopardy.
Winning At Any Cost
by Brenna Solop
Just some musings on a slow sports day…
With the All-Star Game tonight, no baseball tomorrow and most of the hockey news centering around the newest Carrie Fisher – unless you’re on Long Island and you’ve been Light-hosed the last few days – I started thinking about the recent sports headlines (but for now [...]
Murray and Goosby Produce Alternative Development Zone For Lighthouse Site
The following is the Press Release from the Town of Hempstead. No text has been changed.
Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray and Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, along with Council Members Anthony Santino, Angie Cullin, Gary Hudes and James Darcy, Town Clerk Mark Bonilla and Receiver of Taxes Don Clavin, released details of a new development zone [...]
THE FATAL THREE WAY BATTLE OVER NASSAU COLISEUM: Mangano, Wang & Town of Hempstead
Welcome to the new chapter in the battle!
Mangano is pushing a casino, despite his group not having any studies, research nor solid footing besides just trying to attract Shinnecock attention. Ed has been staring at an almost $300 million gap which his TAX REVOLT strategy seems to put him in a corner on now that [...]
HOT TO TROT: A Source On Bryan Trottier’s Role With Isles
As you might know, the Isles also dissolved Bryan Trottier’s position within the organization. That said, they are trying to find a new position for the lauded Islanders Alumni. However, on the backend of the HiJanks panic, it was just another nail in the coffin for some fans who have been searching for ledges to [...]
IN GARTH WE TRUST? RIGHT? RIGHT???? Well…No, It’s Janksgate!
Funny thing happened in the two weeks from what was perceived by many to be an excellent draft class by Garth Snow and the NY Islanders. Notice how I type that out that we don’t list all the names like Garth Snow, Charles Wang, Ryan Jankowski, Scout A, B, C, D, etc.
Notice that when MANY [...]
FAN POST: Why Isles should sign Bobby Ryan to an offer sheet
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By Fan: Billy Pollack
Since Isles have really no more offensive free agents to bid on (no thanks to Frolov, Afinogenov, Zherdev) , and obviously the whole Kovy fiasco, the isles should risk giving Bobby [...]
The Ily-anders: Post-Mortem
Now that the truth behind Kovalchuk and the New York Islanders has been revealed, let us look at what is truly left in free agency for the Islanders.
The New Jersey Devils expected to re-sign Ilya Kovalchuk to a seven-year, $60 million contract?
After Ilya Kovalchuk’s agent Jay Grossman broke silence earlier today announcing the Russian winger will make a decision today regarding his future as a NHL player, the NY Post reported the New Jersey Devils have the inside edge in re-signing the much-coveted free agent to a seven-year, $60 million contract. (Their headline has now changed [...]
5 Major Reasons Kovalchuk Should Be an Islander
With all due respect to the detractors, here is a list of five reasons why the Islanders need a superstar like Kovalchuk, and furthermore, why he will not effect our salary cap in the future!
BULLSH*T: My Take On Kovalchuk, The Isles & The Insult To The Rebuild
BULLS*T.
Wait, don’t get me wrong, I do think Snow’s interest, talk and the chasing is legit. I just don’t buy it. I don’t buy it as a solution, option or a good move. But let’s start at the beginning….
Let’s take a moment to climb inside the structure of Long Island’s rebuild. It has been [...]
NYI: Late Night Kovalchuk Surprise
Out of nowhere, the Islanders jump into a position to grab the most prized possession of the free agency period in Ilya Kovalchuk. Twitter is about to explode regarding this topic!
Analyzing the Snow M.O.
by Brenna Solop
The free agent blitz is still going, but yesterday’s whirlwind of deals, moves and signings has died down a little. As usual, the Islanders barely made a murmur. Understandably, many fans are not happy with the Islanders propensity for often standing there at free agency time with empty hands and yet trying to [...]
BARE ISLAND: Free Agency Day 1 In Isles Country
All it takes is one day of free agency to have the draft good vibes come crashing down. You’d have thought Isles fans all committed some group hari-kari from the tone of frustration and melodrama on boards, site comment sections and Twitter. It happens when the blind are leading the blind, with stories on potential [...]
Recap of today’s Free Agent Frenzy, Eastern Conference
Today was one of the most entertaining day of the season in the NHL, much more than the 2010 trade deadline, as most of the big names found a new home only five hours after the free agency period began. Let’s have a look at the key signings and trades that have occurred as of [...]
HOCKEYINDEPENDENT FREE AGENCY LIVE CHAT: 11am Start!
HockeyIndependent’s Free Agency Live Chat Show
This Is Your Brain On Ice
by Brenna Solop
So sorry it’s been awhile since I blogged. Handling a new job – the kind where I write for a living so “writing for enjoyment” is now known as “writing for free,” and I have a hard time convincing my cerebral cortex that it’s worth it. I’m starting to feel my age, too [...]
HOCKEY INDEPENDENT’s FREE AGENCY LIVE SHOW: 11am to 5pm on July 1st. Be There!
The LIVE CHAT will open at 11am. We will have a breaking news twitter feed in the chat so we all know at the same time as things break. Cut through the blogosphere and twittersphere noise and spend your Free Agent Frenzy day with us!
ANALYZING THE ISLANDERS DRAFT CLASS OF 2010: The New Entourage
So as you might have heard, the NHL had a draft. In it, the Isles made the most curious of moves.
They nailed it.
Now I understand the catcalls of “what about defense?” I got stuck on that too for a bit. But, if you looked at the Isles prospect pool, you’d see this:
Calvin de Haan, defense
Travis [...]
ISLANDERS TAKE KABANOV
3rd round pick makes it a low risk with a high reward scenario. Kabanov has top flight talent, on par with both Taylor Hall and Tyler Seguin. His issues are well-documented. Isles take a shot that just may…reap a huge reward or just fade into the KHL murk.
Ballsy move.
NY ISLANDERS DRAFT REPORT: Nobody Should Have Been Surprised With El Nino
There seems to be some revisionist history by many who pushed dmen or just didn’t have enough draft acumen to hazard a guess. History dictated, as I cited in a previous blog a while ago, that it is FORWARDS not defense that tend to develop to NHL-level at the 4-6th picks of the 1st round.
Then [...]
NY ISLANDERS GRAB FORWARD AT 5: Nino Niederreiter, Brock Nelson at 30
NINO NIEDERREITER
NY ISLANDERS – 5th Pick
Q. Nino, how do you feel about becoming an Islander?
NINO NIEDERREITER: It’s just a great feeling. I couldn’t be happier to be part of the Islanders.
Q. I understand you and Johansen are friends on and off the ice. Did you have any friendly bets about who was going [...]
30 thoughts/facts/predictions around the 2010 NHL draft/free agency ***updated***
Three hours away from the beginning of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft in Los Angeles, California, there is a lot of talk surrounding what is likely to happen tonight, and before the start of the NHL free agency on July 1st.
Below, you will find 30 thoughts/facts/predictions about the NHL that might happen in the next [...]
**LIVE BLOG** From the New York Islanders Draft Party
New York Islanders Draft Party Live Blog
LIVE New York Islanders Draft Party Live Blog
THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS: What The Isles Will Likely Do This Draft
The NY Islanders march to the beat of a different drummer, even where scouting and prospect assessment is concerned. How do we know this? Just track their picks for the past few years, about the time where Mike Milbury was out and a new system was brought in. That system has created quite a bit [...]
ISLES BLOGOSPHERE WEIGHS IN ON DRAFT: Plus My Prediction, The Real Russian Factor, and More!
The Isles blogosphere comprises of a solid and unique bunch. To me, there is no better resource to go to for scenarios of what the Isles might do with this coming draft. The Isles hold 10 picks, including 2 2nd rounders, and 2 3rd rounders besides the overall #5 pick.
That, my friends, is a lot [...]
Slow Jamming The News With The NY Islanders
File under no-duh: Newsday reports that Martin Biron will test free agency.
If it wasn’t clear last season, when Biron wanted to go elsewhere… might have been clearer when Snow is talking about Lawson seeing some NHL time on call-ups this year. Guess they are saving news items over there?
Can’t wait for expose that Sim will [...]
6 Picks In The Top 100
Rounds 2 and 3
The Islanders own 4 picks in the 2nd and 3rd rounds. As we saw last season with players like Landon Ferraro, Carl Klingberg, Jeremy Morin and Drew Shore players can sometimes slip from the end of the 1st round to the mid/late 2nd round.
If you remember in 2008, Kirill Petrov, Corey [...]
DEATH OF THE LIGHTHOUSE PROJECT: Suicide Is Painless
DEATH OF THE LIGHTHOUSE PROJECT: Suicide Is Painless
(or)
In a news vacuum, nobody can hear Isles fans scream
There is a scene in M*A*S*H, and when I say MASH, I mean the original movie, not the TV show, where “Painless” the dentist is given a fake funeral as the doctors give him sleeping pills instead of what [...]
Grading the Islanders: Part Four
Part four in a multiple part series that analyzes and grades the play of the New York Islanders. This part covers Mark Streit, Andy Sutton, Freddy Meyer, and Bruno Gervais.
Grading the Islanders: Part Three
Some early morning Islanders news, as well as part three of a multiple part series that analyzes and grades the play of each of the New York Islanders from this past season.
With the 5th pick in the 2010 NHL Draft…the Islanders select?
Well, as we learned last year there may be only 3 people who know the answer to that question. But that won’t stop us from breaking down who the Islanders may be interested in at #5. If you look at this draft, you’d have to assume that Edmonton and Boston will take Taylor Hall and [...]
Grading the Islanders: Part Two
Part two in a multiple part series that analyzes and grades the play of the New York Islanders during the 2009-2010 NHL Season. This part looks at third-string goalie Rick DiPietro and long-forgotten defenseman Brendan Witt.
ISLES MOVE PROSPECT FOR PICK: 6th Rounder As Neimi Traded To Rangers
The New York Islanders have traded defenseman Jyri Niemi to the New York Rangers in exchange for a sixth round draft pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.
Niemi, a native of Hameenkyro, Finland, was drafted by the Islanders in the third round of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. The 62, 192 pound defenseman has spent the [...]
THE NY ISLANDERS CHINESE FIRE DRILL
From Wikipedia:
A Chinese Fire Drill is a pejorative expression usually referring to a prank, or perhaps an expression of high spirits, that was popular in the United States during the 1960s. It is performed when a car is stopped at a traffic light, at which point all of the car’s occupants get out, run around the [...]
Grading the Islanders: Part One
Part one in a multiple part series that will analyze and grade the play of each Islanders from this past season.
Comeuppance: Charles Wang and NY Met’s Wilpon ARE Talking
Early-morning on a bathroom jaunt, I checked my phone messages, and there is was…Newsday was spoon-fed that Charles Wang has indeed been talking to Wilpon.
Of course, you get the obligatory commentor on the site acting like any Isles blogger has this in their side pocket, and did not run errant for days/weeks/months…me questioning THN’s Ken [...]
