All Entries Tagged With: "Kyle Okposo"
Detroit Red Wings Week in Review
After 44 games, the Detroit Red Wings (28-15-1, 57 points) are still in a scramble for the top spot in the Central Division, which is the best division in the NHL. Only three points separate the Red Wings and the division-leading Chicago Blackhawks (60 points)—the St. Louis Blues are in the middle of the mix [...]
Islanders Throw Red Wings Out of Nassau 5-1
For the past few years, the Detroit Red Wings can’t seem to figure out the New York Islanders. Tonight was no different as the Red Wings finished their four-game road trip on a sour note with a 5-1 beatdown by the Islanders at the Nassau Coliseum. They finished their road trip at 2-2-0, which puts [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning are 12-15-2 with 26 points through 29 games. After 29 games last season, the Bolts were 15-10-4 with 34 points. The Lightning are in fourth place in the Southeast Division and trail the division leading Florida Panthers by eleven points. Tampa Bay has fallen to 13th place in the 15 team Eastern Conference. After 29 [...]
Bruins GameDay: B’s Put 7-Game Streak On The Line On Long Island
Tonight the Boston Bruins (10-7-0 (20 Points)) will pay their first of two visits this season to the Nassau Colosseum for a date with John Tavares and the New York Islanders (5-8-3 (13 Points)). In the first meeting between the two Eastern Conference foes, it was the B’s who came out on top, steamrolling the [...]
Backchecking: 10 Games In — All Is Not Well In Uniondale…
I am one to be reasonable when I approach the Islanders level of play. Usually it is after the bitter taste of another loss is expunged from my palette. I was at last night’s game against the Jets, the game before that against the Sharks, and the home opener. Other then the home opener, it [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review
The Tampa Bay Lightning are 1-2-2 with four points in their first five games. Certainly not the start they wanted. They are in fourth place in the Southeast Division, already four points behind the Washington Capitals and 11th in the Eastern Conference. After five games, defenseman Marc-Andre Bergeron leads the team in goals (2), assists [...]
Backchecking: The Fun Begins
It has been a painful summer in some ways for Islander fans. Just as the boys in blue and orange were gelling together, giving us glimpses of what could be, the season ended. And while 2010-11 had a stretch of games that led the New York Islanders into the abyss of the NHL standings, they [...]
Streit To The Point – Quick Thoughts On These NY Islanders
There is not much to say about Mark Streit being named captain because it was pretty clear when Doug Weight hung up the skates that he was the only viable candidate besides perhaps Kyle Okposo. It is tremendously silly by those touting that John Tavares should have been named captain. This team needs a [...]
Summer Snow Days: “The Plan” coming to fruition?
After another disappointing season where injuries piled up and playoff dreams were crushed early, there may still be a light at the end of the tunnel for the New York Islanders. Since the end of the regular season, there has been news aplenty on Long Island, and much of it being good news. Here’s the [...]
Backchecking: Commitment
There is a lot of news for Islander fans this May. Just like the good old days. The difference this time is off the ice rather then the on-ice dominance the Islanders were all about in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The news now is not bad, though, we are not reading about a [...]
Backchecking: Winning Some Games Through The Pain
If there is one thing that the New York Islanders have excelled at over the past 4 seasons — where they are among the league lead in the NHL and in fact the hockey world — injuries. The 2010-11 campaign is no different. The roller coaster season which started in solid fashion, also kicked off [...]
Backchecking: Islanders Sell Early* Updated with comments about recent waiver information
On a night when the red hot Pittsburgh Penguins and their white hot super star Sidney Crosby were coming to town, the Islanders were busy packing up and shipping out one of their top players for this disappointing season. James Wisniewski’s tenure as an Islander lasted less then half a season. The game against the [...]
Backchecking: Scott Gordon Fired —Now What?
This morning we have learned that 10 games in a row is 10 games too many even for the patient Garth Snow. Scott Gordon was let go by the Isles this morning after 10 losses — and earning only 1 point over those 10 games. They have gone from top team in the NHL to [...]
Backchecking: 13 Minutes Before Midnight
Garth Snow, General Manager of the New York Islanders has announced in a recent press conference that in the past week, reality has hit the New York Islanders with a bad loss to the Panthers in Florida, and back-to-back losses in the home and home to the Habs of Montréal. “With 3 consecutive losses, the [...]
Islanders Enter 2010 Season With Questions
As the Islanders begin the 2010-2011 season they enter with more questions then GM Garth Snow would have anticipated. With devastating training camp injuries to the 2 most important players on the team, Scott Gordon now has the challenge of figuring out who his number 1 defenseman and top forward will be. Mark Streit will [...]
Weekly Fantasy: 10 players to avoid on draft day
With only one week before the first puck drops on the ice for the beginning of the 2010-11 NHL season, many of you will take part of a fantasy draft this weekend, whether it’s rotisserie or a head-to-head format. Please avoid the 10 players at all cost because of the injury risk they pose. Let [...]
Long Island Follies: Chips On Some Shoulders
Islander Fans Seasonal Upside Down Cake Recipe: 1 overflowing scoop of expectations 1 teaspoon of reality 1 approved team source for injuries behind a paywall with a twitter account 3 cups of flour 1 kicked can of Molson 1 Shoulder piece of Streit 1 Shoulder piece of Okposo Have some bloggers stirring the [...]
Injuries and Scapegoat Intrigue Mount As Isles Nation Jumps Ship
Earlier this week, I commented on how the Islander fans were beginning to panic as star defenseman Mark Streit went down for 6 months with what is equal to a season ending shoulder injury. Today, it is learned that Kyle Okposo, one of the “big 3″ Isles forwards could miss half the year — 2-3 [...]
Future Watch: “New York Islanders Captaincy”
As the race for the Stanley Cup continues, it’s still a bit too early to start getting amped up about the fifth overall pick in this year’s NHL Entry Draft. For the playoff starved Islanders fans, it might be time to look elsewhere for excitement and think about an issue that must be resolved before [...]
Red, White and Blue
An underdog is a person or group in a competition, frequently in electoral politics, sports and creative works, who is popularly expected to lose. Do you believe in miracles? “Sometimes, the best team in a tournament does not take home the Gold medal”. That was Team USA head coach Ron Wilson’s quote after the United [...]