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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 [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review
The Tampa Bay Lightning are 3-3-2 with eight points through eight games. After eight games last season, the Bolts were 5-2-1 with 11 points. The Lightning are in third place in the Southeast Division, six points behind the Washington Capitals and seventh in the Eastern Conference. After eight games, forward Martin St. Louis leads the team in goals with three. Defenseman [...]
Bruins Fall 2-1 In Ottawa: Look To Rebound At Home Against Islanders
Coming off a 2-1 loss to Mika Zibanejad and the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday night, in Kanata, the Boston Bruins will look to get off on the right foot tonight, as they host the New York Islanders, in the first game at the TD Garden, since Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final. On [...]
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 [...]
Backchecking: Isles Making Moves On the Blueline – UPDATED
In what seems like a great deal of recent activity following an exciting Islanders draft, the activity continues to pile on for the Islanders — most notably on the blueline. On day 2 of the draft the Islanders shipped out defender Bruno Gervais to Tampa Bay for “future considerations” and on Monday, they did not [...]
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: A Season Lost To Hope – Part 3
It has been a while since my season review of management and the goalies — just lots to review and think about with the next report — for the defenseman and part 4 is still to be finished — my thoughts on the forwards! Like the goalie situation, there are a number of defenseman who [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Can The Isles Will Make The Playoffs Without Mark Streit?
The loss of Mark Streit to the New York Islander for what could be the season is as bad as it could get. Lost for what is being reported as 6 months, just seems to emphasize the black clouds that persist over Islander skys. It seems like an endless summer of bad PR just got [...]
**BREAKING NEWS ** Mark Streit Out 6 Months with Shoulder Surgery
As first reported by Katie Strang of Newsday, Islanders defenseman Mark Streit has a torn labrum, and rotator cuff and will miss at least 6 months. Meaning the Islanders would have to make the playoffs for Streit to see the ice again. Streit was injured during yesterday’s scrimmage in the 3rd period. When we saw [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
A Plus/Minus Plus: The Nielsen Ratings
by Brenna Solop Every year there seems to be an Islander who flies under the radar, which is quite impressive considering this is a pretty stealth team as a whole. Amongst these gritty blue collar players and learn-as-you-go rookies, Frans Nielsen has emerged as an impressive two-way player. The quiet, unheralded Nielsen has built one [...]
Comeau Proves His Worth
by Brenna Solop Just a few thoughts about tonight’s game against the Blackhawks and all those trade rumors… I admit it – I’m one of those Debbie Downer fans who likes to root for the team to lose at this point so we can have an awesome, confetti-exploding draft party complete with hot pretzels, Sparky [...]
Au Revoir Olympics, Back To Frustration In Islander Nation
by Brenna Solop The 2010 Winter Olympic competitions have come to an end, and the OT gold medal hockey game provided the perfect exclamation point for the final scene. As an American – the USA kind (you have to clarify since Canadians are, after all, North Americans), I was rooting for the home team. Am [...]
My 2010 All-Star rosters… if there were actually a game
Below you will find my potential all-star selections if there were actually a game this season instead of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Each is comprised of 13 forwards, seven defensemen and three goalies. Every NHL team has at least one representative at the game; therefore some players had to be left out of the [...]
All The Streit Moves
Mark Streit. I watched his every move, trying to see all the little things that make him one of the most complete players in the game. He’s ubiquitous thanks to his loads of ice time. From what I could see, his secret is pure instinct. Seems like he just twists his body a few inches to avoid a big hit, but stays in position. He plays smart, and while he’s no youngster, I think we’ve been seeing his very best. But lately his judgment has become fuzzy. Passing is not as crisp, and he’s not playing with as high a level of confidence.