All Entries Tagged With: "Matt Moulson"
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 [...]
Horton’s Pair Sparks Bruins Past Isles 6-2
Don’t look now but befallen Bruins’ forward Marc Savard may have developed psychic powers while recovering from Post-concussion syndrome at his home in Peterborough, Ontario. Okay, while that may not be entirely true, the 34-year old pivot surely had a good handle on what was going to take place on Monday night at TD [...]
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: 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 [...]
Top-20 best bang-for-the-buck NHL forwards in 2010-11
Yesterday I had a look at the worst goal scorers in the NHL compared to their 2010-11 actual salary, and without any surprise Scott Gomez was ranked number one at $1,142,857 per goal (7 goals for $8,000,000) more than $400,000 per goal than Matt Stajan who was ranked second. The list was not unanimous, as [...]
Backchecking: A Season Lost To Hope – Part 1
It has been a long while since I wrote a post about the Islanders, which is not for a lack of desire. Work has monopolized my time of late making it difficult to make posts these last several weeks. But it was not for a lack of desire to comment on a variety of observations [...]
Backchecking: “Thank you sir, may I have another?”
In the past two games, the New York Islanders have sent a clear message to the 29 other teams in the league. That message? “Thank you sir, may I have another?” Against the Penguins, the Isles were thrown around like rag dolls. Not the first time that has happened this season. Last night, John Tavares [...]
Backchecking: Moulson Says YES to the Island! Signs Extension!
Number 91, John Tavares and Number 26, Matt Moulson will be skating together for the New York Islanders until at least 2014 Breaking news: The Islanders did something good. Actually they did something very good. They signed a free agent. Not only did they sign a free agent, they did not, in my opinion have [...]
MOULSON TALK: Some Truth To The Rumors
Moulson has been offered around. Why? Garth wants to see value when judging on contract negotiations. The issue is on how Moulson wants to be paid. Per a NHL source: “If he and his agent want to be paid like a top 6 player from a team like the Pens, Detroit or Vancouver, he’ll be [...]
Potential trade targets for the Montreal Canadiens and pre-game blog vs Ottawa
Following the injuries suffered by Michael Cammalleri, Max Pacioretty and Jeff Halpern, all forwards, on Tuesday night against the Buffalo Sabres, Montreal GM Pierre Gauthier will certainly look for help up front if he hopes his team has at least a shot at a playoff berth. Currently ranked 7th in the Eastern Conference with 56 [...]
Backchecking: The Scrapheap Boys — Matt Moulson
There is not all that much to be happy about as Islander fans these days. The team is once again at the bottom of the NHL — sitting in 29th place at the midway point of the season. There is little hope that the Islanders can attract free agents in the summer, which is par [...]
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: Islanders Believe It Or Not
After the fantastic round table that I participated in — thanks again to H.I. and all the participants — your insights were Excellent — I thought I would wait for a the end of the Boston and Atlanta games before my next post — to give the Islanders a chance and see how the week [...]
Making Sure the Message Reaches the Audience
In case you missed it (it was on Twitter) earlier this month when the NHL general managers convened for their meetings in Toronto, one of the issues they “took on” but did not really reach a conclusion on was a league wide policy on social media. This comes up as more of the players are [...]
Backchecking: Good Teams Make The Breaks — Also: A-Mac Out 4-6 Weeks
(See below for News on Andy MacDonald) The Islanders of the lates 1970s and early 1980s found ways to win. If you are reading this and you are not familiar with the games from those days, see if you can find them online, or in some other form. It was like a ballet of perfection. [...]
Backchecking: Islanders Pluck Leafs — Steal A Road Win
Gutsy is an understatement. Coming into a hostile Air Canada Center last night the Islanders faced a Leaf’s team that had not lost a game this season. Through a little more then 60 minutes of playing time, a little luck, some fantastic goaltending and an exceptional overall team effort, the New York Islanders ended the [...]
Agony of Deceit
by Brenna Solop Each night I tune into the playoffs, to see how all those teams I don’t root for are doing. So far throughout the “second season” I have been consistently surprised. I mumble things to myself like, “Oh yeah, I forgot the Kings made it” (I know they lost their series) or, “Oh [...]