All Entries Tagged With: "NY Islanders"
REALITY CHECK – New Coliseum No Sure Thing On Long Island
I think the most annoying thing about the press conference yesterday was the media, who seemed to be present in higher numbers than the union, politicos, and fans. Many of them stopped by the handful of Isles fans telling them: “Congratulations, you got your arena!” Ummm, not quite. Clearly most of the media is just plain [...]
NY ISLES DRAFT THOUGHTS: A Slight Disagreement
Chris Botta and Brian Compton have been doing a great job with the SNY pieces. The Isles casting off of their once paid blogger has turned into a boon as he’s stepped into a more video centric role that has him focusing on the Isles without fear of reprisals from the overly sensitive if/not completely [...]
NY ISLANDERS: The Rhyme To The Reason
The Isles dealt two vets away this last few weeks. It only solidifies the added sentence to Garth Snow’s public declaration when on Gary Bettman’s radio show that they were still aiming for the playoffs… “…with the kids”. I mean, I publicly declare that I aim to be a millionaire every time I play lotto. [...]
FREEFALL: 7 Mistakes Of The NY Islanders & How To Rectify Them
Ok, lets keep this blunt and to the point… The Isles came out strong, but reality hit like a ton of bricks. The coach got canned. This is not because Gordon was doing a terrible job, per say. But more likely clear that Snow was not going to resign him post this last year on [...]
The Importance of Blogging Earnest – The Islanders & Me
The Importance of Blogging Earnest A Trivial Isles Blog for Serious People. A message came a few months ago via my Blackberry. It said… “… I have to give you credit for calling out those paranoid NYI” Another came more recently from another… “I hate the reality that personal agendas influence this stuff, you’re a [...]
DAILY RUMORS: Souray or Redden to the Islanders? Not Likely
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 [...]
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 [...]
NY Isles Send Back 6 Rookies
Per the Isles: Six players have been released from their professional tryout contracts. Forwards Casey Cizikas and Alex O’Niel, and defenseman Tony DeHart will return to their respective Ontario Hockey League (OHL) teams, while forwards Steve Tarasuk, Justin Taylor and defenseman Corey Syvret will attend AHL training camp with the Islanders’ top minor league affiliate, the Bridgeport [...]
Dispelling Several NY Islander Myths
Coming into this season there is some real varied takes, and even some strangeness of opinions on the 2010-2011 Isles. Everyone, of course, is entitled to their takes. When I read sports reporting or blogs these days, you hope they are based on educated opinion and sharp observation…and there are many good ones from Lighthouse [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
CONJECTURE IS NOT NEWS: Ken Campbell Strikes Out With His NY Mets Rumor Du Jour.
Take a great newspaper and highly respected tome, The Hockey News….but constantly misfire the web offerings, and then add in blogs with gotchya headlines full of opinion and conjecture…and you get people repeating about it….whether it is factual or not. I guess this is a step up from THN failed attempt to copy the Hockeybuzz.com [...]
D’AMATO FINALLY ATTACKS LIGHTHOUSE: Entering The Dirty Endgame
On the LI Herald page is the face of Joe Pesci Alphonse D’Amato, the fierce specter that has been connected to the political frictions of the Lighthouse due to a falling out between he and Charles Wang years ago. Newsday, in their one fair and well-done piece, alluded that the falling out stemmed from Wang’s [...]
LONG ISLAND’S REALLY BAD IDEA: Mangano Pushes A Casino Into The NY Islanders Fray
Back about a year ago, the Nassau County Young Republicans met using the conference space of the office area of Nassau Coliseum. One of the main issues that they discussed was how Long Island was losing tourism dollars to places like Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York City. Addressing this group primarily was Michael Picker, [...]
SEASON REVIEW OF THE NY ISLANDERS: Time For Garth To Step Up
“It’s unacceptable that we didn’t make the playoffs, but having said that, here are positives” – Garth Snow Oh, we were going to the playoffs Garth? Is this why the defense saw no improvement this season. Is this why no other offensive help was brought in? Islanders last year were 28th in the league, 3rd [...]
SPECIAL REPORT: Questioning the Status Of The Lighthouse Project
(This is not an April Fools) April 1st, 2010 What began with a song and greeting: “Meet Me at the Lighthouse!”, which even blared from a holiday card they sent us at the end of 2008, has turned into a whimper. As the lights have gone dark from some shake-up, more is coming clear… The [...]
