Hockey Independent » press http://hockeyindependent.com/blog NHL hockey blogosphere of your favorite team rumors, trades, opinion, recaps, previews and news Wed, 23 May 2012 18:07:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Savard Speaks; Return Not Close For Bruins http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/brendan-lecomte/22586/ http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/brendan-lecomte/22586/#comments Sat, 25 Sep 2010 19:09:57 +0000 Brendan LeComte http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/?p=22586 BOSTON — Time and time again, Bruins center Marc Savard’s’ fate was discussed in the media this offseason. A melancholy Savard, spoke to the Boston press today for approximately 10 minutes discussing his current condition, and battle with Post-Concussion Syndrome (PCS)

Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli denied reports earlier this week from ESPNBoston.com in which a team source said it was “possible” Savard could miss the entire season. When asked about the aforementioned report today, he stated that he is not thinking about that possibility.

“”I hope not, that’s not what I’m looking for but I’m definitely going to take my time and make sure that I’m 100 percent,” Savard said to the throng of reporters surrounding his locker. “That’s definitely not what I’m thinking about but I’m going to take my time and like I said, make sure I’m 100 percent.”

Boston’s top line pivot also admitted that he has dealt with the normal symptoms associated with PCS, which include – dizziness, nausea, headaches, fatigue and depression. Stating that fatigue overtook him in the Bruins 2nd round series with the Philadelphia Flyers.

“I had huge fatigue problems during that series and I think when [David] Krejci got hurt (in Game 3), that really hurt me,” he conceded.

“Especially I think in Game 4 when I played 24 minutes I probably should’ve been sitting with you guys (the media) because I didn’t have anything left after that. I tried, but I know now that as someone relayed to me — I think a doctor — that you can come back and play from a knee injury and play through it, but I guess with your brain, it probably wasn’t the best thing to do and this time I’ve got to make sure I’m ready.”

Lastly, Savard wouldn’t say if he would be making the season-opening trip to Europe, as the team will play games in Belfast, Ireland and Prague, Czech Republic respectively. Though head coach Claude Julien has confirmed that he will be participating in the team-building activities set to begin tomorrow in Vermont.

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]]> http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/brendan-lecomte/22586/feed/ 1 BLOGGERS VS NEWSDAY: Snide Email And My Response Over Lighthouse Project http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/bdgallof/3772/ http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/bdgallof/3772/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:19:19 +0000 BDGallof http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/?p=3772 blog

I was given a snide email last night by a certain mainstream media writer who took umbrage at my commentary of the local paper constantly being a week behind. To be honest, calling them a week behind to be honest, in my opinion, was kind.

The email and response is below. BUT I’d like you all to weigh into a poll that it has spurred me to do, also. Please spread the word on the poll to sites and boards. This is not about this blog and writer, but the blogosphere vs the mainstream press….in the case of the Lighthouse Project and beyond…

Email: (names removed to protect the guilty)

you might want to check your facts before you post idiotic, incorrect
half-truths on your site.
Newsday isn’t a week late on anything to do with the Lighthouse story.
today’s story was about a letter sent yesterday morning in response to a
letter sent last thursday.


MY RESPONSE: (part of it)

“Yes, but idiotically and clearly ignorant of my blog, you’d know that I reported, despite the letter today, over a week ago that Kate and Charles met for breakfast to talk over this very thing. Meetings had been planned verbally. That letter is for you press yutzes who don’t seem to follow until you get a phone call or email from a PR staff member from either side. It’s a showpiece. It’s called the difference of digging in and the one who merely mails it in dear. I knew they met and had a positive conversation and were going to meet again over two weeks ago.

I will take my entire series of blogs on the Lighthouse and put it against your slanted shellac job any day of the week. Not that I am anything special. I expected better from Newsday all through this, to be honest.

…as a blogger and as a fan of the Islanders, I have not enjoyed the coverage from Newsday by you. Of course, I know little of the editorial aims, who are cutting the stories, or situations in-house. But, I should make it quite clear, I have been critical of Newsday Lighthouse coverage for a while now, which is why I made my snide little comment about being behind. Trust me, I am not alone in this feeling. I’ll happily post a poll.
All the best, BD”

So, let’s do that poll:

The question is simple, for the Lighthouse Project, who is your main source of info? Newsday? Or the blogosphere?

And I don’t mean just me. If you aren’t reading my fellow HI Isles bloggers, or Chris Botta IslandersPointblank, Nick Giglia LetThereBeLight(house), and Dominic of Lighthouse Hockey, you are seriously short-changing yourself.

So here it is: Poll#1

Maybe we should expand this to all things hockeycentric… Poll#2

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