“I want to take you guys back about 40 years, to December 30, 1971 when entrepreneur Roy L.M. Boe rallied 19 partners and completed the transaction to bring Long Island its first NHL team, the New York Islanders. On this day a franchise was born, and it was destined for greatness.
“6/9/11
• According to Arthur Staple of Newsday, the Brad Richards sweepstakes will head to July 1 with no rights traded before.
6/10/11
• Keith Ballard’s $4.5 million salary is rumored to be on the way out the door as soon as the playoffs end.
• Montreal Canadiens [...]
“• Pittsburgh Penguins forward Craig Adams has been re-signed to a 2-year deal.
• Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender James Reimer has been re-signed to a 3-year deal, reportedly averaging $1.8 million a year.
• Calgary Flames defenseman Brett Carson has been re-signed to a 2-year deal.
• Montreal [...]
Read More →“It goes without say that this was one of the more frustrating seasons in recent Islander history. It started off bad with Mark Streit and Kyle Okposo both suffering long term shoulder injuries, and it didn’t get much better from there. The 20-of-21 game losing streak, injuries plaguing the offense, making [...]
Read More →“Most people who watch hockey, even if not on a regular basis, know of the game between the Montreal Canadiens and the Boston Bruins and how it is widely considered the most physical game that took place this season. Now take that game, and all its’ physicality, and multiply it by [...]
Read More →“Most of you already know this but Islander goaltender Rick DiPietro is going to miss 4-6 weeks due to facial fractures and knee swelling.
The facial fractures came as a result of DiPietro’s fight with Penguin goaltender Brent Johnson. As for the knee swelling, DiPietro said that it was the same [...]
Read More →“New York Islander winger, Matt Moulson, has today signed a three-year extension, worth $9.4 million.
The 30-goal scorer from last year, and on track to do it again or at least come very close this year, has finally signed an extension. With rumours circulating around the NHL that Moulson [...]
Read More →“The Islanders’ official twitter account has reported that the Islanders have, in fact, claimed goaltender Evgeni Nabokov off waivers.
In my opinion, this is the best move GM Garth Snow has done since trading for Wisniewski, or for those who don’t like Wisniewski drafting Tavares. However, the bad part about this [...]
Read More →“I haven’t done one of these in a while, but I decided to come back to it so here goes nothing.
The Islanders came out in the first, for the first time in what seems like a while, actually ready to play. They were the first ones on the [...]
Read More →“First off I would like to apologize for the one game delay on this article, and the lack of overall articles the past few games and days. Now, let’s get to it here’s my midseason award, with a little twist I’m going to be original and add predictions to what each [...]
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