Since Saturday night when the collective bargaining agreement ran out, the NHL has officially been in a lockout. As the fight between the owners and the players association goes on, Nassau County will get a glimpse into what life would be like without the Islanders. As reported by Newsday, “the local economy could lose more ...
It seems that one thing after another had been going bad for the Islanders this summer, but finally the Islanders received some good news. Nearly three months after the June 22nd trade was made it became official Lubomir Visnovsky will be a New York Islander this season (of course assuming there is one). As per ...
The summer has not been good for the Islanders, even by their standards. With the only major acquisition to a last place team trying to get out already, it seems that every media outlet is decrying the Islanders and their chances in the 2012-13 season. Quite frankly looking at the team it is hard to ...
It has been a pretty bad offseason for the Islanders. They lost more talent than they got in free agency, made one big move to get Lubomir Visnovsky, who is now trying to get that trade voided which is now leading to predictions that they are once again a last place team. Off the ice ...
It seems like every off-season the Islanders have the same questions swirling around them. Will they use all their cap-space to land some quality players? Will they get some kind of clarity on the arena situation? As usual the answer to both questions seems to be no. This off-season’s attempt to save the Coliseum ...
Remember a month back when Lubomir Visnovsky was first traded to the Islanders and he spoke about possibly leaving the Islanders to play in the KHL? He of course quickly backtracked to Newsday’s Arthur Staple. Just got off the phone w/ #Isles D Lubomir Visnovsky. Ready to come to camp and play.”This is my first ...
Last week Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano announced the release of an RFQ to find a developer to finance and carry out the development of Nassau Coliseum and the surrounding area. Unsurprisingly there does not seem to be any optimism among fans or media that this will keep the Islanders in Nassau. As tweeted today ...
While there hasn’t been too much going on with the Islanders on-ice product lately (as they’re apparently done with free agency), the intrigue surrounding their arena situation is starting back up again. First we had the privately-financed Lighthouse Project that was called to big and rejected by the Town of Hempstead. Last year we had ...
As we get ready to celebrate the 4th of July here on the Island the initial wave of free agency has come and went and while there is still plenty of time for Garth Snow to make some moves the initial returns are hardly encouraging. The first day of free agent frenzy came on Sunday, ...
Free agency begins in the NHL on July 1st, and like each of the past several years the Islanders are in an interesting spot. They have enough young talent where they could be a couple of pieces away from being a playoff contender, they have tons of cap space, and they are the subject of ...
