Mark Recchi is one of the few players to win Stanley Cup championships with three different teams – as discussed in Seven Things about Mark Recchi. So who else is in this exclusive club? A lot of people cite Recchi as the tenth member, but it seems unfair not to include Jack Marshall just because won all ...
Seven Things about Roberto Luongo By Jason Kurylo Roberto Luongo backstopped the Vancouver Canucks to the fourth round of the playoffs for just the third time in the franchise’s 40 years – and tied Tim Thomas for the NHL lead in playoff shutouts in 2011 with four - including two in the Stanley Cup final. Both ...
Jim Neveau, NHL Correspondent For a team that has had four top-five draft picks in the past four years (including their 2008 selection, the 5th overall, that was traded to Toronto), the New York Islanders don’t seem like the poster-child for an organization that is on the rise. In fact, with the fifth overall pick ...
It has come to my attention that, over the last several months, there is a growing sentiment of Islander fans expressing frustration with team owner Charles Wang. Maybe he’s a more “hands on” owner than we’d like him to be, and perhaps we’ll never forgive him for waking up one morning with the idea to ...
Jim Neveau, NHL Correspondent The last few days have been busy ones for the NHL in terms of the relocation drama surrounding several of its teams. The biggest relocation story for the past two years has been the Phoenix Coyotes. Between going to bankruptcy and the multiple reports that a relocation to Winnipeg was imminent, ...
It may be a bit premature to begin looking towards there off-season. There are still five teams battling for the right to hoist Lord Stanley’s Cup. However, there are also twenty-five teams that are already working on next season. Majority rules, no? Free Agents In the salary cap era, there traditionally have been ...
Blog: Lighthouse Hockey Writers: Dominik (Blog Bossy); WebBard, Keith Quinn, and mikb (Enforcers and Snipers); and IslesOfficial, Michael Schuerlein, and David Hanssen (Emeriti) Team: New York Islanders Strength: Well-organized, wide variety of topics discussed. Weakness: I could not really pinpoint a weakness. This blog is one of the most well-rounded I ...
When the New York Islanders are back in playoff contention, the 2010-2011 season will be viewed as the turning point that catapulted them to upper echelons of the National Hockey League. You might argue that the roots of their recent success were planted back in 2004, when the franchise drafted Frans Nielsen, or perhaps with ...
With only two games remaining on the Islanders schedule this season I want to take this opportunity to look at a possible move that could shake things up in Islander country. As of now the Islanders roster is comprised of homegrown talent such as John Tavares, Andrew MacDonald, and Frans Nielsen as well as players ...
“The Islanders aren’t treated well now. They’re considered a laughingstock by some, a circus by others. But know this: They’re the next Chicago Blackhawks. There’s a mountain of buoyant nostalgia under this team and it’s going to erupt like Vesuvius when this team ...
