If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no point in being a damn fool about it— W.C. Fields If W.C. was right, the Los Angeles Kings would be a roller hockey franchise in San Bernardino, California right about now instead of basking in the sweat-stained glow of the Stanley Cup. ...
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 ...
We have already seen spurts of future NHL talent who may be seeing full-time NHL action this coming season. I am of course talking about talent such as Mika Zibanejad (Ottawa), Jaden Schwartz (St. Louis), Jacob Markstrom (Florida) and Sven Baertschi (Calgary). Who will get their chance this season? Making the jump from any league ...
In today’s NHL arena, there’s a lot of different sights and sounds. There’s also seemingly music and a montage for everything, from intros, between periods and after goals are scored. Although some of the older buildings still do roll out the organ, leaving some fans to yearn for the days when the game could breathe ...
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 ...
note: Whether you agree or disagree with what Thomas said is your own opinion. This isn’t the forum to address whether his comments are right or wrong. Tim Thomas knows how to create a media stir. In a twelve-month span, Thomas went from being a Stanley Cup and Conn Smythe Trophy-winner to a goaltender known more ...
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 ...
This is a weekly column that aims to be your one-stop shop for all the notable Anaheim Ducks news that occurred over the course of a given week. Rather than just regurgitate facts and figures (although, I’ll do a bit of that, too), I’ll attempt to offer insight and analysis, especially as it pertains to various subject ...
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 ...
The NHL free-agency is just days away, and at this moment every NHL team is likely going over how they will approach this, ever important, time of the off-season. Will they make a run at trying to sign Zach Parise or Ryan Sutter, this year’s big names? Or, how much money will they offer that ...
