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| THIS is why some of us; have VERY little faith in this regime | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 1 2010, 09:19 AM (1,477 Views) | |
| stevedepot | Jul 1 2010, 09:19 AM Post #1 |
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Keep your Koolaid, keep your fear of anything "negative". This franchise needs to add quality, not open the bank, but at least spend something. Instead it's the same old damage control. Read this rubbish. http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/islan...seman-1.2068743
ONCE again. Pointing to Streit, Moulson as examples and the Rolo signing used to show they "spend"??? Get the flock outta here ya bastids. Stop insulting our intelligence. Good grief. This team is in financial turmoil. Everyone knows it and the rest are in denial. He's "had" opportunities? Oogats. I am 99% certain that this article was designed to front some damage control while the second wave will come from some in the blogging community. How about spending on some defensemen like Kurtis Foster and Paul Mara, won't cost much. Or, how about spending just a little more than anyone else on Zbynek Michalek, who's probably worth it??? On offense, can you please bring in someone who HASN'T played in NY before? Tired of the articles on local boys like Higgins or bringing back that goober from Philly. How about surrounding our kids with TOUGH hard nosed players who will teach Okposo how to stand up for his teamates so he can one day EARN the "C". There is so much to write but I'd rather hear everyone's response and feelings on this recent article by Strang.
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| Overspeed | Jul 1 2010, 09:23 AM Post #2 |
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"Any speculation that Snow is under strict budgetary constraints, he said, is "not true. I've had the opportunity to add players who I think will add to the team's success in the short term and the long term and I've never had restrictions on that when it comes to improving this team." If that is indeed true Mr. Snow, then you absolutely suck as a GM. I also think its funny/ironic/sad that Snow says the defenseman list is thin, yet the article lists a slew of them who are available. |
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| 4CUPZ | Jul 1 2010, 09:27 AM Post #3 |
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DUMPSTER DIVING COMMENCES ON 7/2-3
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| puckhead | Jul 1 2010, 09:27 AM Post #4 |
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I don't at all buy the garbage Snow says that he's under no budgetary constraints. That's just company line BS. What are we.....morons? |
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| stevedepot | Jul 1 2010, 09:40 AM Post #5 |
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Garth Snow had a terrific 2010 draft. I absolutely loved what the team did. But we said all along, that this years free agency was going to be the TRUE test of this OWNERS true intentions. This isn't about Snow's capabilities as a GM as it is the limits set upon him. Dominic Moore is out there. great faceoff guy, penalty killer, student of the game and terrific teamate. He'd fit in well as a 4th liner. But wouldn't it also be great to see us land one of the top defensive free agents? Volchenkov or Martin? If not, how about Michalek who's a great shot blocker and steady all around defenseman? Instead we have to read more bargain hunting bullcrap and excuses. Shove that LIGHTHOUSE straight...
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| gdprof27 | Jul 1 2010, 09:55 AM Post #6 |
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I'm begging Katie Strang to have some courage and call out these guys when they give the song and dance. Is she scared that she'll get booted out of the loop like CB was for that one time? I'm the first one to start rolling my eyes when I see people here go negative right away but in this case it's warranted. |
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| Overspeed | Jul 1 2010, 10:00 AM Post #7 |
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Logan started questioning things too, and look where that got him. |
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| 4CUPZ | Jul 1 2010, 10:04 AM Post #8 |
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FOR DUTY AND HUMANITY |
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| Webb20 | Jul 1 2010, 10:13 AM Post #9 |
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YOU need to be in the Blog Box to balance the others. It's the same old story every year. And when he does sign a little known guy for 500K we'll hear about how shrewd Garth is. The next two days will tell if he's restricted in his spending or restricted in his talents to land a big fish. We'll hear it's the buildings fault again, or that he made a play but didn't feel that player was worth what another team paid, any excuse, but results will be the same, no big gun, no weakness address via free agency. |
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I sold it all, retired and moved to Fabulous Las Vegas! "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."-Ben Franklin "Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves."-Ronald Reagan | |
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| Overspeed | Jul 1 2010, 10:24 AM Post #10 |
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Again, when the building is used as an issue, and the usualy bs is sent out from Garth, why doesnt one reporter as why Smith/Nolan were able to do it in 2006, before we had this "crazy bright future" ahead of us. |
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| 4CUPZ | Jul 1 2010, 10:25 AM Post #11 |
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YOU NEED MORE THAN ONE CAN OF AIR FRESHNER FOR THAT JOB |
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| bumpkin | Jul 1 2010, 01:50 PM Post #12 |
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2:40PM Garth: We are waiting to be bowled over by your FA signing(s). Some of the better defensemen are already gone. Do not bring Andy Sutton back and tell us we are going to make the playoffs. Let the cash flow from the River Charles! |
| Where in the World is Sebastian Collberg? | |
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| stevedepot | Aug 16 2010, 12:43 PM Post #13 |
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Hockey news believes we'll finish 14th in east. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/3471...ions-No-12.html
I don't think we'll finish that low but wouldn't be surprised because many of the teams in the east have upgraded themselves while we wait for "Mr. August". |
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| Webb20 | Aug 16 2010, 12:45 PM Post #14 |
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I want to believe we'll see more improvement than that. |
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I sold it all, retired and moved to Fabulous Las Vegas! "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."-Ben Franklin "Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves."-Ronald Reagan | |
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| OlTimeHockey | Aug 16 2010, 01:19 PM Post #15 |
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We have a new goon....he's been growing a Foo Man Chu in preparation for camp (and marketing). Don't forget #27 as well. And Eaton is, well, a defenseman. I predict 12th in the east only because our goalie will get injured and our backup won't be able to come off the banch for more than 6 games. Lawson might surprise us, or Koskinen might as well be able to steal time in the bigs when we need a backup for Rick to actually be able to play on a given night? I hope Moulson can show the same as last year.......or Gorton gets canned if several underwhelm. Tavares will show a lot more, as will Okposo. Bailey might pull a Lauer and become a solid 2 way guy with some scoring punch (but not nearly what we anticipated). |
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"clearly it's Rick DiPietro's stupidity that's put the islanders in this situation getting into an altercation when a game was over..." Keith Jones on VS "But the Coliseum became a repository for all the team's troubles, a convenient scapegoat. There were suggestions that no major free agent ever would set foot in such a decrepit place. We have two words for anyone making that argument: Fenway Park. History says free agents would play in an old boxcar if they got enough money and had a chance to win." - Mark Herrmann 查理斯 · 請死你混蛋 | |
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| 3POTI | Aug 16 2010, 05:12 PM Post #16 |
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Bring back...PRIDE OF THE ISLAND
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I am expecting big things from the isles this year. Yes, the Islanders are making the playoffs in 2010-2011. I stand by my guarantee. Its a shame I won't be around to enjoy it. Have to watch them at home. But, its a sacrifice, I'm willing to make.
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Today Is A Great Day To Be An Islander Fan! Live For The Moment! | |
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| LEDZEP | Aug 16 2010, 10:27 PM Post #17 |
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THIS is why some of us, have VERY little faith in this regime =========================================== Going into year 3 or 1998 this team has very little talent.................
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Sometimes I grow so tired, but I know I've got one thing I got to do... ![]() What puckhead says is Islander law Come in with the milk "A leader, once convinced a particular course of action is the right one, must have the determination to stick with it and be undaunted when the going gets rough." Ronald Reagan | |
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| rifleman22 | Aug 17 2010, 08:04 AM Post #18 |
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At this point, August 17th, every team in the NHL is tied at 0-0. We haven't played a game yet. Or stepped on the ice in camp yet. Already we have bashed the GM, coach, FA signings, re-sigings, the building we play in, where we're having camp, how much parking costs, the schedule, the new third jersey, the Lighthouse project, the owner, Strang, the dismissal of front office personnel, the pre-season schedule, the cost of beer and cupcakes, DP, Witt, Bruno, the draft selections, bloggers, the release of Jaffe, yada, yada, yada. And it's August 17th. We used to have hope. Maybe even unrealistic expectations. Dreams of the playoffs. But not anymore. Just goes to show how low this organization has sunk. Is there a savior on the horizon before we fade from obscurity to irrelevance? Maybe we're already irrelevant, I'm not sure. But I'm gonna wait until the games actually start. Or at least another 26 days, 55 minutes and 40 seconds. This should be one hell of a season.
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THE RIFLE Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. | |
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| stevedepot | Aug 17 2010, 08:56 AM Post #19 |
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We're just getting it out of the way because when the season starts, we'll ride the love train all the way to the Cup. This is technically year 4 of the rebuild while we're being told it's year 3. Each year we have to toss around theories of best case scenarios for our Isles to do well or at best improve. This year, should be the year that money was spent. Not to "sprinkle in" some eh so what free agents, but IMPACT players. Outside of a trade for Wisnewski, this team on paper is no better while the rest of the east improved. Of course the game is played on the ice but if all our GM can do is echo the owners sell-em-hope initiative, then we deserve to have our "beat writer" release little tidbits about DiPietro "skating" again while some jump to conclusions that THIS is the year he finally will lead. If not, no worries, we're deep. If not, no worries, it's a rebuild, just wait till next year. There's always hope.
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| Webb20 | Aug 17 2010, 10:40 AM Post #20 |
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Damn, I was optimistic until I read that review of the past couple of months. Rifle, I hope we come out of the blocks winning and have a great season because it's the only way all those things you reminded us that pains us will lose some relevance. But as long as we experience failure as a team, there will be a long list of things to point at as the reasons. |
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I sold it all, retired and moved to Fabulous Las Vegas! "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."-Ben Franklin "Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves."-Ronald Reagan | |
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