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Battle brewing for Isles?; Queens/Brooklyn NY Daily News
Topic Started: Jan 7 2011, 10:05 AM (956 Views)
stevedepot
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This is actually nothing new. No need to read it all.
Recycled from other stuff but any news that puts more pressure on Wang to answer questions or brings our situation to light and pisses off Bettman about negative press is great.

Have to HAVE to get rid of Wang as owner and all the other crap underneath him could then be replaced with capable people...only then will these kids develop.

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brookl...l#ixzz1ALYzYz94

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Battle may be brewing between Brooklyn and Queens for the Islanders

BY Nicholas Hirshon
DAILY NEWS WRITER

Friday, January 7th 2011, 4:00 AM

An interborough battle could be brewing over the New York Islanders.

Two years after the Queens Chamber of Commerce expressed interest in luring the Islanders, a Brooklyn-born billionaire has emerged as a potential buyer for the struggling team whose Nassau Coliseum lease expires in 2015.

Nelson Peltz, a corporate investor on the board of Arby's and Wendy's, has explored buying the hockey club, according to ESPN.com and NHL FanHouse.

Peltz's interest sparked speculation about the Islanders moving to his hometown borough and the under-construction Barclays Center, where the Nets are set to play come 2012.

Queens business leaders, meanwhile, want the Islanders to relocate to Willets Point - currently a maze of auto body shops near Citi Field - that's slated for an overhaul.

A Peltz spokeswoman declined comment yesterday. Islanders spokesman David Hochman referred the Daily News to a recent interview during which Islanders owner Charles Wang denied the team is for sale.

But ex-Islanders executive Chris Botta, who blogs about the team and writes for NHL FanHouse, recently quoted an NHL source as saying Peltz has been "kicking tires" on the Islanders for about a year.

In a satellite radio interview last month, Wang reiterated his "first priority" to keep the team in Nassau County. But he left open the possibility of a move.

"Obviously if it doesn't work in Long Island, I'd like to be close enough so I can commute to the games," Wang said. "I go to all the home games as best as I can. So if it's Queens, that's great. Suffolk, great."

He concluded, "Obviously we want to be in this area because it's our home."

Nets spokesman Barry Baum said the basketball and hockey teams have not discussed sharing Barclays Center.

An Islanders-Nets pairing in Brooklyn would reunite two franchises that shared Nassau Coliseum from 1972 to 1977, after which the Nets relocated to New Jersey.

To land the Islanders, Brooklyn and Queens may contend with suitors outside the metropolitan area. Cities from Kansas City to Saskatoon are rumored to be in the mix.

About 1,000 fans of the defunct Quebec Nordiques trekked from Canada to Uniondale for a Dec. 11 Islanders game, hoping to persuade the NHL to bring a new club to Quebec City.
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This team needs a future plain and simple...and I ain't talking about players and personnel. All we have right now is a big fat question mark beyond the current lease.

I really am starting to enjoy watching the kids "develop"...but ultimately what's the point for us and them when we don't know if we have a team when these guys hit their prime?

Maybe I'm old fashioned...but how much emotion can you invest in a team with an expiration date

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but how can you not be excited about DiPietro…Robert Nilsson…Ryan O'Marra…Petteri Nokelainen…Jeremy Colliton…Kyle Okposo…Blake Comeau…Sean Bergenheim…Chris Campoli…and so many others.
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SOME BATTLE

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4CUPZ,Jan 7 2011
01:07 PM
SOME BATTLE

YOU TAKE'M
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Thus the new goal song....

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ISLES GOING NO WHERE :torrey: :rofl:
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must have the determination to stick with it and be undaunted when the going gets rough."

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4CUPZ,Jan 7 2011
12:07 PM
SOME BATTLE

YOU TAKE'M
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YOU TAKE'M

Hysterical! :rofl:
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WE have the best cupcakes in the NHL. What more do you want?
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Shooter,Jan 7 2011
06:04 PM
WE have the best cupcakes in the NHL. What more do you want?

I have yet to try a cupcake...where are they located again? perhaps I try at the next home game..
Today Is A Great Day To Be An Islander Fan!
Live For The Moment!

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AT THE CUPCAKE KIOSK WHERE ELSE
AND NO THATS NOT WHERE YOU CAN BUY YOUR FAVORITE ISLANDER STUFFED DOLL
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4CUPZ,Jan 7 2011
07:15 PM
AT THE CUPCAKE KIOSK WHERE ELSE
AND NO THATS NOT WHERE YOU CAN BUY YOUR FAVORITE ISLANDER STUFFED DOLL

Is that the place staffed by people in Fichaud jerseys?
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4CUPZ
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COULD BE BUT ITS NEXT TO THE KOOL AID STAND
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would be best thing for franchise to move to city... more fans.. more sell outs.. more tv ratings... more wins.. more money.. more of a chance dp gets rubbed out in a drive by.... no brainer.. sorry long island.. love u guys but in this day and age a move to the city would be best for our team..
HELLO BROOKLYN, MY NAME IS JOHN TAVARES
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Man in the Box,Jan 9 2011
08:31 PM
would be best thing for franchise to move to city... more fans.. more sell outs.. more tv ratings... more wins.. more money.. more of a chance dp gets rubbed out in a drive by.... no brainer.. sorry long island.. love u guys but in this day and age a move to the city would be best for our team..

Wouldn't mean any increase of anything. The Islanders have long been established as having its base of fans in Nassau and Suffolk County. If anything, they would lose fans. Then again, it's all about winning. Watch the Devils attendance sink over the next couple of years despite being in a nice arena. It has NOTHING to do with the building. It's all about the wins and losses.
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more fans.. more sell outs.. more tv ratings... more wins.. more money

YEAH SURE :rofl:
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more fans.. more sell outs.. more tv ratings... more wins.. more money

YEAH SURE :rofl:

Some people will believe anything they're fed.
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Shooter,Jan 9 2011
09:39 PM
4CUPZ,Jan 9 2011
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more fans.. more sell outs.. more tv ratings... more wins.. more money

YEAH SURE :rofl:

Some people will believe anything they're fed.

SAD PART IS FANS WORRING ABOUT 4 OF THOSE 5 MENTIONED
WHEN 1 IS THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS
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4CUPZ,Jan 9 2011
08:44 PM
Shooter,Jan 9 2011
09:39 PM
4CUPZ,Jan 9 2011
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more fans.. more sell outs.. more tv ratings... more wins.. more money

YEAH SURE :rofl:

Some people will believe anything they're fed.

SAD PART IS FANS WORRING ABOUT 4 OF THOSE 5 MENTIONED
WHEN 1 IS THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS

Yes, but when El Cheapo and Snowball have them brainwashed that their decisions aren't the reason the franchise is a disaster and it's all about the building, etc, who can blame them?
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France would have beaten the Germans in BOTH wars if they had better buildings.
"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

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u guys are nuts.. they wouldnt lose any fans... so hockey fans in long island would not root for the islanders if they relocated to a borough? they would gain a ton of fans.. people would go to the games... what was the islanders excuse in the late 80s ad 90s ? the building? its gettin old already... players that are drafted have no choice but to play in the building .. friend once told me that there are 2 types of people.. people that make excuses and people who adapt and overcome change.. they need more fans, more revenue and more people in the seats... the city brings that.. u dont think so pass what ur smoking..
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