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| Lexhair | Apr 28 2011, 10:13 AM Post #61 |
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Habitual Line Stepper
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I'll give the excuse makers some ammo. 1. I don't see any UFA defensemen available this summer that will either improve this team or consider signing here. 2. The injury to Andy Mac will result in a degraded defense for game 1. With another top 5 pick coming who's going to get paid, I don't see the Isles signing a Bieksa or Erhoff for $3.5M+, especially since you've got Ty Wishart making $1.1M. Keep in mind that Andy Mac is not even going to skate until August/September. If you're banking on Streit, Garff's rehab comments on him read like a reduxed version of Mr. Fifteen's rehab plan last year. There's a very real chance neither Streit nor Andy Mac will regain their pre-injury form this coming season. |
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| Webb20 | Apr 28 2011, 10:31 AM Post #62 |
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In the case of Streit, a shoulder is nothing like both knees and both hips ala DP. AMac may be a different story. |
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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 | Apr 28 2011, 11:30 AM Post #63 |
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Exactly. And we forget Streit was not nearly as good year two as year one, so after year three's injury..... Now add the Snow effect: Zenon is going (likely) and he was a major uniting presence in that lockerroom. Wang hates toughness and there have been whispers of others going (Haley?). Martinek is going (our most stable d-man), so it's not far fetched at all to expect our D being worse this year. It's quite likely it won't be improved. |
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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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| Lexhair | Apr 28 2011, 11:46 AM Post #64 |
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Point taken. However, the Okposo excuse after his shoulder injury is quite acceptable apparently. Will it apply to Streit if it takes half a season for him to "shake the rust"? Can/Should you go into a season with an already suspect defensive corps having questionable 1 and 2s? |
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| Snowy | Apr 28 2011, 12:05 PM Post #65 |
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No, which is the exact reason why Snow should be proactive and prepare for that. But he won't. The bad GMs are the ones who are reactionary. The good ones are proactive. Just like with your car: When the check engine light comes on, you have some people who go to the repair shop the next day to get it checked out. Maybe you wind up paying a lesser price because you got whatever fixed before major damage could happen. ] Then you have others who ignore it and drive around with the light on for three months until the car breaks down. Then those people will not only cry about their car breaking down, but will also cry about the expensive bill they get to have it fixed. Well, if you would have addressed the issue right away, you wouldn't be in that situation. We'll see what Snow does this summer. I am not accepting any excuses from him. |
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| OlTimeHockey | Apr 28 2011, 12:32 PM Post #66 |
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All Star
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Excellent anology about our Peugot of a team. |
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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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| stevedepot | Apr 28 2011, 12:36 PM Post #67 |
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So glad Snowy's posting regularly again. Missed this!
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| Islander4cups | May 1 2011, 03:20 PM Post #68 |
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In Garth I Trust
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Try 8-9 mill a year |
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| Islander4cups | May 1 2011, 03:30 PM Post #69 |
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In Garth I Trust
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great point. Listening to Rangers fans is like listening to Knick fans say "All we needed is one elite talent like Melo and we'll contend"... great call Knicks fans. The Rangers don't have a SINGLE legit first line forward on their team...not even Gaborik. He's a mystery wrapped in an enigma wrapped up in the Euro attitude of "I'll play when I play". So the Rangers will be stocked with 2nd & 3rd line talent...great. They will lose a tone of 2-1 games for the next half decade, then Queen Lundvist will be ready to retire without a single Vezina trophy or a single trip to the Conference finals. then what? All the Mets need are two more 40/40 bats... All the Red Bulls need are some goal scorers... All the Rangers need are fans with a clue...
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| stevedepot | May 1 2011, 04:16 PM Post #70 |
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I cannot believe how underrated that Ryan Callahan is. He finished with close to 50 points in 60 games and he's still a youngster. He's a budding star and a legit 1st liner if you ask me. |
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| 3POTI | May 1 2011, 07:12 PM Post #71 |
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Bring back...PRIDE OF THE ISLAND
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ryan callahan is the heart and soul of that team..and he was missed big time against the caps..I would take him on my team any day.He is future captain material..they should dump drury's butt, and make ryan the capt. |
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