An NBA Franchise of My Very Own - TSCblogs.com
tscblogs.com 11/10/2008 — Imagine if you were given the reigns of a full-fledged NBA franchise. What players stay, who goes? What would YOU do to get the fans involved? And would you even mention the words "Thunder Stix"?

Greg Logan goes off at Islanders Policy----again
newyorkislanderfancentral.com 10/26/2008 — Newsday : Apparently Greg Logan decided to finally do some passionate hockey blogging about the Islanders like Steve Zipay does for his team several times a day. Too bad it was not about the game, how the team played or to profile a player but what ...

How hurt is Rick DiPietro really?
weblogs.newsday.com 10/26/2008 — For reasons I respectfully decline to disclose, I remain skeptical about goaltender Rick DiPietro’s so-called “injured” status. If the Islanders continue to withhold detailed injury information from the media and their fans as a matter of club ...

Brittle DiPietro's contract hurts Islanders, too -
newsday.com 10/27/2008 — Rick DiPietro saw the doctor again this morning, an occurrence these days about as common as another Islanders loss. It's sad that it's come to this, that the Islanders' goalie has become so fragile and injury-prone. But that's where we're at, and ...

Rick DiPietro’s IR status
weblogs.newsday.com 10/31/2008 — The Islanders have clarified goaltender Rick DiPietro’s status regarding his placement on the injured reserve list. Although his name didn’t show up on the list until Thursday morning, his IR status is retroactive to last Sunday. That means ...

Isles become front-runners for Tavares
mirtle.blogspot.com 10/13/2008 — The New York Islanders received some unwanted news just one game into the new season as the team learned that goaltender Rick DiPietro has swelling and fluid around his surgically repaired left knee.DiPietro, who has been plagued by knee injuries ...

DiPietro's injury reveals the NHL's broken injury policy
sports.yahoo.com 11/10/2008 — Thanks to that historic contract, there's no hyperbole in calling New York Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro a franchise player. The team carefully brought him back from offseason hip and knee surgeries, keeping him out of practice for four full ...

DiPietro out 4-6 weeks after more knee surgery
newsday.com 11/2/2008 — For the second time in just under five months, Islanders goaltender Rick DiPietro has undergone arthroscopic knee surgery to repair a meniscus injury, the team announced last night. The statement released by the club did not indicate if the second ...

Why Danis joined Isles
weblogs.newsday.com 11/1/2008 — Facing a dead-end in the Montreal organization, Yann Danis chose to sign a two-way deal with the Islanders last summer. Now, he’s set for a return to the NHL against his former team when he starts in goal against the Canadiens tonight at Nassau ...

Isles G DiPietro questionable against Rangers
sports.espn.go.com 10/27/2008 — New York Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro will see a doctor on Monday for an undisclosed injury and is questionable to play that night against the New York Rangers.

Isles' DiPietro out 4-6 weeks after knee surgery — ESPN.com - NHL 11/2/2008
Rick DiPietro underwent a second knee operation, and the Islanders franchise goalie will be sidelined four to six weeks, the team announced Saturday night.

Isles goalie out 4-6 weeks after 2nd knee surgery — FOXSports.com News for NHL 11/2/2008
Rick DiPietro underwent a second knee operation, and the New York Islanders franchise goalie will be sidelined four to six weeks, the team announced Saturday night. DiPietro, who had his right knee operated on in June, watched New York's first four ...

Isles blow 4-1 lead in home loss to Montreal — Newsday.com - Islanders 11/2/2008
No one told Yann Danis ahead of time about news that Rick DiPietro had undergone arthroscopic knee surgery Friday. Making his first NHL start in three years against his former team from Montreal last night at Nassau Coliseum, Danis had more than ...

DiPietro has knee surgery again, out 4-to-6 weeks — Latest Sporting News Articles for NHL 11/2/2008
UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) -- Rick DiPietro underwent a second knee operation, and the New York Islanders ...

Canadiens Rally for 4 in 3rd, Top Islanders — washingtonpost.com - NHL 11/2/2008
Alexei Kovalev's second goal capped a four-goal third period for the Canadiens, who rallied to beat the Islanders 5-4 on Saturday.