newsday.com - 1/20/2009
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Islanders fan hold up a sign An Islanders fan holds up a sign at Monday's game asking Town of Hempstead supervisor Kate Murray to approve Charles Wang 's Lighthouse project. ( Getty Images Photo / January 19, 2009)
weblogs.newsday.com - 1/14/2009
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In the surest sign yet that the Islanders
might be close to shutting down goaltender Rick DiPietro...
for the season after just five starts, general manager Garth Snow said the team has held exploratory talks with the agent for former Isles goaltender ...
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Isles talking to Dubie
newsday.com - 1/16/2009
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newsday.com —
Mark Herrmann says keeping the Islanders where they
belong is worth at least the investment of renovating...
the Nassau Coliseum.
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Keep Isles with their namesake
nypost.com - 1/18/2009
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nypost.com —
Last updated: 3:54 am January 18, 2009 Posted:
2:56 am January 18, 2009 PITTSBURGH - It figures....
The NHL has a success in the Winter Classic, so now the marketing people are suggesting that the Jan. 1, 2010 extravaganza might be held in Las Vegas, or ...
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RANGERS-ISLES IN 2010 CLASSIC'S THE RIGHT THING TO ...
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Islanders In A Political Game
KK Hockey —
... nonexistent, though this well-worn ploy and the veiled-threat manner in which it was presented is not the least big surprising.
“The typical playbook is that teams never come out and say, ‘We’re going to move if you don’t do this for us.’ Fans get angry when you do that,” said Neil deMause, co-author of “Field of Schemes: How the Great Stadium Swindle Turns Public Money Into Private Profit.’’
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Puck Headlines: The final Forsberg comeback?
Puck Daddy —
... ' flirtation with Kansas City, their relationship with Long Island and the fact that their lease runs through 2015. In other words, there are plenty of reasons to believe relocating the Isles is unlikely. [Newsday] ...
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newsday.com 1/16/2009 — We have come to praise the Islanders, not to bury them, and definitely not to remind them of the old song, "Everything's up to date in Kansas City." Here and now, while their theme at the Coliseum ought to be "Everything's out of date in Nassau ...
Isles should make sure they're covered in goal
newsday.com 1/21/2009 — Now it's time for Plan B. That's "B" as in "backup," or in
"bracing," which is what the Islanders should be doing for their future. They should start looking for a second goalie if they don't want many more seasons to be "brutal."
Moving Day
collegehockey.wordpress.com 2/1/2009 — The College Hockey Blog is Moving! Visit the new link!
Devil of a time for Isles
nydailynews.com 1/18/2009 — The Isles could use a reliable goalie - and several skaters - as much or more than New Jersey needs another scoring winger, and that no-brainer news was plain to see even before the Devils' 3-1 victory Saturday night at the Coliseum.
Isles going camping in Canada?
newsday.com 1/17/2009 — According to a Saskatoon newspaper, the StarPhoenix, the Islanders are heading to Saskatchewan -- at least for training camp.
Isles are LI's last shot at Big Show
newsday.com 1/18/2009 — Columnist Mark Herrmann talks about how if the Islanders leave Nassau Coliseum, Long Island will never get another professional sports team.
Moving On
notqualifiedtocomment.blogspot.com 2/3/2009 — That was a great end to the NFL season on Sunday, but now it's time to deal with the fact that the NFL season is over and won't be back until the end of summer. Don't fret sports fan, there is plenty to keep us busy and make us forget about the gridiron for a while....
Talk of Isles leaving town becomes talk of the town!
weblogs.newsday.com 1/17/2009 — Holy cow, the local sports media world has been knocked off its January axis:
Islanders talk is breaking out all over!!!
Mark Hermmann (among other Newsday scribes ) weighs in here on the subject of the Islanders' possible dalliance with Kansas ...
Isles prospects look for success in their own right
nydailynews.com 1/23/2009 — When the time comes, both Blake Kessel and David Toews will seek their professional fortunes with the Islanders, and both will look to make their own mark on the ice, independent of their older brothers.
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Capitals Insider 1/20/2009
Another game on Long Island, another overtime and another Alex Ovechkin goal. The Caps left winger notched both goals in Washington's 2-1 overtime win over the Islanders, his 30th and 31st tallies on the season to become just the third player in ...
