newsday.com - 11/14/2008
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The NHL schedule maker must have a cruel streak where Islanders fans are concerned. As if to cut through the scar tissue from the Mike Milbury era and re-open old wounds, the league scheduled back-to-back Coliseum visits for Ottawa forwards Dany Heatley and Jason Spezza Saturday night and Vancouver goaltender Roberto Luongo Monday night.
lighthousehockey.com - 11/18/2008
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lighthousehockey.com —
Islanders coach Scott Gordon is running an exciting,
up-tempo system that's getting noticed around the league: proving...
that just because your team is rebuilding doesn't mean you have to watch dull, trapping hockey.
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Why every NHL fan should hope the Islanders succeed
sportsmediajournal.com - 11/12/2008
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sportsmediajournal.com —
There was much talk across the blogsphere when
it was announced in June of 2007 that the...
New York Islanders would create a separate special media section for independent bloggers of the team. The New York Islanders Blog Box allowed fan bloggers to ...
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The Islanders Blog Box- Now A Media Way of Life
fromtherink.com - 11/17/2008
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fromtherink.com —
I've been catching good chunks of quite
a few Islanders games lately, which is a bit...
of a strange thing to say given the roster they're icing these days. But I had a chance in the off-season to chat with coach Scott Gordon , then with ...
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Islanders' situation critical without new rink
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What Could Have Been
KK Hockey —
... are concerned. As if to cut through the scar tissue from the Mike Milbury era and re-open old wounds, the league scheduled back-to-back Coliseum visits for Ottawa forwards Dany Heatley and Jason Spezza Saturday night and Vancouver goaltender Roberto Luongo Monday night.
At a time when the franchise basically is starting over from scratch with a rebuilding program, that trio of NHL All-Stars represents the core of the Islanders team that could have been.
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A word about Joey MacDonald
isles Files —
... ISLES INSIDER: This week's edition of Islanders Insider focuses on how the franchise got in the position of rebuilding by its mistakes in previous drafts and how it's moving forward by relying on the current crop of young kids to build. Please click here to check it out. ...
Blade Splinters: Mad Mike rehash, Blake sad, Sill' still hurt
Lighthouse Hockey —
... Salt in the wound: Greg Logan reminds fans -- for the 2,362 time -- that the Islanders could have had Spezza, Heatley and Luongo on the same team. Thanks! All flippancy aside, Logan pried some sincere quotes out of Spezza and Heatley about those draft days when Milbury spared them. Will we have peace when the last Milbury mistake retires? ...
Newsday Islander Insider/Notables
NEW YORK ISLANDER FAN CENTRAL —
Newsday: Friday Islander Insider has Mr Logan's feature with comments from Jason Spezza and Dany Heatley about when happened years ago when they could have been drafted by the Islanders along with a few words on the Coliseum along with how good they could have been here. ...
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