On the Islanders Beat

Oh, come ON!

There's no story here, Jimbo. If you're looking for something to write about, maybe you could head up to Bridgeport and do a small feature on Trevor Smith. Or let us know the team's thoughts on bringing Kyle Okposo along. There are a million stories you could write about the Islanders that we might actually want to read. Heaven forbid you could write one of them instead of the weird dreck you've turned out this week.

Although you really did Donald Trump and Gary Sheffield a solid. Nobody EVER seems to write about them!

If you're going to write about hockey, do us all a favour and find the stories that matter rather than some prima-donna goalie's tiff with some cuties.

I disagree with the person who posted before... Henry should and could go to jail because of what he did to them. It is assualt when u push an innocent person who is just trying to do there job.

This occurance shows the lack of class that the Ranger organization has. And I will be emailing Jim shortly

Sam:

You'd be hard-pressed to find a bigger Ranger hater than me, but I think this thing with the Ice Girls and Lutefisk is just ridiculous.

A tempest in a teapot, as the saying goes.

I should caveat this by saying I did not see what happened, but I'm guessing if there was anything remotely like an actual assault, it would have been much bigger news.

Flukeqvist got annoyed they wanted to clean the crease and then took his stick and hit the person's squeege that scrapes the ice and was completely arrogant and disrespectful to someone just doing a job.

When he lost to the Devils last year he was completely wrecked in bars all over NYC, he already thinks he's a ten year veteran and a Rag hall of famer.

And yes, this is NEWSDAY, DO ISLANDER FEATURES AND LET BROOKS, DELLAPINA KISS RAG BACKSIDE.

WOW, I COME HERE AND TALK AND PEOPLE HERE NO ME. I AM WRITING IN CAPS BECAUSE IF I COULD YOU WOULD ALL HERE ME SCREAM!!!

LOGAN THIS IS A JOKE!!!
JIM BAUMBACH THIS IS A JOKE!!!

YOU OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED, WHAT ARAG TABLOID NEWSDAY IS BECOMING!!!!!!

TALK ABOUT A CLASSLESS ACT, LOOK AT NEWSDAY AND ITS WRITERS!

GREAT HOW FIRST I HEARD HE TAPPED HER STICK, NOW HE PUSHED HER. AND BY TOMORROW IT WILL BE A RAPE IN NEWSDAY. WHAT A DISGRACE THAT THIS IS LONG ISLANDS PAPER!

Maybe the icegirls are suing, let's get that Nassau DA involved and another scandal for the Dolan's and the pathetic garden.

What Lundqvist did was disrespectful and disgraceful. But what would you expect from a franchise like the Rags that encourages the lowest form of human life to attend their games?

They're not suing, at least I can't imagine they are. I just want to talk to fans who saw it and hear what happened. I didn't see it. But it's another sign of the Rangers-Islanders rivalry, and I'm interested in hearing firsthand accounts.

YOUR A JOKE JIM!

Wow, this is harsh.

What's the alleged incident that even occurred? I saw the game but didn't see any incident between an Ice Girl and Henrik. What's the scoop?

STICK TO THE YANKEES!

YOU DIDN'T SEE IT BUT WILL TAKE THE WORD OF DRUNK FANS AND RUN WITH IT LIKE YOU WERE THE ICE-GIRL...

JEEEZ THE MEDIA IS SWELL!

I think Tabloid needs to loosen up your belt a little. Why all the animosity? And why not give your real name? I always find that interesting, people who criticize others but hide behind fake names...

MY NAME DONT MATTER. I DONT GET PAID TO TALK OUT OF THE SIDE OF MY MOUTH.

WHAT DOES AN ICE GIRL HAVE TO DO WITH THE RIVALRY? SPIN YOUR EXPLANATIONS ALL YOU WANT.

BUT, THIS FOOL WONT BUY IT

Gotta agree with TABLOID and Matt here, Jimmy boy. So Lundick wanted to be a pansy about his little space on the rink.. not much of a blockbuster there... Matt said it best when he mentioned the likes on Trever and Kyle. Sadly we "small market team" fans get screwed with info we actually want to hear about in the local media. Logan does a decent job, but I know Im not alone in missing Alan Hahn who actualy provided some in depth info. (But keep these Blogs going Greg, your winning me over).
But seriously, Jim, the Simon/Hollweg tango didn't quench your thirst though, did it?
So lets dig for more dirt against a sport you clearly dont care for... Maybe you should go dig up a story on Derek Jeter B****ing out his maid for not polishing his bals properly of something. Give hockey's fractured image a break!

ranger fans=meatheads

Whatever happened to Alan Hahn?

For the record, Jim, I post in lowercase and am not getting on your case via alternative handles. This kind of junk happens all the time and will do so until the comments section is registration-only, which I would love to see.

You're right, what "Tabloid" is saying is harsh, but it's just flames on a blog, and you should ignore them.

But you should at least let us know what you believe is newsworthy about this "incident." Surely there are more column-worthy stories than this one!

Alan Hahn is covering the Knicks.
Jim - its your right to write whatever you want regardless of what some idiot Ranger fans have to say.

I think the bigger thing here is the fact that Lundqvist was trying to build up the ice to prevent a shot or two from trickling into the net in case he couldn't cover a rebound. As far as I know, this isn't allowed. The ice is supposed to be cleaned there, regardless of who's doing it.

Irony of course, considering Ragholes and their apologists in the media complained endlessly about Snow's pads years ago.

Theo Fluery stole my cousin's poodle last week, email me and I'll give you all the juicy info... we're talking Front Page scoop here Jimbo!

Nah, I'm just playing with ya. I am very curious about what it is you are digging for, but if its just about a goalie refusing to let some ice girls clean his crease, I've lost interest... HAVE FUN!

I read on another site that The Queen hit one of the girls with his stick. I'm assuming it was a tap cause if it was more we would have heard more about it.

Baumbach, are you kidding me? What does some chick breaking the focus of a professional athlete have to do with a great rivalry?

Fine, she's doing her job. If it looks like he doesn't want his crease cleared than stop making a spectacle of yourself and skate away. No need to stand there and insist.

Trying to stir the pot Jim? How about this. I'm an NYPD cop who works security at the Garden. Last Isles/Rangers game a little kid in a Ranger jersey asks Brendan Witt for his stick after warm-ups and Witt tells the kid to go "F--- yourself Ranger fan". There's got to be a horrible article in that as well.

I know the Yanks were rained out today but find something other than this non-story.

AT LEAST BAUMBACH AND LOGAN DON'T DELETE POSTS LIKE THAT RODENT ZIPAY!!!

Hit with a stick aye? Did he raise his fist and scream, "Hollweg, you will be avenged!" ?

Maybe he'll be suspended for 26 days :p

JD-
LOL ... Witt really said that? Wow talk about hated rivalry

Bossy's kid-

LOL - figures the Queen would go after a little girl.

What a feisty bunch you guys are.

Hey, sticks arent cheap! LOL

I was at the game, directly behind the net, and was appalled when Lundy took a swipe at the girl's squigee. Does he not know it is league REQUIRED that the extra snow is cleared out during the breaks? Not only was it disgraceful, but obvious that he needs that extra snow to help slow down incoming pucks. I hope he gets fined !!!

Jim

fiesty and frustrated - hey if this turns out to get the Queen suspended for a period i'll take that as a victory. Anything to hurt the Rangers.

You're right Son of Scissons. What usually happens if a goalie doesn't want to be distracted is the ref comes over and uses his skate to clear the shavings from around the posts and pushes it behind the net. Then the "ice cleaner" picks it up back there. I see it at the Garden all the time for Lundqvist and the visiting goalie.

Don't know if there's a real story here Jim but, much like Bossy's kid, I'm not interested. Too many big hockey games ahead.

Now Islanders, help us out and beat the Leafs on Thursday and we'll beat Montreal for you, I hope.

As far as the story, I don't think its neccesary to write an entire article, but I don't think a blurb in the next Islander or Ranger story would be out of place.

You sure as hell won't hear anything about this on Daddy Dolan's media empire. MSG = Al Rag-zeera

Jim, I hope you understand that no one is assailing you personally, just professionally.

Those of us level-headed enough to express our opinions maturely are genuinely puzzled why this story would merit any mention in the press.

I have a great lede for you, though:

"These days, when 'general body soreness' can land a goalie on the disabled list for weeks, no one would be surprised to see 'OUT: Henrik Lundqvist - obsessive-complusive disorder' on the next Rangers injury report."

tabloid is a Rag fan. perhaps he is the Queen's favorite bartender when the Rags get roasted

I read on another site that he had a "hook on his foot."

John -

I agree. And in fairness to HL, there are plenty of goaltenders who have been doing it and trying to get away with piling snow in front of the net for years.

Matt, very good! Touche.

Jim, do your job and report what the fans saw behind the net. Lundqvist's behavior was unprofessional and a disgrace to the Rangers franchise. I am a big fan of his but I lost respect for him for picking on a girl.

"Wow, this is harsh."
"What a feisty bunch you guys are."

Heh...those two posts got a chuckle out of me.

In Jim's defense, he didn't say he is definitely writing a story about it come hell or high water. He's just gathering information, which is what reporters do...

Al Rag-zeera. hahahaha i love it!!

I wish one of these refs would enact on Rule 96.3 in the NHL Rulebook - the last paragraph says that a goalie can be called for a minor penalty for having snow accumulate in the crease. By standing there and acting like a dweeb, he is in violation. Cmon ref's have a little cohones and make the call...

so what's your point JD? every rag fan should go f**k themselves no matter what age. they are all trash anyways.

Colin Campbell just issued a statement stating there would be no fine on Lundqvist.

"What did the little girl expect; she feigned an attempt to clean the crease and Henry responded like any player would to such a threat--he whacked her. If the young lady wants to talk about with me personally--she can have my private number and give me a call--or better yet, we can meet at some quiet restaurant in Manhattan. All I ask is that she waits until my wife is out of town."

"Colin Campbell just issued a statement stating there would be no fine on Lundqvist"

What a shock!!!! Colin Campbell makes a ruling in favor of the Rags.

Colin "gutless" Campbell is the biggest moron in the NHL. Even Ranger fans know that and their IQ doesn't approach the level of a tree.

Watch Domick Hasek. He actaully doesn't leave the crease. He just stays there when they are trying to clean the crease.

How amazingly biased were the rangers announcers in yesterdays game? what i thought was annoying was when shannahan scored they made it sound like he invented a perpetual motion device while he was single-handedly devising a way to colonize the moon. "oh what a great player he is, he planned it. HE PLANNED IT!!!" come on now, hes a great player but i dont think he came into the colliseum thinking he was gonna do it. Hockey is a game of reactions, was it a good heads up play? yes. was it worthy of unlimited praise? no. And then when Yashin sent the puck to the front of the net and it went in, all the announcers did was complain about how it went in off their defenseman or Satan (right?) and how the Isles couldnt beat Lundquist straight up instead of giving Yashin his due for a smart play... come on now

You people are just simply unbelievable. Do you think that maybe, just maybe, you all want to see a scandal written about Lundqvist simply because... you hate him??? All of you talking about this "incident" with the Ice Girl and how Lundqvist is a disgrace, would you be talking at all if he was an Islander, or simply not a Ranger? Do you think you might simply be biased talking heads screaming and whining like angry little children that just want revenge on the Rangers because you're jealous?

Let's be fair and be honest, you're pissed because your team is going to miss the playoffs, and the Rangers are going to make the playoffs. And a huge reason for that is Lundqvist, who you all know is going to be shutting down your team for the next decade.

I have no idea if Henry tapped the squeege or swung at it hard, or maybe he was just trying to move it, I don't know. BUT HELLO, it was her SQUEEGE! It's not like he grabbed her or sexually assaulted her, or said something nasty and offensive to her. He tapped/hit/whatever her ICE SCRAPER!

Grow up. You have an inferiority complex towards Lundqvist and the Rangers, and you always have. End of story. You know it, everyone knows it.

Not only that but the fact that Rosen was giving out erroneous information after the game that the Islanders had been eliminated from playoff contention. The same feed that was likely being broadcast to anyone with Center Ice.

Al Ragzeera is a disgrace and so are the Dolans. The Cablevision/Garden media dissemination techniques were documented well in the Sports Illustrated article about Jimbo. Everything is done to prop up both the Rangers and Knicks and put down the other "lesser" teams on the networks.

I would give anything to see the Isles move to SNY.

Here is an email for you Jim,

GO TO THE GAME THEN WRITE ABOUT IT!

I almost threw my beer through the set when that idiot said we were eliminated. Glad I'm not the only one it incensed....

LOL. We have the inferiority complex.

Says the fanbase that whines about Potvin 35 teams a game and has exactly one cup in more than half the time it took the Islanders and Devils to win SEVEN.

Nope, we've got the inferiority complex.

Did you hear him apologize five minutes later.

Live TV people make mistakes

sorry the beer was already thru the TV - I missed it - but don't you think you would have at least THAT stat ready when the time came???

you guys don't really think that you're going to come into our building while we still have something to play for and beat our glorious team...do you? c'mon, give me a break. you guys don't have a chance. don't worry though, if the rags do get lucky in the first round, we'll do your dirty work for you and kick their butts, like always. compared to the rags, i love the isles and wish that you didn't have to beat us to get in because that aint happening!!....hey dumb ass ,classless ranger fans on this blog, you are nothing compared to us and we will break your hearts...again.we DO have answers for avery!! my only regret as a devil fan is that stevens was never able to line up that chicken messier and end his over rated carreer for him.

thats good got a laugh

they get handed that stuff on the fly from pimple raced interns

Great. Rosen apologized. He should have.

The point was he said it and made a strong point throughout the game of mentioning it. And it wasn't just any mistake, this was information that ANY fan of the league, not just Islander fans, was dying to know in terms of the playoff picture.

If the teams were flip flopped in the standings and Billy Jaffe had stated that the Rags had been eliminated, MSG would've fired him.

Merrick,
Why don't you shut ffff up. The only dates you get are with Palmoda Handerson. What Lundquist did was inexcusable. That's not to say he should face ramifications but he should be a stand-up guy and apologize to the young lady. I was there and witnessed it, he hit her pretty violently.

Enjoy it while it lasts...

That nice new expensive Arena is going to be the death of the Devils!

No one is going to Newark New Jersey for hockey games at the prices they are setting.

So will you root for them when they are the Kansas City Devils, The Las Vegas Devils, or the Oklahoma Devils?

Your a joke just like your GM. I can't wait til you fully tank and he is exposed.

I'm guessing jim is trying to get a little Ice Tail...

Hasek the great does the same stuff when they try to "clean his crease".

If they were around in the days of Smitty they'd all have to wear shin guards.

and..JD.. nice story about Witt. We can only wish that it was true... it's not like it would be the first time a cop(?) would have lied for attention. Go into any bar and there are 10 guys who arrested me three times. Not that there's anything wrong with that...

LMFAO

A Rag fan calling Lou Lamoreillo a joke.

And we've reached a new level of stupidity, folks.

Its great how every account changes. What a game of telephone. That is what will be wrong with this article.It will be written by fans, for fans through emails to a guy that calls himself a writer.

He was asked to move.
He tapped her stick.
He slashed her.
He hit her pretty violently.
He pulled a Simon.
He pulled a gun out of his pads and shot her.
Then took her wallet out of her thong.

Go ahead write an objective article out of those.

Got a question though...
Why not ask the same Request on the Rangers blog? Zipay, knows better?

I mean..the place was 50/50 why not be a good writer and get both sides of the story?

Yes, people do make mistakes, but that wasnt just some small, easily overlooked fact. It was the Isles season there. Youd think a PAID announcer would at least have the schedule readily available in case he forgot. if u go into a business meeting with wrong information on an important topic and then mention it without apologizing for 10 minutes, do you think itd be alright? come on now. i dont think 3 is that hard a number to remember...

sos-never said i was a rag fan did i? schools out, aren't your parents around?

wtf-i agree but you as fans knew what the real deal was. so who really cares about Rosen?

Gotti is gay

-Anonymous
you're right, i just thought it was annoying how much fun he was having pointing the "fact" out every other second during the last few minutes. but, like i said before, youre right as long as the fans know i guess it doesnt matter

Do you think for a second that SNY would have played the Isles game over the Mets game? You can't see out of your own little world that you hate a TV network.

Life must be rough.

But hey, look on the bright side you too can now work for newsday. Just send articles to Jim. He will do the rest.

wtf-this blog right here is giving me a new lack of respect for media all together. They are all over paid to do a job that anyone of us can do if we 'actually' sat at the game with a laptop. On top of that people think they are god because they watch practice and get to ask questions.

Then there is the others that see a chance to get their name in print and run at the opportunity when the truth is they weren't there and probably dont even like hockey.

But, with Logans help and the fans emails Jim will probably sound pretty good.

wow, this blog has exploded since the beginning of the season when it was just a handful of us taling to each other. gotta love it. queen henrietta and avery drop the soap are both a couple of whining girlie men and this incident just goes to show what a low class organization the rags are. this incident is inkworthy jim, make it happen...

I don't care if you're a Rag fan or not. If you seriously think Lou is a "joke," you're either A. clinically retarded or B. oblivious to the last 11 years.

And no nimrod, I didn't say that SNY would put the Islanders game OVER the Met game in a situation such as last night. However, SNY has no winter programming so there would clearly be an opening there from October to when the MLB regular season begins. Learn some reading comprehension, I'm begging you.

SoS-where did you come from. Oh the Isles won last night! I get it. So then what do they do now genius? Just no TV for the last week of hockey. SNY is on its way up. What would they want with the Islanders.

Dinner Time, run along.

Hey Anon -

What the hell are you babbling about? When the Nets are bumped off of YES for the start of the Yankee season, do you think they just stop showing Net games? Of course not, they find an overflow channel and show the games there. If SNY wanted the Islanders (maybe they do, maybe they don't...I have no idea) the same situation would apply for them when the Mets season began. The NYI would be moved to an overflow channel Is that too hard to understand or should I write a Dr. Suess book for you on the subject?

So...
be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray
or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea,
you're off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting.
So...get on your way!

There you go Suess for you on the topic of Islanders playoff hopes! Unless the mountain is a tough golf course?

Anyway, media and everything else aside. We need some help, i think the Rangers can beat Montreal and i dont think theyd mind trying to take out a team in their own conference. The Isles can beat Toronto, Philadelphia, and the Devils (even though we havent had much luck lately) if we have our key players playing. we need to get hunter and smyth to the net while bergeron peppers the net and then have blake rush in to save the rebounds and get them back to continue the cycle. If Yashin can in some way revert back to the player he was when he was in Ottawa, that couldn't hurt either. its a long shot, but still..... LETS GO ISLANDERS!!!

Just think, you wasted 15 minutes of your life coming up with that.

15 minutes you could've spent waxing Queen Henrik's balls. Or beating off to pictures of Potvin. Two of the most enjoyable parts of a Rag fan's day.

Oh, and of course Montreal needs to lose to Toronto too, alot of moving parts but hey, anythings possible

Yashin unfortunately, is not reverting back to anything except the fetal position down the stretch. He needs t be bought out.

SoS- True, but id take him reverting back to his form in the beginning of the year when he was scoring at a clip of a point a game, thatd be good. It may not happen, but i guess we'll know by Sunday night

The Mausoleum quite simply last night was Madison Square Garden II. Thousands of Ranger fans took over the joint. Loved the chant "make the playoffs". Don't worry Islander fans, at least you get a good pick. Oh wait, that went in the Smyth deal. Sorry. Fooooore!!!

Even sweeter!

I hope the Rangers lose tomorrow night and the Pumpkins, Fish Stick or parking attendants whatever you call them win.

Nothing sweeter then Islanders handing us the playoffs!

The Islanders are the second OLDEST team in the National Hockey League. And they suck. Man, talk about the lack of a future?? Plus no first rounder. Plus no Nilsson. Plus no O'Marra. The Smyth deal will be the second coming of the Linden fiasco. Or the Yashin diseaster.

Steady,
you make a great point that blake is the better player than Smith. Blake is faster, grittier and tougher and should not get a dime less than him come contract time. From what I've seen so far, Parish WAS better around the net than Smith

Congratulations Islander fans. You fisihed first ONCE AGAIN. You finished first in empty seats. Yes, the New York Islanders finished dead last in attendance this year. Typicl. I mean, we tried. We really did. As Ranger fans, we almost had four sellouts at the Mausoleum.

Have the Rangers clinched anything yet? im not sure, but if not dont talk yet and if they have well then go celebrate or bash the isles on your own space. And if the Isles dont make the playoffs im sure theyll be seeing the rangers on the 19th hole in the not so distant future....

Brian,
if you guys don't get blown out in the first round against Tampa or who ever,and have to play the devils, we'll try not to sweep your crappy team again, but i can't make any promises. we can out-goalie you, out-score you and out-fight you and send avery crying to his mama...........rangers blow....1 cup since 1940 WHAT A JOKE

Jersey Jim.... won't see me bad mouthing the Devs. Great team. Shame they have such a lousy fan base. They'd be treated like royalty anywhere in the Unites States or Canada. In Joisey, they get 11,000 for Ottawa last night. Sad, truly sad!!

lol at Rag fans gloating.

Have fun getting buttraped again in the first round by the Devils. Madison Square Garbage will be half full with Devil fans when the suits all give up their tickets.

One cup in 67 years.