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go Garth, go!!!

Great job getting us up to date info Greg. Thanks.

Any rumblings as to strategy after this move (D-men aside)? Are there any indications about what we'll do with some of the more journeyman-types on the team (Bates, Hilbert, etc.)?

Is Snow planning on trading them for picks to position us for next year's draft, and open the door to some of our prospects who could be NHL ready?

Looking at the Islanders roster on the team website, for instance, Bergenheim and Nielsen aren't listed.

Just curious.

YESSSS!!!! Garth good moves. Couldn't be more excited...

Guerin better than Yashin
Comrie better than Blake
Tank better than Kozlov...
All players that are gonna come to play every night.

What the Isles need now is a bone -crushing D-man. I don't know if Markov is that man but he would be nice...

Lovin it. Good signings...

Party on Garth! I'm liking it so far. ...

so comrie goes from 4th liner on ottawa ..to 1st liner on isles..YIKES!!

OOOOOOOOOH, BABY!!

garth is on fire!!

Good to see the mood in Islander country has gotten a bit more positive.

I don't like spiders. they crawl a lot. uncle TJ says I shouldnt be afraid of them because he likes hampsters and richard gere movies.

"rags" signees = elite of the NHL, winners

isles signees = rosta fillas, cap basement fillas

lmao jagr..i've accomplished my mission...i have a stalker and #1 fan.

So I'm back on the Newsday boards after two days at work, and I agree Steve--the mood is much lighter. At least the FAs are taking our money!

I agree with jmars--these guys are upgrades, and with their intensity and focus we should do much better than the naysayers say.

So I hear a D may be on the way...anyone know enough about Sutton/Vishnevski/Markov to hope for one over the other? And where does this put Asham in our plans, do you think?

hey tj the word is Fillers, obviously you wouldn't know that because you're an idiot...

I was skeptical to start this FA period but I like what Garth is doing. It's nice to see that players who actually want to play and skate when they touch the ice will now be a part of our franchise!

nicely done boys!

uncle Tommy is my number one fan. he tucks me in each night with duct tape and a tub of butter. Michael didn't like it when he did that, that's why Michael went to Seattle. I like butter, it reminds me of marshmellows when uncle TJ gives them to me.

garth on fire?

talk to me when u get souray

see isle fans, its fun when u sign guys...why u had to ruin our day? (i.e.- bombarding "our" blog with b.s on sunday)

i love the comrie signing, but why only 1 year. sorry but it sounds like he will try to have good year and than move on next year for a bigger payday

Comrie better than Blake? HAHAH. Nice signing, but Blake is way better.

Solid Moves indeed. Smyth didnt like playing in Long Island! He yearned for a team like Colorado. He's a Western Conf. guy. The only real losses the Isles have sufferered this offseason are Jason Blake, Tom Poti, and Victor Kozlov. The Rangers signed Gomez for way too much money, the guy had 13 goals last season!!! Guerin is 36 years old and scored 36 goals last season with San Jose!!!! GO ISLANDERS!!!!!

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RPPJ, Comrie may move on, but we've got time to sign him to an extension, time to use him to help the team to stay competitive and grow w/ trades during the year, and woo other FAs this period. It's going to be a long year!

Next FA go-round, Garth will have a little better understanding of how the hockey market works. I'm just relieved to see the hard work (at least w/r/t all the sites have described) pay off with dividends.

Solid Moves indeed. Smyth didnt like playing in Long Island! He yearned for a team like Colorado. He's a Western Conf. guy. The only real losses the Isles have sufferered this offseason are Jason Blake, Tom Poti, and Victor Kozlov. The Rangers signed Gomez for way too much money, the guy had 13 goals last season!!! Guerin is 36 years old and scored 36 goals last season with San Jose!!!! GO ISLANDERS!!!!!

islander,

its my nuuu yourk axecent u idyit

Yo Jags!

When they said that Nylander went to Washington, they didn't mean Seattle you Nimrod! The Capitals are based in Washington, DC, you know, the capital of our country. Oh, thats right, you're from the Czech republic!

comrie will definetly help the team grow and compete throughout the season but i just would of liked to lock him up for a little longer and take a bigger gamble on his talent and potential espescially since he is only 26

Feel extremely relieved right now. Still need to aquire that D-man.

So can we all step back off the ledge for a minute??? The New York sports fan (not just the islanders, i'm talking mets, yankees, rangers, jets, etc...) is sooo quick to jump on management at the slightest hint of trouble. Two days ago every Islander fan on this forum was calling for Snow's head. I think we owe this man an apology. Smyth didn't want to stay in the east, and garth made a great attempt to sign him. Blake is not worth the money/length of the contract he wanted. Snow waited out the storm while people were screaming for his head (due in large part to what we saw happening with the Rangers) and is slowly putting together another solid team. Next step: resign Hunter.

comrie may be the smartest playa in the leauge. sign a 1 year deal with a team that sux (isles), pad his stats (1st line)..and get top dolla from another team...dont any comeback with, the "rags" will sign him...we are LOADED at center now. and we sign winnas only.

garth still needs to sign a 3rd line center and a Dman

great signing...he's a valuable addition and still very young

Ill admit I ripped Snow on Sunday but I am very, very happy with these signings. Good Job Garth!!!! and LETS GO ISLANDERS!!!!!!!!!!!!

you can't fool me. they told me I was playing for Seattle. they even gave me a bag of gummy seahawks. Seattle has nice pretty buildings and lots of frozen people called momentums. I like race cars. they go ZOOOOM! i'm the super duper blue power ranger, and I love Seattle, yay!

maybe a 1 year deal in some cases is a good idea... from what i hear next years FA crop could be very good. if comrie proves to be a bona fide top line center then maybe we can sign him long term next year and possibly add a free agent or two. worse comes to worse we have more chips now if it comes down to a firesale, although im feeling more optimistic now...

TJ man u seriously need to find yourself a new hobby man...sitting at the comp allll day posting comments on the islander blog when ur a ranger fan is beyond pathetic....although i should expect nothing less from a ranger fan

this could start a domino effect. players might not have wanted to be the first to come here but now with Guerin, Comrie and Tank, Jovocop, McCabe or Souray could follow suit. How 'bout Glen Murray, Patrick Marleau or Brad Richards?

u fans realize, isles are forced to sign players (basement cap)...the guys ur signing either suck (comrie), are old (guerin) or roster fillers (sim). just because theyre signing players, dosent mean ur gonna be good. hate to break the news to u all.

:(

" fans realize, isles are forced to sign players (basement cap)...the guys ur signing either suck (comrie), are old (guerin) or roster fillers (sim). just because theyre signing players, dosent mean ur gonna be good. hate to break the news to u all."
- tj

neither does overpaying for "super stars", i mean, just take a look at the yankees...

uncle TJ is the purple power ranger! purple like barney! I have slippers with barney on them. barney is nice, like uncle TJ, except he doesnt touch me like uncle TJ does.

I think the Hunter arbitration situation was agreed to by Garth...no real chance we'll lose him, especially now. Greg Logan broke that Hunter's agent said they'd file for arbitration to protect his rights, but that they're just working toward a mutually-agreeable number (all on the June 30 blog). All signs point to Trent wanting to stay, so he will. Very nice.

Should be a real bunch of competitors, with some Euros with fire...

I guess we will just have to wait and see what happens on the ice.

lol mikey,

i did my chores for the day. the b.s on the "rag" blog is just the same from u ppl. so please, under any circumstances, dont think that you are all better than us (i use the same name here and there, unlike most ppl)...look at ur own guy here "jagr", talkin bout marshmellows and underoos..at least i have some hockey insight

all you islander fans are so pathetic...if u got a general manager who would suck c*** to get the big names for bloated salaries, u too would look good on paper but never do anything special on the ice..just like the rangers

I only post so much because Jagr touches me at night.

Come on post more, so I can keep hitting the refresh button!

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thats not nice uncle TJ. I know lots about hockey. I'm the captain of the power rangers, yay!
(although, I really dont like this skirt you make me wear, even if it is blue)

theres no such thing as a ranger fan ever having anything called "hockey insight"

sorry bud

theres no such thing as a ranger fan ever having anything called "hockey insight"

sorry bud

Never count the Islanders out. These are solid signings... We just created a nice first line: Tank, Comrie and Guerin...then Hilbert (?), Silly and Hunter, then Bergie, Bates, and Satan which leaves a lot of competition for the 4th line: Sim, Park and Asham? or Simon, Park and Asham or Simon, park and Sim or...more moves or Tambo and Bergie mature in B'Port with Sim on LW with Silly... and on and on...

Here is a story on the winners and losers of the Free Agency period.

Gotta LOVE IT!

http://www.nbcsports.com/nhl/1726379/detail.html

TJ loves the power rangers movie! he has the poster above his bed, next to all the mirrors.

u to do knew can u tell I tock a speling clase? I smarrt I ranger fan! you doodo you isles fanz

plese tell jagr to stop toching me!

lmao at overpaying, its the market. wat u ppl fail to realize is, if the isles signed the same contracts u all would be jumpin around too.

guerin 4.5 mills at age 36, is a cheap/good deal?..u just entered the old "rags" theory(prelock out)

O.K. First, let me say I bleed blue-and-orange and will be an Islander fan until the day I die. I jumped on board as a teen in the mid-80s right when the dynasty was starting to crumble. I, like many of us, are in this for the long haul - for better or worse (ha! just like marriage - then again I'm still single, but always looking to land that big free-agent).
I suffered through the Dark Ages of the dreaded fisherman jersey, the seven-year playoff draught and the myriad of mishaps the franchise has produced over the better part of the past two decades.
Sunday, though, was the most upset I'd been with the organization since they traded away Pat LaFontaine (whose number should be in the rafters, by the way!).
All that being said, however, now that my blood pressure has subsided and I look at the situation rationally (which was impossible for me a few days ago) I can start to think about what we have now, as opposed to what we don't.
So Smyth didn't want to stay. So what. Teams have lost better players than him and survived.
I still think they should have re-signed Blake. With the way guys are playing successfully into their late 30s and early 40s these days, a player as durable as he is wouldn't have been that much of a risk giving a four-year deal. So now he's in Toronto. I wish him and his family the best...he brought it to the rink every night and for that I'm thankful.
Yashin was on pace for at least a 90-point season before the injury and although I'd like for him to still be an Islander, in my heart of hearts, I knew a change for him was probably best for everyone. Good luck, Alexei, wherever you end up...a good guy who was misunderstood, although his seeming apathy at times was mind-wrenching (then again, most Russian players are stoic.)
Now for the good news.
I have to admit when they signed guys like Sillinger, Simon and Witt last summer, my first thought was "Why would they want these guys? They're past their prime." Well, I was pleasantly surprised because they added the grit the team had been missing for many years.
So, before I dismiss the signings of Guerin and Comrie as so-called "leftovers," I'll wait and see. Getting Andy Sutton would be great...he's a monster (6-6, 245) and has pretty good mobility.
What I'm saying here, fellow Islanders, is the sky hasn't fallen, after all. It just seemed like it on "Canada Day." God Bless America, the New York Islanders and the great game of hockey!

lol you retards,

what is thisss, you pathetic isles fans wanna be me, well you can't with albert einstein comrie and yous 4th line jew bozos...when we lift the CUP next june, i'll be back on, with this same name to laugh and ruin ur blog. old man guerin, hahahaha...

rangers 4 eva! renney baby, renny...

the majority of the fans on the ottowa sun site were posting nothing but positive things about comrie all morning hoping to resign him. A few commented on him historically plaing best in contract years -- if that's so then good for us with the one year deal. Let him play his best for a contract this year and we'll worry about next year, next year. I think we should still sign Asham again -- he's not locked up yet is he?

lmao at overpaying, its the market. wat u ppl fail to realize is, if the isles signed the same contracts u all would be jumpin around too.

guerin 4.5 mills at age 36, is a cheap/good deal?..u just entered the old "rags" theory(prelock out)

oops, that was me..as if u didnt know

:)

hey! I dont touch uncle TJ, he touches me! I like to touch Henrik. he's got a pretty mullet like I used too. its fluffy, hehe.

yoo isles is stupoid! you sign guerin for 4.5 and he only skore 30+ gools a year. we ranglers smurt we sign gomez 7+ for 13 goals a yeer.

isles drool ranglers rule!

Jagr, leeve me alone!

TJ ur a complete loser. I like filling our roster with 30 goal scorers so if you want to the call them roster fillers than thats good for you.

Chris--Nope, Asham's not locked up, and the last time I saw any update on his situation (Greg Logan, 6/30), it seemed that Asham and the Isles were pretty far apart.

Not sure if we have any other grit to take his place...although the scuttlebutt seems to suggest that Simon will be back. I think the Nolan/Simon connections are strong enough that that may happen, although I'd prefer Asham over Simon.

TJ, can I have my underoos back now? you said you only need them for one day. i'm the super duper blue power ranger, yay!

lol you retards,

"what is thisss, you pathetic isles fans wanna be me, well you can't with albert einstein comrie and yous 4th line jew bozos...when we lift the CUP next june, i'll be back on, with this same name to laugh and ruin ur blog. old man guerin, hahahaha...

rangers 4 eva! renney baby, renny..."

Tj, don't let anyone know I never taught you how to spell, you moron! I know your slow and stupid, but you can do better. Just keep telling yourself that.

lol...i feel like u guys dont like me, is that the wrong assumption?

i apologize...my mission has been accomplished, i have pissed u all off enough. i'll go away now..thanks for the time and courtesy

Guys, I'm sick of this TJ...don't antagonize him. Ignore him and his empty rhetoric, and he'll go away. Let him vent, just stop with our needling and impostering.

Let's stay above pettiness and bigotry on here, before Newsday starts to shut down these boards.

uncle TJ and uncle Tommy hold hands a lot, like me and Michael used to. but now Michael is in seattle, and i'm very very very very very very very sad. will someone hug me?

We Also got Tim Jackman.. dont know much about him

http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=212877&hubname=nhl

we would be happy if the isles signed drury or briere or whoever but i, myself, would not be saying wed win the cup because we brought in alot of big time players for large amounts of money, im a yankees fan, and they havent won anything for the last 6 years...

we would be happy if the isles signed drury or briere or whoever but i, myself, would not be saying wed win the cup because we brought in alot of big time players for large amounts of money, im a yankees fan, and they havent won anything for the last 6 years...

my nam is TJ and I maid a doo doo in my pantz

i am a rangler fan an i smellz bad

i also kant spellz

and kan somone tele Jagr to get off me!

TJ, im just curious... where you're from, is it cool to sit on a blog of a team you dont like and post consistently for a little over an hour and a half?? Its a serious question, because where im from... well, quite frankly, you're a loser. I have no issue with you being a Ranger fan (some others who have asked the same question have, ie. calling you an "idiot ranger fan" or something like it) but, man, get off the computer. Go out, get a life. Do SOMETHING other then sit on here and bash the Islanders and the fans on this blog. Granted, some did it to the Ranger blog, and to them I say the same as im saying to you. You just come off as someone who has nothing better to do with their life, and thats just pathetic.

I hope the Jackman signing doesn't bar us from Asham/Simon....Jackman's got a profile on hockeyfights.com:

http://www.hockeyfights.com/players/1748

What the Isles have always understood and booshirts and their fans have NEVER understood is that in hockey you win with the right TEAM and great coaching...not with a collection of overpaid allstars. You win as a team that will run through walls for its coach and not pass on shootout opportunities and whine about teammates rather than taking responsibility.

Jackman is probably hitting the minors. I wouldn't care too much about him.

as I've stated before, if they go away, I'll leave them alone and shut up. otherwise we will continue to make them look like the losers they are. i too have no problem with ranger fans, and if you stay off my board, i'll stay off yours. i just want to talk hockey. i apoligize to the isles fans, but not the rags fans, because they shouldn't be here UNLESS THEY ARE TRYING TO JOIN THE HOCKEY DISCUSSION about the subject of this blog, which is the New York Islanders.

Again, TJ,Jim, and Henrik, go away, and so will I.

well tap,

if u look at my past posts, you'll know why im here.

and i apologized :)

amen, BC. you nailed it on the head. good post.

exactly jagr!!..i couldnt have said it betta my dam self. u pukes stay away from our blog, we'll stay away from here.

didn't we sign jackman on monday? tsn is a little behind on that one. he's just bridgeport filler.

terry,

did he nail it the head, like hollweg nailed DP on the head?

fair comparison?

Islanders are just over 34 million on the current payroll. Still have 15-16 mill to spend according to www.leaguelineup.com/nyislanders

why are you still here? beat it

cuz i want to eat marshmellows witchu

More on Jackman: was one of the top scorers on the Monarchs in the AHL, and got Calder Cup experience:

http://stats.theahl.com/stats/player.php?id=332

Eh, sounds like a gritty, tough winger. Go Soundtigers...

Great Signings Garth...

As far as the Dman race I'm rooting for Markov he had a plus 26 last year and comes from a good organization in Detroit...

Snow is doing pretty good in my books. They have a plan and are sticking to it. They continue to sign players that are willing to play for Ted. Ted doesn't want a player, no matter what the Stats, that won't compete hard.

Since the NHL is now under the Cap, there will always be players available. As long as we don't see any back-yourself-in-a-corner & sell-the-farm Long Term Deals, I think the Isles are on track.

As for the facility, I agree with an earlier post. Canucks got GM Place, fancy and new. Now you can sit and hear a thousand well positioned speakers playing music that drowns out even the loudest fan. It has never been the same since. Hang on to your traditional-style Hockey Arena as long as you can!

Kevin T.
(Western Canadian Isles Fan)

looks like I need to go over to my team's board for a while since someone says they get it, but obviously don't. see you soon uncle TJ.

there's only 2 comments on the ranger blog. i guess ranger fans hate the isles more than they like their own team,,,,sick

is that english?

no, no, no..u did not just sing the praises of the guy named jackman?

is that why he's still here?

Comrie and Fedotenko signed one year deals so they can prove themselves and hopefully get raises next year. Understandable. They will get more ice time with the Isles than they got before.
Be glad Garth didn't go out and pull off some stupid moves like $7 million for Gomez and his 13 goals. When is the last time someone got a huge deal and went on to actually earn it? It never happens. Gomez, Drury and Briere will NEVER earn the money they got. They are getting paid based on past performances.