Some quick news:
I'm covering for my vacationing colleague Greg Logan, and while the Rangers are focusing on Mike Peca, the Islanders have signed another center: Josef Vasicek, the former Hurricane, to a one-year deal.
The 6-4 Vasicek will be 27 next month....There's more on newsday.com

Comments (22)
Wow, the islanders signed another 3rd liner.
Guess they must not be too high on any of their prospects on the Island.
Don't worry, the whole league knows they have nothing at all on the farm after the Ryan Smyth deal.
Looks like garth has been patient and is adding mid-line talent. The islanders are a whole new team--cant knock what they have done and its irrelevant to the Rangers. The Rangers offensive talent is 100% better than the Islanders. So, its a question of defenses now.
WOW! for a Rangers blog there's a lot of Islander talk on here.
It sure does seem like you boys and girls are a little too concerned about how the Islanders are doing.
Are you a little worried?
That's ok... you keep telling yourselves how great the Rangers are and how terrible the Islanders are and we will see once the season begins who the real team is.
dynasty
Yes, we are terrified of Vasicek
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
d - you came over here I at least did not go over to your site. Hey I hope the Isles are medium bad. If they are too low in the standings they're likely to get a good young player in the draft. About 7 from the bottom league wide is about right.
You really should change your moniker - that would be like me wearing a we won WWII tee shirt on a visit to Germany or Japan. It's old news 25 yrs ago re your good old days. Haven't won a playoff series since 1993 either. If memory serves me correctly the Rangers have won 9 series since 1993 including the infamous sweep to start the 94' cup run.
That was too easy.
I'm just wondering why so many ranger fans are talking to each other about the Islanders that's all.
Dynasty- because they are arseholes
So you are going to brag about 9 playoff series wins in 13 seasons including the year you won the cup in 94 - so basically 5 series wins in the last 12 years.
I'll admit that's better than the Islanders the last 12 years, but I'm not quite sure it's worth bragging about.
I'm guessing you still have your Leetch posters hanging on your bedroom walls...?
what is this, attack of the jerk off Islander fans?
yes
d - and the st future looks much better for the Blueshirts. I would say you'd have more or a pt re obsession with the Isles if I was trolling the Isles board. Never have and never will.
and 9 series vs 0 series won is a pretty big difference and is a current streak unlike the days of yore.
speak English please... I don't understand what you are saying.
Whatever it is... it's still not worth bragging about... 9 series wins in 12 years.
Bragging rights come when you can say that you've done something significant like... hmmm... lets see... win 4 cups in a row maybe.
I'm not trying to tell you that the Islanders are better now... although they may be this year... I am just wondering why on a Ranger blog... there's more talk among ranger fans about what the Islanders are doing... that's all.
The title of this blog is Islanders sign Vasicek, that is why.
Based on the current rosters & prospects who may be ready, just how will the Islanders be better than the Rangers this year? Who are they going to trade & what team wants any of the current players, other than DiPietro? It borders on the comical to read the trades on the Islanders' blog. Yes, Boston is dying to deal Phil Kessel or Chara to the Islanders. Get a grip & deal with reality. The Rangers have improved from last year, have the Islanders? Since when are Sutton, Sim & Fedotenko key players? There's no way to spin it.
d - the talk is because a few Isles fans including yourself come on here and when rebuttals come from us ranger fans you ask that question. And the level of bs from fans pretending to be other fans chased away many. In fact when there were 200 + messages with 190 of them bs I stopped reading the comments section as well.
Dynasty,
How does it make sense for you to mock Brian Leetch Posters yet write things like:
"Bragging rights come when you can say that you've done something significant like... hmmm... lets see... win 4 cups in a row maybe."
You need less hypocrisy and more organization in your ranger bashing if you expect any credibility.....hmm...lets see....? Easy there fishsticks! See you at the garden.
Yes,
Here is how it works.
An Islander fans comes on the Rangers blog and rips the Rangers and says how great the Islanders are.
A Ranger fan responds.
An Islander fan then posts why is it all Rangers fans do is talk about the Islanders.
Then,
Rangers fans talk Rangers on here.
Somebody comes on and posts about Jaromir Jagr being a power Ranger toy, David Lee Roth, Duran Duran, blah blah blah.
Then we have somebody who posts that Nascar gets better rating than the Rangers, the Islanders fans are the ones who give MSG legit sellouts, blah blah blah.
It's all just a bunch of crap.
Well, read the first 3 posts on this blog... there wasn't any Islander fan starting with any BS... it was just Ranger fans mocking the Islander signing of Vaicek. Who are you talking to if you don't think Islander fans are going to read it.
Don't the Rangers have 2nd and 3rd line guys on their team. The last I checked there were guys named Hossa, Prucha, Orr, Hollweg, Callahan, etc. Some good solid 2nd and 3rd line guys.
So the Islanders have Fedotenko, Sim, Vasicek, Hunter, Tambellini as their 2nd and 3rd line guys. Also good, solid 2nd and 3rd line guys. What's the difference?
I was told not to live in the past because my name was "dynasty" and in the same blog was also told how the rangers have won 9 playoff series in the past 13 years.
Is that not the past? Or are you confusing the past with the present and future again?
That's when I responded to that hypocritical post by saying that your Leetch jersey is still hanging on your bedroom wall... living in the past.
And besides... I never attacked anyone here... just asked why you ranger fans were so worried about who the Islanders are signing.
Who knows who's going to be better... but my opinion is that the Islanders will surprise many of you and may even finish ahead of the rangers.
I am not attacking your team... just my optomistic opinion of the Islanders.
dynasty
I just read on the web site
http://nhlline.ca/
that the Rangers have agreed to a 1 year deal with Peca. HOWEVER, that is the only site on the entire web saying that, so I'm not sure it's true. In fact, I was reading the reader "posts" on the site, and 1 guy said they did the same thing with Souray, and it wasn't true and he signed with a totally different team later on.
I didn't post any of the dynasty posts above... its the imposter again. He must be bored to take my handle since I post very infrequently.
The tard didn't even capitalize the D like I've done EVERY single post.
I stopped posting here, so if it says dynasty on your Rangers blog its just the imposter, and you might want to ignore.