Just an opinion, but Josh Bailey would be good on any other team but the isles.
- kindlyrick

you are so right I think any player we have will be really good on any other team to be honest

Islanders should release the draft party date before the schedule.

Just an opinion, but Josh Bailey would be good on any other team but the isles.
- kindlyrick

Basis?

Whose to say they would want Nielsen? According to you hes an expendable 3rd liner whose peaking and doesn't bring much.

And BTW the corps of centers they have are a few years away from being legitimate as well.
- JTMM9126

read Jethros comment above....id be repeating exactly what he said if i typed it up myself.

Yeah but they did not suck for years and years they got better each year that is the difference. they also made moves to improve there clubs each year we do not
- kasperrko

no they sucked for a good 5 or 6 of them

Basis?
- Jethro09

Again my opinion, but i think Josh Bailey hasnt even begun to tap into his potential. He's been misused, and i feel on a better team, with more NHL ready talent, and not as many "what ifs", i think Bailey shines.

Basis?
- Jethro09

Again my opinion, but i think Josh Bailey hasnt even begun to tap into his potential. He's been misused, and i feel on a better team, with more NHL ready talent, and not as many "what ifs", i think Bailey shines.

Again my opinion, but i think Josh Bailey hasnt even begun to tap into his potential. He's been misused, and i feel on a better team, with more NHL ready talent, and not as many "what ifs", i think Bailey shines.
- kindlyrick

Okay. I hope you're right. I hope he hasn't begun to tap into his potential. But he's been a pro for 4 years. What is he waiting for? This has got to be the last shot for Bailey with this club. If he doesn't score goals and put up points this season, the team needs to move on from him. 4 1/2 seasons is enough time for the Isles to allow him to tap into his potential on their watch and dime.

holy poop. brian burke was fired!!!

holy poop. brian burke was fired!!!

holy poop. brian burke was fired!!!

holy poop. brian burke was fired!!!

See and the Islanders are still hanging with there lame ass GM. Wow we are bad

holy poop. brian burke was fired!!!
- LetsGoIsles

x4

I would hire this guy to run my team in a minute.....Toronto was an aberration for him, guaranteed. Toronto is an aberration for everyone, because they still try to build a team the way the big money franchises used to build them before the LAST work stoppage (let's just go and sign everyone who is still alive), and that doesn't work anymore. Once he's back in a sane situation, he'll have success again. Of course, we won't hire him for obvious reasons, and no, "we already have a GM," is not one of the reasons I'm thinking of....

I dont know to be honest Burke is no Garth Snow. Garth has rebuild the minor leagues really good. He is hard to replace

my bad...well not really "my" bad...but you get the point.

Okay. I hope you're right. I hope he hasn't begun to tap into his potential. But he's been a pro for 4 years. What is he waiting for? This has got to be the last shot for Bailey with this club. If he doesn't score goals and put up points this season, the team needs to move on from him. 4 1/2 seasons is enough time for the Isles to allow him to tap into his potential on their watch and dime.
- Jethro09

We've had the Bailey discussion for years now. You dont draft a kid who was a standout in juniors, rush him, and then stick him on the wing of the 3rd line, when he was a first line center. Perhaps that could be why 4.5 years later he's still not hit his stride. I've seen flashes of this kid.......its there. He's got legit talent.

holy poop. brian burke was fired!!!
- LetsGoIsles

Rumor outta Canada is Burke knocked up a young reporter for leafs sports and entertainment.

I would hire this guy to run my team in a minute.....Toronto was an aberration for him, guaranteed. Toronto is an aberration for everyone, because they still try to build a team the way the big money franchises used to build them before the LAST work stoppage (let's just go and sign everyone who is still alive), and that doesn't work anymore. Once he's back in a sane situation, he'll have success again. Of course, we won't hire him for obvious reasons, and no, "we already have a GM," is not one of the reasons I'm thinking of....
- dcb1

The clash of his ego with Charles Wang's would create another Big Bang. He'd make Neil Smith's tenure here look like long-term job security.

See and the Islanders are still hanging with there lame ass GM. Wow we are bad
- kasperrko

So now Brian Burke is the bar and standard We are looking to achieve. Why b/c kessel was such a great trade? Yeah.. trading the number 2 (Tyler Seguin) pick and a top 5 (Doug Hamilton) in consectutive drafts is just what we need. Toronto has been sooooooo much better than the Islanders. At least we have not pulled a Milbury/Burke and trade our future.

I would hire this guy to run my team in a minute.....Toronto was an aberration for him, guaranteed. Toronto is an aberration for everyone, because they still try to build a team the way the big money franchises used to build them before the LAST work stoppage (let's just go and sign everyone who is still alive), and that doesn't work anymore. Once he's back in a sane situation, he'll have success again. Of course, we won't hire him for obvious reasons, and no, "we already have a GM," is not one of the reasons I'm thinking of....
- dcb1

I wouldn't.

So now Brian Burke is the bar and standard We are looking to achieve. Why b/c kessel was such a great trade? Yeah.. trading the number 2 (Tyler Seguin) pick and a top 5 (Doug Hamilton) in consectutive drafts is just what we need. Toronto has been sooooooo much better than the Islanders. At least we have not pulled a Milbury/Burke and trade our future.
- niteislander

The weird thing is that Burke started out trying to win right away, and then the last few years was rebuilding.......trading away guys like Kaberle and Versteeg. Im curious as to why he was just now let go. Something happened....

Islanders should release the draft party date before the schedule.
- niteislander

Islanders should release the draft party date before the schedule.
- niteislander

Awesome!!