WTF is the point... too keep them relevant there so when the Brooklyn lease is up they move back?


wait.. didnt i suggest that happening back when they signed the lease?

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I had a hunch this was going to happen. I say screw Nassau County they suck and I hope this does not defer players from signing here now

WTF is the point... too keep them relevant there so when the Brooklyn lease is up they move back?


wait.. didnt i suggest that happening back when they signed the lease?

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I think its just a way of throwing some of the older Islander fans a bone who won't be going to Brooklyn when they move. I doubt its part of some plan to move them back after 25 years in BK

I had a hunch this was going to happen. I say screw Nassau County they suck and I hope this does not defer players from signing here now
- kasperrko

What???

Did anyone see his postgame interview?
- canadianpenfan

I saw most of it. He did talk of possible lineup changes, along with his usual stuff. He seems like a nice guy who shouldn't be coaching at this level.

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- Vukota

Come on LI had a chance to keep them. What is this back and forth?

I hardly watched the third period. I was no way watching is postgame interview where he probably said how great the guys played and that we ran into a hot goaltender
- kasperrko

Well someone needs to tell him not to put the microphone in his mouth, just near it. He's learning as he goes too I guess.

I think its just a way of throwing some of the older Islander fans a bone who won't be going to Brooklyn when they move. I doubt its part of some plan to move them back after 25 years in BK
- Vukota

You mean Dee's plan is working????????

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I think its just a way of throwing some of the older Islander fans a bone who won't be going to Brooklyn when they move. I doubt its part of some plan to move them back after 25 years in BK
- Vukota

i still don think they will see the completion of that lease... I still beLIeve they will be out of there within a decade


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You mean Dee's plan is working????????

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Plus this group putting this bid in has to win it first. I think once they leave they are gone. Plus would it really be a bad thing if they played 5 or 6 games a year back on the Island?

i still don think they will see the completion of that lease... I still beLIeve they will be out of there within a decade


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The only way I see that happening is they don't draw like they think they will. If that place packs out and the Isles stay competitive I don't think you will see them leave BK for the Island down the road

Did anyone see his postgame interview?
- canadianpenfan

No but we have the template for all of them..

"We didn't have our battle level up for this game. I thought some guys battled hard but we need all 20 guys rolling against a team like this. They're a great team and they'll bury you fast if your battle level isn't up to par. Credit "insert team name here", those guys were ready and answered the call." '

Anything close?

Plus this group putting this bid in has to win it first. I think once they leave they are gone. Plus would it really be a bad thing if they played 5 or 6 games a year back on the Island?
- Vukota

not a bad thing just unheard of... its like them playing road home games... odd.

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not a bad thing just unheard of... its like them playing road home games... odd.

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How would it be like playing on the road? Its still on the Island?

No but we have the template for all of them..

"We didn't have our battle level up for this game. I thought some guys battled hard but we need all 20 guys rolling against a team like this. They're a great team and they'll bury you fast if your battle level isn't up to par. Credit "insert team name here", those guys were ready and answered the call." '

Anything close?
- keaner17

I wasn't paying attention to his words, I was waiting to see if he was ging to put some hot sauce on that microphone.

No but we have the template for all of them..

"We didn't have our battle level up for this game. I thought some guys battled hard but we need all 20 guys rolling against a team like this. They're a great team and they'll bury you fast if your battle level isn't up to par. Credit "insert team name here", those guys were ready and answered the call." '

Anything close?
- keaner17

Pretty much dead on

The only way I see that happening is they don't draw like they think they will. If that place packs out and the Isles stay competitive I don't think you will see them leave BK for the Island down the road
- Vukota

of course for my view to come true Ratner has to win the bid to buy & devleop the NVMC... once he owns both buildings he will want a tenant in that building & the Isles come into play..... he lets them out of the one lease & signs a longer one with the team at the new LI arena.

If Ratner loses his bid... then Brooklyn for 25 & possibly beyond

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How would it be like playing on the road? Its still on the Island?
- Vukota

they would still have the fan base, but the rink from only playing in 5-6 times would be foreign, they wouldnt really ever learn the way pucks bounce off the boards, or things like that. Also.. they wouldnt have their personal things in their locker in a place they see once a month... know what im saying?

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they would still have the fan base, but the rink from only playing in 5-6 times would be foreign, they wouldnt really ever learn the way pucks bounce off the boards, or things like that. Also.. they wouldnt have their personal things in their locker in a place they see once a month... know what im saying?

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I understand but I think its a reach. Either way we'll see what happens

of course for my view to come true Ratner has to win the bid to buy & devleop the NVMC... once he owns both buildings he will want a tenant in that building & the Isles come into play..... he lets them out of the one lease & signs a longer one with the team at the new LI arena.

If Ratner loses his bid... then Brooklyn for 25 & possibly beyond

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Gotcha

Serious question....You think the ISlanders will win a game in this series? I mean after yesterday I am having doubts
- kasperrko

Yes. They'll get one at NVMC.

Yes. They'll get one at NVMC.
- Jethro09

Cant see them losing game 3 on Sunday.

I wasn't paying attention to his words, I was waiting to see if he was ging to put some hot sauce on that microphone.
- canadianpenfan

Hmmmm...I must of missed the part where he says:
"I'm friggin' starving, you gonna eat that?"

So quiet, I thought she dropped another blog


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I'm sure glad Reasoner showed us what an experienced player in the playoffs looks like.......somebody please tell me he won't be in next game

Pretty much dead on
- Vukota

and the said thing is anyone of us could have wrote that and it would have been pretty much the same (though I should have gone to the trouble of the Mass accent )