IBO Boxing Honesty and Integrity
Brock Nelson’s tenure as a New York Islander has reached a critical point. The Islanders and Nelson avoided going to next weeks’ arbitration period yesterday after the two sides agreed to a one year deal worth $4.25 million dollars. It’s a nice increase from the $3.5 million qualifying offer that ...
Read More »Brasqo: The Korn-ucopia of Goaltending
Mitch Korn… By all means, the only goaltending coach I’ve ever cared about in my 30-plus years of hockey fandom. The Bronx, New York native is described as a savant when it comes to the art of goaltending. His brilliance in teaching at the NHL level started in Buffalo in ...
Read More »Making The Case For Who Should Be The Next Captain of The Franchise
As the days of July dwindle down, hockey season doesn’t seem that far away. For the New York Islanders and their fans, the past month has been a time of change in direction by the organization. John Tavares, Calvin de Haan, and Nikolay Kulemin out, Leo Komarov, Valtteri Filppula, Jan ...
Read More »PTIsles: Episode 47 – A Matter of Trust
In this episode of PTIsles, Joe Buono (@IslesBlog) and James Duffy (@TwoTurtleDuffs) discuss the good, bad and curious off-season moves made by Lou Lamoriello in the days after John Tavares signing with Toronto. Later, Alex ‘Buddy’ Peck gives us his thoughts on the acquisitions so far, we take fan voice ...
Read More »Lou Lamoriello Fixing The Isles One Step At a Time
There will be bigger moves to come, but at the moment for the New York Islanders and their fans, a plan does seem to be in place with Lou Lamoriello calling the shots. After losing the franchise superstar and captain John Tavares on Sunday, Lamoriello made a few moves that ...
Read More »PTIsles: Episode 46 – Movin' Out and Movin' On
In the latest edition of PTIsles, Joe Buono (@IslesBlog) is joined by Gotham Sports Network’s James Duffy (@TwoTurtleDuffs) and Alex “Buddy” Peck (@BudGSN) to react to the franchise altering news that John Tavares signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Topics Discussed: – #TavaresWatch Ends – JT’s Twitter Response – Who ...
Read More »Isles Free Agency Preview
As we wait for word of where John Tavares will be playing in the future, the free agency frenzy is set to begin this Sunday at noon. For the New York Islanders, every aspect of their offseason gameplan hinges on whether Tavares decides to stay with the franchise or leave ...
Read More »PTIsles: Episode 45 – It's All Happening
In the latest edition of PTIsles, Joe Buono (@IslesBlog) is joined by Gotham Sports Network’s James Duffy (@TwoTurtleDuffs) and Alex “Buddy” Peck (@BudGSN) to discuss a whirwind week of positive news including the hiring of Barry Trotz, Mat Barzal’s Calder win, an A rated Draft Class and more games at ...
Read More »Isles Draft Recap: Hit After Hit
Lou Lamoriello was expected to knock this draft out of the park by making one or possibly two franchise-altering trades. Instead, he rounded the bases in a whole different way. Lamoriello and the rest of his colleagues had to be feeling giddy after plucking two top-ten talents without having a pick ...
Read More »Islanders 2018 NHL Draft Preview and Analysis
Now the real work begins for Lou Lamoriello. While he still tries to entice captain John Tavares to commit long-term to the franchise and free agent coach Barry Trotz to come take the head coaching job, Lamoriello is now faced with the task of his first draft as Islanders President of ...
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