IBO Boxing Honesty and Integrity
A quarter of the way through the 2018-2019 NHL season, and the New York Islanders aren’t the laughing stock of the league – they’re a playoff contender. With the majority of Americans officially closing the doors on the Thanksgiving holiday – we uncover the time of year in the NHL ...
Read More »Brasqo: Slow And Steady Wins The Race – Nine Games In
Nine games in the books, and we’re starting to get a pretty good idea on what the New York Islanders are going to be all about this season. Standing at 4 wins, 4 losses, and 1 overtime loss – the Isles have shown both the highs and lows of completely ...
Read More »Brasqo: And, We're Off – Isles Look To Progress
And, we’re off – both figuratively, and well, literally. With a good four day chunk of off-time for the boys in blue and orange, the team looks to build upon what it’s established. Three games into the season… I’ll cut you off at the pass before the hate mail ...
Read More »Brasqo: Let The Boy Grow – The Kieffer Bellows Situation
With the NHL pre-season coming to a close, it’s time to make assumptions and lose our minds over the NY Islanders personnel decisions. One such controversy, already, is the handling of Kieffer Bellows. Let the boy grow. Closing ceremonies of the NHL pre-season is upon us, and I don’t ...
Read More »Brasqo: Rulings And Numbers And Hairs, Oh My
Like it or not, Lou’s Rules are in full-effect. Joy-O’-Joy. With the majority of players beginning to report for training camp, the season is finally within spitting distance. And, unless you’ve been living under a rock as of late, or have decided to just avoid all news Isles related altogether ...
Read More »Nice Debut, Ugly Strat Card
Nice Debut, Ugly Strat Card LEADING OFF Paul White It was about that time in the game when the wave almost might have been interesting. (Calm down, I said almost. The only use I’ve found for the wave is to disrupt tomahawk chopping.) A 10-1 lead for the home team ...
Read More »Brasqo: Allow Me To Introduce You To Uncle Leo Komarov
Four years, at a $3 million annual average salary, bringing the total payout to $12 million. For, um…Leo…Komarov?! I’ll spare you the responses from the majority of people who inhabit hash-tag “Isles” on Twitter – but if you’ve participated at some-point, you can use your imagination on what was said ...
Read More »Brasqo: The Curious Case of Valtteri Filppula
With training camp finally starting to come into view, let’s continue to take a look at another one of the new Islanders acquired by the newly minted Lou Lamoriello. At T-minus one-hour plus of the “Post Pajama Boy Defection” aka PPBD (ok, that acronym doesn’t exist), Lou Lamoriello went ahead ...
Read More »Brasqo: Death-Metal & Neck Tattoos – Getting To Know Robin Lehner
Death-metal, neck tattoos and brash. At six-foot four inches, 245 pounds…Athletic, flexible, and super competitive. The “new” prototypical goaltender attributes that any general manager would salivate over. Only 27 years old, he possesses these dream characteristics. Let’s get to know Robin Lehner. In his 219 games played in the NHL, ...
Read More »Brasqo: Let The Fisherman Die
With a little over a month until training camps begin – all has been pretty quiet in Islanders’ land as of late regarding player personnel. With the coaching staff being further solidified with the recent appointment of Piero Greco as head goaltending coach, and Mitch Korn coming aboard as Director ...
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