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XxNYIxX
New York Islanders
Location: Clayton, NC
Joined: 02.26.2007

Mar 27 @ 10:25 PM ET

anybody see this?

- mighty13duck



Yep... gotta love it

XxNYIxX
mighty13duck
New York Islanders
Location: New Building. New Owner. New coach Nassau County, NY
Joined: 01.26.2009

Mar 27 @ 10:26 PM ET
Yep... gotta love it

XxNYIxX

- XxNYIxX

Looks like a combo Of the emperor from star wars and Obama. History channel
XxNYIxX
New York Islanders
Location: Clayton, NC
Joined: 02.26.2007

Mar 27 @ 10:28 PM ET
Looks like a combo Of the emperor from star wars and Obama. History channel
- mighty13duck



they swear its just a coincidence that it looks like Obama..

XxNYIxX
mighty13duck
New York Islanders
Location: New Building. New Owner. New coach Nassau County, NY
Joined: 01.26.2009

Mar 27 @ 10:31 PM ET
they swear its just a coincidence that it looks like Obama..

XxNYIxX

- XxNYIxX

It is good controversy for their show. The series is actually pretty good. This gives them better ratings. It got people talking
XxNYIxX
New York Islanders
Location: Clayton, NC
Joined: 02.26.2007

Mar 27 @ 10:34 PM ET
It is good controversy for their show. The series is actually pretty good. This gives them better ratings. It got people talking
- mighty13duck


I wait for that one to end & watch Vikings... that one is pretty damn good

XxNYIxX
jimmc7722
New York Islanders
Location: TAVARES IS AN ASS!!!!, ON
Joined: 02.06.2008

Mar 27 @ 10:34 PM ET

anybody see this?

- mighty13duck


Obama?
mighty13duck
New York Islanders
Location: New Building. New Owner. New coach Nassau County, NY
Joined: 01.26.2009

Mar 27 @ 10:35 PM ET
I wait for that one to end & watch Vikings... that one is pretty damn good

XxNYIxX

- XxNYIxX

Vikings is terrible! PAWN STARS is great
mighty13duck
New York Islanders
Location: New Building. New Owner. New coach Nassau County, NY
Joined: 01.26.2009

Mar 27 @ 10:35 PM ET
Obama?
- jimmc7722

XxNYIxX
New York Islanders
Location: Clayton, NC
Joined: 02.26.2007

Mar 27 @ 10:36 PM ET
It is good controversy for their show. The series is actually pretty good. This gives them better ratings. It got people talking
- mighty13duck



I stopped believing in the Bible and all that God/Jesus stuff when i realized there wasn't one mention of PAP in either edition!!

XxNYIxX
eichiefs9
New York Islanders
Location: NY
Joined: 11.03.2008

Mar 27 @ 10:36 PM ET
Vikings is terrible! PAWN STARS is great
- mighty13duck

I want American Guns and Sons of Guns back

Yeah different channel but whatever.
mighty13duck
New York Islanders
Location: New Building. New Owner. New coach Nassau County, NY
Joined: 01.26.2009

Mar 27 @ 10:37 PM ET
I want American Guns and Sons of Guns back

Yeah different channel but whatever.

- eichiefs9

I want the carfellas back
XxNYIxX
New York Islanders
Location: Clayton, NC
Joined: 02.26.2007

Mar 27 @ 10:37 PM ET
Vikings is terrible! PAWN STARS is great
- mighty13duck



ohh god

Tell me you dont watch Duck Dynasty too

XxNYIxX
mighty13duck
New York Islanders
Location: New Building. New Owner. New coach Nassau County, NY
Joined: 01.26.2009

Mar 27 @ 10:39 PM ET
ohh god

Tell me you dont watch Duck Dynasty too

XxNYIxX

- XxNYIxX

no duck dynasty is garbage. I only watch Pawn stars and
jmo16
New York Islanders
Location: No Whining Allowed! This is a blog. Silly Gif's only!
Joined: 02.26.2011

Mar 27 @ 10:42 PM ET
Pretty good @ waiver pickups and cap management.
- jimmc7722




cap management..............that's a good one. He holds the record for being cheapest, er most responsible in regard to player salaries.

Not too hard when most players on the team are under 25 or re-treads coming off someone else's foolish contract.
jmo16
New York Islanders
Location: No Whining Allowed! This is a blog. Silly Gif's only!
Joined: 02.26.2011

Mar 27 @ 10:44 PM ET
I stopped believing in the Bible and all that God/Jesus stuff when i realized there wasn't one mention of PAP in either edition!!

XxNYIxX

- XxNYIxX


authors usually don't mention themselves in their own works of fiction....
XxNYIxX
New York Islanders
Location: Clayton, NC
Joined: 02.26.2007

Mar 27 @ 10:46 PM ET
authors usually don't mention themselves in their own works of fiction....
- jmo16



GOOD point!

XxNYIxX
Spartiarti
New York Islanders
Location: Long Island, NY
Joined: 09.04.2008

Mar 27 @ 10:54 PM ET
i think garth has done great in draft and working waiver wire. He took some shots at UFAs and kept discpline not to way over play. Look at Buffalo. They paid Erhoff 10MM a year in first two years. He has 15 points. Streit and Lubo are far better than him.

THE bailey draft was our best draft. You have 5 guys in NHL from that one draft. Bailey still has alot more to show. Petrov would immediately be on roster if he came here.

Also if you look at Luke Schenn and Filatov. Bailey outright has done better than both those guys.

As for JT, there was quite of few guys even here that doubted Snow. Every jumped out on Duchene bandwagon rookie year. But we know that argument no longer there.

Nelson, Cizikis, Strome Reinhart and NIno will all make their impact for isles.

and if you think Snow has dont poor job, what can you say for Edmonton. They have draft #1 for 4 straight drafts. Everyone thought they would be world beaters this year. Instead they look like they headed for another #1 pick.
keaner17
New York Islanders
Location: Prepared for the worst
Joined: 07.12.2007

Mar 27 @ 11:02 PM ET
Bossy dropped in the draft because he was deemed as a soft player with average skating ability. No doubt Hedman will be at minimum a very good defenseman for a long time but it's harder to find the real natural talents of a Sid, Stamkos or JT.
- jmo16


6'6" defensemen who can skate like Hedman AND come with his natural hockey sense are just as much a rarity. It takes longer for defensemen to mature in this league, but Hedman will be one of the top 10, maybe top five, players of his postion much like Tavares. In hindsight, no doubt Tavares' early attention was legit and the kid is one of the best in the league already, but as I said, it wasn't a no-brainer like many said. If Tampa had the first overall pick, they still would have likely drafted Hedman.
keaner17
New York Islanders
Location: Prepared for the worst
Joined: 07.12.2007

Mar 27 @ 11:05 PM ET
Taxes!




...sorry keaner

- UIF


No need to apologize...glad to see you're coming around
keaner17
New York Islanders
Location: Prepared for the worst
Joined: 07.12.2007

Mar 27 @ 11:15 PM ET
I do understand what everyone is saying. My only point is that I'm not sure we can consider it a lock that all of a sudden the isles start spending in 2015. There has been no evidence suggesting its a lock.
- Isles316


There's no verbal evidence, which is understandably what it will take for some. That said, I've laid out for you the 'reason to believe'. This team spent a fair amount of money trying to compete over Wangs first several years and when the losses mounted up and Milbury left the system, Wang wasn't going to spend his way out and lose even more. Meanwhile Nassau played politics with the Isles while SMG played slum lord. Suddenly the Isles sign a lease to move in the Barclay Center. A stadium recently named one of the top 5 most state of the art arena's in the country.

For any business man, you grow when the circumstances allow it...for the first time in nearly 25 years, this team will be in a position to turn a profit and the potential for success will actually add to that profit. There's simply no reason for Wang to NOT go all in at that point.
jmo16
New York Islanders
Location: No Whining Allowed! This is a blog. Silly Gif's only!
Joined: 02.26.2011

Mar 27 @ 11:17 PM ET
i think garth has done great in draft and working waiver wire. He took some shots at UFAs and kept discpline not to way over play. Look at Buffalo. They paid Erhoff 10MM a year in first two years. He has 15 points. Streit and Lubo are far better than him.

THE bailey draft was our best draft. You have 5 guys in NHL from that one draft. Bailey still has alot more to show. Petrov would immediately be on roster if he came here.

Also if you look at Luke Schenn and Filatov. Bailey outright has done better than both those guys.

As for JT, there was quite of few guys even here that doubted Snow. Every jumped out on Duchene bandwagon rookie year. But we know that argument no longer there.

Nelson, Cizikis, Strome Reinhart and NIno will all make their impact for isles.

and if you think Snow has dont poor job, what can you say for Edmonton. They have draft #1 for 4 straight drafts. Everyone thought they would be world beaters this year. Instead they look like they headed for another #1 pick.

- Spartiarti


Don't disagree with Garth's drafts - tho this years' Dmen Only picks will prob not pan out as well as Bailey year.... That being said, Garth should be the Islanders Head Scout. Not the GM. There's no "art" to waiver pick ups. You know what you're getting....at half price. He's yet to make an impact trade. Won't hold my breath on that. I dare you to. Lemme know when you're blue.
XxNYIxX
New York Islanders
Location: Clayton, NC
Joined: 02.26.2007

Mar 27 @ 11:32 PM ET
Don't disagree with Garth's drafts - tho this years' Dmen Only picks will prob not pan out as well as Bailey year.... That being said, Garth should be the Islanders Head Scout. Not the GM. There's no "art" to waiver pick ups. You know what you're getting....at half price. He's yet to make an impact trade. Won't hold my breath on that. I dare you to. Lemme know when you're blue.
- jmo16


There has to be SOME skill involved... More then not he finds real gems. Its not like he grabs every single player that hits the wire... he grabs guys that his coaching staff has no doubt scouted during their draft years.. all im saying if he is just throwing darts at a board he's a REALLY good dart player.

XxNYIxX
XxNYIxX
New York Islanders
Location: Clayton, NC
Joined: 02.26.2007

Mar 28 @ 1:44 AM ET
JI to Pitt... Damn


XxNYIxX
dcb1
New York Islanders
Location: Oak Ridge, NJ
Joined: 07.08.2006

Mar 28 @ 7:07 AM ET
I want the carfellas back
- mighty13duck



I prefer to watch more highbrow fare like Squidbillies, which is a fine documentary about the southeastern US.
dcb1
New York Islanders
Location: Oak Ridge, NJ
Joined: 07.08.2006

Mar 28 @ 7:08 AM ET
JI to Pitt... Damn


XxNYIxX

- XxNYIxX



Well, if there are a couple of teams that should be trading their future for now, this is one of them.
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