I hate everything about the Philly franchise but I am pulling hard for them to eliminate the rags early.
- mighty13duck

Me too. Root for anybody playing the rags. Then if Philly wins, I want them losing.

Me too. Root for anybody playing the rags. Then if Philly wins, I want them losing.
- NYI44

unless they play the pens

unless they play the pens
- mighty13duck

which could definitely happen

Amac Yes Yes Yes Yes

Amac Yes Yes Yes Yes
- mighty13duck

AMAC!!! the defenseman in hockey!!!

AMAC!!! the defenseman in hockey!!!
- kear20

6 years 30 million is a bargain!

6 years 30 million is a bargain!
- NYI44

we'll see after year 2...

Amac Yes Yes Yes Yes
- mighty13duck

We should all take a moment to congratulate the most recent former Islanders participating in this years Stanley Cup playoffs. Cheers for Amac, Streit, Nino, Molulson, Vanek & Regin.

I think I've uncovered a previously under realized/appreciated strength of Garth: When you leave the Islanders, it's most often for the better!

6 years 30 million is a bargain!
- NYI44

Ricky got around $30 million alone this year....

granted, his income for 2014 will be interest only...

We should all take a moment to congratulate the most recent former Islanders participating in this years Stanley Cup playoffs. Cheers for Amac, Streit, Nino, Molulson, Vanek & Regin.

I think I've uncovered a previously under realized/appreciated strength of Garth: When you leave the Islanders, it's most often for the better!
- jmo16

Note the one thing all those players have in common....I'll give you a hint.....guess who isn't standing behind their bench?

Eh, I just don't see it. Bubble team maybe, but not a solid playoff team. And I say that with full recognition of the team I root for.
- UIF

I agree- I think Schneider is their bright spot. I mostly see a bunch of old men and mediocre young players. The only thing that makes them good is their system. We swap coaches with them, and we'd finish WAY ahead of them, with the same players. No question in my mind about that.

Lets go Streit and Amac!!!
- mighty13duck

Wish they were still Islanders... cheap ass Wang!!!

We should all take a moment to congratulate the most recent former Islanders participating in this years Stanley Cup playoffs. Cheers for Amac, Streit, Nino, Molulson, Vanek & Regin.

I think I've uncovered a previously under realized/appreciated strength of Garth: When you leave the Islanders, it's most often for the better!
- jmo16

if we had Streit, Amac, Moulson... we would have been alot closer to the playoffs.

schneider...

greene- gelina
larsson-merrill
fayne? salvador? volchenkov? zidlicky?


right there 2 of the best goalies and defenses in the league...i wouldnt sleep on the devils being a force next year.
- LetsGoIsles

Not really impressed by any of those players other than Schneider and maybe Larsson, who's a kid. Now, if you're comparing them to the -47, Strait, Martinek, Carkner, Hamonic and Ness lineup, I get that. However, the only two of those guys you're going to see in an Islanders uniform two years from are Hamonic and possibly Strait, and Strait will mostly be watching from the sky box.

We should all take a moment to congratulate the most recent former Islanders participating in this years Stanley Cup playoffs. Cheers for Amac, Streit, Nino, Molulson, Vanek & Regin.

I think I've uncovered a previously under realized/appreciated strength of Garth: When you leave the Islanders, it's most often for the better!
- jmo16

Not being a dack but didn't 3 out of those 5 play in the playoffs last year with the isles?

Not being a dack but didn't 3 out of those 5 play in the playoffs last year with the isles?
- Vukota

Gotta count on your second hand too, Vukota...there's six

if we had Streit, Amac, Moulson... we would have been alot closer to the playoffs.
- jimmc7722

How so? Amac was here for 3/4 of the season as was Vanek who replaced Moulson so are you saying Streit was the reason we missed the playoffs?

Gotta count on your second hand too, Vukota...there's six
- UIF

if we had Streit, Amac, Moulson... we would have been alot closer to the playoffs.
- jimmc7722

I don't think so- that asinine "system" did us in, and it's going to do us in again next year, unless Cappy gets the hook and is replaced by a big league coach. The following season is the one where I think we're going to have so much talent that even he can't f**k it up that badly.

Wish they were still Islanders... cheap ass Wang!!!
- jimmc7722

Stop it. If the isles handed out those two contracts you would be right there bashing them with the rest of the hockey world

He is not ready NOW. However, he's now officially had his first extended taste of the NHL. So he has a much better idea of what he needs to do to get up to speed to become a solid NHL goalie. His coaches in turn also have had an extended look at him in NHL action. They can better judge how he tracks pucks, plays angles, recovers, reads plays etc at NHL speeds. This allows them to work with him extensively during the offseason and provide a much improved Nilsson going into next season.
In a perfect world, we come away with a top tier goalie who can shoulder the load while Nabby takes say 30 games or so. Meanwhile Nilsson spends more time in the AHL. That said, a better prepared more driven Nilsson could be miles better for the health of this franchise next year than Brodeur on his death bed....
- keaner17

He needs to get his a$$ out of the net- that's most of his problem. A guy that big shouldn't be hiding inside the goal, he should be out intimidating the shooters with his presence and size. I saw a little bit of the nasty in him a couple of times this year, and I'd like to see more of that. A little slashing and spearing by the netminder never hurt anyone, especially if he backs it up by coming out and asserting his position.

Stop it. If the isles handed out those two contracts you would be right there bashing them with the rest of the hockey world
- Vukota

Not the rest of the hockey world... just this board.

I could care less what they make.

Not my money... I just want NHL players on this team.

Streit Hamonic

Vis De Haan

Amac Strait

Facking philly

Not the rest of the hockey world... just this board.

I could care less what they make.

Not my money... I just want NHL players on this team.

Streit Hamonic

Vis De Haan

Amac Strait
- jimmc7722

Right so you want a mid cap team at best to spend 11million combined on basically 4th and 5th defensmen for five years each when after two to three years they wouldn't even crack the top 6. Thank god you're not the GM. You would make Snow look like a real GM

Not the rest of the hockey world... just this board.

I could care less what they make.

Not my money... I just want NHL players on this team.

Streit Hamonic

Vis De Haan

Amac Strait
- jimmc7722

we have Donovan and Carkner.!!