Dee Karl: Lubo is an ISLE! ruling is in.

I bet he is thrilled

Good! That should make it harder for the Leafs to have a better record then the Isles, going forward. Tank.......tank...........tank!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good. I understand uprooting from California and going to New York isa BIG change, but he knows the deal, and he can help that team and their young defenseman. God knows they drafted a butt ton of them at the draft.

I bet he is thrilled
- VANTEL

Strikes me as a guy who will sign in the SEL and play the "they wouldn't let me leave" card.

I bet he is thrilled
- VANTEL

5.4 million a year to live on the north shore of long island.......im gonna say life aint that bad.

Good. I understand uprooting from California and going to New York isa BIG change, but he knows the deal, and he can help that team and their young defenseman. God knows they drafted a butt ton of them at the draft.
- HopintheCordoba

By the time any of those draft picks become relevant........Visnovsky will be long gone.

I bet he is thrilled
- VANTEL

By the time any of those draft picks become relevant........Visnovsky will be long gone.
- kindlyrick

as well as the Islanders

Strikes me as a guy who will sign in the SEL and play the "they wouldn't let me leave" card.
- Lahey

Not overly impressed with him already. Unfortunately we can't afford to be picky and have to take players that wan't nothing to do with playing here.

I'm hoping hammer and Reinhart learn from him

I'm hoping hammer and Reinhart learn from him
- Danformo

On how to be a douche?

On how to be a douche?
- Cptmjl

On how to play offense

In other Islander news of note, the NY Islanders have partnered with social media company SportsYapper. It is an exclusive deal between the two and is hoped to enhance the in arena experience for fans of the Islanders.
- Dee Karl

Yeah, that was the only thing missing...

Lubo is an Isle!!!!!!!!!!


(I'm sure Lubo is doing handstands over this news)






A once proud, and enviable franchise...

Amazing how the Isles would actually want to bring players in that don't want to be apart of the organization. I'm sure they make great role models for the young players on the team. Wang needs to go before this organization can be taken seriously again.

I bet he is thrilled
- VANTEL

I picture this look on his face

Amazing how the Isles would actually want to bring players in that don't want to be apart of the organization. I'm sure they make great role models for the young players on the team. Wang needs to go before this organization can be taken seriously again.
- Nucker101

I agree Wang has to go but how were the Isles to know that he didn't want to be part of the organization?

I agree Wang has to go but how were the Isles to know that he didn't want to be part of the organization?
- dawgzhouse

Fair enough, maybe they could have agreed to void the trade but I'm sure Anaheim was operating business assuming that his large cap hit was off of the books so they probably wanted the deal to go through. Either way, this wouldn't be a problem if the organization was run better.

Amazing how the Isles would actually want to bring players in that don't want to be apart of the organization. I'm sure they make great role models for the young players on the team. Wang needs to go before this organization can be taken seriously again.
- Nucker101

It truly is sad. The problem is if we don't then we have no one. Nabakov was the same deal. Now he's a happy camper but it still tarnishes whatever respectability is left. There really isn't much if any left anyway.

I agree Wang has to go but how were the Isles to know that he didn't want to be part of the organization?
- dawgzhouse

This is true but after you find out you cut ties. Trade him. etc... Figure out a trade to help your team and make him part of it. I would never want a player on my team who so outwardly didn't want to be a part of it.

This is true but after you find out you cut ties. Trade him. etc... Figure out a trade to help your team and make him part of it. I would never want a player on my team who so outwardly didn't want to be a part of it.
- Cptmjl

Agreed, but Snow would look foolish if he now turns around and trades Visnovsky for a third or 4th round pick to a team like Detroit after acquiring him for a second round pick.

We could always trade him at the deadline for a 2nd

Agreed, but Snow would look foolish if he now turns around and trades Visnovsky for a third or 4th round pick to a team like Detroit after acquiring him for a second round pick.
- Nucker101

Absolutely. That's why you package him with something else to acquire another player that doesn't want to be here

We could always trade him at the deadline for a 2nd
- Danformo

That's if he is worth a second come deadline time? Who knows he may even be worth more by then?