http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?blogger_id=85Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:09:48 -0400 http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=16063 Punchless on Long Island Words from Garth Snow is that he is pretty much finished in free agency. It means two things. 1. The Isles still lack someone to punch pucks into the back of the net. 2. The Isles are going to be pushed around and bullied another season because nobody seems to feel the dire urgency to find someone who can take care of business. It is espec Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:58:09 -0400NHL Islanders Rangers http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=16051 “Bringing Doug aboard was a priority for us. He not only brings a wealth of NHL games and experience with him, but he’s the type of player we want our younger players to learn from,” said Islanders General Manager Garth Snow.   Per Strickland: 1.75 base plus bonuses Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:08:42 -0400Doug Weight NHL Islanders http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=16014 Who is Yann Danis? And why do we care? Because those concerned with just Joey McDonald now can now be concerned with both him and Danis. It does create a healthy competition at training camp. But neither, in my mind, have shown the ability Dubie had to be the man when it counts. That said, there is only one way to find out. ___________________ Per the Isles Website: The New York Isl Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:23:58 -0400NHL Islanders http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=16000 Trees topple in the woods as the NHL owners and their overzealous GMs dig the league and NHLPA another abyss. Meanwhile, there is little doing on LI thus far. Newsday's Greg Logan weighs in with Weight & Hainsey Being Targeted . . . Read it here! Hainsey, 27, is in a much different situation. It might be in his best interest to wait and see how much Brian Campbell receives because that con Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:58:28 -0400Islanders NHL http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=15981 The Islanders have been quite transparent on their intentions from the get-go, this summer. They have been so as you might have pressed hands with one of them at the Open Houses. They have climbed aboard a vision of how this team and things can turnaround in a meaningful way, and they are waiting for you all to run after that train. Because many are still standing at the station expecting one of t Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:49:06 -0400Islanders NHL http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=15971 Former PR guru and VP of Media Relations for the Islanders, Chris Botta, has been on fire lately in his blog. From observations on the Daily News coverage of tennis while letting local hockey languish to telling the actually GM process of how to run during a UFA period. Last night, he might be laying out his first rumor, and it is a quite an interesting one . . . The Islanders are going to sign Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:23:57 -0400Doug Weight NHL Islanders http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=15960 Don't Believe the Hype Sure, he might not crash the bar at the UFA party. But he might just poach one or two who like our Pabst Blue Ribbon brand of hockey. Ok, ok, our Blue Point Ale. Garth Snow has been quoted that he is rebuilding. That he is not looking to hook any UFA's. That he meant to get Bailey at 9 and wasn't aiming for Mikkael Boedker until Phoenix took him, and their draft ta Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:49:14 -0400NHL Nuke Larouche Islanders http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=15952 Do you remember where you were one year ago? I can. I was fresh off my first stint on Hockeybuzz doing a satire and then had gone straight through my first draft as a blogger watching no picks in the first two rounds. In watching Cherp drop, I was told that the Isles, at the time, had no interest in enigmatic Russians for a while. This clearly still holds true. The Yashin flap was all for naug Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:11:07 -0400NHL Islanders http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=15947 UFA Preview Day Today will be a series of blogs to concentrate to where we are and why...and what it means for tomorrow. Part 1: The Trade That Did Not Happen On Sunday, Greg Logan of Newsday had an article on something that I broke back right after the trade deadline on this very site. Where the Isles had a deal with Calgary which was an impending UFA for an impending UFA. At the tim Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:18:15 -0400NHL Islanders Flames http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=15906 "Money isn't everything, Mortimer." "Oh, grow up!" Red Line Report on the Isles Draft To continue, and pretty much complete our ongoing analysis of the Isles draft, we talk to Red Line Reports famous chief scout and publisher. Independent scout and draft guru Kyle Woodlief heads the famous: Red Line Report. He can also be read in USA Today, who published several of his Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:53:37 -0400free agency draft NHL Islanders