Islanders News and Notes 2013

[BrianWestKins]

The thing with Strome is that he wasn't going to see top 6 minutes on this team, so might as well send him back to junior. I don't necessarily agree with the idea that he can't be a top 6 contributor but it's better than having another Nino situation and stunting his development.

He'll be up by the end of the season anyway

[beltran15mets]

Hamonic out next game with ankle sprain.. pencil us in for a loss in Pitt...

[kmo429]

Rmemeber last year when hamonic missed 9 games and we thought we'd lose every game but we ended up going 4-5-0 which si really now worse than the remainder of the year when we had Hamonic... And we beat the Flyers and Kings in that span....

[beltran15mets]

^true and hopefully radek will take his spot and then radek will stay up when hamonic return and we can send strait down

[kmo429]

Agreed.

Also, why is Mac playing like 27 minutes a night? I liek him but Hamonic is losing minutes to him when he's easily our best dman.

[Titan_Fan]

Colin McDonald suspended 2 games and fined for boarding Lovejoy in the Pens game.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=6...d=nhl:topheads

[kmo429]

Whatever. Maybe for the best lol.

Zach Boychuk on waivers, we should claim him. Former top prospect, always liked him.

[kmo429]

Isles just signed Brian Strait to a 3 year, 1 way deal

Im kinda shocked. I liek what Ive seen from him, but were 6 games in... Jesus. It's 775K a year. If he continues to play the way he has and our D is healthy, I like it a lot once Lubo comes back.

[KingsnQueens7]

Isles just signed Brian Strait to a 3 year, 1 way deal

Im kinda shocked. I liek what Ive seen from him, but were 6 games in... Jesus. It's 775K a year. If he continues to play the way he has and our D is healthy, I like it a lot once Lubo comes back.

It would of been better if it was a 2 way deal.

[kmo429]

Martinek placed on IR. Bailey will likely take his roster spot

[kmo429]

Lubo will then take Finley or Hickey's spot then, outside chance of Eric Boulton

[Titan_Fan]

Isles sign "AHL heavy weight champion" Brett Gallant to NHL contract. See Gallant in his most recent bouts! LOL
http://www.hockeyfights.com/players/...htcard/reg2013

[kmo429]

We just did it so we could keep him on the Sound Tigers. He won't play here

[kmo429]

Carkner place on IR with a groin, Okie missed practice today with illness.


Also, with our 3 straight losses, our playoff chances have gone from 80 to 34%

[tsunami]

I was at the game !!! great game to go to.

my notes.

-I'd be lying if didn't think JT would be a top 3 player in the league if he was on a better team. Carrying the team everynight does get tiring, not to mention in our o-zone JT is literally tripled covered every single time. There's only two players right now who i think are better than JT: Crybaby and Stamkos.

He's top 3 right now: