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No doubt it's a very tough time for the fans, or everyone associated with the New York Islanders.
There were realistic expectations of winning this season that came crashing down starting on opening night.
Unlike last year, this time expect the second half to be more of the same with a lot of frustration. It's a different club. Jack Hillen can progress, Bruno Gervais, Ty Wishart and even a fringe veteran like Dylan Reese can come up and progress.
Mark Eaton, Mike Mottau simply do not have that capability at this point in their careers. It's fair to write Frans Nielsen is someone who can still progress offensively at five on five, but to expect that does not reflect his career on a team where Josh Bailey is not ready to produce regularly, or Marty Reasoner has flat out not been able to.
Same can be written about Milan Jurcina, even when he has a good stretch.
As I have written many times since opening night, this team has flaws it simply cannot get past, it goes beyond any one specific player. It also goes to the basic construction in terms of speed, toughness, size.
All three goaltenders for the most part have lost very few games directly, even with the goaltending hanging by a thread in Nabokov at this time.
Jack Capuano no doubt is frustrated. He can single out players indirectly, however his team for the most part has been in every game. Having written that too many players on this roster are limited in what they can give each night, either by being too old and limited or too young and not ready.
I absolutely do believe all of them are doing their best most games.
The 2011-12 New York Islanders took some steps back with the decisions made last summer. Some were good gambles that failed, others just poor decisions in a weak UFA market that did not feature the kind of player who could replace the faster defenders who left or add the scoring veteran needed.
At best this group seems capable of a few steps forward, followed by a few back, it's not last year's first or second half beyond a few names on defense.
No pulling punches, after all the years of injuries, all the years of waiting for Bailey, Okposo to take the next step, for the most part it has not been working for the first round picks.
For Carl Hagelin to have same six goals as Kyle Okposo and score two critical goals against the New York Islanders is not acceptable at this point in their careers.
I'm not going to write this is a bad team yet, even with it currently in 15th place they have been in virtually every game.
Still, good/excellent teams dominate mediocre/limited teams, it could get a lot worse in the second half as the frustration builds, if it has not already.
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Bottom Line: New York A Mediocre/Limited Team In 2011-12 |
New York Islander Fan Central | 12/27/2011 01:19:00 AM |
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More Injuries For New York/Notables: Haley/Nilsson Recalled |
New York Islander Fan Central | 12/21/2011 05:20:00 PM |
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Michael Haley and Anders Nilsson have been recalled from Bridgeport.
No hiding from injuries/schedule/standings, as Nino Niederreiter will play his 10th NHL game on Friday against Toronto meaning he's not returning to juniors.
The Islanders twitter feed Wednesday, reported both Al Montoya and David Ullstrom have been diagnosed with concussions.
Brian Rolston was placed on IR retroactive to 12/15.
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Not sure what the move is going to be besides Matt Martin moving to third line with Bailey and hopefully Niederreiter.
Jack Capuano cannot play three lines with all the games coming up.
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Not much to write about two shootout wins beyond the opposing goaltender had to be excellent which is very good news, despite low goal total.
Also that the New York Islanders desperately needed two wins.
Ondrej Pavelec played good in the Coliseum or his team would have lost a game the Isles dominated, but was not forced to move in net. In Tuesday's game, the Islanders had him scrambling, but he played great.
Point being there is scoring four goals when Tomas Vokoun is leaking goals vs scoring two goals when the opposing goaltender is playing excellent as we saw against Minnesota and Winnipeg.
Of course folks only remember wins/losses.
This means, Isles should be due to get a few higher scoring games if Tavares, other lines continue to create chances.
Watch the shift where Streit's stick broke. Tavares stole the puck, his line dominated. No concern about his numbers, he's getting plenty of great chances.
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Milan Jurcina had a lot of outside shots lately, he's not the correct defender to be paired with Mark Streit.
Outside of Hamonic/MacDonald backing off a Winnipeg player in overtime, they have been excellent.
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Obvious even before his concussion, Montoya was again struggling.
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Not sure what Nabokov can contribute at this point, however no doubt the win does not hurt his confidence, he's familiar with his upcoming opponent if he starts on Thursday based upon 2011-12.
Michael Haley and Anders Nilsson have been recalled from Bridgeport.
No hiding from injuries/schedule/standings, as Nino Niederreiter will play his 10th NHL game on Friday against Toronto meaning he's not returning to juniors.
The Islanders twitter feed Wednesday, reported both Al Montoya and David Ullstrom have been diagnosed with concussions.
Brian Rolston was placed on IR retroactive to 12/15.
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Not sure what the move is going to be besides Matt Martin moving to third line with Bailey and hopefully Niederreiter.
Jack Capuano cannot play three lines with all the games coming up.
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Not much to write about two shootout wins beyond the opposing goaltender had to be excellent which is very good news, despite low goal total.
Also that the New York Islanders desperately needed two wins.
Ondrej Pavelec played good in the Coliseum or his team would have lost a game the Isles dominated, but was not forced to move in net. In Tuesday's game, the Islanders had him scrambling, but he played great.
Point being there is scoring four goals when Tomas Vokoun is leaking goals vs scoring two goals when the opposing goaltender is playing excellent as we saw against Minnesota and Winnipeg.
Of course folks only remember wins/losses.
This means, Isles should be due to get a few higher scoring games if Tavares, other lines continue to create chances.
Watch the shift where Streit's stick broke. Tavares stole the puck, his line dominated. No concern about his numbers, he's getting plenty of great chances.
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Milan Jurcina had a lot of outside shots lately, he's not the correct defender to be paired with Mark Streit.
Outside of Hamonic/MacDonald backing off a Winnipeg player in overtime, they have been excellent.
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Obvious even before his concussion, Montoya was again struggling.
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Not sure what Nabokov can contribute at this point, however no doubt the win does not hurt his confidence, he's familiar with his upcoming opponent if he starts on Thursday based upon 2011-12.
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State of the New York Islanders: Big Issues Ahead |
New York Islander Fan Central | 12/18/2011 01:41:00 PM |
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Simply put here is the menu depending on the next CBA.
1. Garth Snow/Charles Wang continue to do what twenty plus other teams in new or modern facilities/bleeding losses also refuse to do. That means no front-loaded contracts for the kind of player that may help the forwards/defenders take the next step, however with no guarantee of success in a four playoff spot conference that includes Comcast/Cablevision and the ownership funding Mario Lemieux.
IE: Christian Ehrhoff making $18 million of his 40 million in the first two seasons scoring the same two goals Andrew MacDonald has produced against Minnesota.
IE: James Wisniewski's massive front-loaded deal in Columbus, enough said.
Hardly a guarantee of winning with countless examples.
2. Gamble on the Tomas Kaberle UFA's of the NHL at 12.75m over three years (not front-loaded) and the serious baggage they bring which rarely works, or Joni Pitkanen who receives $4.5 million over three years to largely not produce. There's always Chris Camopoli at 1.7m to sit around for the most part and watch hockey in Montreal (after being cleared to play) or another Andy Sutton contract which Anaheim unloaded on Edmonton.
2A. Take on a front-loaded contract in the Scott Gomez/Ryan Smyth mold, where the player is failing, but the bulk of his money has been paid already? That can include someone off the NHL radar (see Sheldon Souray) desperate to continue a career anywhere.
3. Continue to sell the development of the prospects here, to a team running out of time on it's lease, with a fan base which will not accept another 2000-2001 Milbury plan of moving prospects, but tired of waiting to return to the playoffs?
This is why NYIFC wants to see Calvin deHaan here now, if Mark Streit feels he's ready that's enough endorsement. We had past entries on how the club is going to need time to add in Hamonic/deHaan and cannot do it all at once.
Last year was Hamonic, this one should have been deHaan with Wishart here from day one, Mottau on waivers from summer, Staios never invited.
For those wondering it's been a rough injury go for Niederreiter, who is technically a full year younger than Tavares in his rookie season.
I would not keep him here past his nine games, it's not the same as deHaan or Tavares.
I expect Niederreiter will stay regardless.
4. Continue to shop for bargains in free agency, or invite players to camp with serious downside. Those players bring many flaws, highly unlikely to be successful, despite staff's success with Matt Moulson.
5. Explore what is almost an impossible trade market with valuable players largely signed to NTC/NVC or waiting to pick/choose when their time to enter UFA arrives.
Mistakes?
That begs the question why did Garth Snow take back Ty Wishart in a trade a year ago, have him come up and play twenty games in the second half at plus five for Jack Capuano, on a successful club over an extended period, then qualify him, but not see one call-up on a slow, struggling defense?
Wishart was drafted 18th overall, five years ago, it's time.
This includes not qualifying Jack Hillen, who Nashville seems very happy to have on their team here?
Those who recall Snow won the bidding for Hillen and gave him a contract structured where he would become a RFA earlier, by those two games he played in the NHL immediately after he signed.
The gambles on Rolston/Reasoner were good statistical gambles by Garth Snow vs their counterparts, but have failed. Pandolfo does not bring critical elements of size, speed, scoring and was a mistake from day one.
For a few summers running here, this blog has maintained it's not the most important summer and that most of the roster spots have been taken.
This coming summer, that changes.
The chance to replace Jurcina, Eaton, Staios, and Mottau.
Cross-roads for Parenteau and Nielsen at UFA.
A true cross-roads with many of the six goaltenders contracts up, Koskinen a top pick (first goaltender selected) in Europe a RFA.
Tavares, Bailey, Strome are all centers (to say nothing of Nelson/Cizikas) which means time to re-evaluate Nielsen's size and even strength scoring to go with Parenteau vs right wing depth.
Don't count on Kirill Petrov.
Very big on-ice issues ahead.
One more time for those claiming Charles Wang will only spend to the floor.
Facts are Facts.
This owner was spending well over forty million before there was a floor, his gm was trading 4.5m in contracts last December and no roster player came back to the NHL roster at that time.
Charles Wang did his part, he locked up Moulson, Tavares, Grabner, Niederreiter, Stome and Okposo and extended Bailey. His gm signed MacDonald and Nielsen to very favorable deals.
Nassau County failed Charles Wang again, as other teams got their taxpayer funded facilities approved or 1981 exemptions for life.
Charles Wang got Ed Mangano, Murray, Law, Jay/Judy Jacobs, Stuart Rabinowicz and a decades long cast of characters all with their own self-interest set on the Coliseum property with Dolan's Newsday controlling the spin.
Wang and Scott Rechler got the privilege of losing 19 million dollars, while Wang owns a hotel in full for 90m dollars he cannot take with him, when the Coliseum lease expires.
To say nothing of the 17 million Wang and/or Rechler current paid to manage Smg's facility until the current lease expires.
Notables:
Time Warner folks, enjoy Cablevision/Dolan latest blackout of NY sports. Guess HD loss to Verizon and being forced (after endless appeals) to finally throw HD switch, meant a new fight.
Simply put here is the menu depending on the next CBA.
1. Garth Snow/Charles Wang continue to do what twenty plus other teams in new or modern facilities/bleeding losses also refuse to do. That means no front-loaded contracts for the kind of player that may help the forwards/defenders take the next step, however with no guarantee of success in a four playoff spot conference that includes Comcast/Cablevision and the ownership funding Mario Lemieux.
IE: Christian Ehrhoff making $18 million of his 40 million in the first two seasons scoring the same two goals Andrew MacDonald has produced against Minnesota.
IE: James Wisniewski's massive front-loaded deal in Columbus, enough said.
Hardly a guarantee of winning with countless examples.
2. Gamble on the Tomas Kaberle UFA's of the NHL at 12.75m over three years (not front-loaded) and the serious baggage they bring which rarely works, or Joni Pitkanen who receives $4.5 million over three years to largely not produce. There's always Chris Camopoli at 1.7m to sit around for the most part and watch hockey in Montreal (after being cleared to play) or another Andy Sutton contract which Anaheim unloaded on Edmonton.
2A. Take on a front-loaded contract in the Scott Gomez/Ryan Smyth mold, where the player is failing, but the bulk of his money has been paid already? That can include someone off the NHL radar (see Sheldon Souray) desperate to continue a career anywhere.
3. Continue to sell the development of the prospects here, to a team running out of time on it's lease, with a fan base which will not accept another 2000-2001 Milbury plan of moving prospects, but tired of waiting to return to the playoffs?
This is why NYIFC wants to see Calvin deHaan here now, if Mark Streit feels he's ready that's enough endorsement. We had past entries on how the club is going to need time to add in Hamonic/deHaan and cannot do it all at once.
Last year was Hamonic, this one should have been deHaan with Wishart here from day one, Mottau on waivers from summer, Staios never invited.
For those wondering it's been a rough injury go for Niederreiter, who is technically a full year younger than Tavares in his rookie season.
I would not keep him here past his nine games, it's not the same as deHaan or Tavares.
I expect Niederreiter will stay regardless.
4. Continue to shop for bargains in free agency, or invite players to camp with serious downside. Those players bring many flaws, highly unlikely to be successful, despite staff's success with Matt Moulson.
5. Explore what is almost an impossible trade market with valuable players largely signed to NTC/NVC or waiting to pick/choose when their time to enter UFA arrives.
Mistakes?
That begs the question why did Garth Snow take back Ty Wishart in a trade a year ago, have him come up and play twenty games in the second half at plus five for Jack Capuano, on a successful club over an extended period, then qualify him, but not see one call-up on a slow, struggling defense?
Wishart was drafted 18th overall, five years ago, it's time.
This includes not qualifying Jack Hillen, who Nashville seems very happy to have on their team here?
Those who recall Snow won the bidding for Hillen and gave him a contract structured where he would become a RFA earlier, by those two games he played in the NHL immediately after he signed.
The gambles on Rolston/Reasoner were good statistical gambles by Garth Snow vs their counterparts, but have failed. Pandolfo does not bring critical elements of size, speed, scoring and was a mistake from day one.
For a few summers running here, this blog has maintained it's not the most important summer and that most of the roster spots have been taken.
This coming summer, that changes.
The chance to replace Jurcina, Eaton, Staios, and Mottau.
Cross-roads for Parenteau and Nielsen at UFA.
A true cross-roads with many of the six goaltenders contracts up, Koskinen a top pick (first goaltender selected) in Europe a RFA.
Tavares, Bailey, Strome are all centers (to say nothing of Nelson/Cizikas) which means time to re-evaluate Nielsen's size and even strength scoring to go with Parenteau vs right wing depth.
Don't count on Kirill Petrov.
Very big on-ice issues ahead.
One more time for those claiming Charles Wang will only spend to the floor.
Facts are Facts.
This owner was spending well over forty million before there was a floor, his gm was trading 4.5m in contracts last December and no roster player came back to the NHL roster at that time.
Charles Wang did his part, he locked up Moulson, Tavares, Grabner, Niederreiter, Stome and Okposo and extended Bailey. His gm signed MacDonald and Nielsen to very favorable deals.
Nassau County failed Charles Wang again, as other teams got their taxpayer funded facilities approved or 1981 exemptions for life.
Charles Wang got Ed Mangano, Murray, Law, Jay/Judy Jacobs, Stuart Rabinowicz and a decades long cast of characters all with their own self-interest set on the Coliseum property with Dolan's Newsday controlling the spin.
Wang and Scott Rechler got the privilege of losing 19 million dollars, while Wang owns a hotel in full for 90m dollars he cannot take with him, when the Coliseum lease expires.
To say nothing of the 17 million Wang and/or Rechler current paid to manage Smg's facility until the current lease expires.
Notables:
Time Warner folks, enjoy Cablevision/Dolan latest blackout of NY sports. Guess HD loss to Verizon and being forced (after endless appeals) to finally throw HD switch, meant a new fight.
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Could Capuano vs Streit Mean End For Coach? |
New York Islander Fan Central | 12/16/2011 10:19:00 AM |
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Updated:
Per Isles twitter-Niederreiter sheds non-contact jersey; skating with Martin and Reasoner at practice today
Capuano confirms that Niederreiter has been cleared to play. MacDonald and Eaton will be game time decisions tomorrow in MIN.
Transactions: Poulin (emergency terminated) and de Haan (emergency not terminated) have been returned on loan to Bridgeport.
(MacDonald and Eaton a bit shocking.)
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Coach vs Captain is the one element that could force an immediate coaching change.
Jack Capuano was a very frustrated head coach Thursday night after the Islanders lost another game they could absolutely not afford to lose, where he lost Brian Rolston, then decided to take David Ullstrom out of his mix in a game the Islanders took a physical beating.
Capuano did not have a good night, neither did his team collectively, obviously he knows the standings and was frustrated.
In this business Capuano came as close as possible to calling out Mark Streit for his breakdowns that led to the tying and winning goals for a Dallas team, that was trailing, but controlled play for the most part with Kevin Poulin giving them any chance to win.
Absolutely Streit struggled.
Sure the second call against Tim Wallace was poor as were others, not the point.
Bottom line this general manager started talking about getting back to five hundred and making a playoff push a week ago. His team dropped every game since, lost leads and every game another key element let them down from special teams to goaltending.
Now the coach comes as indirectly close to calling out a captain, who was out for a year and given Steve Staios as his defensive partner when Streit needed a defensive partner to take the burden off him after a year without playing?
Instead Streit got a double burden.
There are playing games on offense vs defense, for Mark Streit, it seems like he's been overworked with so many games pinned in on defense, granted since MacDonald has been out Streit has mostly been paired with Travis Hamonic.
Of course that's the best player for Streit to be paired with.
When something like this happens, either the coach and captain get on the same page quickly, or someone pays the price.
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The best example I can give folks of what this defense has been missing with all the older veterans/Jurcina, watch Calvin deHaan with 7:30 left in the second period take a puck from his crease and carry the puck out of the defensive zone with speed.
deHaan was solid, but that's the element this defense needs most.
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As well as Kevin Poulin played, for a goaltender who had not started any game since December 4th (AHL) he needed to stop the 3-2 goal. Hamonic played it perfect, the shooter cannot beat him short side like that.
Of course if Poulin played avg this would have been 5-2 game for Dallas even if he stopped the 3-2 goal.
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What's Next?
Another Haley recall or perhaps Rakhshani? Do they take any chance on Niedereiter given what is an NHL concussion epidemic with players dropping everywhere?
Nabokov had a setback and is back to skating, but another groin setback could mean he's out for the duration of his contract.
Bridgeport once again seems to have more PTO's than regulars.
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On The Ice:
Unless this club can defeat Minnesota again (Montoya stole that game) go to Winnipeg and earn two points, then win at Nassau Coliseum West x2 with Toronto in-between, there will be nothing left to talk about regarding the NHL playoffs in 2011-12.
There is no hiding from the standings, even 4-0-2 only moved the needle a little.
Updated:
Per Isles twitter-Niederreiter sheds non-contact jersey; skating with Martin and Reasoner at practice today
Capuano confirms that Niederreiter has been cleared to play. MacDonald and Eaton will be game time decisions tomorrow in MIN.
Transactions: Poulin (emergency terminated) and de Haan (emergency not terminated) have been returned on loan to Bridgeport.
(MacDonald and Eaton a bit shocking.)
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Coach vs Captain is the one element that could force an immediate coaching change.
Jack Capuano was a very frustrated head coach Thursday night after the Islanders lost another game they could absolutely not afford to lose, where he lost Brian Rolston, then decided to take David Ullstrom out of his mix in a game the Islanders took a physical beating.
Capuano did not have a good night, neither did his team collectively, obviously he knows the standings and was frustrated.
In this business Capuano came as close as possible to calling out Mark Streit for his breakdowns that led to the tying and winning goals for a Dallas team, that was trailing, but controlled play for the most part with Kevin Poulin giving them any chance to win.
Absolutely Streit struggled.
Sure the second call against Tim Wallace was poor as were others, not the point.
Bottom line this general manager started talking about getting back to five hundred and making a playoff push a week ago. His team dropped every game since, lost leads and every game another key element let them down from special teams to goaltending.
Now the coach comes as indirectly close to calling out a captain, who was out for a year and given Steve Staios as his defensive partner when Streit needed a defensive partner to take the burden off him after a year without playing?
Instead Streit got a double burden.
There are playing games on offense vs defense, for Mark Streit, it seems like he's been overworked with so many games pinned in on defense, granted since MacDonald has been out Streit has mostly been paired with Travis Hamonic.
Of course that's the best player for Streit to be paired with.
When something like this happens, either the coach and captain get on the same page quickly, or someone pays the price.
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The best example I can give folks of what this defense has been missing with all the older veterans/Jurcina, watch Calvin deHaan with 7:30 left in the second period take a puck from his crease and carry the puck out of the defensive zone with speed.
deHaan was solid, but that's the element this defense needs most.
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As well as Kevin Poulin played, for a goaltender who had not started any game since December 4th (AHL) he needed to stop the 3-2 goal. Hamonic played it perfect, the shooter cannot beat him short side like that.
Of course if Poulin played avg this would have been 5-2 game for Dallas even if he stopped the 3-2 goal.
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What's Next?
Another Haley recall or perhaps Rakhshani? Do they take any chance on Niedereiter given what is an NHL concussion epidemic with players dropping everywhere?
Nabokov had a setback and is back to skating, but another groin setback could mean he's out for the duration of his contract.
Bridgeport once again seems to have more PTO's than regulars.
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On The Ice:
Unless this club can defeat Minnesota again (Montoya stole that game) go to Winnipeg and earn two points, then win at Nassau Coliseum West x2 with Toronto in-between, there will be nothing left to talk about regarding the NHL playoffs in 2011-12.
There is no hiding from the standings, even 4-0-2 only moved the needle a little.
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Clarifications For NYIFC Readers/Twitter Followers |
New York Islander Fan Central | 12/13/2011 05:30:00 PM |
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There is never a perfect time for this, however we need to address a few things for NYIFC readers either here at this site or those following on twitter, because a lot of e-mail is received on this.
Our twitter box here at New York Islander Fan Central, is in effect, a running blog.
Because of this format NYIFC continued last season and continued again for 2011-12.
A year ago we went all out with twitter updates for every game/which included far more blog entries than advertised.
Whether a new written entry is posted or a bunch of twitter updates are posted, it is basically the same thing, so you are always seeing new information here.
This have been scaled back again this year, the concept of doing late night twitter updates/blog entries is something that has been done more than advertised, however there is no interest in signing on late after games regardless of what happens on the ice for every game.
Of course, NYIFC always tries to do a little more.
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Given the announcement today regarding Islander prospect, Corey Trivino, I wish to clarify our policy on management, player or media members private lives.
It's off limits.....
NYIFC discusses hockey related issues here only.
It has been this way here since this NYIFC started in summer of 2007.
Regretfully a lot of amateur fan bloggers, and sadly professional media now all interested in selling themselves or to gain attention, feel the need to comment or play expert on everything for fresh material.
NYIFC cannot/will-not do that and see's this practice as unfortunate.
One twitter update on Matt Moulson getting sued for a car accident being in a newspaper was re-tweeted here. I felt later on that was completely inappropriate on our part to do so, and apologize for adding it to our twitter feed.
We can discuss media bias regarding hockey matters, how it relates to a teams business, how folks do business that effect the club on and off the ice, but everyone's private lives are off limits.
We discuss hockey related issues here.
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As for NYIFC twitter only followers no doubt most of this will ring on deaf ears, because many obviously do not visit this blog.
However, to be clear anyone joining our NYIFC twitter feed to sell products, advertise their own hockey sites will simply be blocked and reported for spam.
I have resisted making the feed subscription only, but all conversations must be about hockey, respectful, and done without any kind of profanity which is NYIFC rule out of respect for all followers.
Thank You Very Much,
NYIFC
Twitter box will re-post Wednesday at 10am.
There is never a perfect time for this, however we need to address a few things for NYIFC readers either here at this site or those following on twitter, because a lot of e-mail is received on this.
Our twitter box here at New York Islander Fan Central, is in effect, a running blog.
Because of this format NYIFC continued last season and continued again for 2011-12.
A year ago we went all out with twitter updates for every game/which included far more blog entries than advertised.
Whether a new written entry is posted or a bunch of twitter updates are posted, it is basically the same thing, so you are always seeing new information here.
This have been scaled back again this year, the concept of doing late night twitter updates/blog entries is something that has been done more than advertised, however there is no interest in signing on late after games regardless of what happens on the ice for every game.
Of course, NYIFC always tries to do a little more.
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Given the announcement today regarding Islander prospect, Corey Trivino, I wish to clarify our policy on management, player or media members private lives.
It's off limits.....
NYIFC discusses hockey related issues here only.
It has been this way here since this NYIFC started in summer of 2007.
Regretfully a lot of amateur fan bloggers, and sadly professional media now all interested in selling themselves or to gain attention, feel the need to comment or play expert on everything for fresh material.
NYIFC cannot/will-not do that and see's this practice as unfortunate.
One twitter update on Matt Moulson getting sued for a car accident being in a newspaper was re-tweeted here. I felt later on that was completely inappropriate on our part to do so, and apologize for adding it to our twitter feed.
We can discuss media bias regarding hockey matters, how it relates to a teams business, how folks do business that effect the club on and off the ice, but everyone's private lives are off limits.
We discuss hockey related issues here.
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As for NYIFC twitter only followers no doubt most of this will ring on deaf ears, because many obviously do not visit this blog.
However, to be clear anyone joining our NYIFC twitter feed to sell products, advertise their own hockey sites will simply be blocked and reported for spam.
I have resisted making the feed subscription only, but all conversations must be about hockey, respectful, and done without any kind of profanity which is NYIFC rule out of respect for all followers.
Thank You Very Much,
NYIFC
Twitter box will re-post Wednesday at 10am.