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Saturday, April 30, 2011

Your (Former) New York Islanders


Watching the NHL playoffs is always exciting. If your team is playing, it only increases the intensity. When your team isn't playing, watching the hockey playoffs seems like watching a multi-act Broadway show at some points. The drama, intensity, excitement, and thrill all seem to increase because as many athletes have said before, "The playoffs are when the real season starts." The first round of this year's playoffs have been spectacular, unless your team has been eliminated. Game 7's, many overtimes, and great goals have been the story. There has been one team that has stood out to me the most so far, and it is the Tampa Bay Lightning.

You are probably thinking, "Why Tampa Bay?"

Well, first of all they came back from a 3-1 deficit to the Penguins, winning 3 in a row, including a game 7 epic in Pittsburgh, in which their goalie, former Islander Dwayne "Rollie the Goalie" Roloson, stopped every shot faced and another former Islander, Sean Bergenheim got the only goal, which you can see below. Roloson's biggest save came when another former Islander, Nate Thompson, was sitting in the penalty box for a late penalty.



Remember Dwayne Roloson? The Islanders had him for all of last season and for most of this season until a New Year's day trade to the Lightning for D-Man Ty Wishart. With all due respect to Wishart, I think Tampa Bay got the better end of that trade.

This seems to be so typical of former Islanders, leave LI and succeed, just ask these guys.
Best of Luck to Rollie the Goalie and the rest of the former Islanders in this year's playoffs. Congrats to the Lightning on their epic win. Keep enjoying the game everyone.




Lets Go Islanders!!


Friday, April 15, 2011

This Is Home

No matter what anyone says, the Islanders are Long Island's team, and they always will be.



With all of the rumors out there that the  Islanders may be relocating, the team is still here in Nassau, for now. And this all fits into "The Script." Since the Islanders lease at Nassau Coliseum expires after the 2014-2015 season, and the Islanders are improving overall,  Nassau County executives and Charles Wang are going to have a tough decision to make in the future. To keep a hopefully winning team where  it belongs? or explore other options? Let's hope that we can get to that point.

Lets Go Islanders!