Preseason
The New York Islanders have signed Steve Staios to a one year contract today. I think this is a great signing, and as I said the other day, Staios has looked great during camp and preseason. I felt he earned… Continue Reading
Hockey is back! It may not be as organized or as polished as we, as fans would like – but it was great to watch and listen to the game last night. The Islanders put forth a solid effort last… Continue Reading
Last week, I posted the first part of a multi-part post on my workout with Islanders strength and conditioning coach Jesse Demers. The first half talked about some general stretching, jumping rope and several dynamic leg stretches. In this part,… Continue Reading
It’s been a long summer, like many of you I kept tabs on the Islanders throughout the offseason through both stories on their website and on their Twitter feed. If you haven’t caught this multipart series on the Islanders strength… Continue Reading
With training camp all but over, it’s time to trim the fat – an inevitable part of camp that many players likely do not look forward to. In my mind, (well my imagination anyway) – I picture Manny Legace or… Continue Reading
Well, when it rains it really pours – or so they say anyway. The Islanders announced some more unsettling news today regarding Kyle Okposo, and it’s not good. It seems Okposo will miss an unknown amount of time with a… Continue Reading
The Islanders have added one more name into the mix of players coming into the remainder of training camp for a tryout – Jed Ortmeyer. Ortmeyer, a former New York Rangers forward joins fellow former Ranger P.A. Parenteau, so at… Continue Reading
The Islanders have just announced that they have invited five players to the remainder of training camp on a try-out basis.
Dean McAmmond, Manny Legace, Anders Eriksson, Krys Kolanos and Joel Martin have all accepted invitations to Training Camp on Professional Tryouts (PTO’s).
I’m not really sure I understand why the Islanders would bring in another goaltender, but he is a veteran and can help….where as I said I am not sure. McAmmond I like for this team and I felt he could’ve contributed more here back when he was traded over from Ottawa. If I recall correctly he played pretty well for New Jersey last season.
I wonder if the timing of this is coincidental of Streit’s injury or if in fact these are the players who responded to the Islanders open call for veteran tryouts earlier this free agent period….
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According to Katie Strang’s Twitter feed, all-star defenseman Mark Streit will be out approximately six months with a torn rotator cuff and torn labrum suffered as a result of a hit during yesterdays intrasquad scrimmage at Nassau Coliseum. This is… Continue Reading
So, I’m not sure if you know this – but hockey was back today at Nassau Coliseum. It wasn’t quite what the Orange vs Blue scrimmage was earlier this summer – I think the Islanders learned what worked and what… Continue Reading
Here’s a panoramic shot of the opening ceremony of today’s Islanders scrimmage at the Coliseum! Here is a much better panoramic – for those wondering I used Autostitch on the iPhone