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The Puck Stops Here (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
It's an often stated line that "Coaches are hired to be fired". While this is often true, there are some meaningful exceptions (for example Jacques Lemaire and Barry Trotz have been the only coaches in the histories of their franchises), several coaches are replaced each season. It seems that poorly run teams tend to replace coaches a lot more than the more well run teams and often at poorly
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The Final Score (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
We're just letting you know what they're saying. Send your venom their way. Every season in the NHL is important, but some franchises are facing make-or-break campaigns in 2008-09. Here’s a rundown of which teams are looking at turning points...
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New York Post (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
Garth Snow is entering his third season as Islanders GM and last night he finally picked his first head coach. After parting ways with Ted Nolan on July 14, Snow hired former Providence Bruins head coach Scott Gordon, who won AHL Coach of the Year...
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HockeyAnalysis.com (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
The Islanders just earlier today named Scott Gordon as their new head coach for the upcoming season. The AHL coach of the year will not return to Providence to defend his coaching title, moving up the ranks for his first big league job. I’m sure Garth Snow is hoping that Gordon will grow with this [...]
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The Final Score (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
Jim asked on Friday if anyone who was going to Saturday's Islanders' open house wanted to blog about it. B.D. from hockeybuzz.com was nice enough to drop this comment on us: I was there. I scooped the 3 Candidates story....
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New York Post (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Veteran center Doug Weight, who signed a one-year contract with the Islanders, said it would be unwise to count him or the team out this season. "I'm going to expect a lot of myself," the new Islander said yesterday at Nassau Coliseum. "I'm fully...
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Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
At the end of last season, Doug Weight was ready to retire. It had been a trying year for the four-time All-Star center after he was traded from the St. Louis Blues to the Anaheim Ducks last December.
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The Final Score (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
Since Jim and Anthony - and 505 - keep blowing my Sunday sports editor cover, here's what Islander fans can look forward to tomorrow in Newsday and on Newsday.com: - Greg Logan on the Isles' coaching search. - Katie...
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
from Larry Brooks of the NY Post, ...Which reminds us. We’d pay to be in the room for a hypothetical meeting between Wang and Tortorella in which the owner suggests Doug Weight be given more time on the power play. We bet it would be play out much like the exchange between Tortorella and me that’s been on YouTube for more than a year. Bryan Trottier, meanwhile, in the organization and compatible with...
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BfloBlog.com (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Since July 1, a common theme to all the Sabre talk going on is the obvious point that the Sabres have (or had, if you’re fine now that Bernier’s gone) too many forwards. Everyone’s first choice to go is either Max or Peters, and I can’t say that I’d argue too much about that. Connolly [...]
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LA Times (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
The Ducks are hoping their search for a center to anchor their second scoring line ended today when they agreed to terms with Brendan Morrison on a one-year contract worth $2.75 million.Morrison, who'll be 33 next month, spent the last eight seasons with the Vancouver Canucks and had his most productive years there under current Ducks General Manager Brian Burke.The diminutive 5-foot-11 center is rehabbing...
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Marian Hossa could have gotten a multiyear deal for big money and a smaller chance at an elusive Stanley Cup ring.
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Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
As much as it might help the Islanders' young kids to have an experienced hand like 37-year-old center Doug Weight to show them the way, his signing yesterday might mean a whole lot more to another aging veteran - captain Bill Guerin. The chemistry between those two when they played together previously with Edmonton and St. Louis was the major reason general manager Garth Snow targeted Weight in the...
