So with the New
York Knicks off to a 6-0 start and Brooklyn’s newly acquired Nets making noise
at 5-2, the NBA couldn’t hope for a much better scenario in the New York
market. Except maybe the NHL’s
infighting to bring about a ridiculously long lock out. It is wild to even conceive of yet another
scenario that endangers an NHL season.
Again.
With all the
fan fare of your New York Islanders officially announcing their move to
Brooklyn, any momentum that could have been harnessed by the Franchise and the League
itself, is quickly being overshadowed by the uncertainty of the NHL’s position
with the NHLPA.
Can the NHL
realistically survive a cancelled season?
Would the NHLPA actually destroy itself, and send its players to other
pro leagues across the world? How much more money is the NHL willing to
lose? Is there really a small group of
prominent owners calling the shots and keeping this thing on life support?
Despite all of
the success of the previous season and the new surge in fans to the NHL built
by the Winter Classic and upgraded game, marketed on the back of their featured
star-players is seriously in jeopardy.
The NHL has done a lot of damage to their fan base. Just check out the buzz on Facebook and
Twitter. Dee Karl’s poll shows 69% of
(745) fans are not wearing NHL merchandise to show their disapproval of the
lock out.
When you have a
passionate fan base, you need to realize that their passion can turn them into an
angry mob if they are left to feel abandoned by the league or very players they
come they come to cheer for.
Sad situation.
Isles Notes:
Isles Sandy fundraiser a tremendous success.
Isles reach out
to American Red Cross for Sandy relief.
Per Craig
Button, NY Islanders' 2nd round pick in 2009, big goalie Mikko Koskinen playing
for Kalpa.
Per
NHLhistorygirl, “On this date in 1986, Isles Mike Bossy scored his 545th
NHL career goal, becoming no. 6 on the all-time scoring list.”
“On this date
in 1993, Billy Smith, Steve Shutt, Guy Lapointe and Edgar Laprade were inducted
into the Hockey Hall of Fame.”
Sound Tigers
Notes:
Per BST, “Brock
Nelson enters tonight's game with a five-game goal scoring streak, Nino
Niedereiter with a five-game point streak.”
“Poulin this
season: 6-2-0, 2.98 GAA, .905 SV%.”
“Rookie forward
Max MacKay will make his pro debut for BST tonight.”
“With Cizikas
and McDonald out tonight, Matt Watkins wears the assistant captain
"A" with Wishart and Hamonic.”
Forwards -
Niederreiter-Nelson-DeFazio, Persson-Sundstrom-Backman, Halmo-Watkins-Riley,
Gallant-Clark-MacKay.
Defensive
pairings - McIver-Hamonic, Ness-Landry, Donovan-Wishart. Kevin Poulin starts,
Anders Nilsson backs up vs. WBS.
WBS 3-1 over BST.
Per BST, “Colin
McDonald, suspended two games by AHL for hit on Niemi on Sunday.”
NHL Notes:
Per Chris
Botta, “Source: if there isn't a deal in place in next 7days, NHL will cancel
games thru Dec. 15. Next cancellation could be the season.”
Per Katie
Strang, “Can confirm what Aaron Ward first reported, that Gary Bettman
suggested to NHLPA's Don Fehr that two sides take 2-week moratorium." Fehr told Bettman he'd like to talk to his
membership about it. NHLPA plans on responding.
Per Kevin
Gibson, “Draft after lockout in 2005 was weighted for teams that missed
playoffs 3 straight seasons, no 1st overall last 4drafts - PIT, CBJ, BUF, NYR.”
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