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Thursday, September 12, 2013

Enthusiasm In Brooklyn: Islanders Media Day


Your New York Islanders arrived at The Barclays Center this morning to a professional and welcoming atmosphere.  With the team positioned at the doors of their new home for media day, it was clear that the waiting was finally over.  The Islanders organization felt what it was like to be on center stage in their new home in Brooklyn.
 
 
 


Brett Yormark, Chief Executive Officer of The Barclays Center spoke early on about how Orange and Blue will remain the primary colors of the Isles after the move to Brooklyn.  He also mentioned that a patch denoting Brooklyn would be added to the current home and away jerseys and a new third jersey would be developed that could be more centralized to their new Brooklyn home, as this blogger originally surmised.
 

Yormark added that The Barclays Center would hold 15,813 Islanders fans at the current configuration (some are currently an obstructed view) and that adding additional seating was being considered.  This was close to the 16,234 currently accommodated by the aging, but still adored NVMC and a higher capacity that the 14,500 seats as previously mentioned.  With state of the art amenities, TBC should be an all around improved fan experience for Islanders faithful.
 
 
 
 
Photo by Rich Arleo, Twitter
 
 
The atmosphere of optimism and excitement experienced by the event, even from Twitter or the live web-cast was obvious.  Expectations are high and the team seems ready to start a new chapter in the tale of a storied American franchise.  Ownership, Management, Coaches and players were vocal about the hopes for the upcoming season.


Islanders owner, Charles Wang said this about the teams arrival, "When we came out there and saw the beautiful white ice and the big logo and everything, the heart went ‘ba-boom, ba-boom,” Wang said. “It’s unbelievable.” On the chance of an early start in Brooklyn, he added, “There’s been no discussion (about moving sooner), because our plan is to honor the commitment of the lease,” Wang said. “I think we’ve always wanted to get here as soon as possible. But again, we’re going to honor that lease.”
 
 
 
 

Per islanders.nhl.com, Head Coach, Jack Capuano had this to say on roster possibilities, " I think we’ve always been an organization that gives opportunity,” Capuano said. “They’re friends in that room right now, but they’re competing for jobs. We’ll just have to see how these guys play during the preseason games. They’re not going to make the team in the first three days here. We’ve always felt that if there’s somebody who’s going to help us win, then they’re probably going to be on this hockey team.”
 
 
Daniel Friedman quoted Isles goaltending prospect, Kevin Poulin as saying, "I don't wanna just play every once in a while anymore...I want to play a lot of games." Friedman adds, "(He) Feels he's ready to prove himself."
 
 
 
Sounds good to me.
 
 
 
Isles Notes:
 
 
Per Arthur Staple, "Def. pairs were not firmly set during first session, but when they were, Strait-Hamonic was together, along with Viz-Hickey."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



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