Short and sweet.....
1.IL Nino, the 2010 5th overall draft pick, who Islanders mngt have indicated (they never said, they never say anything) will be a part of the team this year has sat in the pressbox now for 4+ games in a row. Hes neither hurt nor is he going back down to Bridgeport (according to the cryptic Garth), so he becomes a highly drafted "example" of what not saving the team will lead to under the Snow/Capuano regime. ok thats not the truth either. THE TRUTH IS THEY ARE HOLDING HIM OUT TO PREVENT HIM FROM REACHING PERFORMANCE BONUSES. IN FACT, BEING ON THE ACTIVE ROSTER COUNTS TOWARDS THE SALARY FLOOR(SNOWS GENIUS) WHILE PAYING HIM AS LITTLE AS CONTRACTUALLY POSSIBLE. THIS IS BORDERLINE CRIMINAL, THE NHL OR THE NHLPA NEEDS TO STEP IN HERE. THE ISLES ARE MAKING A MOCKERY OF THE CBA AND RUINING THE POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF ONE OF SNOWS PRIZE DRAFT PICKS.
Now about the supposed lack of money for free agents. the islanders were mandated to reach the salary floor as per league rules, well at one point this summer, Snow had 9+millions to try to fix the teams shortcomings. his answers......paying an additional 3 mil per for aged Brian Rolston who coincidently came highly recomended from retired D Weight. regaurdless of what a 5-mil a year player should bring to the table. Jay Pandalfo and Steve Staios... while both can at bargain prices(what else is new) and attempted at filling needs, other options were available all summer (Colin White, Brian McCabe, Ian White, etc) Yes they would have had to overpay for them, but at least they could have helped the team and not just fill floor space. Tyler Myers??? what about, god forbid an offer sheet to Drew Doughty??? He would have been the top defensmen for years to come. Dont tell me he wouldnt come, TRY!!! OFFER a big contract and let him think about it.
The goalie mess-While its evident the team plays better for Montoya(which is something both caps and snow completely overlooked) didnt seem to hurt the team the first 15 games although they let the best goalie on the team sit and rot (MONTOYA) WHILE FORCE FEEDING NABOKOV to get a draft pick out of him blew up in garths face. Then playing DP simply because of the albatross contract again instead of Montoya has now cost us points and games. As bad as the record is, a few wins instead of losses would have the team alot closer to contention. Dont give me the MONTOYA INJURY EITHER, maybe if he had regular practice and warmups, he wouldnt have tweeked it. And whats with the damn secretcy on everything???? we are not the PATRIOTS. You dont get that right until you prove you can win games.YOU OWE IT TO THE LOYAL PAYING FANS/CUSTOMERS TO LET US KNOW SOMETHING. TREATING US LIKE IDIOTS SIMPLY SELLS LESS TICKETS AND MERCHANDISE.
Well thats almost it, the last point is this. My boys are 6 & 8, They cant wait to go to an Islander game on x-mas break. Well i absolutly refuse to spend a penny on this team right now. I am aware of stubhub and tickets are as low as 6 bucks. but im not paying for parking (when the entire fields around the coleseum are undeveloped) and should be free when they cant attract flies to the games. And i refuse to spend a penny on a pretzel, a beer, a tee shirt, etc, until this owner/mngt changes its ways. SO at the risk of my boys becoming Devil fans, i bought tickets to the ROCK.
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