New York Islanders Fantasy Team Page Other Teams Anaheim Ducks Atlanta Thrashers Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Calgary Flames Carolina Hurricanes Chicago Blackhawks Colorado Avalanche Columbus Blue Jackets Dallas Stars Detroit Red Wings Edmonton Oilers Florida Panthers Los Angeles Kings Minnesota Wild Montreal Canadiens Nashville Predators New Jersey Devils New York Islanders New York Rangers Ottawa Senators Philadelphia Flyers Phoenix Coyotes Pittsburgh Penguins San Jose Sharks St. Louis Blues Tampa Bay Lightning Toronto Maple Leafs Vancouver Canucks Washington Capitals   Upcoming Games 11/20 NYI at MIN 08:00 PM ET 11/21 NYI at STL 08:00 PM ET 11/22 No Game 11/23 NYI at TOR 07:00 PM ET 11/24 No Game 11/25 PHI at NYI 07:00 PM ET 11/26 No Game Choose different date range Recent Blog Post: The Fastest Game on Earth is Back The new NHL season has begun, and there are many questions to start the new year. Unfortunately none of them are hockey related. Like why is the NHL starting the season in London when they have enough trouble getting people to show up to games in the States. And why would you have the opening game be the Los Angeles Kings versus the Anaheim Ducks. There is a reason why the NBA, NFL and MLB send out two of the best teams in the league to open their season. Not the defending Stanley Cup Champion versus a team that is rebuilding. There is also a reason to why these leagues advertise their openers like crazy. I didn't know the season began until hours after the opener was over. Not only were the teams a poor choice, and the advertising dismal, but a noon (Eastern Time) game on a Saturday, are you serious? While each night of the week will have MLB playoff games, through the first week in November. Saturday's are for College Football, Sunday and Monday night are for the NFL, Tuesday and Wednesday night have nothing, Thursday and Friday are College Football Night games. Rather than start the season on one specific night, why not start with a week of the NHL's best match ups at night? And the rest of the league will begin their game the next week. I don't care that the idea and match up is extremely gimmicky, the NHL needs to in order to get their ratings up. Night #1 (NY Game) San Jose vs NY Rangers In order for hockey to be popular in the states it starts and stops in New York. Just like everything else, so why not give the people a possible Stanley Cup Preview. Night #2 (Canada's Opener) Edmonton vs Calgary Toronto vs Montreal Ottawa vs Vancouver Though Canada is already on board with the NHL, why not give them a gift of seeing all their teams play on one night. Night #3 (Future's Game) Pittsburgh vs Washington Let people get the chance to see the future of the league in Sidney Crosby vs Alexander Ovechkin. Night #4 (Stanley Cup Rematch) Ottawa vs Anaheim Nothing to say here. Night #5 (Original Six) Detroit vs NY Rangers Boston vs Toronto Montreal vs Chicago Nothing to say here either. Night #6 (Eastern Rivalry) Buffalo vs New Jersey Or here. Night #7 (Western Rivalry) Anaheim vs San Jose Or even here. And why is the NHL making their fans pay an additional fee for center ice online, even when they already get it for their television. I almost feel its not that people do not like hockey, but they do not know about hockey. The NHL has done a great job of squashing any progress it was making after the lockout. The league needs to stop worrying so much about making their older fans happy, and doing things in the traditional sense, and start making the league more hip. Now the Chris Drury is playing with the New York Rangers he needs to be the face of the league, even though he is not the best player. He is American and is the closest thing in the NHL to Derek Jeter. He has the intangibles, he works hard, a team first player, and knows how to win. Though he does not have the Captaincy yet, because he just signed with the Rangers. If the league wants growth, than it needs to start changing its way of going about doing things. Posted by Josh Pearlstein at 9/30/2007 11:57:00 AM Comments (5) Recent New York Islanders Player News Click to add the player to your watchlist RotoWire Update Recommendation Brendan Witt (D)  NYI   11/20/2009 Witt (personal reasons) will not play against Minnesota Friday night, .....Join now for all of our fantasy news and analysis. We'll check back Saturday to see if the team gives him the green light.....Join now for all of our fantasy news and analysis. Dwayne Roloson (G)  NYI   11/20/2009 Roloson will likely start against the Blues Saturday......Join now for all of our fantasy news and analysis. Martin Biron gets the nod against the Wild on Friday, so with back-to-.....Join now for all of our fantasy news and analysis. Martin Biron (G)  NYI   11/20/2009 Biron will start in goal against the Wild Friday, Islanders Point Blan.....Join now for all of our fantasy news and analysis. It might be a nice night to take a chance with Biron since he draws a .....Join now for all of our fantasy news and analysis. Robbie Schremp (RW)  NYI   11/19/2009 Schremp did not skate with any of the four lines at practice Thursday,.....Join now for all of our fantasy news and analysis. Schremp has been a healthy scratch the last two games and it looks lik.....Join now for all of our fantasy news and analysis. Jeff Tambellini (LW)  NYI   11/19/2009 Coach Scott Gordon said Tambellini "has to make sure that when he gets.....Join now for all of our fantasy news and analysis. "When you're not scoring, you have to do the little things," Gordon sa.....Join now for all of our fantasy news and analysis. Brendan Witt (D)  NYI   11/19/2009 Witt (personal reasons) will join the Islanders in Minnesota for their.....Join now for all of our fantasy news and analysis. There's still a chance he does not play against the Wild on Friday, so.....Join now for all of our fantasy news and analysis. Recent New York Islanders Team News RotoWire Update   7/22/2009 The Islanders have hired Scott Allen as Assistant Coach, according to the team web site. He has been an assistant coach for the Quad City Flames (AHL) the past two seasons.   7/1/2009 The Islanders will be in the hunt for a goaltender as free agency begins July 1, the New York Newsday reports. The team will not retain either Yann Danis or Joey MacDonald (both are now unrestricted free agents), so the issue of a quality backup for Rick DiPietro becomes vital since the team does not have a lot of strong, NHL-ready depth between the pipes in the system.

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