Islanders

First Look At The 2010-2011 New York Islanders

October 1, 2010
First Look At The 2010-2011 New York Islanders

By Anthony Strait -- The youth movement is in full swing out on the island. The New York Islanders are three years removed from their last playoff appearance. The talk surrounding this franchise is the young core the team is developing and the genuine hope that the club will be able to qualify for the playoffs in the near future if not this season. Yet GM Garth Snow chooses not to get too complicated too soon. “Everyone in that locker room who we bring back has to be better. It is unacceptable that we didn’t make the playoffs, but having said that, there are positives. You look at the development of our young players and we have a great future.”

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Hooray For Us!! The NY Sports Digests 100th Post!!

September 30, 2010
Hooray For Us!! The NY Sports Digests 100th Post!!

Nothing like a little self-celebration to get the day started. For all of you who read headlines before reading the writing below it, you're now aware that this is the Official 100th Post on The NY Sports Digest!! Perhaps coincidentally or by some brilliant mathematical equation, I'm not really sure, but this occasion comes one day before our first month comes to a close. Let's take this opportunity to recap some of the highlights of our first 100 posts

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Mount Puckmore And The Four (Old) Faces of the New York Islanders

August 28, 2010
Mount Puckmore And The Four (Old) Faces of the New York Islanders

The other day we wrote about Yahoo Sports and their hockey off-season special feature offering each of the 30 NHL teams “the four defining faces." It’s not necessarily suppose to be the four BEST players to wear the franchises color, but the four faces you think of when the team comes up in conversation.

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