Isles Send In The Boss To Calm Restless Fans
July 3rd, 2007 by murph
After just 48 hours of UFA signings saw the Islanders lose four players, sign just one 3rd-liner, and watched our division rivals add some of the biggest names on the UFA market, all is NOT well in Uniondale. From the NY Islanders Country message board, to the IslanderFans.com message board, and even Islanders Army’s own comment section, the reaction from fans has not been positive. People are calling the Islanders’ offices to complain, others are canceling season tickets, and others are calling Snow and Wang unprintable names.
Since yesterday’s “Patience” press release did little to soothe the masses, today the Islanders brought out the big guns…The Boss!
We believed that Garth made the right moves and that Ted got everything he could out of the players sitting in front of him on the bench and when he couldn’t, well, those guys didn’t play or received significantly less ice time. We believed that Garth and Ted had a plan for the future and weren’t going to waiver from that plan.
Since July 1st the plan hasn’t changed. We want players that want to play on Long Island and who will show what we all think Long Island deserves. A team that goes out every night with the right attitude, grit, character and dedication, to themselves, their teammates and fans. We tried to sign 2 of those players who fit exactly that mold. Unfortunately those 2 players chose to play out West instead of here. Whatever their reasons were, it does not matter anymore. What matters is that Garth and Ted are sticking to their guns and will not change their course of thinking.
Will it work to calm down fans? Probably not. But hey, we’re suckers for any Bossy-related news.
Kevin Says
I’m just completely bewildered by all of this. I came home from work today expecting them to have signed someone. After all, we need players to put on the ice, you know. No one. Not one fuckin player. Unbelievable job by the front office. I understand losing Smith. I understand losing Blake. Blake AND is Smith is hard to swallow, but the unbelievable thing is that the front office is so dimwitted, not only can they not re-sign anyone, they can’t even sign ANYONE. This is going to be a long season.
Jul 3rd, 2007 at 8:15 pm
fauxrumors Says
1) Sorry to see Mike Bossy having to peddle this kind of spoon-fed drivel to the fans. Guess it beats selling chips?
Jul 5th, 2007 at 9:48 am