Islanders.com Poll Results Still Bizarre
December 12th, 2007 by Tom
Two days and more than 200 additional responses later, the Islanders’ “What do you want this Holiday Season?” poll results are stll amazing to me. They basically haven’t changed one bit in the last 48 hours. Currently, 34% of the 982 respondents would rather get an autographed jersey or tickets to a game than witness a successful Islanders season. I might be the only person who thinks this is crazy but I can’t help myself, I tend to obsess about unimportant things like this.
DP An All-Star?
In other Islander news, Coach Ted tells Islanders.com that he believes Rick DiPietro should make the all-star team. Always nice when a coach supports a player like that. It’s also smart.
“To be an All-Star is to be valuable to your team,” explained Nolan. “And you look at the importance of Rick. Some times we’ve had trouble scoring goals, but thankfully we have Ricky in net because he can stop a majority of the opportunities against us.”
I think DP does a bit more than stop the majority of the opportunities against the Isles. He’s a freak back there who, save for an occassional over-aggressive misstep, is the team’s rock and clearcut MVP. Still, he’s going to get a lot of competition from Boston’s Tim Thomas, Henrik Lunqvist of the Rangers, and the legend that is Martin Brodeur.
Check out the latest goalie stats here.
One more thing, how about Brendan Witt’s Fu Manchu? Best facial hair of the season. Hands down. Hope he keeps it.
Blackie Says
dipietro should get extra credit for playing behind that defense.
Dec 12th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
Jay Says
And the fact that the Isles have a winning record and are dead last in goals scored.
Dec 12th, 2007 at 9:29 pm
fauxrumors Says
1) DP is definitly an All star. Without him the Isles are below Washington in the standings.
2) Those poll results ARE bizarre. Perhaps the result of the team having had so little overall success in the past 15+ years?
Dec 13th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
Tom Says
I think fauxrumors is right. Isles fans have been conditioned to not even think about a Stanley Cup championship. You just hope to be competitive and maybe make some noise in the playoffs. It’s a shame.
Dec 13th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
Patrick Says
Seeing Osgood near the top of the list hurts a little.
Dec 14th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
Doug Says
Doug says
The Islanders need a gunner to take hard shots from the point and put puck on net. I do not understand why Marc-Andre Bergerron is not on regular shifts. He has the hardest shot on the Islanders, yet doesn’t have many minutes. Even if his defense is not the best or his (+ -) stats are not the best, he needs to be on the ice to be effective. His shots remind you of the quickness of Mike Bossy’s For the Islanders to do well in the playoffs,they will need a strong offensive attack.
Dec 31st, 2007 at 11:46 pm