NYI - Vying for greatness (NHL 11 BAGM)

[Dynasty]

Re: NYI - Vying for greatness (NHL 11 BAGM)

Hey guys, in an effort to make this more reader interactive I will be posting your comments as questions from hockey analysts and reporters in media conferences. So feel free to ask any questions to the GM/Coach Steve Pattenden or the players, and they will respond!

Thanks again for reading, 20 game update should be up today

[HeroWorship]

Re: NYI - Vying for greatness (NHL 11 BAGM)

Are you going to return to the Gordon's Fisherman jerseys?

[Dynasty]

Re: NYI - Vying for greatness (NHL 11 BAGM)

Welcome back Islander hopefuls, up coming we have our 20 game update but first a note on the injury front. D Mathieu Schneider suffered a pulled groin on a vicious boarding hit in the game against Florida, he will be sidelined for another 1-2 weeks. Tom Preissing will take over on the first line as well as the first power play unit. (DFD) B. Witt will be placed in the roster on the third pairing, he was a healthy scratch until this point.

now onto the 20 game update:

Past 5 games:

2-3-0

5-2 loss to the Kings
4-3 loss to the Lightening
3-0 win over the Panthers
3-0 win over Atlanta
3-2 loss to columbus

Next 5 games:

Devils @ Islanders
Rangers @ Islanders
Islanders @ Rangers
Flyer's @ Islanders
Islanders @ Bruins

Islanders team report:
9-9-3
Wins: 9 (24th)
Losses: 9 (14th)
Overtime Losses: 3 (5th)
Points: 21 (21st)
Goals for: 60 (20th)
GFPG: 2.86 (19th)
Goals against: 79 (1st)
GAPG: 3.76 (1st)
Power play goals: 17 (16th)
Power play %: 25.4% (4th)
Penalty kill %: 78.7% (23rd)

Team leaders:

Islanders Stats - 2010
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	ATOI	PIM	SOG	SPCT
Steven Stamkos	21	12	6	18	-4	20:00	19	62	19.4%
Zach Parise	21	4	10	14	-3	17:09	2	50	8.0%
Bobby Ryan	21	2	10	12	-5	19:28	16	44	4.5%
Trent Hunter	21	5	7	12	-6	16:19	12	48	10.4%
Mathieu Schneider	19	2	8	10	-4	20:31	4	35	5.7%
Blake Comeau	21	5	4	9	-3	11:09	4	31	16.1%
Tom Preissing	21	2	7	9	-5	20:00	17	56	3.6%
Mark Eaton	21	2	7	9	-7	18:00	19	20	10%
John Madden	21	6	3	9	-10	13:47	10	33	18.2%
Zenon Konopka	21	6	2	8	+1	12:38	16	24	25%
Milan Jurcina	21	0	6	6	-11	18:31	4	7	0
John Tavares	21	5	1	6	-5	16:04	6	51	9.8%
Goalies	GP	W	L	T	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO
Carey Price	19	8	11	0	3.03	1149	537	90.3%	595
Dwayne Roloson	5	1	4	0	5.64	234	105	82.7%	127

Tavares is still struggling, Stammer is lighting it up, secondary scoring is showing up. Carey Price snagged 2 shut outs in his first three games. everything is starting to turn around.

Rookie Report:

LW Bryant Fairchild - traded to Montreal

D Steve Pratt has 1 goal 16 assists for 17 points in 23 games. 17 penalty minutes and a +1 rating

D Mikael Osterberg has 1 goal 4 assist for 5 points in 15 games. 23 penalty minutes and a +4 rating.

NHL leaders (skater)

NHL League Leaders - Updated: Nov 26, 2010
Goals		G	Assists		A
	1. Marion Gaborik	17		1. Mike Richards	20
	2. Marian Hossa	14		2. Chris Pronger	18
	3. Ilya Kovalchuk	13		3. David Backes	18
	4. Evgeny Malkin	13		4. Steve Montador	17
	5. Brian Gionta	12		5. Ilya Kovalchuk	17
Points		PTS	Shots		S
	1. Marian Gaborik	33		1. Sidney Crosby	102
	2. Ilya Kovalchuk	30		2. Ilya Kovalchuk	100
	3. Sidney Crosby	29		3. Marian Gaborik	96
	4. Dustin Brown	26		4. Simon Gagne	88
	5. Simon Gagne	26		5. Jason Pominville	88
Hits		HITS	Penalty minutes		PIMS
	1. Ryan Getzlaf	81		1. Daniel Carcillo	93
	2. Derek Boogaard	76		2. Milan Lucic	90
	3. Brooks Orpik	74		3. Steve Downie	88
	4. Sheldon Brookbank	72		4. Raitis Ivanans	84
	5. Brent Seabrook	70		5. Matt Carkner	81

NHL leaders (goalie)

NHL League Leaders - Updated: Jan 26, 2010
Games played		GP	Wins		W
	1. Ryan Miller	21		1. Ryan Miller	13
	2. Antti Niemi	20		2. Micheal Leighton	13
	3. Jonas Hiller	20		3. Jimmy Howard	13
	4. Micheal Leighton	20		4. Jonas Hiller	12
	5. Marc Fleury	20		5. Brian Elliot	12
Goals against average		GAA	Save Percentage		SV%
	1. Jimmy Howard	2.30		1. Henrik Lundqvist	92.5%
	2. Kari Lehtonen	2.32		2. Kari Lehtonen	92.2%
	3. Henrik Lundqvist	2.36		3. Brian Elliott	92.2%
	4. Brian Elliott	2.36		4. Tomas Vokoun	92.1%
	5. Tomas Vokoun	2.44		5. Jimmy Howard	92.1%
Shutouts		SO	Minutes		MINS
	1. Henrik Lundqvist	3		1. Ryan Miller	1265
	2. Jimmy Howard	3		2. Marc Fleury	1214
	3. Ryan Miller	2		3. Micheal Leighton	1214
	4. Jonathan Quick	2		4. Antti Niemi	1209
	5. Carey Price	2		5. Jonas Hiller	1170

Islanders plus -minus report:

Plus: Todays plus goes to goaltender Carey Price, Earning 2 shutouts in his first three games and dragging the third game into over time, Carey has showed his teammates what he can do, and that they can trust him.

Minus: Todays Minus player is John Tavares. John, where are you. I definatly dont see you out there. Coach Pattenden has moved him around alot to try and get some kind of production out of him, you cant say he is not playing with talented players. Come on John wake up

[HeroWorship]

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Still playing .500 hockey and Price is already paying major dividends for you. I'm hoping to see American-made Ryan and Parise begin to pick up the pace, but nice to see Stamkos scoring goals over a .5 clip per game. Tavares at least had three more points (but six points in twenty one games? Ooof).

Steve Montador in the league leaders in assists? The ****?

[Dynasty]

Re: NYI - Vying for greatness (NHL 11 BAGM)



Hello Islander fans! welcome back for the 25 game update, once again we will begin with an injury report.

Islanders center John Tavares will be out 2-3 weeks with a sore hip, after mistakenly blocking a Boris Valabik point shot and simultaneously getting hit, Tavares had to be helped off the ice, he was quoted earlier today saying its still sore, and At this point is hard to walk, never mind skate.

Past 5 games

2-1 win over the Devils
4-2 loss to the Rangers
4-1 loss to the Rangers
2-1 loss to the Flyers
4-1 win over the Ducks

Next 5 games

Thrashers @ Islanders
Islanders @ Predators
Ducks @ Islanders
Phoenix @ Islanders
Lightening @ Islanders

Islanders team report
11-11-4
Wins: 11 (27th)
Losses: 11 (18th)
OT losses: 4 (4th)
Points: 26 (45th)
Goals for: 70 (25th)
GFPG: 2.69 (24th)
Goals against: 91 (29th)
GAPG: 3.50 (30th)
Power play goals: 22 (16th)
Power play %: 25.3% (4th)
Penalty Kill %: 76.9 (24th)

Team leaders:

Islanders Stats - 2010
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	ATOI	PIM	SOG	SPCT
Steven Stamkos	25	13	7	20	-6	20:64	21	71	18.3%
Zach Parise	25	5	11	16	-5	17:96	4	66	7.6%
Trent Hunter	25	6	7	13	-6	16:92	14	56	10.7%
Bobby Ryan	25	2	10	12	-5	19:88	16	58	3.4%
Mark Eaton	25	3	9	12	-8	19:92	19	24	12.5%
Blake Comeau	25	6	5	11	-5	12:40	4	44	13.6%
Mathieu Schneider	22	2	9	11	-5	19:34	10	43	4.7%
Tom Preissing	25	3	7	10	-6	21:12	25	72	4.2%
John Tavares	26	6	3	9	-6	18:02	8	67	9%
John Madden	26	6	3	9	-10	14:44	10	40	15%
Zenon Konopka	26	6	2	8	-1	13:20	18	27	22.2%
Frans Nielsen	26	3	4	7	-6	11:00	2	29	10.3%
Boris Valabik	23	2	4	6	-3	23:12	13	22	9.1%
Goalies	GP	W	L	T	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO
Carey Price	22	8	14	0	3.02	1330	608	90.1%	675
Dwayne Roloson	7	3	4	0	4.02	358	152	86.4%	176

Rookie Report

D Steven Pratt has 1 goal 18 assists in 30 games. 23 penalty minutes and an even rating

D Mikael Osterberg has 1 goal 5 assists in 22 games. 39 penalty minutes and a +3 rating.

NHL leaders (skater)

NHL League Leaders - Updated: Dec 9, 2010
Goals		G	Assists		A
	1. Marian Gaborik	20		1. Joe Thornton	25
	2. Simon Gagne	18		2. Mike Richards	23
	3. Danny Heatley	17		3. Sidney Crosby	23
	4. Marian Hossa	17		4. Eric Staal	21
	5. Brian Gionta	17		5. Pavel Kubina	21
Points		PTS	Shots		S
	1. Marian Gaborik	40		1. Sidney Crosby	131
	2. Sidney Crosby	39		2. Marian Gaborik	121
	3. Simon Gagane	37		3. Ilya Kolvalchuk	118
	4. Ilya Kolvalchuk	34		4. Simon Gagane	117
	5. Danny Heatley	32		5. Jason Blake	114
Hits		HITS	Penalty minutes		MINS
	1. Ryan Getzlaf	104		1. Raitis Ivanans	136
	2. Brooks Orpik	95		2. Milan Lucic	124
	3. Sheldon Brookbank	93		3. Sheldon Brookbank	120
	4. Derk Boogaard	93		4. Matt Carkner	108
	5. Brent Seabrook	89		5. Daniel Carcillo	105

NHL leaders (goalie)

NHL League Leaders - Updated: Dec 9, 2010
Games played		GP	Wins		W
	1. Jonas Hiller	26		1. Ryan Miller	16
	2. Marc Fleury	26		2. Jonas Hiller	15
	3. Ryan Miller	25		3. Micheal Leighton	15
	4. Micheal Leighton	25		4. Brian Elliott	15
	5. Antti Niemi	25		5. Jimmy Howard	15
Goals against average		GAA	Save Percentage		SV%
	1. Kari Lehtonen	2.20		1. Tomas Vokoun	92.7%
	2. Tomas Vokoun	2.23		2. Kari Lehtonen	92.6%
	3. Jonas Hiller	2.35		3. Henrik Lunqvist	92.3%
	4. Ryan Miller	2.39		4. Jonas Hiller	92.2%
	5. Henrik Lunqvist	2.45		5. Ryan Miller	92.2%
Shutouts		SO	Minutes		MINS
	1. Jonas Hiller	4		1. Marc Fleury	1574
	2. Kari Lehtonen	3		2. Jonas Hiller	1534
	3. Henrik Lundqvist	3		3. Micheal Leighton	1519
	4. Jimmy Howard	3		4. Antti Niemi	1509
	5. Tomas Vokoun	2		5. Ryan Miller	1505

Islanders plus - minus report

Plus: Todays plus minus goes out to the entire team, the past 5 games despite a loosing record the guys really tried, they put on alot of pressure the D played well the O played well both goalies got time in the net and played well.

[HeroWorship]

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They really tried, huh? Did you give them orange slices and fruit punch after every game?

Sucks to have Tavares go down (even if he sucks so far). Funny to see you still at .500, which is only a miracle with the amount of injures you've had.

[Dynasty]

Re: NYI - Vying for greatness (NHL 11 BAGM)

Merry Friday Islanders fans! Were going now to a short press conference with GM and head coach Steve Pattenden.

Are you going to return to the Gordon's Fisherman jerseys?

Pattenden: Currently there is no plans to use this jersey this season, perhaps next season we will incorporate a few throw back games Into the schedule.

Still playing .500 hockey and Price is already paying major dividends for you. I'm hoping to see American-made Ryan and Parise begin to pick up the pace, but nice to see Stamkos scoring goals over a .5 clip per game. Tavares at least had three more points (but six points in twenty one games? Ooof).

Steve Montador in the league leaders in assists? The ****?

Pattenden: Yes, Carey has already had a huge impact on our club. His stats have improved since joining us, there is something to be said about how a team will play when they trust thier keeper.

Stammer has been excellent and I believe this is due to his work ethic on and off the ice. Parise is second in team scoring which is where I think he should be. I would like to see him with a higher GPG average but he also distributes the puck so well plus playing with two shooters on your line, he is doing just fine.

Bobby is having a bad run of luck. We all know this happens to even the best shooters he is getting some very good chances and is shooting enough sometimes you just don't get the bounces.

They really tried, huh? Did you give them orange slices and fruit punch after every game?

Sucks to have Tavares go down (even if he sucks so far). Funny to see you still at .500, which is only a miracle with the amount of injures you've had.

Pattenden: Actually the guys prefer Root beer and pizza if you must know.

Loosing JT hurts us, there is no doubt of that and no one is more upset about it then him. His compete level is so high and being frustrated with his lack of scoring this injury is even more severe to him. We all know that he wil be back soon but it will be a tough go with out him.

The credit of being 500 rests on the guys. Our line up has been a revolving door recently. With key guys loosing time it has pulled everyone together and we actually play a better team game then when we began the season.

Thank you everyone (hero) for your questions but I have a scouting meeting to attend so this conference is at an end.

[Dynasty]

Re: NYI - Vying for greatness (NHL 11 BAGM)



Welcome back Islanders fans!

Just an FYI I have been really sick with a chest infection, so when I have not been coughing puking or sleeping I played hockey. I actually managed to finish off the season so below I will do a recap as of April 10th 2011 and I will have another post up soon about off season moves etc.

Islanders team report
33-37-12
Wins: 33 (29th)
Losses: 37 (8th)
OT losses: 12 (1st)
Points: 78 (26th)
Goals for: 235 (20th)
GFPG: 2.87 (20th)
Goals against: 258 (24th)
GAPG: 3.15 (34th)
Power play goals: 62 (26th)
Power play %: 18.3% (8th)
Penalty Kill %: 81.4% (20th)

Finished up sub 500 but I played really sick, so you have to factor that in, beyond that this is right around where I figured we would end up.

Islanders Stats - 2010
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	ATOI	PIM	SOG	SPCT
Steven Stamkos	82	38	41	79	+13	19:46	48	236	16.1%
Bobby Ryan	82	20	47	67	+9	18:03	75	201	10%
Zach Parise	82	23	41	64	+14	19:17	23	255	9.0%
John Tavares	80	23	34	57	+11	19:25	19	215	10.7%
Tom Preissing	82	11	36	47	0	18:25	33	158	7.0%
Trent Hunter	82	21	20	41	-11	14:25	79	163	12.9%
Rob Schremp	77	20	17	37	+11	16:00	31	146	13.7%
Mathieu Schneider	79	7	28	35	0	26:48	57	142	4.9%
John Madden	82	11	21	32	+1	15:41	19	147	7.5%
Willie Mitchell	71	3	28	31	+3	26:32	80	90	3.3%
Boris Valabik	78	4	22	26	+3	18:54	150	84	4.8%
Blake Comeau	82	9	14	23	-29	10:14	50	106	8.5%
Mark Eaton	82	13	9	22	-12	10:24	6	112	11.6%
Milan Jurcina	82	3	16	19	-21	12:24	81	70	4.3%
John Pandolfo	76	2	16	18	-24	11:02	27	58	3.4%
Zenon Konopka	79	7	11	18	-10	9:18	57	111	6.3%
Evgeny Artyhukhin	82	11	5	16	-25	9:32	171	90	12.2%
Goalies	GP	W	L	T	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO
Cary Price	70	30	48	0	2.92			90.7%
Dwayne Roloson	17	10	7	0	3.44			88.9%

NHL leaders (skater)

NHL League Leaders - Updated: Apr 10, 2011
Goals		G	Assists		A
	1. Marian Gaborik	50		1. Sidney Crosby	62
	2. Simon Gagne	45		2. Joe Thornton	59
	3. Sidney Crosby	44		3. Phil Kessel	58
	4. Mikhail Grabovski	44		4. Marc Savard	56
	5. Vincent Lecavalier	42		5. Mike Richards	55
Points		PTS	Shots		S
	1. Sidney Crosby	106		1. Ilya Kovalchuk	358
	2. Marian Gaborik	92		2. Marian Gaborik	350
	3. Simon Gagne	91		3. Simon Gagne	348
	4. Ilya Kolvalchuk	87		4. Sidney Crosby	337
	5. Chris Stewart	85		5. Jason Pominville	324
Hits		HITS	Penalty Minutes		PIMS
	1. Derek Boogaard	287		1. Raitis Ivanans	281
	2. Milan Lucic	247		2. Milan Lucic	261
	3. Ryan Getzlaf	247		3. Cam Janssen	253
	4. Zdeno Chara	243		4. D.J King	253
	5. Brenden Morrow	241		5. Jordin Tootoo	241

NHL leaders (goalie)

NHL League Leaders - Updated: Apr 10, 2011
Games Played		GP	Wins		W
	1. Brian Elliott	71		1. Roberto Luongo	41
	2. Carey Price	70		2. Marc Fleury	39
	3. Marc Fluery	70		3. Micheal Leighton	39
	4. Roberto Luongo	70		4. Antti Niemi	39
	5. Micheal Leighton	70		5. Jimmy Howard	39
Goals Against Average		GAA	Save Percentage		SV%
	1. Micheal Leighton	2.56		1. Micheal Leighton	91.7%
	2. Jonas Hiller	2.59		2. Tomas Vokoun	91.7%
	3. Tomas Vokoun	2.62		3. Martin Brodeur	91.6%
	4. Antero Nittymaki	2.63		4. Jonas Hiller	91.6%
	5. Martin Brodeur	2.66		5. Antero Nittymaki	91.4%
Shutouts		SO	Minutes		MINS
	1. Roberto Luongo	8		1. Carey Price	4249
	2. Jonathan Quick	6		2. Marc Fleury	4232
	3. Niklas Backstrom	6		3. Micheal Leighton	4217
	4. Jimmy Howard	6		4. Roberto Luongo	4188
	5. Jose Theodore	6		5. Came Ward	4188

Stanley cup champions:
San jose sharks

NHL award winners:
Art Ross: Sidney Crosby
Hart: Micheal Leighton
Norris: Bryan Allen
Lady Byng: Ilya Kolvalchuk
Calder: Matt Beleskey
Conn Smythe: Antero Nittymaki
Vezina: Micheal Leighton
Jennings: Antero Nittymaki
Selke: Pascal Dupuis
Rocket Richard: Marian Gaborik

[Dynasty]

Re: NYI - Vying for greatness (NHL 11 BAGM)



Hello Islanders fans! welcome back for the 2011-2012 season opening report!I expect a fair boost of confidence moving forward from the club, even though last year was ended in a loosing record I think the guys will come back stronger then ever. Now lets get on to a re cap of all off season news!

Since Islanders GM and head coach Steve Pattenden shipped off all but the second round draft pick last year, our draft class was only one, which went unsigned due to lack of potential. No draft day trades were offered or submitted to the New York Islanders, so all was Quiet on that front.

As our loyal followers know we were heading for a big off season, as contract talks between the Islanders and LW Zach Parise and Star Center Steven Stamkos heated up. After long talks of terms and dollar amounts were shot back and forth the Islanders came to agreements with both super star forwards!

Islanders re-sign:
LW Zach Parise 8 years @ 5.5M per season 90 OVR (PLY) C/C/C POT 26 years old
Player stats:
Parise ended the 2010-2011 season with a full 82 games played 23 goals 41 assists 64 points and a +14 rating.
Analyst comments:
This needed to happen for fans to show faith in their GM. Pattenden risked alot giving away pieces last year to bring Parise in, now he will remain here for 8 years and put up big numbers, expect his production to increase over last year as there will be little time required for the guys to gel this time around.

Islanders re-sign:
C Steven Stamkos 5 years @ 5.5M per season 88 OVR (SNP) B-/B-/B- POT 21 years old
Player stats:
Stammer finished last year with a team leading 82 games played 38 goals 41 assists 79 points and a +13 rating
Analyst comments:
Another shot in the arm for Islanders bright future. Look for Stamkos to light the lamp this year as he continues his domination in the offensive zone.

The Islanders re-signed 5 other players which were:

Islanders re-sign:
D Boris Valabik 1 year @ 740K 81 OVR (DFD) C/B-/C POT 25 years old
Player stats:
Valabik was a fan favorite on the Island, putting up 78 games played 4 goals 22 assists 26 points and a +3 rating
Analyst comments:
I am glad to see Boris return for another season here in New York. He was loved by the fans, and gave his all shift in and shift out.

Islanders re-sign:
RW Joel Rechliez 3 years @ 500k 74 OVR (TGH) C/C-/B- POT 24 years old
Analyst comments:
This is a depth signing, Joel will continue to give the Bridgeport Tigers some grit and continue to provide some protection for the skilled guys.

Islanders re-sign:
RW Robin Figren 1 year @ 500K 72 OVR (PLY) B-/C-/C- POT 23 years old
Analyst comments:
Pure depth signing.

Islanders re-sign:
C Tomas Marcinko 3 years @ 540K 71 OVR (TWF) B-/C/B- POT 23 years old
Analyst comments:
Tomas will anchor the second or third line for the Tigers this season and most likely remain there.

Islanders re-sign:
C Joel Broda 3 years @ 645K 70 OVR (TWF) B/B-/C POT 21 years old
Analyst comments:
Once again, making sure the Tigers can compete this year.

After reviewing his rosters GM Pattenden then reached into the free agent pool to fill empty spots of concern

Islanders sign:
G Mathieu Garon to a 1 year deal @1.015M
Players stats:
80 OVR (BUT) C-/C-/C- POT 25 years old
Analyst comments:
Mathieu will sit behind Price this year, I do not expect him to see a whole lot of action. It would appear as Islanders brass wants to see how much young Price can carry.

Islanders sign:
D Ed Jovanoski to a 1 year deal @ 2.96M
Player stats:
83 OVR (OFD) C-/C-/C- POT 35 years old
Analyst comments:
Right now this is the Islanders glaring weak spot, Jovo will help fill that void while offering a point weapon to be used during this years competition. Definatly an upgrade to the options available last season.

Islanders sign:
RW Milan Hejduk to a 1 year deal @ 1.88M
Player stats:
83 OVR (SNP) D/D/C- POT 35 years old
Analyst comments:
Some veteran scoring leadership. Here is a guy that has known how to fill the net, and will impart what it takes to win to the younger guns.

Islanders sign:
LW Steve Sullivan to a 1 year deal @ 1.5M
Players stats:
82 OVR (PLY) D/D-/D- POT 36 years old
Analyst comments:
A work horse that is prone to injury, Stevie has always had the drive to win and compete, he has a nose for the net and knows how to finish, excellent addition in any role he is given to play.

Islanders sign:
C Vaclav Prospal to a 1 year deal @ 1.5M
Player stats:
83 OVR (PLY) D-/D-/D- POT 26 years old
Analyst comments:
I see this as filling in the void after John Madden left in the off season. Vaclav is more of a scoring threat then madden, and perhaps a better distributer of the puck, it will be interesting to see where he will fit in.

Islanders sign:
C Rob Niedermayer to a 1 year deal @ 1.45M
Player stats:
82 OVR (GRN) D/D-/D- POT 36 years old
Analyst comments:
Ahh here is your defensive forward, I expect Rob to play a checking role this season.

Not that I would be so risqué to save the best for last, but GM Pattenden had one move left up his sleeve, exercising his right to tender offer sheets he then went out and stole Drew doughty from the LA kings. It would appear that after signing Ilya Kovalchuk last year the Kings had no intention of securing Doughty's services.

Islanders sign:
D Drew Doughty to a 1 year deal @ 5.6M
Player stats:
88 OVR (OFD) A-/B/B POT 21 years old
L.A. Kings receive:
2012 1st (NYI) 2012 2nd (NYI) 2012 3rd (NYI)
Analyst comments:
Pattenden clearly believes in his ability to sign players in the off season, because if he does fail to re sign Doughty next year, surrendering a 1st second and third pick for a rental will be seen as a huge blunder, no matter how good the player was.

Lets have a look at the NYI Depth chart for this season

Islanders Depth Chart - 2011
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
LW	Zach Parise (90)	Rob Schremp (81)	Evgeny Artyukhin (81)
C	Steven Stamkos (88)	John Tavares (85)	Vaclav Prospal (83)	Rob Riedermayer (82)
RW	Bobby Ryan (86)	Milan Hedjuk (83)	Steve Sullivan (82)	Trent Hunter (81)
DEF 1	Drew Doughty (88)	Willie Mitchell (83)	Ed Jovanovski (83)	Boris Valabik (81)
DEF 2	Mark Eaton (79)	Tom Preissing (78)
G	Cary Price (86)	Mathieu Garon (80)

Here is your Islanders opening day lines

Line 1
(PLY) Z. Parise (90) - (SNP) S. Stamkos (88) - (SNP) J. Tavares (85)
(OFD) D. Doughty (88) - (DFD) W. Mitchell (83)

Line 2
(SNP) M. Hejduk (83) - (PLY) V. Prospal (83) - (PWF) B. Ryan (86)
(OFD) E. Jovanovski (83) - (DFD) B. Valabik (81)

Line 3
(PLY) R. Schremp (81) - (GRN) R. Niedermayer (82) - (PLY) S. Sullivan (82)
(OFD) T. Preissing (78) - (DFD) M. Eaton (79)

Line 4
(GRN) E. Artyukhin (81) - (TWF) F. Nielsen (77) - (TWF) T. Hunter (81)

Captains:
(C) D. Doughty
(A) Z. Parise
(A) S. Stamkos

[HeroWorship]

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Wow, already on the second season.

Good job locking up Stamkos and Parise for awhile, and nice re-signing of Valabik. Good job poaching the Kings of Drew Doughty, and nice to see shore up your depth with some solid free agent signings.

I can see you making the playoffs in Year 2.

[Dynasty]

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Thanks for tuning in Islanders fans, here is our 5 game report

First I will begin with injuries.

Boris Valabik broke his leg while blocking a shot during the Flyers game, amazingly enough Valabik finished his shift before going to the dressing room. Islanders have called up OFD Steve Pratt to fill a hole on the third pairing. Pratt has one goal and one assist in two games so far. Valabik is expected to be out for 4 weeks.

Steven Stamkos took a shot to his left leg in the offensive zone, shattering a bone in his leg Stamkos will be out for the next 4 weeks. Tavares will take over as top line center. Islanders have called up Tough guy Joel Rechlicz to eat up 4th line minutes until stammer can heal up and return to the line up.

Past 5 games:
2-2-1
4-3 loss to the Flyers
3-2 win over the Bruins
7-2 loss to Buffalo
3-2 win over the Flyers
2-1 OT loss to the Penguins

Next 5 games:
Thrashers @ Islanders
Florida @ Islanders
Florida @ Islanders
Caps @ Islanders
Islanders @ Devils

Islanders team report
2-2-1
Wins: 2 (7th)
Losses: 2 (22md)
OT losses: 1 (6th)
Points: 5 (23rd)
Goals for: 12 (24th)
GFPG: 2.40 (22nd)
Goals against: 17 (12th)
GAPG: 3.40 (10th)
Power play goals: 3 (24th)
Power play %: 9.7% (27th)
Penalty Kill %: 71.4% (26th)

Team leaders:

Islanders Stats - 2011
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	ATOI	PIM	SOG	SPCT
Vaclav Prospal	5	3	3	6	+3	16:00	0	17	17.6%
Bobby Ryan	5	2	3	5	+2	17:40	2	12	16.7%
Drew Doughty	5	1	2	3	-3	23:40	8	13	7.7%
Steve Pratt	2	1	2	3	+1	8:40	0	12	8.3%
Milan Hejduk	5	2	1	3	+3	9:55	0	8	25%
John Tavares	5	1	1	2	-2	19:40	0	12	8.3%
Willie Mitchell	5	1	1	2	-5	23:00	4	2	50%
Zach Parise	5	0	1	1	-1	19:00	2	11	0%
Rob Schremp	5	0	1	1	-2	12:40	0	5	0%
Steven Stamkos	4	1	0	1	-1	17:50	4	6	16.7%
Steve Sullivan	5	0	1	1	-2	14:20	2	11	0%
Boris Valabik	3	0	1	1	+2	15:00	2	1	0%
Ed Jovanovski	5	0	1	1	+1	24:20	4	6	0%
Goalies	GP	W	L	T	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO
Carey Price	4	2	2	0	3.87	217	94	87.0%	0
Mathieu Garon	2	0	1	0	2.25	80	33	91.7%	0

Rookie watch:

D Steve Pratt has 1 goal 2 assists and 3 points in 2 games. 0 penalty minutes and a +1 rating.

D Mikael Osterberg has 0 goals 2 assists and 2 points in 4 games. 4 penalty minutes and a +1 rating.

NHL Leaders (skater)

NHL League Leaders - Updated: Oct 16, 2011
Goals		G	Assists		A
	1. Marian Hossa	7		1. Brenden Morrow	7
	2. Simon Gagne	6		2. Jordan Leopold	7
	3. Thomas Vanek	6		3. Victor Hedman	6
	4. Loui Eriksson	4		4. Jordan Staal	6
	5. Teddy Purcell	4		5. Andy Mcdonald	6
Points		PTS	Shots		S
	1. Jussi Jokinen	10		1. Marian Hossa	32
	2. Brenden Morrow	9		2. Phil Kessel	28
	3. Tyler Myers	9		3. Colin Wilson	28
	4. Marian Hossa	9		4. Ilya Kolvalchuk	26
	5. Jordan Leopold	8		5. Marian Gaborik	25
Hits		HITS	Penalty Minutes		PIMS
	1. Colin Wilson	21		1. Jordin Tootoo	32
	2. David Backes	21		2. Nathan Horton	31
	3. Paul Mara	20		3. Marty Reasoner	31
	4. Mike Komisarek	19		4. John Scott	29
	5. Matt Walker	19		5. Ben Eager	29

NHL Leaders (goalie)

NHL League Leaders - Updated: Oct 16, 2011
Games Played		GP	Wins		W
	1. Antti Niemi	6		1. Mikka Kiprusoff	6
	2. Jonas Gustavsson	6		2. Antti Niemi	5
	3. Jaroslav Halak	6		3. Cam Ward	4
	4. Mikka Kiprusoff	6		4. Micheal Leighton	4
	5. Ondrej Pavelec	6		5. Niklas Backstrom	4
Goals Against Average		GAA	Save Percentage		SV%
	1. Henrik Lundqvist	1.22		1. Henrik Lundqvist	95.4%
	2. Mikka Kiprusoff	1.33		2. Antti Niemi	95.3%
	3. Antti Niemi	1.39		3. Mikka Kiprusoff	95.3%
	4. Marc Fleury	1.48		4. Jonas Gustavsson	95.3%
	5. Jonas Gustavsson	1.50		5. Marc Fleury	95.1%
Shutouts		SO	Minutes		MINS
	1. Henrik Lundqvist	2		1. Ondrej Pavelec	374
	2. Jonas Gustavsson	2		2. Pekka Rinne	364
	3. Micheal Leighton	1		3. Jaroslav Halak	364
	4. Niklas Backstrom	1		4. Jonas Gustavsson	360
	5. Antti Niemi	1		5. Mikka Kiprusoff	360

Were heading live to a press conference with GM and head coach Steve Pattenden and goaltender Carey Price.

Media: Wow, already on the second season.

Good job locking up Stamkos and Parise for awhile, and nice re-signing of Valabik. Good job poaching the Kings of Drew Doughty, and nice to see shore up your depth with some solid free agent signings.

I can see you making the playoffs in Year 2.

Pattenden: Yeah the second season of my contract came quickly. We believe that Steven and Zach are corner stone pieces of this franchise, and they also believe in our system both players were adamant they wanted to stay and Islander, it was more a matter of term.

Boris had been such a key piece of our defensive success last year, he was a staple on our blue line and I hope he continues to be so this year.

Doughty was ear marked last year and we kept an eye on his situation through out the season and off season, as deadline day approached it became clear the Kings could not afford Drew and were unwilling to make a roster move to do so, I will gladly take him.

We lacked scoring last year badly, beyond our top 5 players it fell off pretty drastically so with the addition of players like Sullivan Hedjuk Prospal and Jovanovski joining us it will make our first three units all dangerous

Media: This question is for Carey. How do you feel with your rocky start again this season? your performance has been.. lackluster at best

Price: Well for one, we are only 5 games in here. I have recently switched equipment brands and have not become totally comfortable yet, I will admit I am having trouble seeing pucks right now, but it will all fall into line soon I am sure.

Pattenden: I would also like to add that we have the utmost confidence in Carey moving forward, like all young goalies he is constantly maturing and learning.

Media: How do you feel about the loss of Stamkos and Valabik, this Earlie into the season for a long stretch.

Pattenden: It sucks. We need Stevens offense as we are again struggling to find the back of the net. Boris is a presence on the ice, he blocks shots he is physical and excellent player. Both of these guys will be missed.

In the same breath I must say that this is a chance for others to show me what they can do, its time for our deep supporting cast to step up, I am hoping Rookie Steve Pratt will continue his excellent play, thats for sure.

Media: Were you expecting more from the club?

Pattenden: Yes and no, we want to be a more aggressive team this year, I want to see the guys attack the puck, no matter where it is and we have been doing that, but it can also leave you out of position and that has happened alot recently, with some more tweaks I am sure this will iron out.

At the end of this season I would like to see us top ten in scoring and power play.

Media: Islanders special teams have been a huge non factor, what do you think is wrong Carey?

Price: Well it can be tough to nail down. I think the guys need to shoot more from higher percentage areas and the PK needs to tighten up, but so do I. We need to talk more out there and start having fun, there is alot ore pressure on us this year to win and we need to have fun with it, or it will cost us.

Thanks for your timer Islanders fans, remember to keep those questions and comments coming!

[Dynasty]

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Hello fellow readers, just a quick injury update to report.

LW Rob Schremp will be out for the next 4-5 weeks nursing a broken hand.

D Steve Pratt will play through a sore knee he suffered in a collision in front of the net.

D Ed Jovonovski will be playing through a sore shoulder he suffered delivering a hit.

All the above injuries occurred during the Islanders / Flyers game in which D Drew Doughty got a game misconduct for boarding, and RW Bobby Ryan played the ENTIRE third period as a defensemen. I have never seen this happen before!

Ryan was later quoted saying it was an exhausting experience but he was glad knowing coaching staff could count on him in such a way.

[TMLGilmour93]

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Hello fellow readers, just a quick injury update to report.

LW Rob Schremp will be out for the next 4-5 weeks nursing a broken hand.

D Steve Pratt will play through a sore knee he suffered in a collision in front of the net.

D Ed Jovonovski will be playing through a sore shoulder he suffered delivering a hit.

All the above injuries occurred during the Islanders / Flyers game in which D Drew Doughty got a game misconduct for boarding, and RW Bobby Ryan played the ENTIRE third period as a defensemen. I have never seen this happen before!

Ryan was later quoted saying it was an exhausting experience but he was glad knowing coaching staff could count on him in such a way.

Ouch!! Wasn't he out for a significant period last season as well? He is costing you with this injuries my friend.

[Dynasty]

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Well. My ps3 HD crapped out, so I had to go get a new one, which means of course that this save file is toast. I honestly dont have the drive to redo all my moves and restart it. Dont know if I will start a new dynasty or not. kinda bummed me out

[bthomp05]

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Craptackular is what I say.