What the Islanders Fans are Thinking
by Quisp on Jul 2, 2010 9:35 PM PDT
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Here's a little window into Islander-land, as they descend into Kovalchuk mania while simultaneously trying to figure out if they are Charlie Brown and the world is Lucy with the football. Everything below is snipped from the comments section of this post -- THE ILYA KOVALCHUK/ISLANDERS LIVE BLOGMight as well keep running tab of the adventure · islanderspointblank.com -- which is worth reading in and of itself. This is not all the comments, just some highlights, with my comments in bold brackets. Now, let's begin:
on Jul 2nd, 2010 22:34:24 said:
ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod THIS WOULD BE EPIC
on Jul 2nd, 2010 22:37:23 said:
There is no better piece to the rebuild than kovy for so many reasons.
[Quisp note: Did you hear that, Kovy? REBUILD!]
on Jul 2nd, 2010 22:37:53 said:
I have been saying this all along, go get Ilya and the league will have to listen to us.
on Jul 2nd, 2010 22:38:13 said:
I really hope the Islanders are not being played here to drive up Kovalchuk’s price tag to the Kings or Devils.
on Jul 2nd, 2010 22:38:26 said:
PLEASE SIGN HIM OMG I WOULD CRY
on Jul 2nd, 2010 22:38:37 said:
its negotiating 101
the isles are perfect pawns
the kings failed to sign dman
they need kovy
the agent just needs to make the kings think kovy would consider nyi
it looks like their beat writer bit. I doubt Lombardi will
[Quisp note: Helene Elliott covered the Islanders before she covered the Kings. I don't think this is meaningful, just interesting.]
on Jul 2nd, 2010 22:39:38 said:
I been saying this for the longest time, and everyone was calling me crazy… It just makes too much sense, We have all the cap space… He’s 27 and still young!!! This would up ticket sales and make us legit!
on Jul 2nd, 2010 22:39:54 said:
that would have no impact on the lighthouse… that’s ridiculous… you really think john candy’s twin brother is looking at all of this or cares? no way!
on Jul 2nd, 2010 22:41:27 said:
This is just cruel torture. Ilya would be an awesome fit but don’t you think he’s had enough "playing for a rebuilding team".
on Jul 2nd, 2010 22:41:51 said:
You think Garth Snow would let himself get played? [...] He wants to get our fanbase riled up, because something awesome is going to happen.
on Jul 2nd, 2010 22:44:02 said:
Dreger just tweeted that the offer is 10 years, 10 million a year
on Jul 2nd, 2010 22:48:02 said:
He could single handedly fast-forward the rebuild 2 years and save the Islanders along with the prospects that they have…!
on Jul 2nd, 2010 22:48:59 said:
10mil12years plus lighthouse revenue sharing let’s go Garth [Quisp note: can't have revenue sharing, per CBA]
on Jul 2nd, 2010 22:54:45 said:
Frolov-Tavares-Kovalchuk ::drools::
[Quisp note: Frolov!]
on Jul 2nd, 2010 22:55:27 said:
If I’m dreaming, please don’t wake me!!!!
on Jul 2nd, 2010 22:55:36 said:
Pull your head out Wang and Snow, sign this guy before the Kings do, they have a better team so act fast you dundrheads
on Jul 2nd, 2010 22:59:49 said:
They better not give him a 10 year deal… They will destory their cap room when they have to sign our own guys down the line… I would love to get Kovy as much as the next guy, but this has Yashin written all over it… 100 Million! No Thanks… Anything over 5-6 years is just not worth it…
on Jul 2nd, 2010 23:00:27 said:
He’s a great player, no doubt, but look what happened with the two 10+ year contracts Wang handed out. Both Yashin & DiPietro’s contract length was questioned by many when signed. [...] Isn’t the max a player can earn = 20% of the cap max = approximately $12m? [Quisp note: yes, $11.8MM] With a potential signing like this, will the Isles have cap problems once the young players are up for long-term deals?
on Jul 2nd, 2010 23:00:50 said:
Kovy + Souray = ISLANDERS RULE!!!!!! [Quisp note: I'm speechless.]
on Jul 2nd, 2010 23:01:17 said:
Which of our RFAs do we let go of because we have Kovalchuk taking up 10% of the cap. [Quisp note: 20%] Not even Crosby, Malkin, or Ovechkin make $10M a year. Ugh.[...]Just have a bad feeling about signing a one-dimensional player who is looking for nothing more than a big pay check and hasn’t helped any team he’s been part of win anything.
on Jul 2nd, 2010 23:03:48 said:
There is no such thing as too much money when it comes to a player like Kovy, who instantly a) gives credibility to this team b) puts butts in the seats and c) in conjunction with a and b, means we’re closer to staying on Long Island.[Quisp note: yes, Kovy, good idea to sign with a team that may leave town, that has "contender" written all over it.]
on Jul 2nd, 2010 23:08:28 said:
At least no one is making jokes at our expense. Way to be relevant.
on Jul 2nd, 2010 23:18:05 said:
We’re now signing players just because we think it might get the Lighthouse Project approved? That’s not how you build a team. Snow’s been slow and steady in his rebuild, no reason to stop it now.
on Jul 2nd, 2010 23:22:59 said:
believe me or not but a person in front office says its 100 [%] done. [Quisp note: ha?]
on Jul 2nd, 2010 23:23:17 said:
I would have to assume it would be $10 Million for the first few years, then decreases towards the end of the deal. [Quisp note: no, anybody can do that.]
on Jul 2nd, 2010 23:24:05 said:
Please Mr. Wang!!!!!!! Make us relevant again!!!!!
on Jul 2nd, 2010 23:24:43 said:
you can’t sign kovy for 10 years 10 mill and expect to keep kyle & tavares around after 5 years.
on Jul 2nd, 2010 23:25:34 said:
holy crap!!!!whatever it takes….forgegt about that rebuilding bs….money talks and kovy wants to be in the nhl….
on Jul 2nd, 2010 23:26:33 said:
Not to get off track, but has anyone else heard that Frolov is on his way to check out Long Island?
on Jul 2nd, 2010 23:27:06 said:
It makes sense for the Isles but I think we are just being used as a pawn for them to get more money out of LA. This whole process its looked like LA and maybe LA tried to pull back some money knowing this and they are just trying to get the dollars up.
on Jul 2nd, 2010 23:29:50 said:
Any chance we sign Kovy…Trade Rolli back to the Oil for Souray and sign Nabakov to a 3 year 12 million dollar contract.. Then I think we can squeak into the eight spot!
[Quisp note: I don't think there's ever been a team that went from the cap floor to the cap ceiling in one day.]
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on Jul 2nd, 2010 23:42:04 said:
OMG… I’m almost touching myself LOL
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Botta has moderation on all his comments, and it’s weird some of the comments he let through. Also the people who post over there are insane.
The Swiss are Coming, The Swiss are Coming!
There's value in knowing that
It’s reassuring that we’re not the only fan base with a noticeable minority who seem to live in Bizarro World.
was just about to post...
on LHH that you were doing some excellent work here to the crickets.
BTW: nice work on this one.
The NY Islanders are about to redo the salary cap floor with russian marble!
Thanks. It's pretty interesting all on its own.
These things never seem to work out they way people say they are going to.
Wait till this year.
I'm just a
glass half full of koolaid kinda guy.
The NY Islanders are about to redo the salary cap floor with russian marble!
Koolaid meets koolaid!
This is actually my favorite part about reading JP or Quisp’s comments.
Lighthouse Hockey: Now accepting applications for 2015.
Wow that sounds backhanded
I just meant similar underlying sense(s) of humor are at work, which make me giggle.
The Kovy talk, does not make me giggle.
Lighthouse Hockey: Now accepting applications for 2015.
I found it to be really funny too, Dom
The Spirit of MeatTrain'10!
by DodgerBlueBalls on Jul 3, 2010 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
To Nut & all my other San Diego based Kings fans...
in the above picture, doesn’t it actually look like Charles Wang is discussing NHL draft strategy with Sam the Cooking Guy?
The Spirit of MeatTrain'10!
I really hope Kovi signs with the Isles
So we can have the money to re-sign all our key RFA’s for next season. Then we can claim Sourway from Edmonton and swap Gagne for Quick. I’m also just putting this out, how about signing Maxim Afinogenov for a 2-year, 3,5 mil?
Looking Back
IK should have been offered a July 1, 9AM EST signing deadline, period. Why? Because it’s beginning to appear he is played/playing DL for the fool.
I recall the off season goal was shoring core with a few talented FAs. Instead market day has come and gone while next season will feature a slew of young players (brought up to insure there was room for a pompous winger). Unless some standouts emerge this could be a long season.
In hindsight Kovalchuk is a brilliant manipulator and businessman who eats tough as nails GMs for breakfast and set our building (and cap) process back a year.
That’s one year of wasted cap space that was used to insure the core of this team stays together long enough to contend. How exciting is that Kings fans?
Are you listening LI and NY?
Does the KHL have a team in Chernobyl?
Kovy isn't playing anyone
any idiot can get $100MM out of the Islanders. For the Kings, he’ll either take the offer or he won’t. It’s pointless to “shop” an offer of $7-8MM or whatever Lombardi is offering, since it’s not going to change the offer, and it’s certainly not going to affect Lamoriello. Kovy isn’t going to trick either of those guys into overpaying. and if he signs with the islanders, who are rebuilding, who might move, whose owner talks about selling the team, and are still paying multiple millions for several years on the buyout of their last russian mega deal…I’m not sure how “brilliant” that is.
Wait till this year.
Well, he's certainly doing a fine job of masking it
If he really wanted to play for a cup contending team, he would’ve signed with us by now. He just wants to milk the Kings for as much MONEY as he can get. If he DOES sign with that KHL team, I say “Don’t let the door slam HARD on your ass on the way out of the NHL!”
thats the point though, if this is playing out how it seems to be playing out, he’s not fooling anybody but himself. DL most likely already put his best offer out there, which isn’t enough for kovalchuk, so kovi’s waiting. Either he’s waiting for a team to put out a big offer meant to get the kings to match it (islanders), or maybe he’s serious about taking a big offer from a team with a horrible record. If he’s waiting for the kings to make a better offer, it’s most likely futile.
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