and it is not like those residents who dont like hockey would even understand that a Weber, Suter or Doughty even constitutes an improving team.
exactly.....I would slap my mom kick my wife punch my brother take off all my cloths put on an Islanders jersey and go running in the streets doing backflips if we got one of those 2...
and it is not like those residents who dont like hockey would even understand that a Weber, Suter or Doughty even constitutes an improving team.
I dont think this is going to be any kind of blockbuster but a nice, solid addition to the defense. If it was announced without the Botta created anticipation I bet most fans would be estatic with whoever we get, now the way message boards work, people are going to be threatening their Season Tix if we don't get one of the premier defensemen in the LEAGUE.
There's no earthly way of knowing / Which direction we are going / There's no knowing where we're rowing / Or which way the river's flowing / Is it raining? / Is it SNOWing? / Is a (Carolina) hurricane a-blowing? / Not a speck of light is showing / So the danger must be growing / Are the fires of hell a-glowing? / Is the grisly reaper mowing? / Yes, the danger must be growing / 'Cause the rowers keep on rowing / And they're certainly not showing / Any signs that they are slowing!
**** this better be good
but then again its Botta, and with his shaky relationship with GMG, how the **** would he know something is going on?
Maybe he is thinking too much..... that it is close to the Aug 1st date, and so they must have something up their sleeve?!?!?
There's no earthly way of knowing / Which direction we are going / There's no knowing where we're rowing / Or which way the river's flowing / Is it raining? / Is it SNOWing? / Is a (Carolina) hurricane a-blowing? / Not a speck of light is showing / So the danger must be growing / Are the fires of hell a-glowing? / Is the grisly reaper mowing? / Yes, the danger must be growing / 'Cause the rowers keep on rowing / And they're certainly not showing / Any signs that they are slowing!
**** this better be good
but then again its Botta, and with his shaky relationship with GMG, how the **** would he know something is going on?
Maybe he is thinking too much that it is close to the Aug 1st date and they must have something up their sleeve?!?!?
Wouldn't it be funny if Garth had someone Botta knows call Botta with a BS rumor just to make him look like an asshat for ripping Garth all afternoon.
The mindset probably is that it can only help...maybe convince a few people who are on the fence. Drum up the buzz. Motivate the troops. Force people to go the extra mile and to reach out to more relatives/friends.
They MUST win by as much as they can. They gotta force the Legislature to respect the "will of the people". Any extra vote is crucial.
They had/have to make a move and there's no better moment to do it...If they're gonna do it, then might as well do it NOW.
There's no earthly way of knowing / Which direction we are going / There's no knowing where we're rowing / Or which way the river's flowing / Is it raining? / Is it SNOWing? / Is a (Carolina) hurricane a-blowing? / Not a speck of light is showing / So the danger must be growing / Are the fires of hell a-glowing? / Is the grisly reaper mowing? / Yes, the danger must be growing / 'Cause the rowers keep on rowing / And they're certainly not showing / Any signs that they are slowing!
**** this better be good
but then again its Botta, and with his shaky relationship with GMG, how the **** would he know something is going on?
Maybe he is thinking too much..... that it is close to the Aug 1st date, and so they must have something up their sleeve?!?!?
It's concrete.
There's no speculation from Botta. "A source said bla bla bla...". It's not even worded cautiously. Pretty straightfoward. There's a considerably bigger deal about to go down and we should really like it.
There's no speculation from Botta. "A source said bla bla bla...". It's not even worded cautiously. Pretty straightfoward. There's a considerably bigger deal about to go down and we should really like it.
It's now up to Garth to deliver the goods.
If nothing happens I don't blame Garth, I blame Botta for having terrible sources.
Bailey, De Haan, and next year's 1st and 2nd for Shea Weber....
Bailey, Comeau, 2012 1st and 2nd and 2013 1st for
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It's concrete.
There's no speculation from Botta. "A source said bla bla bla...". It's not even worded cautiously. Pretty straightfoward. There's a considerably bigger deal about to go down and we should really like it.
It's now up to Garth to deliver the goods.
I like Botta, but this seems to be more pie in the sky stuff.
Just because he didn't say "A source said....." doesn't make it anymore true, IMHO.
Short of Crosby or Ovechkin, is there actually a player out there that would excite the non hockey fan? Hell I don't even think trading for Malkin, Chara or Stamkos would excite Peter Plainview who doesn't care about hockey.
Wouldn't it be funny if Garth had someone Botta knows call Botta with a BS rumor just to make him look like an asshat for ripping Garth all afternoon.
It would be pretty sad.
I can knock Garth for only 2 things in his time as GM. 1) not acquiring some better veteran help in JTs first year. 2) the whole Botta issue. It's so damn childish.
Short of Crosby or Ovechkin, is there actually a player out there that would excite the non hockey fan? Hell I don't even think trading for Malkin, Chara or Stamkos would excite Peter Plainview who doesn't care about hockey.
Islanders impose a new, no clothing policy to the Ice Girls
The sad thing is that it would probably work to get more people to attend games
I might be in the minority here but I don't feel they are at that point where they should be trading any prospects and youth away. They are all starting to turn a corner and really take that next step as a team.
Personally if it was me I'd sign Hannan or McCabe and call it a day. No assets lost and you have a good stopgap for De Haan.
By the way if they don't give Comeau a fair deal I'm going to be pissed. He earned a decent contract with his play and has shown an upward trend as a player and should only get better.
