sputman

nope, uh-uh.

lol

hudler's new facebook group

any word on this? certainly they won't be called the thrashers still - that just doesn't sound right at all. maybe a combination of the two? THE WINNIPEG THREATS!

and not this kind

i watched him play in carolina shortly before the playoffs and he looked real bad. he's still got wheels but he couldn't hold on to the puck and he made turnover after turnover.

yeah, that's the bit that makes that goal trump mike legg's goal.

manny legace to replace?

We could have the Islander's draft history: 1(5) = 1st round, 5th overall GP = Games played in the NHL S = Season(s) with Islanders PA = People drafted between that position and the following spot that are of note. I started at the most recent year that we drafted somebody currently on our roster (Abdelkader). I stopped listing Islander picks after the 5th round, just those that were available and are of note. The 1989 draft is interesting. The longest a player has played for the Islanders since the year he was drafted is around 5 1/2 seasons. That honor goes to Scott Lachance, drafted in 1991. Compare that to to our 53rd overall pick in 1989 - a Mr. Nicklas Lidstrom. I know a lot of luck goes into drafting, but there seems to be a trend of ineptitude here. 2005 1(15) - Ryan O'Marra GP - 24 PA - Martin Hanzal, Tukka Rask, T.J. Oshie, James Neal, Justin Abdelkader, Paul Stastny 2(46) - Dustin Kohn GP - 22 PA - Kris Letang, Mayson Raymond 3(76) - Shea Guthrie GP - 0 PA - Keith Yandle, Darren Helm 5(144) - Masi Marjamaki GP - 1 PA - Sergei Kostitsyn 2004 1(16) - Petteri Nokelainen GP - 189, S - 1 PA - Travis Zajac, Wojtek Wolski, Andrej Meszaros, Mike Green, Dave Bolland 2(47) - Blake Comeau GP - 245, S - 4 PA - David Krejci 3(82) - Sergei Ogorodnikov GP - 0 PA - Alexander Edler, Johan Franzen 4(115) - Wes O'Neill GP - 5 PA - Ryan Callahan, Kris Versteeg 5(148) - Steven Regier GP - 26 PA - Mikhail Gabrovski, Mark Streit 2003 1(15) - Robert Nilsson GP - 252, S - 1 PA - Zach Parise, Ryan Getzlaf, Brent Burns, Ryan Kesler, Mike Richards, Corey Perry, Patrick Eaves, Loui Eriksson, Patrice Bergeron, Matt Carle 2(48) - Dmitri Chernykh GP - 0 PA - Shea Weber 2(53) - Evgeny Tunik GP - 0 PA - Patrick O'Sullivan 2(58) - Jeremy Colliton GP - 57 PA - David Backes, Jimmy Howard 4(120) - Stefan Blaho GP - 0 PA - Lee Stempniak, Joe Pavelski, Dustin Byfuglien 2002 1(22) - Sean Bergenheim GP - 326, S - 3 PA - Alexander Steen, Jarret Stoll, Matthew Stajan, Jiri Hudler, Tomas Fleischmann 3(87) - Frans Nielsen GP - 237, S - 3 PA - Matthew Lombardi 5(149) - Markus Pahlsson GP - 0 PA - James Wisniewski, Maxime Talbot, Dennis Wideman, Petr Prucha 2001 4(101) Cory Stillman (not that one) GP - 0 PA - Christian Ehrhoff 5(132) - Dusan Salficky GP - 0 PA - Kyle Wellwood, Marek Zidlicky, Ryan Clowe, Kevin Bieksa, Jussi Jokinen, Brooks Laich, Petr Cajanek 2000 1(1) - Rick Dipietro GP - 207, S - 3.5 PA - Dany Heatley, Marian Gabori 1(5) - Raffi Torres GP - 512, S - .25 PA - Scott Hartnell, Alexander Frolov, Anton Volchenkov, Brad Boyes, Justin Williams, Niklas Kronwall, Jarret Stoll, Antoine Vermette, Ilya Bryzgalov, Paul Martin 4(101) - Arto Tukio GP - 0 PA - NA 4(105) - Vladimir Gorbunov GP - 0 PA - Lubomir Visnovsky 5(136) - Dmitry Upper GP - 0 PA - NA 5(148) - Krostoffer Ottosson GP - 0 PA - John-Michael Liles, Henrik Lundqvist, Matthew Lombardi, Antti Miettinen 1999 1(5) - Tim Connolly GP - 627, S - 2 PA - NA 1(8) - Taylor Pyatt GP - 682, S - 1 PA - NA 1(10) - Branislav Mezei GP - 240, S - .25 PA - Martin Havlat 1(28) - Kristian Kudroc GP - 26 PA - Niklas Hagman 3(87) - Brian Collins GP - 0 PA - Mike Comrie 4(101) - Juraj Kolnik GP - 240, S - .25 PA - NA 4(102) - Johan Halvardsson GP - 0 PA - Ryan Malone, Ryan Miller, Martin Erat, Henrik Zetterberg, Radim Vrbata 1998 1(9) - Michael Rupp GP - 0 PA - Nikolai Antropov, Alex Tanguay, Simon Gagne, Scott Gomez 2(36) - Chris Nielsen GP - 52 PA - Mike Fisher, Mike Ribeiro, Brad Richards, Erik Cole, Brian Gionta, Alexei Ponikarovsky 4(95) - Andy Burnham GP - 0 PA - Shawn Horcoff, Jaroslav Spacek 5(123) - Jiri Dopita GP - 73, S - 0 PA - Mikael Samuelsson, Chris Neil, Andrei Markov, Ales Kotalik, Pavel Datsyuk, Michael Ryder 1997 1(4) - Roberto Luongo GP - 672, S - .25 PA - NA 1(5) - Eric Brewer GP - 758, S - 1 PA - Sergei Samsonov, Marian Hossa, Danny Cleary, Brendan Morrow 2(31) - Jeff Zehr GP - 4 PA - Kristian Huselius 3(59) - Jarrett Smith GP - 0 PA - Maxim Afinogenov 3(79) - Robert Schnabel GP - 22 PA - Joe Corvo 4(85) - Petr Mika GP - 3 PA - NA 5(115) - Adam Edinger GP - 0 PA - Magnus Arvedson, Jason Chimera, Mike York, Matt Cooke, Brian Campbell 1996 1(3) - J.P. Dumont GP - 822, S - 0 PA - Derek Morris, Dainius Zubrus, Marco Sturm, Daniel Briere 2(29) - Dan LaCouture GP - 337, S - 0 PA - Matt Cullen, Jan Bulis 3(56) - Zdeno Chara GP - 928, S - 3 PA - Nobody close to his abilities 4(83) - Tyrone Garner GP - 3 PA - Eric Belanger, Michal Rozsival 5(109) - Andrew "Bubba" Berenzweig GP - 37 PA - Pavel Kubina, Willie Mitchell, Tomas Kaberle, Sami Salo 1995 1(2) - Wayne Redden GP - 994, S - 0 PA - Daymond Langkow, Shane Doan, Radek Dvorak, Jarome Iginla, Peter Sykora 2(28) - Jan Hlavac GP - 436, S - 0 PA - NA 2(41) - D.J. Smith GP - 45 PA - Jochen Hecht, Michael Handzus 5(106) - Vladimir Orszagh GP - 289, S - .25 PA - Mikka Kiprusoff, Jan Hrdina, Stephane Robidas, P.J. Axelsson, Filip Kuba, Danil Markov 1994 1(9) - Brett Lindros GP - 51 PA - Jeff Friesen, Mattias Ohlund, Ethan Moreau 2(38) - Jason Holland GP - 81 PA - Patrik Elias 3(63) - Jason Strudwick GP - 674, S - .25 PA - Fredrik Modin, Sheldon Souray, Chris Dury, Milan Hejduk 4(90) - Brad Lukowich GP - 658, S - 0 PA - NA 5(112) - Mark McArthur GP - 0 PA - NA 5(116) - Albie O'Connell GP - 0 PA - Marty Turco, Danel Alfredsson, Tim Thomas, Evgeni Nabokov, Steve Sullivan, Tomas Holmstrom 1993 1(23) - Todd Bertuzzi GP - 1022, S - 2.5 PA - Jamie Langenbrunner, Brendan Morrison 2(40) - Bryan McCabe GP - 1135, S - 2.5 PA - NA 3(66) - Vladimir Chebaturkin GP - 62 PA - Vaclav Prospal 4(92) - Warren Luhnig GP - 29 PA - Miroslav Satan 5(118) - Tommy Salo GP - 526, S - 2.5 PA - Scott Walker, Darcy Tucker, Todd Marchant, Andrew Brunette, Mike Grier, Pavol Demitra, Kimmo Timonen 1992 1(5) - Darius Kasparaitis GP - 863, S - 3 PA - Cory Stillman, Sergei Gonchar, Martin Straka, Valeri Bure, Mike Peca, Darren McCarty 3(56) - Jarrett Deuling GP - 15 PA - Kirk Maltby, Craig Rivet, Jere Lehtinen 5(104) - Tomas Klimt GP - 0 PA - NA 5(105) - Ryan Duthie GP - 0 PA - Adrian Aucoin, Ian Laperriere, Stephane Yelle, Nikolai Khabibulin 1991 1(4) - Scott Lachance GP - 819, S - 5.5 PA - Peter Forsberg, Brian Rolston, Alexei Kovalev, Markus Naslund, Glen Murray, Martin Rucinsky, Ray Whitney 2(26) - Zigmund Palffy GP - 684, S - 3.5 PA - Sandis Ozolinsh, Jozef Stumpel, Yanic Perreault 3(48) - Jamie McLennan GP - 254, S - .25 PA - Michael Nylander 4(70) - Milan Hnilicka GP - 121, S - 0 PA - Mike Knuble, Alexei Zhitnik 5(92) - Steve Junker GP - 5 PA - Sean O'Donnell, Brian Savage 1990 1(6) - Scott Scissons GP - 2 PA - Darryl Sydor, Derian Hatcher, Brad May, Keith Tkachuk, Martin Brodeur, Bryan Smolinski 2(27) - Chris Taylor GP - 149, SP - 0 PA - Doug Weight, Geoff Sanderson, Vyacheslov Kozlov 3(48) - Dan Plante GP - 159, S - 2 PA - Alexei Zhamnov, Sergei Zubov 5(90) - Chris Marinucci GP - 13 PA - Craig Conroy, Jason York, Robert Lang, Andrei Kovalenko, Peter Bondra 1989 1(2) - Dave Chyzowski GP - 126, S - 1 PA - Scott Thornton, Stu Barnes, Bill Guerin, Bobby Holik, Mike Sillinger, Olaf Kolzig, Adam Foote 2(23) - Travis Green GP - 970, S - 4 PA - Patrice Brisebois 3(44) - Jason Zent GP - 27 PA - Nicklas Lidstrom, Kris Draper 4(65) - Brent Grieve GP - 97 PA - Sergei Fedorov 5(86) - Jace Reed GP - 0 PA - NA 5(90) - Steve Young GP - 0 PA - NA 5(99) - Kevin O'Sullivan GP - 0 PA - Dallas Drake

i heard he and bertuzzi are bffs.

haha that is the most awesome misspelling ever. sounds like an indian chief or something. We could have never won a cup in our lifetimes.

although getting bumped out of any playoffs is painful, i take from this great joy in knowing we have a young, game-changing, playoff-caliber goalie. seriously, how long has that been?

hopefully as much loyalty as hudler showed when he bailed to the K for more $$$.

i really, really want to beat this team.

so this happened after clowe said he wished he kronwall was "lined up against" him?

something pretty significant needs to be done. the summer will be long (looking like it) and lots of fans will get over it and just be excited for some more hockey, but many won't. and if holland comes back next year talking about how he likes our team again there will be some pretty upset people, me included. our team does look good on paper but we're missing what takes you deep into the playoffs. i've watched a lot of the other games and what i noticed is how mean the other teams are. we can hit, we haven't had to prove that this series, but we aren't very mean. i think a mean player is a motivated player and can physically and mentally wear down other players. i don't know. i'm frustrated. i love this team but they sure are frustrating. please?

well good luck to the red wings the rest of the playoffs. i'm done watching.

ok, so what kind of changes should we see next year?

farted away..

oh...hmm....nice play, bert.

are you effing serious? oh, good..

ha just as i read this eaves took his sand wedge out and chipped it over the net.

i've got some clonazepam?