October 19 2009 by Rob.

According to newsday Charles Wang and Kate Murray will be meeting in the near future to discuss scaling back the Lighthouse Project.  While I support the Lighthouse as currently constructed I realized a while ago that what we see now probably wouldn’t be the final topic so all I am hoping for is that Kate offers something reasonable so Wang will take it and not something like the Coli and a couple restaurants then when Wang rejects it try to turn him into the bad guy because she tried to compromise and he didn’t want it.  Hopefully cooler heads prevail and this gets done for the betterment of this area.

If your a TOH resident and are in favor of the Lighthouse then vote for McElroy on November 3rd. 

I don’t mean to turn the blog into a political blog but I feel doing stuff like this is necessary for the team as if there is no Lighthouse then it is likely we will move.  With one candidate you get the Lighthouse and the other one you get excuses why it hasn’t happened yet.  The choice is obvious to me!

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October 19 2009 by Rob.

According to islanderspointblank.com at practice today Islander coach Scott Gordon told waiver pick-up Rob Schremp that they need more from him.  While he isn’t completely out of line in saying that he is rather close.  Schremp in my opinion has been good since arriving on the Island.  He has good speed and is more then able to carry the puck in the offensive zone and score a shoot-out goal.  I am sure the coach would like to see him put a few more stats on the score sheet but hey look at his line mates.  With all due respect to them they aren’t exactly finishers.  I think the coach needs to take a step back and go up to guys like Bailey and tell him we need more because if they expect more from Schremp not that there fooling themselves but they are putting very high expectations on him which I feel is unneccessary to do. 

Also according to pointblank it is likely that forward Frans Nielsen will make his return from a knee injury and be in the lineup on wed.  Which early on looks like it maybe driving our friend Robbie Schremp to the bench in favor of Nate Thompson, & Jeff Tambellini which all due respect to them is just wrong especially Thompson who I am not the biggest fan of.

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October 19 2009 by Rob.

According to Katie Strang Garth Snow believes in the players he has in the room.  What a surprise!!!  What do you think he would say?  Good job by Katie getting the GM to comment on his WINLESS team. 

Check out her blog for more info

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