October 26 2009 by Rob.

Today the Isles took on the Canadians at the Bell Center in Montreal.  I want to cover one thing before I get to game notes.  Prior to the game Billy Jaffe said that he though the root of the Isles 3rd period difficulties was the fact that they don’t have that big of leads.  With all due respect to Billy who I think is a brilliant hockey mind, I think he is dead wrong here.  In my opinion Coach Gordon should make tweaks to his system to help us with our third period problems.  He shouldn’t even have to think twice after hearing that Capital players could tell they were tired on Saturday in the third.  What more do you need?  Now onto game notes:

-Where is Robbie Schremp?  I thought he played well and I think it would be a shame if they canned him without giving him a fair shot.  After how patient they are being with some people on the current roster. (Nate Thompson, Jon Sim, and at times Jeff Tambellini)
-The officials were better then normal but they were still weak.
-Powerplay lines with Jon Sim on them are destined to fail.  I am sorry but Jon Sim has no place on the powerplay.  They need to do something about that.
-Who the heck is this Tambellini?  Lately he has been very hot!!  Lets see if he can sustain this over a long stretch.
-Thought Sutton had a weak game, with a couple turnovers. 

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October 26 2009 by Rob.

According to an online report an RFQ process has been opened up with regard to the development of the Willets point land across the street from the home of the Mets Citifield.  If you remember an RFP process is what Wang went through in the early days of the Lighthouse well and RFQ takes place before an RFP.  The deadline to file an RFQ is December 7th, to learn more see the link below:

http://curbed.com/archives/2009/10/26/return_of_the_megaprojects_willets_point_seeks_developers.php

In my opinion I think Wang needs to get all over this.  If the Lighthouse fails in Nassau which I
hope it doesn’t this should def. be option number two.  Queens provides us with better city access, mass transit that is currently unavailable, better corporate support, and most important a new state of the art building and more.  I think this would be a great location for us to land again if things don’t work out in Murrayland.  What do you think?  Tell us your opinion in comments

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October 26 2009 by Rob.

According to Chris Botta Doug Weight will not be playing again tonight because he is still under the weather.

Tonight the Islanders will take on the Montreal Canadians at the Belle Center in Canada.  The game is set to start at 7:30 on MSG +.  All that I ask is that we come out with a better effort then we had on thursday when we played them.  If it is the same effort as thursday we may as well not come out for the second or third period.  Maybe if we have a third period lead tonight we can act. hold it.  I know what a concept that would be right?

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