Devellano: Players are cattle!

believe it or not...that's what the Red WIngs Senior Vice President said.

http://islandsportsnews.net/component/content/article/1-hockey/3443-one-on-one-with-jim-devellano-detroit-red-wings-senior-vp

Here's the complete quote:

""It's very complicated and way too much for the average Joe to understand, but having said that, I will tell you this: The owners can basically be viewed as the Ranch, and the players, and me included, are the cattle. The owners own the Ranch and allow the players to eat there. That's the way its always been and that the way it will be forever. And the owners simply aren't going to let a union push them around. It's not going to happen.""

Devellano, a 2009 Lester Patrick Award winner,  goes on to recommend a reversal in the 57/43 split. "Let the players take 43% and let the owners take 57%".

The interview was conducted by Scott Harrigan -- the founder and President of Island Sports News; the Island in this case is Vancouver Island (which is where Victoria BC is located).

 

Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since January 21, 1982. Visit my blog: NYISkinny.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick

HRR

Good piece by Elliotte Friedman on everyone's favorite topic: HRR. 
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/opinion/2012/09/making-sense-of-hockey-related-revenue.html

Have to love the first sentence of Friedman's piece: "We're heading into Week 2 of the lockout, of this super stupidity, complete with cancelled exhibition games and a complete lack of negotiation."

Isles open in Pittsburgh 3 weeks from tonight! Yah, right.

(h/t @Emptynetters for the link)

 

Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since January 21, 1982. Visit my blog: NYISkinny.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick

Bye, bye Brooklyn

...at least for now.

Chris Botta reporting that the Isles/Devils game in Brooklyn will be "officially canceled".  Refund information forthcoming.

Hard to know how well the game would have done--and obviously the prospect of the lockout likely contributed to the ticket sales -- but right now you could have bought eights seats together 15 rows up between the blue line and red line (roughly equivalent to the 4th or 5th row of the 200s at the Coliseum).

 

Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since January 21, 1982. Visit my blog: NYISkinny.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick

Rangers voice Maloney rips NHL

I've always thought Dave Maloney calls a fairly straight-up game --this afternoon via Twitter he kept that streak intact.

Dave Maloney ‏@DaveMaloneyMSG
So you shut your league down 7 years ago and claim
victory and now you have to blow it up again. Am I missing something
here? #NHL
Long term lucrative extensions being offered and
agreed to down to the wire under a system that "doesn't work" I don't
get it #NHL
And finally. They agree not to talk. Great #NHLlockout  
Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since January 21, 1982. Visit my blog: NYISkinny.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick

#Isles Arena update from @randimarshall

With just over 24 hours before the league locks out its players (midnight tomorrow), and 123 games (less those lost in the lockout) before Nassau loses its team, Newsday's Randi Marshall has a series of tweets from one of the bidders....

3h   Randi Marshall ‏@randimarshall 
 
.<<.
Spoke to Ed Blumenfeld, Syosset developer vying for #isles arena site master developer candidacy. Blumenfeld says he wants to keep #isles

.Blumenfeld also says he didn't make a specific vision proposal - that his proposal was more about the qualifications he brings

Blumenfeld said if eventual plan includes minor league ballpark, the Mets (his former partners on old RFP effort) are
interested

..Blumenfeld says he's brought in former NHL exec and sports management expert to work with him -and hopes to work on plan with #isles... 

...no timetable from county on when decision will be made - but several sources say they expect it will be soon.

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And so it goes.

Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since January 21, 1982. Visit my blog: NYISkinny.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick 

Pre-lockout, Isles assign a lot of familiar names

It will be interesting to see if all of these players report -- particularly Travis Hamonic, who played 19 games in Bridgeport two seasons ago before joining the Isles. Hamonic was scheduled to make $875,000 this season in the NHL.  He'll make $65,000 if he played the full season in Bridgeport.

http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=641369

<<Islanders Assign 21 Players

Hamonic and Niederreiter Headline List Of Players Assigned To Sound Tigers

Friday, 09.14.2012 / 11:10 AM / News

New York Islanders

The New York Islanders announced today that 19 players have been assigned to the club's American Hockey League affiliate, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. The club also assigned two players to their respective junior teams.

The players assigned to the Sound Tigers include Marc Cantin, Casey Cizikas, Jason Clark, Calvin de Haan, Brandon DeFazio, Matt Donovan, Mike Halmo, Travis Hamonic, Kirill Kabanov, Jon Landry, Brock Nelson, Aaron Ness, Nino Niederreiter, Anders Nilsson, John Persson, Kevin Poulin, Blair Riley, Johan Sundstrom and David Ullstrom.

The Islanders' two junior assignments include Griffin Reinhart, who returns to the Edmonton Oil Kings of the Western Hockey League, and Ryan Strome, who rejoins the Niagara IceDogs of the Ontario Hockey League.

The Sound Tigers will begin training camp on Sept. 28 and play their season opener on Friday, Oct. 12 at the Connecticut Whale. Their home opener is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 13 against the Providence Bruins at Webster Bank Arena.

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Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since January 21, 1982. Visit my blog: NYISkinny.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick

Rebuilding team with 80s glory having arena $$$ issues -won't stay forever

The Islanders, no. (At least not in this story).

The Oilers,   http://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/edmonton-rejects-oiler-bid-for-more-money-for-new-downtown-arena-1.954028

 

Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since January 21, 1982. Visit my blog: NYISkinny.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick