Author Archives: Derek

The Isles are not out, as both I and Sam Rosen stated. But here’s what needs to happen. On Thursday: -Isles must beat the Leafs. DIY. Simple as that.-The Rangers must beat the Canadiens. On Saturday:-The Islanders must beat the … Continue reading →

With their hard earned 3-2 shootout victory over the Rangers, the Islanders staved off elimination. They aren’t out yet but need obviously to win out and have plenty of help. The Islanders still have three games left and will host … Continue reading →

I’m going to direct you to my SFM column this week for my thoughts on the 06-07 Isles. This was written before they were eliminated, but you get the jist: =============================================== They’re season kind of played out like The Producers. … Continue reading →

As the Rangers and Islanders get ready for the third period with the game tied at two: 1.The refs need to be tested severely on rule interpretations. Take the Mike Sillinger goalie interference call. What was he supposed to do … Continue reading →

1.Tom Renney has to be kidding not dressing Petr Prucha for this game while bringing back Ryan Hollweg. I like Ryan but come on. Petr works just as hard and brings much more skill (20 goals to 1). Just another … Continue reading →

Tonight, as Steve already noted, plenty will be decided with a near full slate of action. Three divisions could get clinched by the night’s completion and so can three playoff berths. Courtesy of nhlmedia’s NHL Today, here are the different … Continue reading →

Tonight will decide everything. Everything. I garantee it. By Saturday, the Canadiens-Leafs will mean nothing compared to tonight. Devs host Ottawa in a game with seeding implications. Buffalo is in Pittsburgh (VERSUS, Dave Strader-Darren Eliot have the call) and will … Continue reading →

The Isles play the Rangers tonight in a game that has meaning far different than what Islanders fans could even remotely imagine on trade deadline day. On that day, we picked up Ryan Smyth, DP was healthy and playing great, … Continue reading →

Bucci’s latest column is a must read for any puck fan. This guy gets it. A small sampling of the SC anchor’s passion coming out: Crosby is better at what he does than LeBron James is at what he does. … Continue reading →

Wow. Just Wow. Lou does it again:TSN New Post