The Islanders are moving to Brooklyn

[yoyoyo1]

The sad thing is, if the Islanders just put a decent team on the ice the Coliseum would be sold out regardless of how crappy the arena is. Remember a few years ago when they were the 8th seed in the playoffs, the Coliseum was rocking every night that last month of the season.

this is so true, it's not like the islanders are irrelevant like the nets were even when they were good. build a good team and people came, it's managements/the owners fault for tanking this team, but then again they got what they wanted


As for the Queens talk, that's soccer country brehs. NYC2 gonna build there, all you other sports had your chance

The Islanders have been handicapped by their abysmal arena, making it difficult to attract free agents to come to the team and fans to show up for one that has consistently been at or near the bottom of the Eastern Conference in recent seasons

This is some nerve though. Free agents come when there's a good team, let's see..... Minnesota or 30 minutes from NYC and a generally nice area in LI?

 

[Mantle Drunk]

The sad thing is, if the Islanders just put a decent team on the ice the Coliseum would be sold out regardless of how crappy the arena is. Remember a few years ago when they were the 8th seed in the playoffs, the Coliseum was rocking every night that last month of the season.

As shytty as the Coliseum was I loved watching the Rangers play there the atmosphere was crazy and theres not a bad seat in the house. But going to Rangers vs. Islanders games at MSG the train ride home with the 50/50 split shyt gets intense sometimes.

 

[concise]

Oh man really? I thought the Jets had the west side deal and the Rangers crushed it.


Another bloomy failure. Flushing meadows park is nice though, you should keep a park.

It was specifically the Dolans/Cablevision not wanting such close competition to MSG as a draw.

Thanks man. Looks like SI should get a subway to me.

Good luck with that. If it didn't get built when everything else was built, it's not happening in this city. All they have is the Staten Island Railway, which feels so different from all the other trains.

Nah I think the proposal was to build where the iron triangle is.

Jets wanted the West Side for football. The Wilpons wanted the Islanders to move to the Iron Triangle to boost their Willets Point dream, which thankfully is crumbling apart.

 

[Tommy Fits]

As shytty as the Coliseum was I loved watching the Rangers play there the atmosphere was crazy and theres not a bad seat in the house. But going to Rangers vs. Islanders games at MSG the train ride home with the 50/50 split shyt gets intense sometimes.

I went to a Ranger/Islander game at the Coliseum back in 98, game went into OT and I think Graves scored the game winner. Crowd was live the entire game. It's boss is a diehard Islander fan and he despises Wang for running the team into the ground.

And like you said, the arena sucked but there wasn't a bad seat in the house. I've been there for Hockey, WWF, and a concert and every seat I had was pretty good.

 

[NYC Rebel]

Will Jay now try to take credit for this?

 

[Joey24]

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[obarth]

somehow I read this and thought of Caribbean migration to Flatbush first. Headline was straight out the 70s

 

[NYC Rebel]

somehow I read this and thought of Caribbean migration to Flatbush first. Headline was straight out the 70s

 

[Air Nikes N Hats]

Thanks man. Looks like SI should get a subway to me.

Years ago there were 3 lines altogether but they closed 2 of them, plus it's all suburbs here....nothing really noteworthy to build any other subway lines for

 

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nice concept, but too much going on. always liked that color scheme tho.

 

[tremonthustler1]

Nothing says Brooklyn to me like Mattias Bjorgstrom and Vladimir Putishnikov...

Is Brighton Beach in the house?

 

[Brady-Carter]

Garth Snow is still the GM..

 

[Captain Crunch]

TYBG
Now if the Isles were smart, they'd rename it the Brooklyn Islanders w/ the Brooklyn Bridge as the logo. By 2015, Taveras should be the best/one of the best in the league.

 

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The fukk Are My Knicks At? Throw This Logo In The Bushes

 

[Mantle Drunk]

The fukk Are My Knicks At? Throw This Logo In The Bushes

Directly in the middle.