With training camp finally starting to come into view, let’s continue to take a look at another one of the new Islanders acquired by the newly minted Lou Lamoriello. At T-minus one-hour plus of the “Post Pajama Boy Defection” aka PPBD (ok, that acronym doesn’t exist), Lou Lamoriello went ahead ...
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In the latest edition of PTIsles, Joe Buono (@IslesBlog) and James Duffy (@TwoTurtleDuffs) welcome hockey historian, author and 40 year fixture on Islanders’ telecasts, “The Maven” Stan Fischer (@StanFischler) to the podcast. Topics discussed: Lou Lamoriello’s track record of success Barry Trotz’s winning system comes to Long Island Reflection on ...
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In this edition of PTIsles, Joe Buono (@IslesBlog) sits down with Nick Hirshon, the author of “We Want Fish Sticks: The Bizarre and Infamous Rebranding of the New York Islanders.” Topics Discussed: Reason for writing the book The apparel trends that led to the Isles rebranding How a Billy Joel ...
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In this episode of PTIsles, Joe Buono (@IslesBlog) and James Duffy (@TwoTurtleDuffs) discuss the good, bad and curious off-season moves made by Lou Lamoriello in the days after John Tavares signing with Toronto. Later, Alex ‘Buddy’ Peck gives us his thoughts on the acquisitions so far, we take fan voice ...
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In the latest edition of PTIsles, Joe Buono (@IslesBlog) is joined by Gotham Sports Network’s James Duffy (@TwoTurtleDuffs) and Alex “Buddy” Peck (@BudGSN) to react to the franchise altering news that John Tavares signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Topics Discussed: – #TavaresWatch Ends – JT’s Twitter Response – Who ...
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In the latest edition of PTIsles, Joe Buono (@IslesBlog) is joined by Gotham Sports Network’s James Duffy (@TwoTurtleDuffs) and Alex “Buddy” Peck (@BudGSN) to discuss a whirwind week of positive news including the hiring of Barry Trotz, Mat Barzal’s Calder win, an A rated Draft Class and more games at ...
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In the latest edition of PTIsles, Joe Buono (@IslesBlog) is joined by Gotham Sports Network’s James Duffy (TwoTurtleDuffs) and Alex “Buddy” Peck (@BudGSN) to discuss Islander Country’s jubilaition following the removal of Garth Snow as GM and Doug Weight as Head Coach earlier this week. Topics Discussed – Our Reaction ...
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In this edition of PTIsles, Joe Buono (@IslesBlog) and Gotham Sports Network’s James Duffy (@TwoTurtleDuffs) react to Lou Lamoriello joining the Islander as President of Hockey Operations. Topics Discussed: Ledecky/Makin’s risky play that paid off Where does this leave Garth Snow? A much needed change in team culture Lamoriello’s top ...
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PTIsles is the all-Islanders panel discussion show hosted by Joe Buono (@IslesBlog) James Duffy (@twoturtleduffs) and Alex “Buddy” Peck (@BudGSN) The Starting Six : All Apologies Fire Proof Reading the J-Tea Leaves Weight & See Milestone Makers Stanley Cup Predictions Long Island Sound-Off: The PTIsles team takes voice mails from ...
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In this edition of PTIsles, Joe Buono (@IslesBlog) and James Duffy (@TwoTurtleDuffs) are joined by the Islanders newest beat reporter, Andrew Gross (@AGrossNewsday) of Newsday. Topics discussed: Andrew’s early impressions of #IslesTwitter The differences between the Isles, Rangers and Devils beat Josh Ho-sang’s truth bombs The emergence of Ryan Pulock Recent Belmont Arena news Garth Snow ...
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