New York islanders get set to take on the Columbus blue jackets tonight at 7 PM

Hello there NY Islander fans, I am coming to you live from the Barclays Center where the NY Islanders get set to take on the Columbus Blue Jackets this evening at 7pm. Coming into tonight’s action, the Isles are looking to get back on track after an 0-2-1 west coast trip.  The Isles currently sit in 2nd place in the Metropolitan Division while the Blue Jackets are playing less than stellar hockey and sit in 7th place in the division.  The Isles are going to have to be on their A game in order to put a few goals past Columbus goaltending which happens to be their strength. We are still waiting on the goalie matchup as the Islanders look to get back in the win column. Let’s Go Isles!!! YES YES YES!!!!!!

New York Islanders Will Try to Continue Picking Up Points on 3 Game West Coast Trip

Hello there New York Islanders fans! I am back, coming to you live from the Shark Tank in San Jose, where the New York Islanders take on the San Jose Sharks tonight at 10:30pm Eastern time. Coming into tonight’s game, the Islanders have picked up points in 16 of their last 17 games. Coming into tonight’s action, the Islanders are in second place in the Metropolitan division with a record of 16-3-1 for a point total of 33 points. The Sharks have a record of 11-11-1 with a point total of 23. The Islanders are coming off a recent win against the Penguins on Thursday night, while the Sharks also won against the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday. Some key players to watch for on the Islanders include Brock Nelson, Anthony Beauvillier, and Matt Barzal. On the Sharks side are Evander Kane, Thomas Hurdle, and Logan Couture. Islanders starting goalie Semyon Varlamov is confirmed with a record of 7 wins, 2 losses, and 1 overtime loss and an 0.912 save percentage. The Sharks will counter with Martin Jones, who is 8-8-1 with a save percentage of 0.885. Hopefully the Islanders offense can put some pucks behind Martin Jones tonight. Let’s go Islanders! Listen on WRHU 88.7.

Islanders Go for 8 Straight

Hello there NY Islander faithful, I am back with all of your up to date news. The 2019-2020 NY Islanders got off to a rocky start with the Isles dropping 4 of their first 6 games, but have since went on a run rattling off 7 in a row, and looking to make it 8 this evening! Coming into tonight’s action the Islanders  are sitting at 8-3, tallying 15 points. Their opponent in Tampa Bay sports a 6-3 record tallying 11 points on the season thus far. In-between the pipes, we have quite a matchup for you. For the Lightning you have  Andre Vasilevsky who is coming off a rough outing himself, letting up 3 goals before being pulled in the 2nd period of the Lightning’s last game, so it is safe to say he needs to rebound from that underwhelming performance. For your NY Islanders you have Thomas Greiss the veteran as it is his turn in the rotation due to the fact that he and Semyen Varlamov are on a 50/50 time split as of now. Well Buckley up Islander fans, we should be in for a good one tonight!!!!! Let’s Go Islanders!!!!! Yes!! Yes!! Yes!!

Isles brings 2020 campaign

Hello there  NY Islander fans, yes, the  2019-2020 season  kicks off tonight at the coliseum. Coming into the season the Isles veteran

presence is significant, bring back Lee, Eberle and nelson. With the departure of Lehnar, Varlamov was brought in to fill the void. On the other side the Caps have the same roster they fielded last season for the most part. In a surprising scenario the Isles first round pick has made the roster and hopes are high we will build on what coach Trotz started last year! Let’s Go Isles, yes! Yes! Yes!

Yanks And Sox Round 5

 Buckley is Bacckkk!!!! Yankees begin their last home stand of the 2019 season with a showdown against hated rival Red Sox!! With the playoffs looming this 4 game series will either destroy or keep alive the RedSox wildcard hopes, while the Yanks have been the hammer of the AL east with no signs of slowing down. The Yankees come into tonight’s game with a record of 92 and 48 while the Sox come into the series with a record of 75 and 63. Over the past couple weeks the Yanks have been beating up on the teams in the basement of the American League as they look to solidify their 2nd consecutive 100 win season as well as home field advantage through out the playoffs. On the other side the Red Sox have had an up and down season as defending WS champs. Several positives coming out of Red Sox camp are Rafael Devers who is having a career year, as well as Xander Bogaerts notching his first 30 homer in season of his career. Domingo German is the scheduled starter for this evening against the Red Sox,  who knew he would be the Yankees most consistent starter with the talent their pitching staff consists of . German with 17 wins leads all of baseball with that number. While the Red Sox starting pitching seems to be up in the air, at least as far as this evenings matchup goes. Hopefully the Yanks bats remain hot and proceed to bury their biggest rival. As well as hope to silence the bats of the likes of Mookie Betts, JD Martinez and Rafael Devers.

2019 NHL Free Agency Wrap Up

Although it seemed as if the talk of the town was the record hype  surrounding the NBA’s free agent class with the likes of Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Kemba Walker, Jimmy Butler, Kawhi Leonard and Paul George all seeking new homes, I will not allow that to take away from this years wild and crazy NHL Free Agency class. Some of the more notable names across the league have been on the move. For starters we will go with the local teams, my NY Islanders have been quite busy by trying to retain the young core of their lineup which includes the likes of Anders-Lee, Brock Nelson, and Jordan Eberle which were all successful transactions. Unfortunately there  is a salary cap in the NHL, which makes it near impossible to sign or resign everyone. That being said, the Islanders were unable to retain one of their starting goalies in Robin Lehner who signed a 1 year deal with the Chicago Blackhawks, but to make up for the loss the Islanders went out and inked the veteran goaltender from the Colorado Avalanche Varlomov to a 4 year deal. Now, the cross town rivals, the New York Rangers, well we all know the big splash that they went out and made. The signing of Panarin who was sought after by most of the NHL, and that includes specifically their rival NY Islanders, but for undisclosed reasons he went with the NY Rangers, because it’s attractive to most athletes to attempt a big bite out of the Big Apple. This will also fuel the fire that is the NY Islander/NY Ranger rivalry.

Some of the other notable free agency signing from around the league include Sergei Bobrovsky to the Florida Panthers on a 7 year deal and the signing of Anton Stralman, which will serve as a huge boost to their defense. Some notable signings from the west include the big name Matt Duchesne

who will be leaving Columbus after a simply stellar campaign with the Blue  Jackets and will be heading to Music City (Nashville, TN) where he was born and raised. While the Predators made the big splash offensively in landing Duchesne they unfortunately were unable to keep their defense in tact with the loss of Co-captain, PK Subban. Some of the other moves include the Blues resigning the young phenom goaltender in Jordan Biddington to a 2 year deal, Kucherov re upped with Tampa Bay on an 8 year deal, Eric Karlsson will remain with the San Jose Sharks as will Evandro Kane for the foreseeable future. So there you have it NHL fans, we are poised for an exciting, hard hitting, hard fighting 2019-2020 regular season, which kicks off  the first week of October. Buckley up friends, it’s going to be a season to remember!!!!!!

Follow Up On Wild NBA Free Agency 2019

Hello there NBA fans, i’m Coming to you live from New York, please excuse my lengthy absence, I was away at camp for the past few weeks. So, it seems that all of the big names have found their new homes, and unfortunately other teams have came up empty, and that includes our hometown New York Knicks. Let’s start with some fireworks, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving have decided to team up and take their talents to Brooklyn, NY where they hope to imprint their names in the Nets record books,  both signing a 3 year deal that comes with a 4th year player option, keeping in mind we won’t see Durant on the court for a majority of this coming year due to injury. (ACL).  Other notable signings in the east are Kemba Walker going over to the Boston Celtics and Jimmy Butler heads to South Beach where he hopes to bring another title. Jumping to the Western conference for some more fireworks, it’s old news now, but by now we all know Anthony Davis has joined LeBron in LA along with Boogie Cousins as they hope to form the NBAs next version of a Big 3 in hopes to bring another title back to Hollywood. Of course who can forget about the reigning NBA Finals MVP in Kawhi Leonard! He has shipped out to the west coast as well, but will be sporting Clipper red white and blue along with the likes of Paul George and Patrick Beverly in hopes to bring a title to the little brother in Hollywood. Wrapping up, we have the news that broke last night involving the Houston Rockets and the OKC Thunder, it seems that Russel Westbrook will be teaming up with the runner up to  the MVP award,  (the bearded one)  in James Harden for the second time in their careers hoping to conquer what they could not in OKC some years back, and that is a championship to H town.