NHL News: Nassau Referendum Vote Not Looking Good for Islanders

I also got this from a twitter follower of mine:

@photodavid78: @RangersTribune voted yes in my district and I was voter #39 the average voting age there was 80+. Doesn’t look good for the yes votes

As younger people come home from work they will vote yes. Hopefully its enough to outnumber the older people voting no.

1} Would this mean the end of the Islanders this year or next?
2} What happens to all those players next year?
3} Do thhey relocate them or do they just close shop and eeveryone is up for grabs?
4} Since we have a large open number of cap space next year and some of these kids are actually good, is it likely we see some hit our team next year?
5} Does anyone actually think thhat this is actually gonna pass as the day progresses….the weather is getting pretty gross out, would that stop you from going out in it and saving the New York Islanders…?

We all know they live in their parents basements masturbating to grainy VHS tapes of the teams glory years. Maybe they take a minute to download some Iron Maiden or Def Leopard or play some Dungeons and Dragons, but I’m convinced a good portion of the day is spent in some combination of being shirtless or pantless..with classless being a perpetual state of being.

Is it too early for a victory lap around Lighthouse?

In the towns of Garden City and Mineola (both with a large population), a combined 110 people have casted votes so far. 110! More people have visited this site in the past hour.

I love how there are more Rangers fans/ personnel than Islanders pushing the vote campaign to get them a new arena when nobody is going to fill it… they are a crumbling franchise and it has nothing to do with the players, they get no fan support.

That team needs out of the area in order to survive, if they move to brooklyn they will get over fill from fans of hockey who can’t get into Rangers games…

Doesn’t today start the 2nd buyout window? I saw the Devils put White on waivers for buyout reasons. No news means WW is staying?

so no one can care and drink coffee over it.

The Seattle Islanders…ummmm, no.

Their impossible-to-get-to arena blows and no one players want to play there. Honestly, I tip my cap to any die-hard Islanders fans because rooting for that team must be pure fucking hell.
From a Rangers perspective, we have plenty of major rivalries with Pitt, Philly and NJ and somewhat lesser rivalries with Boston, Montreal, etc. I wouldn’t mind the Isles disappearing off the face of the earth or relocated to a city where people will appreciate a hockey club.

I just voted no while rocking my littler brother’s King Henry jersey( my callahan jersey is in my apartment) and I got quite a few supporting head nods and thumbs up. If anyone won today is was voter apathy, I was the 71st vote in my section out of 12 or so sections. Not a good sign.

But, as a non-resident of NYC, I wonder if this was MSG, would it pass?

They could tear it down and restore Penn Station to its former grandeur.

is there anybody out there that cares about this piece of crap franchise send them to the north pole. then they can beat the elves

even if the weather was great theres not enough people who care

I’m working on my comments to offer in memoriam. I think some of you might have a few thoughts to share as well.

I’m surprised there was no news of unions encouraging people to vote. Politically organized, not much work the last few years for their members and this is a big project.

Ranger fan to do list:
Sound the bell.
Measure for a casket.
Chisel 2015 into the tombstone.
Raise a glass to Milbury.

but even i have to admit there’s some hand of god going on here

- vote on building a new arena to keep the islanders in nassau scheduled for august 1

- LIRR delays going back to LI from penn station

- bizarre weather, only further east in nassau county including giant hail (bay ridge is sunny and clear skies at the moment)

not that i believe in god…..but for those of you who do…..wow

and for those of you joining our discussion as silent & angry lurkers from lighthouse hockey (and i know you are, kids), welcome & bienvenue!!

to help you acclimate to your team’s new situation, please visit this site/pour vous aider à s’acclimater à la nouvelle situation de votre équipe, s’il vous plaît visiter ce site: http://www.bonjour.com/

Québec est belle en hiver, je pense que John Tavares et compagnie vont s’amuser …. il y en supposant qu’ils n’ont pas tous le boulon comme des agents libres à l’avance

As an NYR fan who came of age in the early 80s, there is no team I despise more than the Iholes, and I would be sad to see that rivalry go.

But as a rational human being, I feel no sadness when people finally take action that stops allowing government support sports teams. The proposed or expected benefits almost never work out as projected or promised, and, generally, the taxpayer loses. There are many studies which show this. [note – these are just two links that open in PDF files. Any google search will find many others].

they talk a lot about it (or lack thereof) over on lighthouse, and then post something like this

That joereiter guy

I swear to god I’m gonna take a fucking bat to his head.

by sayvillelax94 on Aug 1, 2011 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions

yeah….class….

nice work, lurkers

So I don’t share the hatred many of you guys do for the Islanders. I guess I can understand however, because the hatred is probably similar to my hatred of the Penguins.

if that city lost their team I wouldn’t feel pity in the slightest. I would laugh at every single bandwagon fan.

With the Islanders though, at least for me, its different. I don’t feel that hatred for them, for whatever reason. I enjoy the rivalry, and I think the team has a bright future. My opinion might be different if they were a great team and rubbed it in, but in my lifetime that hasn’t happened.

For that reason I don’t want them to leave. Now, maybe they would do better in a place other than Nassau? Thats a possibility as well. I still feel pity for the fans however, the same pity I felt for the Thrasher fans in Atlanta who lost their team. No man (or woman) should have to lose the team they love.

Plus, if they leave, Boston or Washington might get pushed into our division, and that would suck.