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Yet for John Tavares, the countdown for leaving Nassau Coliseum has already started. And he’s getting sentimental about it.

"There’s been a lot of special moments, a lot of great things have happened in this building,’’ he said after Monday’s practice. "Obviously we know the move is coming relatively soon and we want to play well and finish here well. It’s become home, you learn to like it. It will be bittersweet for sure when it comes."
 
Homeland Security said:
http://www.newsday.com/sports/hocke...455?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Yet for John Tavares, the countdown for leaving Nassau Coliseum has already started. And he’s getting sentimental about it.

"There’s been a lot of special moments, a lot of great things have happened in this building,’’ he said after Monday’s practice. "Obviously we know the move is coming relatively soon and we want to play well and finish here well. It’s become home, you learn to like it. It will be bittersweet for sure when it comes."
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Sometimes it seems that Tavares is a hockey-playing robot without much of a personality, but it's really gratifying how much he's let himself identify with this organization and how much of a stake he clearly has in its revival.
 
MatthewBarnabysTears said:
Sometimes it seems that Tavares is a hockey-playing robot without much of a personality, but it's really gratifying how much he's let himself identify with this organization and how much of a stake he clearly has in its revival.
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Agreed, JT has really been 'all in' since he got here. love to see it.
 
i am not going out on a limb here: john tavares is the best islander in the last quarter of a century. there is nothing i don't like about tavares- though i wish, for his own good, he was about 3 inches taller and 20 lbs heavier... but then, size didn't help mario avoid the back injuries he sustained, so maybe JT's the right size. i really hope we can sign or promote someone to play alongside him that will knock the living daylights out of anyone who takes liberties. for that reason alone, i'd give clowe a look.
 
Disgraced Cosmonaut said:
i am not going out on a limb here: john tavares is the best islander in the last quarter of a century. there is nothing i don't like about tavares- though i wish, for his own good, he was about 3 inches taller and 20 lbs heavier... but then, size didn't help mario avoid the back injuries he sustained, so maybe JT's the right size. i really hope we can sign or promote someone to play alongside him that will knock the living daylights out of anyone who takes liberties. for that reason alone, i'd give clowe a look.
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You mean more like Oleg, don't you!



I guess this will fit here...
So, with the "new coliseum" it seems to me they might "scalp" the building. The gate entries are at street level and if you cut off the top of the building (aka the 300 sections) and leave the lower two, that might give them the seat numbers they are hoping for?
 
Homeland Security said:
http://www.newsday.com/sports/hocke...455?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Yet for John Tavares, the countdown for leaving Nassau Coliseum has already started. And he’s getting sentimental about it.

"There’s been a lot of special moments, a lot of great things have happened in this building,’’ he said after Monday’s practice. "Obviously we know the move is coming relatively soon and we want to play well and finish here well. It’s become home, you learn to like it. It will be bittersweet for sure when it comes."
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Yeah...I wish some free agents over the years felt as "sentimental" about it.

It's not the 1980's anymore unfortunately. It's time to move on.
 
periferal said:
Yeah...I wish some free agents over the years felt as "sentimental" about it.

It's not the 1980's anymore unfortunately. It's time to move on.
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It was time to move on 15 years ago.

Tavares will be creating a lot of special moments and a lot of great things in Brooklyn. The sooner the better.
 
Sentimental about the NVMC.

"Hey, I think I saw that PEE STAIN in the corner move."

Sentimental...
 
SLAPSHOT723 said:
That's nice to hear, but he'll love Brooklyn and have plenty of special moments there too.
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This Brooklyn move is ONLY a good thing because the Islanders will be staying local. It is a horrible move for this franchise. The arena will barely hold 15,000 people, many of the seats will be bad for hockey. The sight lines will not be nearly as good. The place will not be half as loud. The scoreboard will not even be close to center ice. And the travel time for most of us will be increased by 90 minutes every game. I hate everything about this move with the exception of the fact that the team isn't moving out of NY
 
We'll all miss the NVMC, but it's time to move on from something that has been more of a curse than anything for a very long time now. As much great history that there has been in that building, there has also been 20 years of disappointment and pain for the fans. I will always have fond memories of the place and going through many good and tough times as a fan, but I'm looking forward to a new and bright future that this team hasn't had in a long time.
 
glad JT gets it, that no matter how obsolete the NVMC is, it was home and has a lot of memories...hoping we can make a few more before we go.
 
LotteryForLife said:
This Brooklyn move is ONLY a good thing because the Islanders will be staying local. It is a horrible move for this franchise. The arena will barely hold 15,000 people, many of the seats will be bad for hockey. The sight lines will not be nearly as good. The place will not be half as loud. The scoreboard will not even be close to center ice. And the travel time for most of us will be increased by 90 minutes every game. I hate everything about this move with the exception of the fact that the team isn't moving out of NY
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exactly this. its a crappy situation, and the only thing good about its is the fact they stay local and thats it. im sure the barclays center is an amazing, state of the art arena and im sure we'll all like it, but ill always have a soft spot for the barn. I would have much rather had an renovated coliseum vs moving to a basketball arena. its awesome walkin through those doors and seeing the scoreboard and banners that look 20 times larger than on tv. its going to suck having to share a place with another team, because we have to share the rafters with nets banners and other annoying things.

Im really gunna be pissed if the "brooklyn" islanders moniker sticks, i hate that ****
 
bigtim1988 said:
exactly this. its a crappy situation, and the only thing good about its is the fact they stay local and thats it. im sure the barclays center is an amazing, state of the art arena and im sure we'll all like it, but ill always have a soft spot for the barn. I would have much rather had an renovated coliseum vs moving to a basketball arena. its awesome walkin through those doors and seeing the scoreboard and banners that look 20 times larger than on tv. its going to suck having to share a place with another team, because we have to share the rafters with nets banners and other annoying things.

Im really gunna be pissed if the "brooklyn" islanders moniker sticks, i hate that ****
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at least they're spending tens of millions to make a useless building that will not hold major concerts but instead compete with Westbury Music Fair rather than make the necessary improvements that would have kept the team here.

But the key word if, "they."

"They" could have done it if they owned the team.

Now the fixes being done are mind boggling. Wonder if they'll finally fix the ice condensers and make it world class ice once again.

"Sold out SRO for Metallica.....7,000 fans," said no news outlet ever.
 
LotteryForLife said:
This Brooklyn move is ONLY a good thing because the Islanders will be staying local. It is a horrible move for this franchise. The arena will barely hold 15,000 people, many of the seats will be bad for hockey. The sight lines will not be nearly as good. The place will not be half as loud. The scoreboard will not even be close to center ice. And the travel time for most of us will be increased by 90 minutes every game. I hate everything about this move with the exception of the fact that the team isn't moving out of NY
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:shakehead

More revenue, exposure to more fans, better/more media attention, mass transit, a better chance to compete on the ice and financially and be relevant, loud building from small size and low roof, similar seating amount to NVMC when it first opened - why moving to Brooklyn is more than ONLY keeping NYI local. Best thing to happen to the franchise since the last cup.
 
LotteryForLife said:
This Brooklyn move is ONLY a good thing because the Islanders will be staying local. It is a horrible move for this franchise. The arena will barely hold 15,000 people, many of the seats will be bad for hockey. The sight lines will not be nearly as good. The place will not be half as loud. The scoreboard will not even be close to center ice. And the travel time for most of us will be increased by 90 minutes every game. I hate everything about this move with the exception of the fact that the team isn't moving out of NY
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Agreed with everything you said, this was a last resort option, it is nowhere near ideal. This is Long Island's team, not Brooklyn's and it better not turn that way!
 
Bert Marshall days said:
:shakehead

More revenue, exposure to more fans, better/more media attention, mass transit, a better chance to compete on the ice and financially and be relevant, loud building from small size and low roof, similar seating amount to NVMC when it first opened - why moving to Brooklyn is more than ONLY keeping NYI local. Best thing to happen to the franchise since the last cup.
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More revenue/fans/media attention is not guaranteed IMO.
 
xECK29x said:
More revenue/fans/media attention is not guaranteed IMO.
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Wanna bet?

......and I said exposure to more fans meaning access, NYC media towers over Snoozeday and TV55 and revenue has already been reported by Forbes to be $40 million more than NVMC in the first year in Brooklyn.
 
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xECK29x said:
Agreed with everything you said, this was a last resort option, it is nowhere near ideal. This is Long Island's team, not Brooklyn's and it better not turn that way!
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Denial will get you nowhere. In 2 years (or one) this is Brooklyn's team not LI's. LI didn't want it. It's already turning.
 
#1--You guys ever drive into brooklyn and deap into queens much? Brooklyns great for the players? Instead of driving ten minutes to home games with no major traffic, now the players and familys of the players have to drive an hour with normal traffic. Practice facility is supposedly staying on Long Island.

#2--The next owner will change the uniforms. If wang doesnt. IF you think they wont want the 3 plus million in jersey sales your kidding yourself
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#3-I cant stand Jay Z any more. I used to be a fan till he stabbed the guy in the club and got free. He is 40 years old still rapping about killing people. So he ismarried to beyonce so the media and president loves him.
 
A Pointed Stick said:
Sentimental about the NVMC.

"Hey, I think I saw that PEE STAIN in the corner move."

Sentimental...
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how about his first and 100th career goal? his first hat trick against the rags?

there are things for him to be sentimental about

not so sure if that is the right wording but whatever
 
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