MONTREAL -- This just in: GM Garth Snow says the Islanders will keep the identity of the first overall selection in the 2010 Entry Draft a secret until it's time to announce the pick from their table. The season can't be about the Lighthouse Project. It can't be about local election results. It can't be about the owner and whether or not Charles Wang, who has every right to be impatient with the process, is going to seek to sell the club if he does not receive approval to begin construction on his project. It can't be. This season has to be about progress. This season has to be about putting a product on the ice that's worth the price of admission. This season can't be about head coach Scott Gordon all but declaring that his team will be in its typical trade-deadline, veteran-dump mode, as he did a couple of weeks ago in... [read full story]
