Islanders Blog: The future is now

There's not much to say now about the Ted Nolan firing as it's all been taken care of. From my perspective I have to say that I am not happy that we have lost the best coach that we've had since Peter Laviolette. Teddy was one of the only few bright spots on this team, causing a team of underachievers and overrated veterans to actually be a competitive hockey team. But when Teddy's frustrations mounted it became a relationship that could no longer exist. Teddy is a coach that likes to win. Of course that can be said for any coach, but he is not the one for raising kids, hence why he consistently chose the vets over the youngsters with inexperience in all situations, even when the older guys couldn't get the job done. I myself was frustrated with that as well. As much as I understood that he wanted to win, I hated seeing... [read full story]