Roto Exclusive : Guest Contributions and Featured Articles
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Down (cont.) :<br />
Brad Boyes<br />
It’s no secret that NYI heavily play favorites toward their internally drafted <strong>and</strong> developed<br />
players. Boyes is on the outside looking in will probably be treated more like a contractor than an<br />
employee. I expect him to be moved all over the place <strong>and</strong> finish in the bottom 6 as a forgotten plug<br />
since there’s no real commitment on him yet. Apparently Buffalo thought he was garbage <strong>and</strong> cut him,<br />
just like Connolly.<br />
Evgeni Nabokov<br />
Nabokov is 36 <strong>and</strong> is showing more consistent signs of age <strong>and</strong> injury taking over<br />
his game. The one year contract from Snow tells me the team is not committed<br />
with him <strong>and</strong> they will continue to play musical chairs with their goalie by<br />
committee. I expect continual risk of injury, lost starts, <strong>and</strong> even trade for this<br />
poor unfortunate soul.<br />
Gainer’s final comments:<br />
By now, most of you are smart enough to underst<strong>and</strong> that there is a definite “Buyer Beware” warning<br />
with all things associated with the Isl<strong>and</strong>ers. I feel this is a team that is content with mediocrity <strong>and</strong> has<br />
no intentions of competing with the better teams in the league. Their lack of commitment for bringing<br />
in veteran leadership & mentoring for their youngsters, <strong>and</strong> absolutely no attempts to invest in quality<br />
long term goaltending from any source basically shows me that Garth Snow <strong>and</strong> Charles Wang just don’t<br />
give a damn about winning. There is a black cloud over Long Isl<strong>and</strong>, Derek did say that “no legitimate<br />
superstar in their prime would ever be stupid enough to sign with the Isl<strong>and</strong>ers”. On that note, it’s<br />
going to be a lonely road for Tavares.<br />
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