Yokels

Now, the Islanders might have plenty of cap room to sign both Smyth and UFA-to-be Jason Blake. But they struggle badly at the gate, and because of their proximity to New York City, don't qualify for revenue sharing. And so, it's quite possible that both Smyth and Blake will be playing elsewhere next season, making this season perhaps the best chance the Isles will have to win the Stanley Cup for quite some time.

This is a team that is still paying Yashin a ridiculous sum of money and recently signed their goalie to a 15-year contract. I do not want to hear complaining about their revenue. They have their cap and we missed a year of hockey so they could get it. And now we're learning that it wasn't the system, but incompetent owners that were causing all the trouble? Suck cock.