Bettman, Isles open Market, you can guess what happens next
Nothing inspires confidence in the stock market like Gary Bettman and the New York Islanders.
After Bettman and the second-worst team in the league rang the opening bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 100 points from 9,321 to 9,228 in literally a minute. No kidding. Right away.
The Fed had to step in around noon and cut interest rates by half a point just to keep everyone from killing themselves over how bad the Islander offense is going to be this season. It worked for a little while, and the Dow surged back to 9,590 around 2:30.
Then everyone remembered that the Islander defense features Jack Hillen and Brett Skinner, and the market promptly dropped 300 points again.
The Islanders should try to sign Brendan Shanahan or Mats Sundin quick to save those of us on Main Street from the meltdown on Wall Street. At least, that’s how I *think* the market works.
October 8th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Love it. Well done!
October 8th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Your attempt at humor failed. Hillen is one of the bright spots on the team. You should have picked a more obvious target to illustrate your moronic point of view.
October 8th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
“Hillen’s one of the bright spots on the team.”
And you don’t find that sad?
Keep reading.
<3 rl
October 8th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
You have a point. But Hillen is indicative of the transformation this league is making. Old school players are being shunned for the new kids who skate like the wind and move the puck faster than their predecessors could imagine. Kids you never heard of two years ago will become stars in the next 5 years.
Gordon with the implementation of his “overspeed” system gets it. He might not have all the pieces yet to make his vision work, but let Snow and Gordon work at it a few years before you pass judgement. You won’t see Weight and Guerin in an Isles jersey past the 09-10 season.