Larry King Sty-lee

Thanks to everyone who wrote in wondering about the lack of updates. We had some family visiting and trying to juggle work and that made it a wee bit difficult to write anything.

Why is Larry King's picture there? Well, for starters, he is a weird bug-like old man. The way he sits and leans on his elbows makes it look like his head is popping out of his chest and it is way freaky. Plus, he used to write a nonsensical column for USA Today that I loved to read for some reason so in the spirit of a man who is still with us, I am going to write today's post in the style that Larry made famous. Some things in here are going to make no sense in or out of context but bear with me, that is how he did it. Of course, you should be able to follow right along with the nonsense anyway because you're used to seeing Stan Fischler on Islanders TV broadcasts!

Here we go...

Heard that Mike Sillinger is going to be rehabbing in Bridgeport at the end of the month. It's worth the price of your ticket to get out to the rink to see a true professional make his way back from hip surgery. Best of luck, Mike...Speaking of Mikes, I saw that Mike Comrie and his girlfriend Hilary Duff went as Brad and Angelina for Halloween. I gotta stop reading Puck Daddy on Yahoo...That Joey MacDonald is sure making Islanders fans forget about Wade Dubielewicz the same way I forget to wear pants some times...Kazan Ak-Bars is the name of Dubie's new club in the KHL. They're known as the Bears. Figures...Other ex-Islanders are in Russia, too. Old friend Oleg Kvasha is playing for Chelyabinsk Traktor and former captain Alexei Yashin is lighting it up with 14 points in 25 games for Yaroslavl Lokomotiv. Hard to believe that Yashin can't find an NHL team with production like that. What is the emoticon for "rolling my eyes"?...For my money, you can't do better than Wendy's chili when it is free. Keep scoring the goals, boys!...Jeff Tambellini is an enigma. He scores and plays a different game in the AHL than he does in the NHL. Still hoping he lights the lamp one of these days. Why not Friday night?....Sorry to see that Kyle Okposo is out with an injury. He might not be scoring as much as he'd like but he sure works hard out there....I see Jason Blake has come alive after being scratched a couple of times in Toronto. Sometimes being the big fish in a small pond is better than taking the money and running...Is Matthew Barnaby on ESPN the biggest stiff you've seen since Scott Scissons? Matt, brother, loosen up....If I had to have one host for NHL hockey it would definitely be a toss up between James Duthie of TSN and Ron MacLean of Hockey Night in Canada...Is it me or has The Maven upped his cringe-worthy exponent to the power of ten this season?...Has anyone started the "Bring Back Deb" petition yet?...For my money, there is no sweeter drink in the morning than that first sip of Mountain Dew...I want to take this opportunity to publicly thank my wife, Linzi, for getting me the Center ice package as a gift. She posts these ramblings of mine but I don't think she gets much of a chance to read them so she probably won't see this...Islanders got some good news this week that Brendan Witt will be activated and play for the team starting Friday at the Rock in Newark. Brett Skinner was sent back to Bridgeport to make room for the assistant captain but he shouldn't hang his head. He was steady and played well for the big club...Finally, whatever happened to David Volek?