2008-2009 is a wash. That much is clear. But dammit, I'm not giving up on this I've already done the "keep-the-faith" speech. Been there. And besides, with as many "wait 'til next year" seasons as we've seen in the past decade, that sort of thing may be getting a bit hackneyed.
This time, I'm putting my money where my mouth is.
And so, to silence a certain loudmouth critic, a bet was made:
- If the Islanders finish top-20 in the league in 2009-10, this shrewd author receives a brand new Islanders jersey.
- If the Islanders finish below that mark, however, this deadbeat author will unsuccessfully try to back out of buying my critical friend a brand new Sabres jersey.
A bold wager indeed.
The way I see it, this bet entirely depends on how the youth of the Islanders comes out next year. With a healthy DiPietro (perhaps not a safe bet in itself), Hunter, Sutton and Meyer, and the further development of this year's rookies and prospects, I give myself a better-than-50/50 chance of winning.
Of course we'll have to wait and see, but that's the fun, isn't it?
1 comments:
1) The Isles also will have something most other teams won't, cap space to chase after the odd UFA.
2) Specificaly if we were garth Snow, we'd be readying a nice UFA offer to two 26 year old Mikes Cammalleri and LI's own Komisarek. In both cases their current teams are going to be hard pressed to make any significant offer to retain them. They are both young enough to fit into the program of rebuilding.
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