Waived: (TBL) Mike Smith

[ichabod13]

1 - Your talking about Poulin on how he needs to be sent down as if he is so fragile and cant stand the heat. He is the back up and right now the solid back up!!!

i said i think hes a heartbeat away from being ready, and that id like to see him get that final touch to his game in bridge port. now if you want to twist that into me saying "he is so fragile and cant stand the heat", then by all means have fun doing so.
if youre ok with his play in the opening minutes, giving up questionable goals, thats all well and cool with me. personally id like to see him improve on it. id also like to see him improve his play with his blocker. i think those are the final touches needed to complete his game.

 

[macavoy]

claim him and make him your starter to make nabby look bad

 

[Trumanperro]

What about Manny Legace, he played a game for us in quebec. I say **** it sign him.

 

[Otto91]

Well If DP's Head hurts from that Punch we will need another Goalie....whoever it might be

 

[bov]

You need a goalie who can hold his own in a scrap. Mike Smith is your guy.

 

[I Am Chariot]

TSN:

Uniondale 2/2/2011 - The NY Islanders have claimed goaltender Mike Smith off waivers from the Tampa Bay Lightning. Smith has communicated through a third party that he does not intend to report to the team and will sit the rest of this season out.

 

[KyleBailey12]

TSN:

Uniondale 2/2/2011 - The NY Islanders have claimed goaltender Mike Smith off waivers from the Tampa Bay Lightning. Smith has communicated through a third party that he does not intend to report to the team and will sit the rest of this season out.

Link?

Forgot the smiley XD

 

[mygameworn]

I think he was joking...

 

[ichabod13]

TSN:

Uniondale 2/2/2011 - The NY Islanders have claimed goaltender Mike Smith off waivers from the Tampa Bay Lightning. Smith has communicated through a third party that he does not intend to report to the team and will sit the rest of this season out.

WOW.....YOURE FUNNY!!!!!

 

[BOSSMAN22]

I live in Tampa, and Smith is DP-Lite. They both overhandle the puck and they are good for at least one softy per game.

 

[Flair19Woo]

TSN:

Uniondale 2/2/2011 - The NY Islanders have claimed goaltender Mike Smith off waivers from the Tampa Bay Lightning. Smith has communicated through a third party that he does not intend to report to the team and will sit the rest of this season out.

Thanks for stopping by, richard.

 

[hgo]

TSN:

Uniondale 2/2/2011 - The NY Islanders have claimed goaltender Mike Smith off waivers from the Tampa Bay Lightning. Smith has communicated through a third party that he does not intend to report to the team and will sit the rest of this season out.

As obnoxious as this post was, I did LOL when I read it.

 

[Richie Daggers Crime]

It's an Islander prospect? Throw him to the wolves, we wanna "see what he can do!"

It's funny because the most common rationale I see around here for picking up/recalling players is "why not?", "what can it hurt?", "give him a shot".

Hopefully, management is more thoughtful than that... although it doesn't seem very likely.

 

[OlTimeHockey]

It's funny because the most common rationale I see around here for picking up/recalling players is "why not?", "what can it hurt?", "give him a shot".

Hopefully, management is more thoughtful than that... although it doesn't seem very likely.

For those of you at home, the answer is.....the young player.

 

[peter021]

Is this what it's come to? Scouring the waiver wire to fill out talent on this team? I'm not saying that the waiver pickups are/were bad. Grabner is obviously the best recent example. It just shouldn't be the way you build your team.

In regards to Poulin, he hasn't shown he's at all out of place playing at the NHL level, so I see no reason to send him back down. Not sure how the schedules sync up, but once the Isles' season ends, he can always go down to help Bridgeport in the playoffs and get more playing time.

 

[ichabod13]

i would claim him and send poulin down for the rest of the season.

after checking out smiths medical history and numbers, ive changed my mind. he went from "hey man, this cat is pretty damn good" to "that poor guy" without my even noticing.
i guess i should pay more attention eh?

 

[LeapOnOver]

I don't know, Roloson for Wishart and Smith sounds much better than just Wishart. Goalies can take forever to develop and there is no reason why Smith wouldn't be any different. We need someone to replace Poulin in the minors, or send Poulin back down. What's the big deal if we take him. The only way this team can get anybody is through waivers, drafting, or trading. Take a chance on him. I really can't see much of a reason not to.

 

[Richie Daggers Crime]

I don't know, Roloson for Wishart and Smith sounds much better than just Wishart. Goalies can take forever to develop and there is no reason why Smith wouldn't be any different. We need someone to replace Poulin in the minors, or send Poulin back down. What's the big deal if we take him. The only way this team can get anybody is through waivers, drafting, or trading. Take a chance on him. I really can't see much of a reason not to.

In other words, "why not?", "what can it hurt?", "give him a shot". ?

 

[Strummergas]

In other words, "why not?", "what can it hurt?", "give him a shot". ?

Is he still on waivers? They may not have a choice now....

 

[IslesNorway]

Is he still on waivers? They may not have a choice now....

He cleared, but I wonder whether they'll put him on re-entry after this.

 

[islandermike]

What about Manny Legace, he played a game for us in quebec. I say **** it sign him.

He's playing in Germany

 

[Le Golie]

Smith is now on re-entry waivers.

 

[xECK29x]

Ehh I dunno if we make a claim, I'd say yes but I am really enjoying riding Montoya for now (although tonight is a real good test).

 

[mrichard]

no way we can go forward with DP----have to trade him

 

[SLAPSHOT723]

I'd claim Bernier.