Rick DiPietro News

It's inevitable. Get all of the NHL's general managers together, and there's going to be trade talk - even if November deals are a rarity.

Is Martin Biron on borrowed time with the Islanders? New York plans to make changes when Rick DiPietro returns.

Yann Danis, who got his second start of the season for the Devils Friday night, said the opportunity to face his former team made the occasion a little more special.

New York Islanders goalie Martin Biron , right, is given a two-minute penalty for roughing Buffalo Sabres right winger Patrick Kaleta during the first period.

I am a huge fan of OV, Alex the Great, The Great 8, Alex the GR8, the Human highlight reel a you all know who I am talking about.

Week 5 Teams playing four games: Atlanta, N.Y. Islanders, Phoenix, Tampa Bay Teams playing three games: Anaheim, Boston, Buffalo, Calgary, Carolina, Colorado, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Florida, Los Angeles, Montreal, New Jersey, N.Y. Rangers, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Jose, St.

Well, so much for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers' three-goaltender problem, at least until Christmas.

Teams of four were sent out with one player assigned stickhandling duties, another a saucer-pass drill, one-timers went to the third competitor and the goaltenders could pick up a point each time one of their three shots from the opposite end of the ice ended up in the net.

New York Islanders coach Scott Gordon chose John Tavares to go third in the shootout to see how the No.

Newsmakers and their pets will "paws" on a Green Carpet as North Shore Animal League America opens the doors at the Fourth Annual DogCatemy Celebrity Gala presented by Purina One brand pet food.

Truth is, he is not all that much older than some of the students at Guggenheim Elementary in Port Washington, who screamed for him as if he were Miley Cyrus .

Martin Brodeur has yet to need a game off, but with games on consecutive nights starting tomorrow, coach Jacques Lemaire didn't rule out the possibility that new backup Yann Danis could get his first start as a Devil in one of them.

Faceoff: 4 p.m. today at the Nassau Coliseum. TV: CSNCA. Radio: 98.5. Head to head: The teams have split their past two meetings, the Sharks winning 5-3 on Jan.

I was going to post something about how the Islanders have somehow managed to provide some positives despite an 0-1-3 starta 'one that included a blown three-goal, third-period leada 'but then the news dropped on the Long Island Press website that the Lighthouse project is dead .

The Los Angeles Clippers exercised club options on guard Eric Gordon and forward Al Thornton on Tuesday.

But he might just as well have been talking about trading for Smyth two years ago, a deal that was worth trying.

Mike Fisher scored 32 seconds into overtime as the Ottawa Senators edged the New York Islanders 3-2 in the home opener at Scotiabank Place on Thursday night.

From Toledo of the ECHL to stints with the Islanders and Red Wings, Joey MacDonald has kept plugging away.

John Tavares #91 of the New York Islanders celebrates his first NHL assist on a goal scored by teammate Mark Streit in the first period against the Pittsburgh Penguins on October 3, 2009 in Uniondale, New York.

SEPTEMBER 29: Dwayne Roloson #30 of the New York Islanders makes a save against the New Jersey Devils during their preseason game at the Prudential Center on September 29, 2009 in Newark , New Jersey.