Comments on: NY Islanders All Set for Move to Brooklyn

By: rashid mehmood

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By: Chris Creamer

Chris Creamer — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 19:12:45 +0000

In reply to Max. The New York Americans only changed their name to Brooklyn, they never played a game there.

By: Max

Max — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 17:05:23 +0000

This will not be the first time a “New York” hockey team will have moved to Brooklyn.

The New York Americans moved to Brooklyn in 1941. If the Islanders change their name it will be to “Americans.” I am 100% sure.

By: Ben in LA

Ben in LA — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 13:18:44 +0000

If the Isles had agreed to move to the arena while it was being designed, there wouldn’t have been any problems with the seating. So I blame THEM, not AECOM.

As for the uniforms, don’t change anything!

By: Koozee Kingdom

Koozee Kingdom — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 10:05:16 +0000

That mockup alternate actually looks pretty good!

By: ingmar66

ingmar66 — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 07:46:51 +0000

That (nice) bridge patch will be part of the uniform from 2015 onwards, be it as a shoulder patch or as the main logo for the alternate jersey. Nice effort, by the way, Chris! The only thing missing is the herringbone pattern in the white striping as an extra reference to their co-renters and their court. As for the seating arrangement, those Brooklyn hipsters won’t mind missing half of the action. They will be too busy blogging and instagramming about the lattes being subpar and the lack of a real barbour shop at the Barclay’s. What if I want to trim my beard during intermission?.

By: Rob S

Rob S — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 23:11:05 +0000

In reply to Sylvain Leduc. Thanks for the link Sylvain, I had heard something about it. 6 Islanders home games a year and 38 AHL games. Who will be the AHL team? Bridgeport?? That part doesn't make sense at all unless they are planning to have a new AHL team in a few years or plan to move the Bridgeport team which is the Islander affiliate. Hadn't heard anything about all that.I guess that is what ChrisZ talks about below or above, concerning the new capacity.....Go Devils on Sat!!

By: Rob S

Rob S — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 22:55:44 +0000

Love the new patch , even though the bridge has nothing to do with anything as Ben pointed out. It still looks cool though.
From the get go , I didn’t like this Brooklyn idea at all. As Aaron mentions and is correct, this is about the same set up the Coyotes had at American West Arena. Those seats overhang the perimeter and people will have to watch the goalie below on a big screen as they will not be able to see the action below. Horrible situation. I do hope they still play some games at Nassau. If I were to fly out to see an Islanders game , I would rather go to Nassau Coliseum then Barclay’s Center anyday!

By: Chris Z.

Chris Z. — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 22:26:11 +0000

In reply to Sylvain Leduc.

I don’t know if they will be back to Nassau Coliseum, as the renovations are going to scale the arena down a lot. Like to 3,000-4,000 seats. It was already the smallest arena in the NHL. Don’t think they will want to move to an arena configured AHL-size.

On a side note, I’ll be at that game in Brooklyn on Saturday. I’m a Devils fan and figured I’d take the trip up to see the new arena. Hopefully it’s nice. I’m sitting up high, but it should be nice.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 20:50:22 +0000

In reply to Greg. One of the reasons why the Coyotes left the US Airways Arena to their current wasteland home in Glendale. However since the Isles move to Brioklyn is a couple years away at least, this gives time to do some alterations to make the Barclays Center more hockey friendly.

By: Sylvain Leduc

Sylvain Leduc — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 19:39:42 +0000

one note: the islanders will play 5-6 games a year at the renovated Nassau Coliseum while staying in Brooklyn. The guys at Brooklyn centre have got the contract to renovate the Nassau coliseum which is kind of odd and strange. If the seating arrangements don’t work, will they move back to Nassau in 2020???

For more info, here`s a link :http://www.barclayscenter.com/ny-islanders/nassau-like-never-before

By: 54321

54321 — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 19:00:41 +0000

I’ve never understood the hoopla about Barclay’s hockey config for the Islanders. They’re leaving a building that no one goes to, that’s probably ready to fall over… beggars shouldn’t be choosers. The Islanders are deserved members of the NHL & this better than moving them to Kansas City or anything.
Barclay’s should see a healthy attendance… that seating shot seems to show a lot of empty available space for temporary hockey seating at rinkside. They could even create a v.i.p. fanzone there for 30-40ppl, snackbar, wait staff, etc.

By: Bill A

Bill A — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 18:57:56 +0000

Even as I despised the Isles back in the 70’s, I’m glad they haven’t left the greater New York metropolitan area. A storied franchise should never leave (I’ll bemoan the Athletics move to KC until I draw my last breath) their home.

Note to Islanders: Please, please, please, don’t go all Anaheim baseball or hockey on us and refer to yourselves as the “New York Islanders of Brooklyn”.

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 18:19:40 +0000

I still feel it’s a bad move to put the Islanders in that arena. That arena was built specifically as a “basketball” arena, not a “multi-purpose” arena. That’s why the seating layout is so messed up for hockey.

By: Marc

Marc — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 17:44:48 +0000

Wish the Islanders all the best!

By: Chris Creamer

Chris Creamer — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 17:16:14 +0000

In reply to François. Actually the Brooklyn Americans, despite the name, never played in Brooklyn. They played in Manhattan, shared the (old) Garden with the Rangers.

By: jay

jay — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 17:13:29 +0000

In reply to François. it was also about 70 years ago or since they last played too. so for the modern era its the 1st game.

By: François

François — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 16:37:00 +0000

How come the patchs says it’s the first NHL game in Brooklyn since the Americans played there before?

They probably mean for the Islanders but still… it’s confusing!

By: Jack

Jack — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 16:06:59 +0000

The seating arrangement is, to say the least, really strange. You think they would have thought of this when they built the arena last year.

At least Nassau will be gone. It feels like it’s lit by a single 40 watt light bulb.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 15:53:01 +0000

2015-15 is a long way away for the NY Islanders to play at Barclays Centre. I wish that the Nassau Coliseum would have been demolished already because the arena lost its fame a long time ago – when the Isles last won a playoff series about 20 years ago.

The NY Islanders are a great organization, who have had troubles since the mid-1990s from when the Isles adopted a fisherman logo to Spano failed attempt to buy the Islanders and turned out to be a fraud.

The Barclays Centre can help rebuild the New York Islanders reputation. Buying out Rick DePietro;s massive 15-year contract and named John Tavares captain is a good start, but moving the Isles to the Barclays Centre would complete the rebuilding process.