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Why The Delay
by Paul on 11/04/07 at 07:05 AM ET
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from Larry Brooks of the NY Post,
In his 40 days and nights as general man ager of the Islanders during the summer of 2006, Neil Smith ran the team’s Entry Draft, selecting Minnesota Golden Gopher right winger Kyle Okposo seventh overall, and he signed free agents Mike Sillinger, Brendan Witt, Chris Simon, Andy Hilbert and Tom Poti, the first four of whom remain with the club.
For his trouble, Smith, who unaccountably never signed the three-year, $2.1M contract to which he and owner Charles Wang verbally agreed before reporting for duty, has yet to be paid a nickel by the franchise as he waits for Gary Bettman’s ruling on the grievance he brought against the Islanders more than a year ago . . . and waits . . . and waits . . . and waits.
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This is the one day of the year that Mr. Brooks turns his attention to the NY Islanders and it figures he had to find the negative on a day of so many positives. He couldn’t let this “breaking” news story rest just one week and allow Al Arbout to enjoy his milestone. Classy.
Posted by Hockey1919 from Montreal on 11/04/07 at 10:26 AM ET