One Way to Get Hockey Blog Hits on a Rainy August Sunday...

Start beating up the Islanders for trying to have a good time with their fans.

That's what some Penguins writers, not just bloggers mind you, but MSM too, have chosen to do. I didn't think too much of it when the backlash to Friday night's viewing party at Champions started to trickle in over Twitter. I figured it would blow over quickly.

Not a chance, so by the time that PuckDaddy had to write about it, I figured, crap... time to take a stand, draw a line in the sand and stand up for Isles fans. After all, I'm a 'fan advocate' and unlike most of these beat-writers that cover hockey and write about a team -- I can't be reassigned to covering basketball and never give the Isles a second thought.

So... Here, are my thoughts on the war of words going down between Pens and Isles fans.
Personally, I would have seen the game where Michael Haley took Sean Avery to the ice -- but that's just me. ;o)

OKAY, NOW I'M PISSED!
So, I receive this link of CNN Sunday in my mailbox and I almost crawled out of my skin watching it.

I watch CBS Morning news on Sunday, not CNN. Actually I never watch CNN, so I have no idea who these gentleman are, but obviously one admits he knows nothing about hockey.

I would say they also know nothing about the NY Islanders, but I'm guessing someone there at CNN is friends with the Pens bloggers who seems to have taken a MeetUp, just like all the others we have had, to a different level.

Oddly, the scroll under the description of "NY Islanders Celebrate Replay of Pittsburgh Fist Fest" are more newsworthy items such as "Car bomb injures 33 in Algeria," "Militants launch deadly attack on Afghan governors compound" "Roadside bomb in Baghdad kills Iraqui solder Injures 10."

BUT YOU'RE UPSET THAT THE ISLES ARE HOLDING A MEET UP WHEN MSG PLUS IS REAIRING A GAME FROM THIS SEASON?

Where is the sanity?