Branching Out During the Islanders Off-Season

Before my travel softball hell starts up again and before we know who will be the name called up at the podium on June 26th, what should I do to entertain myself?

Why join yet another hockey related website looking for contributors. Why not? It's not like I have things to do or that I actually work for a living. Nah!!! I've got time.

So this morning there's an interesting little email in my personal account from Hockeybarn.com with a "gift" of NHL conference call access to Bruce Boudreau to the first TWO writers that respond.

If anyone has had email exchanges with me, you know I'm the fastest e-mailer in the East. No sooner do you hit send and count to five, my response is probably staring back at you. So certainly, I was one of the two to jump on the call.

I clocked out for lunch, locked my office door, plugged that spy earpiece thingy into my Olympus recorder and off I went.

So if you would like to check out a new website devoted to hockey and read what head coach Bruce Boudreau had to say about the upcoming Round 2 series, you can read my take on the 15 minute tele-conference.

As Islanders fans you may find the Islanders dissing at one point of the teleconference amusing. Or like me, you may get pissed off.