NHL Winter Classic: Rangers, Flyers Throw Made-For-TV Script Out Window - SBNation.com

No one does it better than Dominik and this article about today's Winter Classic is a good one. NHL Winter Classic: Rangers, Flyers Throw Made-For-TV Script Out Window - SBNation.com

But what's an Islander fan to do?

With the two teams that Islander fans hate more than anything playing Network TV's biggest hockey game of the year, do we watch or boycott? Do we sit on the couch and yell obscenities or simply pray for peril?

As these two hated teams play for the top spot, the Isles are once again in the league basement. This is one of the reasons the Isles will probably never end up on a Winter Classic game. Wait, I shouldn't say that. When the network is tired of the hoopla and it's no longer special -- THAT'S when the Isles will play in the Winter Classic. Perhaps in the last year of Rick DiPietro's contract.

So what are we doing? I'm putting on the only Winter Classic gear I have and planning a special lunch to relax on the last day of my vacation.

Now, with these unseasonal temperatures and rain instead of snow, doesn't it give you pause that originally the NHL said that with their ice making equipment, they could indeed host a Winter Classic in a non-traditional warmer market? Also, if the ice is not terrific, how many players will end up with groin strains?

Wait... as an Isles fan, that may not really be a problem. Carry on.

See you at 3 pm or sooner should interesting news somehow break.