E.L. wrote:
http://nypost.com/2015/09/03/islanders-owner-adds-a-personal-touch-to-sell-season-tickets/
The new team owner is calling prospective season ticket holders. Maybe they're having a tough time selling tix, or not.
Yormark, who is in charge of non-hockey ops now, tweeted that they have over 8k season tickets sold & lead the NHL. I seriously doubt the latter statement, since other teams get like 10k season ticket sales. But if a Brooklyn salesman didn't BS, he wouldn't be a Brooklyn salesman, youz know what I mean?
Back to the third jersey, or as NYers might say, da turd joisey.
http://islanderspointblank.com/islander ... -ny-crest/I really liked several of the potential b/w designs floated around a while back. This looks like a beer league jersey. I just don't see what they were going for. I was afraid of it being over-designed. Quite the opposite. And we get it- four stripes to represent 4 Cups... 4 on the sleeve, and the only splash of color and only real carry over from the regular jersey, the 4 stripes on the stick (which now looks short enough for me). 4 stripes= 4 Cups... got it. You can stop with the 4s now. And the collar? wtf is that? It looks like a negative of a catholic priest collar. White most of the way around with a black section up front. No idea what that's about. It's a strange place to add a contrast.
So it was b/w as everyone expected. The actual design is nothing like anyone expected. But fans already absolutely hate it, as everyone expected.
I really hope the team has a hell of a season on the ice, because between a lot of the fan base throwing "I'm not going!" tantrums over the move, over the removal of the Ice Girls, over obstructed view seating, the scoreboard being off-center, still not winning a playoff series since '93, over the third jersey....... it's going to be a really rough start in their new home if they don't have a good season.