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Talk of a possible Islanders move has recently sprung up again, with the Barclay's Center as a landing ground. Owners of the Barclay's Center have been doing their best to attract the attention of the Islanders ownership in the hopes of making a permanent move.

But realistically, is Brooklyn the best option for this team? 

For those who are superstitious, Friday the 13th is believed to be a day of bad luck.

New York Islander goaltender, Rick Dipietro may be a believer after today, if he wasn't already. It is believed he will miss the rest of the regular season after surgery to repair a sports hernia.

"This is something I thought that would just heal up and go away, and instead it got more and more debilitating," Dipietro said to local New York newspaper, Newsday.

Newsday is reporting that Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro will have surgery on Tuesday to repair a sports hernia. DiPietro suffered from a groin injury in a game against Dallas on December 3rd. The Islanders are saying that a best case scenario would be that he can return by the beginning of April.

Years ago, a friend of mine worked for Charles Wang at Computer Associates, Wang's invention whose headquarters lie about 29 miles east of the Nassau Coliseum, and I heard first-hand accounts of how special a person Mr. Wang is. Every day Mr. Wang would travel down to the corporate headquarters' multimillion-dollar gymnasium and workout facility and play pickup basketball with his employees.

The New York Islanders first road winning streak since March was snapped with a 5-4 shootout loss to the Chicago Blackhawks Friday night.

Al Montoya is from Chicago and the Isles goaltender spent $3,800 on tickets for family and friends. 

Montoya made 37 saves on 41 shots in front of his folks, but it wasn't enough. Despite allowing four goals, Kyle Okposo gave plenty of credit to the Islanders goaltender.

The NHL offseason is almost over—training camps are set to begin across the continent during the next few weeks and the first preseason games shortly thereafter. Hockey has returned...almost.

But while there is still time, I'd like to take this opportunity to hand out all of the major NHL awards before a game is ever played in the 2011-12 season. Some of these predictions are a little crazy, some of them are far more likely than others, but all are meant in good fun.

The Stanley Cup is not included, as it is not a major individual award.  

Days after the New York Islanders' arena vote failed, the team's owner Charles Wang has started to begin searching for other options. One option could be to move the team to the next county to the west, Queens.

The Islanders would really benefit from being in that area. Queens has major transportation areas that could be very helpful in getting people their. Also, Wang could finally have things done his way. Getting a project similar to the proposed Lighthouse Project that was in Nassau would be a big boost.

According to Newsday, the New York Islanders are talking with center Alexei Yashin about a contract that would bring him back to the Islanders four years after he left for Russia.

A Bleacher Report writer put up a list of the 10-worst general managers in NHL history. Glen Sather was ranked No. 2, behind Mike Milbury.

Can anybody argue with that? As a Rangers fan, I have been embarrassed by Glen Sather on multiple occasions. Tom Urtz Jr. wrote an article today that ranked the six-worst free-agent signings of all time by the New York Rangers. All of them were signed by Glen the Savior.

Dear Mr. Richards,

I hope this finds you well.

First of all, I want to congratulate you on your new contract for nine years and $60 million that you signed today with the Rangers. You seem like a classy guy with a family and you're a hell of a hockey player so I'm happy for you and your family.