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@DanJFriedman

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Future copywriter. Former columnist/hot take-artist ( @SINow , @WFAN660 ). I don’t know why he’s in the lineup tonight.

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Joined February 2011
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@DanJFriedman
Daniel Friedman
7 years
We must demand justice for the Russians' interference with Mariah Carey's performance tonight.
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3 years
NHL officiating needs a major overhaul.
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4 years
On a personal note, this has been a really rough stretch for me. I’ve gotten divorced, business has been a struggle and we’re in the middle of a global pandemic. But what this #Isles team has done here has given me a reason to smile. And for that, I’m extremely grateful.
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2 years
Teams that are better on paper now than they were last season: CAR, CBJ, DET, EDM, LAK, MTL, NSH, NYI, NYR, OTT, SEA, WSH. Teams that are worse: BOS, CGY, CHI, COL, DAL, FLA, PHI, SJS, STL, TBL, TOR, VGK Teams that are basically the same: ANA, ARZ, BUF, MIN, NJD, PIT, VAN, WPG
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Daniel Friedman
3 years
Josh Bailey is very likely the most under-appreciated player in the history of this franchise. #Isles
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Daniel Friedman
2 years
There better be a really, really good explanation for #Isles firing the best head coach in franchise history behind Al Abrour.
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3 years
Sidney Crosby is still a top-5 player in the NHL. Fight me.
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Daniel Friedman
3 years
Source: #Isles have a deal with Kraken to select Rick DiPietro in the expansion draft.
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3 years
Just get the feeling that Shayne Gostisbehere is the kind of player who becomes a monster with a change of scenery.
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3 years
Pretty sure Ilya Sorokin just introduced himself on national television. #Isles
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4 years
I think Anna Kendrick ought to reconsider. #Isles
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Daniel Friedman
3 years
Pretty impressive that the Islanders were able to beat both the Bruins and NBC Sports Network in a that series.
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Daniel Friedman
3 years
There will never be another place like Nassau Coliseum.
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Daniel Friedman
5 years
This is the sign that greeted #Isles fans as they pulled into the Nassau Coliseum parking lot this afternoon:
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Daniel Friedman
7 years
It's unfair to crucify the Penguins for their decision to go to the White House. They have as much a right to that as players have to kneel.
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3 years
The Islanders have the best goalie tandem in the NHL right now, and I’d say it’s not particularly close.
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2 years
#Isles 2022 off-season, a history: 1) Fired arguably the best coach in the league 2) Traded for Romanov 3) Struck out on signing Gaudreau 4) Struck out on other good options because they were trying to sign Gaudreau 5) Struck out on signing Kadri
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Daniel Friedman
6 years
BREAKING: I have acquired dishwashing duty from my wife in exchange for a conditional household chore unlikely to be named later.
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2 years
Ilya Sorokin's a top-three goaltender in the NHL at this point. It's no longer debatable. #Isles
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3 years
“Adam Pelech is a star in the National Hockey League.” — Pierre McGuire
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Daniel Friedman
2 years
Lou Lamoirello needs to be fired. Before this summer, I would’ve said he just needs to be team president and let someone else handle the GM role. Now? I wouldn’t trust him to unlock a front door. He’s reversed just about every good thing he’s done in a matter of months. #Isles
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Daniel Friedman
3 years
So, let me get this straight: the Islanders, a team that pushed Tampa to seven games and has made it to back-to-back conference finals, have 20/1 odds to win the Cup, but the Leafs, who couldn’t win in the playoffs if humanity’s survival depended on it, have 14/1 odds? Get out.
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New 2022 #StanleyCup Odds #GoAvsGo lead the way at 5/1
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Daniel Friedman
2 years
Ilya Sorokin is good. Mat Barzal is good. Adam Pelech is good. Noah Dobson is good. There’s a good core in place. Fix it in the off-season. #Isles
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Daniel Friedman
2 months
There is a near-zero chance it’s a coincidence Andrew Berkshire — who is openly anti-Israel — singled out Zach Hyman — who is openly pro-Israel — to make a point he could’ve used dozens upon dozens of players to make.
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Daniel Friedman
2 years
If your response to this season is the #Isles should fire Barry Trotz, you have absolutely lost your mind.
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Daniel Friedman
2 years
First Crosby, now Malkin. What is it with these guys? I really think the core of this Penguins team has been conditioned to believe it’s above the law over the past 15 years.
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2 years
I don’t want to hear anything ever again about how Ilya Sorokin is anything short of a franchise goalie. #Isles
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Daniel Friedman
1 year
Oliver Wahlstrom just beat the living daylights out of Tony DeAngelo. #Isles
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Daniel Friedman
3 years
Unpopular opinion (perhaps): if Artemi Panarin chooses the #Isles instead of the Rangers, he’s playing in the Stanley Cup Final right now.
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Daniel Friedman
4 years
I’m telling you, this #Isles team is so freaking close. One or two more pieces and they can beat a team like Tampa. They’re right there.
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3 years
If you’re blaming Sorokin, you’re wrong. #Isles
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Daniel Friedman
4 years
BREAKING: Barry Trotz is still the head coach of the Islanders. #Isles
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Daniel Friedman
10 years
Found this on Facebook. Haven't stopped laughing since. http://t.co/Lx2Kn50nkR
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1 year
That’s what you call a good look, folks. #Isles
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Daniel Friedman
3 months
@realBrookNash @irrvrntVC someone needs to put this on a coffee mug
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Daniel Friedman
2 years
A lot of you have clearly never heard of Romanov or seen him play, because if you had, you wouldn’t be reacting this way right now.
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3 years
Congratulations to the Lightning. Pretty clear to me that, if not for them being so freaking good, #Isles would likely have won back-to-back Stanley Cups.
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Daniel Friedman
2 years
I completely take back everything I said about wanting Lou Lamoriello out as GM but still in as President of Hockey Ops. I want Lamoriello off the island. #Isles
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Daniel Friedman
4 years
PSEG be like: “we estimate your power will be restored at 1:45 pm on March 12th, 2057.”
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Daniel Friedman
5 years
That’s the final straw. This is absolutely unacceptable. The NHL needs to do something about its officiating right now. I don’t care what it takes. Get it right. Enough of this. Completely unacceptable.
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Daniel Friedman
3 years
I am so tired of hearing about how Tampa is cheating or whatever when it comes to the cap. The CBA allows them to do what they’re doing and every single team would’ve done the same freaking thing in that situation. Move on.
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Daniel Friedman
4 years
Give Noah Dobson a lot of credit. He got thrown into the fire tonight and played admirably. #Isles
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Daniel Friedman
4 years
Look, I know Toews definitely has some skill and upside (even though I thought he was 100% expendable), but some people on this website are acting like #Isles just traded Bobby Orr.
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Daniel Friedman
4 years
John Tortorella should’ve won the Jack Adams by a mile and I will die on that hill.
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Daniel Friedman
3 years
No way #Isles make this trade if they don’t trust Noah Dobson. Look for the kid to take on a much bigger role next season.
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Daniel Friedman
3 years
I’d say the fact Pelech took an obvious discount from his market value is yet another indicator #Isles are working on something big.
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Daniel Friedman
4 months
Underrated, Patrick Roy is gonna live on Long Island. Like, you could theoretically run into him at Home Depot or something.
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Daniel Friedman
5 years
The New York Fucking Islanders.
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Daniel Friedman
9 years
Without doubt the line of the night: http://t.co/QhwbJf1372
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4 years
Fair question: is Martin-Cizikas-Clutterbuck one of the best fourth lines in NHL history? #Isles
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Daniel Friedman
2 years
Remember, folks. If Angel Hernandez can still be employed by Major League Baseball as an umpire, you can do anything you set your mind to.
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Mathew Barzal is the worst good hockey player I’ve ever seen. #Isles
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Daniel Friedman
7 years
Metro Division just added Artemi Panarin and Jordan Eberle, and after tonight, it'll have added Nolan Patrick and Nico Hischier. Have mercy.
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Daniel Friedman
5 years
Remember when the Islanders traded Griffin Reinhart and Ryan Strome for Mat Barzal and Jordan Eberle?
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Daniel Friedman
3 years
Make no mistake: The Islanders are going for it this summer.
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Daniel Friedman
7 months
This is in West Hempstead. I grew up there. My family lives there. Hundreds of Jewish families live there. This cannot continue.
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Dani Klein 🎗️ YeahThatsKosher
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Just your run-of-the-mill Halloween shenanigans in a Jewish neighborhood / at the rabbi’s house on Long Island
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Daniel Friedman
4 years
BREAKING: #Isles to begin playing at Belmont arena next season, with or without ice.
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Daniel Friedman
2 years
The season is over. It’s time to make trades. Get rid of the passengers, keep the rest of the core intact, focus on retooling for next season. This team just does not have it. #Isles
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Daniel Friedman
4 years
How old are we? Rick DiPietro would’ve been an unrestricted free agent at the end of next season. #Isles
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Daniel Friedman
3 months
Lou Lamoriello can fuck off. Waited forever to hire Patrick Roy. Did nothing — NOTHING to improve this roster in the offseason. Brought back players he shouldn’t have. What you see is what you get. Tell me I’m wrong, I triple dare you.
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Daniel Friedman
3 years
So, because the MLB is doing the Field of Dreams game, I’d like to propose that the NHL plays a game in Mystery, Alaska.
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Daniel Friedman
3 years
I’ve been giving it a lot of thought and have concluded that the #Isles should simply acquire Connor McDavid.
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Daniel Friedman
1 year
This whole thing is such a damn shame. It was all so, so avoidable. Not only that — they could’ve won a Cup. They were right there. But between the moves they made and the ones they didn’t, they simply blew it. There’s no way to sugarcoat or defend any of it. #Isles
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Daniel Friedman
2 years
So, to summarize: The #Isles have done *checks notes* absolutely nothing this summer. Bold strategy.
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Daniel Friedman
2 years
Literally all the #Isles needed to do over the past two summers to have a serious shot at a Cup was keep the core and coaching staff that went to back-to-back conference finals intact, add a defenseman, and add a scoring winger. What they’ve done instead is beyond inexcusable.
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Daniel Friedman
3 years
Not exaggerating when I say this: Ilya Sorokin is the most talented (remember, I said “talented,” not “best”) goalie the #Isles have ever had.
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Daniel Friedman
5 years
Amazing to me how people are saying Ken Holland is a bad GM because the Red Wings naturally regressed after decades of dominance, completely ignoring everything he did to make that team the juggernaut it was.
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Daniel Friedman
3 years
Top-five typo in the history of typos, at minimum.
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Daniel Friedman
3 years
Noah Dobson has more points this season than: Shea Weber Alex Pietrangelo Rasmus Dahlin Ryan Suter Erik Karlsson Zach Werenski Ryan Ellis Ivan Provorov
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Daniel Friedman
2 years
Your favorite team didn’t lose to Tampa at any point over the last three years because of one or two mistakes or roster decisions. Your favorite team lost to Tampa because the Lightning are better. Period.
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Daniel Friedman
5 years
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3 years
NBCSN panel on Varlamov: “He outplayed Andrei Vasilevskiy.”
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Daniel Friedman
8 years
The Cubs just went full Mets. You never go full Mets.
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Daniel Friedman
4 years
in russia, goaltender signs you
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Daniel Friedman
6 years
I can confirm that John Tavares has informed the Cleveland Cavaliers he will not be signing with them.
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Daniel Friedman
5 years
Hearing the #Isles will offer sheet Mitch Marner, but also, they might not. Can confirm that it will or won’t happen (e5).
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Daniel Friedman
3 years
can’t believe eberle is gone. such a good islander and an enjoyable player to watch. gonna miss him.
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Daniel Friedman
3 years
Thoughts: 1. Kieffer Bellows has been given plenty of chances to prove that he is an NHL-caliber player. He is not. 2. Zdeno Chara needs to be used sparingly. I love him as a seventh defenseman. He cannot be a regular. Not at 44, not at that speed. 3. They’ll be fine. #Isles
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3 years
Thank you, Nick Leddy. #Isles
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2 years
Typical #Isles to have Zdeno Chara both too early and too late in his career.
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4 years
At this point, I think it’s fair to question whether or not Ilya Sorokin even exists. #Isles
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Daniel Friedman
2 years
I love Butch Goring, but Anson Carter is a better color commentator. Obviously doesn’t have the same connection to the franchise as Goring does, but I find his analysis and delivery to be superb. #Isles
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Daniel Friedman
5 years
Did Lehner just say “fucking right” on television? Hero.
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Daniel Friedman
3 years
Really amazes me how secretive #Isles are under Lamoriello. All of these insiders and nobody can confirm anything. It’s like the CIA.
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Daniel Friedman
2 years
If I were the Islanders, I would simply stop trying to sign players named “John.”
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3 years
#Isles have clinched the playoffs, an incredible feat considering their season ended last week.
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4 years
Barry Trotz needs to have the #Isles skate suicides after the game until they shut the arena lights off.
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2 years
I know this is going to sound blasphemous, but the #Isles need a goal-scoring winger waaayyyyy more than they need Jakob Chychrun.
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Daniel Friedman
5 years
I personally don’t know why #Isles are getting involved in this Bobrovsky sweeps. Great goalie, but you’ve already got one and he wants to be here. Robin Lehner should’ve been Plan A.
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Daniel Friedman
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I’m gonna let you in on a little secret: I haven’t been very consistent about putting on Tefillin for several years. I’m not proud of it. But recent events (and @EliLebowicz ) have inspired me to try and make that part of my morning routine again. #putembackon #tefillinforisrael
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Daniel Friedman
4 years
Everyone expected Tampa to run #Isles out of Edmonton in three and that didn’t happen. It turned out to be a heck of a series. They’re right there. I’m telling you, they’re so close.
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Daniel Friedman
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There are only five players who are part of this team’s future, and they’re the only ones who seem to give a damn. Barzal, Dobson, Horvat, Sorokin, and Romanov. Nelson cares, but he’s 32 and a year away from UFA. The rest of them can go. All of them. Starting tomorrow. #Isles
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Daniel Friedman
1 year
If you’re still mad that the #Isles gave up Raty, Beauvillier, and a 1st — a combination that MIGHT yield one player that’s as good as Horvat — for Horvat, I don’t know what to tell you.
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Daniel Friedman
4 years
Cannot understand why the Sabres ever got rid of these. One of the best uniforms in the history of pro sports.
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2 years
I find it very odd that #Isles fans would prefer the #GoBolts win despite the fact they’ve KO’d the Islanders two years in a row. It’s time to let the John Tavares thing go.
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You cannot simply expect Tavares to just forgive the Islanders for years of incompetence because they finally got their act together in the month and a half before his free agency. If he leaves, he has a damn fair reason.
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Can’t help but continue to notice how much Bellows has improved. #Isles
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6 years
The Bruins appear to be going all in to defend their 2011 Stanley Cup title.
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