In October 2012, a month into the NHL lockout, with the schedule already beginning to crumble, the New York Islanders made a big announcement: Upon expiration of their lease in 2015, the Isles would be leaving the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, their publicly owned home of 40 years, for Brooklyn's Barclays Center. The team is now reportedly trying to move a year early, which would make this lockout-shortened season the penultimate one in the Coliseum. The financially floundering Islanders will be happy to rid themselves of Nassau County's ownership, and the bankrupt county will be happy to rid itself of the Islanders.

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Megan Fox Tries On Ian Laperriere's Teeth In This Is 40

If you're a hockey fan looking to escape the pain of the lockout at the movies this holiday season, be sure to skip the certifiably mediocre This Is 40. Four then-Philadelphia Flyers make a cameo in the above scene. From left to right: Scott Hartnell, James van Riemsdyk (now of the Toronto Maple Leafs), Ian…

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Why Did The Globe And Mail Take Down Its Story About How Kyle Turris…

After supposedly "returning" from the Finnish SM-Liiga, Kyle Turris complained about his lockout home to The Globe and Mail, in just the latest of a few such stories to come out recently. The Globe and Mail piece covered the usual stuff: the food sucked, the travel sucked, "they spoke a different language."

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Four 4chan Users Won A Contest To Meet Arian Foster

The above image shows five 4chan users, the one in the middle being a running back for the Houston Texans. Apparently the four guys in the zany animal t-shirts are posters from 4chan's /sp/ board, who, with the immense voting power of the 4chan behind them, won an internet contest to meet Arian Foster. And they used…

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Ilya Bryzgalov Can't Take Your Calls Right Now; He's About To Launch…

The Russian men's national hockey team recently removed Flyers' goalie and philosopher Ilya Bryzgalov from their roster before the start of the Channel One Cup, an annual tournament for Europeans playing in European leagues. During the NHL lockout, Bryzgalov has been playing for CSKA Moscow of the KHL. And he hasn't…

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