Was trade deadline day really that far away? No. It just feels that way. That was the time that Islanders fans were clamoring to trade veteran defenseman Radek Martinek for -- something.
But Martinek himself had his fingers, toes and anything else he could, crossed that he would not get the call to pack-up and ship out. No. Radek Martinek is an Islander. He loves it here and wanted to stay....
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