NHL Season Underway

The National Hockey League began its 2009-10 campaign this past Friday night and once again, I am filled with hope and at the same time reality (or disappointment) for my lowly New York Islanders.Goalie Rick DiPietro is coming off of yet another knee injury and surgery and will not be available until late October at the very earliest. This year, however, I give the Islanders much more credit than least year when they were in this predicament because at least this year they are somewhat prepared for such a loss.Instead of sitting on their hands and leaving the fate of the club in the hands of two goalies who have less than 25 games of NHL experience under their belts, New York went out and signed two former Stanley Cup goalies: Martin Biron and Dwayne Roloson.In case you're not familiar with them, Biron is formerly of the Buffalo Sabres, and Roloson was part of that terrific goalie tandem of himself and Manny Fernandez in Minnesota before going on to be the number one guy in Edmo...