Ok, today's subject is Shawn Bates. Do we try and trade him? Is he a good enough penalty killer to keep or does his injury proneness (is that a word?) make it worth trying to trade him? Do we have others that can do his duties or since he's under contract we use him when he's healthy?

You decide.

Trade Bates for absolutely anything. Park and Hilbert do much better jobs of what Bates can do.

But trading he and his salary will be very difficult this summer.

Don't trade him, if he comes back healthy, he can be a big asset for us.

I think the frustration of playing hurt and hampering his abilities is what
contributed to his so-so season.

When healthy, he's a versatile player and Nolan type guy.

Don't make the Pirate walk the plank...keep him.

:cheers: :thumbsup:

Steve I agree to a point. The injury bug weighs heavily on this in my opinion. If we again have him for 1/2 a year, then it's a hole when he's not playing for long periods and we either have to put unproven talent from the AHL in that spot, (which may or may not be a plus, but certainly a gamble) or we have to use up more cap space signing or trading for someone.

I know there are never guarantees about someone's durability, but given his track record will his position be filled by only one player?

Great. I just snorted coffee through my nose :rofl:

I'm really on the fence as far as Bates. Part of me says move him and the other knows he can be an asset if healthy.

Is that BEFORE or AFTER KP pulls out the glove to slap your face???

Shawn Bates, Do we want him on the roster next year?
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1. He must be on team next year.
2. Even with DP sucking or chocking in the playoffs
(whatever excuse you want to call it)
I'LL give DP a mulligan cause he probably still had a concussion playing

If THE MASTER was in the lineup we may have won more then 1 game....again.

THE MASTER
:WORSHIP: :WORSHIP:

Psh

Thats the funniest thing I have heard alllll day


:rofl:

Shawn Bates
2001-2002 Islanders 71
2002-2003 Islanders 74
2003-2004 Islanders 69
2005-2006 Islanders 66
2006-2007 Islanders 48

Only for this season, his games missed do to injuries is not that bad

Lavy loves Batesy send Third eye blind packing to the canes for a bag of used pucks!!!! :punk:

I agree to a point. Let him try to make the team. I believe in competition. If he is in shape, then let Nolan decide. But I wouldn't hesitate in releasing him or trying to trade him if it would make the team better.

What have you been smoking Zep ?

I think that they should persaude him to stay in the office...... i like bates and i think he should be an islander just maybe not on the ice

:huh:

He should fade into history. When they call you gritty, that means you are not getting by on talent. Name an offensive player from last year's squad with worse hands than Bates.

I searched for a more recent thread, didn't find so I'm putting here -- if this is a ModMerge, I apologize in advance.

Webby - nice one - "proneness" is definitely a word (joined at the hip with proclivity, I think).

More to the point -- does anyone have any sense of Bates's fitness level and idea when he's really going to crack the lineup?

I agree with a poster in the other thread about Bootland on waivers -- I would not mess with Bergenheim's role / sparkplugging Satan / etc....

I'd say he could fetch Garth Snow's morning latee, but knowing bates he'll pull something.

I e-mailed Logan the other day asking about Bates, he emailed back saying Shawn left the team to deal with family issues. That was yesterday that Logan got back to me and he said Shawn was at the morning skate, and that it will be hard for him to crack the line-up with Ben Walter playing well.

Having Shawn Bates return to the line up would add

That good vibe sensation every team needs.

He has the longest tenure of any current Islander and his team mates love him.

Plus he can suck on a mouth guard better then any player in the NHL. :argh:

Yea, just what one of the best teams in the NHL needs right now. :doh:

Webby, are you saying the chewing plastic is over-rated?

sucking, overrated....sounds like he belongs on the rangers

:blueribbon: Post of the Year

Spot would agree :doggy: :snowman: :santa:

DON'T.........CHANGE........ANYTHING!

There's a chemistry that's really working now.

Let's see how far it can take us.

If the time comes when we need a Bates, we can add a Bates.

NOT NOW!

:knowitall: I agree HP, dont mess with success.

:knowitall: Unless Jon Sim is ready to go. Then stick him in lineup immediately

Jon Sim has more points than Andy HIlbert :bag:

keep bates. He might be valueable when he returns...i say one more injury them pull the plug

He wasn't valuable BEFORE the injury. Do you think he learned how to keep skating to avoid hooking penalties while he was on IR???

Bates is as valuable as ABC gum.

Rate the Isles ~ Shawn Bates
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Shawn Bates = Winner :thumbsup:

:worthy: Master Bates :argh:

SOMEBODY STAB ME IN MY EYE

SO NOW HE WAITS TABLES???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EnQ262BIWk

Bates is still Islander property?? :dontknow: :poke: :pirate: :argh:
Who knew??? :dontknow:

WHO CARED