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Baumbach's analysis: Uncertainty continues for Islanders fans

July 12, 2010 8:47 PM By JIM BAUMBACH jim.baumbach@newsday.com

Quick ReadFor Islanders fans, this story has played out like an annoying soap opera, Jim Baumbach writes.

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Photo credit: David Pokress | Islanders' Trent Hunter, Frans Nielsen and Jon Sim celebrate Hunter's third period goal at Nassau Coliseum. (April 1, 2010)

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We're in the seventh year of Charles Wang's quest to meet you at the Lighthouse, but the Islanders still are no closer today to a new Coliseum than they were at the start. And when you get down to it, isn't that the real shame of this whole sorry saga?

For Islanders fans, this story has played out like an annoying soap opera, twisting and turning just enough to keep their hopes alive but never...

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I like Charles Wang's more extravagant plan for redevelopment. I'm in favor of Kate Murray's scaled-back approach. Scrap both plans and focus all efforts on building a casino. I don't care what they build there, as long as the Islanders stay put.