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Pickett: Islanders not affected by charges facing ex-execs

Former Islanders owner John O. Pickett Jr. said Thursday he believes that "absolutely under no circumstance" was Long Island's hockey team affected by the alleged multimillion-dollar fraud charges brought against two former executives.

In a telephone interview, Pickett, 74, said he was "shocked" to have learned Thursday that Stephen Walsh and Paul Greenwood - who ran the Islanders from 1991...

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