Team report: New York Islanders

On NHL teams, there are two types of players -- those who won't are reluctant to sign and those who willingly oblige requests. Thankfully, Doug Weight, the captain of the New York Islanders, is one of the latter, as these three pucks are proof-positive that he has no problem signing multiple items.

I'll be honest here, too, that was the primary reason for heading out to hound the Islanders last week. Though I'm trying to scale back on my hockey-hounding efforts this season (yeah, right), I couldn't pass up this opportunity to add to the collection.

Let me be clear, though, that these weren't the only items signed. All told, Colin and I racked up 36 autographs, including 13 pucks, from the Islanders. Others signing pucks were Trevor Gillies, Michael Grabner, Zenon Konopka and Mike Mottau.

Among those signing cards included, from left, Josh Bailey, Blake Comeau, Trent Hunter and Dwayne Roloson.

Other highlights:

~ John Tavares signing a Team Canada puck and Nino Niederreiter, taken fifth overall at the 2010 draft, signing three pucks;
~ Isles' color commentator Butch Goring on two pucks; and
~ Colin adding 15 Islanders to a team sheet.