NEW YORK -- Jon Ledecky values the two-year transition period he and Scott Malkin had before taking over control of the New York Islanders this month.Ledecky visited every NHL arena and met with about 20 team presidents, picking their brains about the best business practices in running their franchises.Having those two years to learn and do that was very helpful, Ledecky said Wednesday at a luncheon with local media.Ledecky and Malkin, childhd friends and college rmmates at Harvard, tk over the majority stake in the Islanders on July 1 under a deal agreed to in 2014. Charles Wang, who bought the team in 2000, retains a minority stake.The way we bought the team, Commissioner [Gary] Bettman said that should be a model for other team sales, Ledecky said. Were now in our third year, and in our third year, we shouldnt be making rkie mistakes.Ledecky, who intends to be more involved than Malkin in the business operations of the team, said he was able to subtly interact with fans at the arena and while traveling to games on the subway and Long Island Rail Road.I felt great to be able to be anonymous and be able to talk to them openly, he said. The fans want a winner. They want to know that youre going to spend to the cap, if you have to, to build a winner, which we are willing to do.The Islanders are coming off a successful first season in Brklyns Barclays Center after spending the franchises first 43 years at Long Islands Nassau Coliseum. They overcame injuries down the stretch to earn a playoff berth for the second straight year -- and the third such berth in the past four years -- while reaching the 100-point mark in consecutive seasons for the first time since 1982. New York then beat the Florida Panthers to win a postseason series for the first time since 1993 before losing to the Tampa Bay Lightning in five games in the second round.The Islanders will have a different lk next season, having signed forwards Andrew Ladd, Jason Chimera and?P.A. Parenteau?to replace departed longtime stars Frans Nielsen, Kyle Okposo and Matt Martin. Ledecky said the franchises goal is to keep improving and win a Stanley Cup, but he wont get involved in player personnel decisions. Those are left to general manager Garth Snow.You have to have full faith and confidence in your people, Ledecky said. You set the tone, you provide a budget -- and in this case, the budget is the cap at the NHL -- and you hope that your GM and his team do the right thing.Ledecky acknowledged the growing pains in the transition to the new arena and pointed to the improvements made along the way, including the hiring of an outside company for game-day presentations -- something Barclays Center CEO Brett Yormark had disclosed in March.In the second half of the season, we started seeing tweaks, Ledecky said. We started doing a little bit more with the scoreboard and tried to personalize the arena a little bit. Tried to understand how you made better ice, tried to reach out to experts in the NHL to help us with that.Ledecky also said he hopes Barclays hosts an NHL All-Star Game someday.That means the ice has got to be great, he said. That means the fan experience has got to be great. That means the arena has to lk like a hockey arena. We have to personalize it when were playing in it; we have to make it Islanders-centric.Asked whether there was a possibility the Islanders could play a handful of regular-season games back at Nassau Coliseum once the arenas renovations are complete -- and at a reduced capacity than before -- Ledecky said that would be a decision made by the NHL.No team owner has the right unilaterally or otherwise to go to the National Hockey League and say Im playing games over here, Im playing games over there, he said. Thats not an issue were involved in. Thats an issue the folks would have to take up with the commissioner. Jordan 1 Black Toe For Sale . It was just business as usual for the Thunder at home. Durant scored 32 points and the Thunder beat the Bulls 107-95 on Thursday night for their eighth straight win. Air Jordan 1 Retro High Og Cheap . LUCIE, Fla. http://www.saleairjordan1.com/ . James, who turned 29 on Monday, injured his groin Friday during the Heats overtime loss at Sacramento. 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With the win, England completed a 4-0 sweep and their sixth consecutive series win.In a match that was pushed to the reserve day by the weather, Sri Lanka were bowled out in 33.1 overs, with Marsh taking 4 for 21 and Hazell returning figures of 3 for 21 - her best in ODIs. That, after England had put up 240 for 9 on Thursday after being lifted by contributions from Natalie Sciver (77) and the lower order.Sciver performed with the ball t, and was the first to strike, taking out Sri Lankas openers inside eight overs to reduce them to 21 for 2. Twenty balls later, in the space of which Sri Lanka had added just three runs, Marsh had her first victim, sending back Lasanthi Madhushani to expose Sri Lankas middle order.Marsh and Hazell then scythed through the middle order with the next three wickets falling for 17 runs as Sri Lanka slipped to 47 for 6. Prasadani Weerakkody, the only batsman to show some fight with 32, added 29 runs for the seventth wicket with Nilakshi de Silva - the highest Sri Lanka could manage - before the home team lost their last four wickets for the addition of two runs.dddddddddddd.England began in similarly pr fashion on Thursday, losing opener Tammy Beaumont for a duck in the second over after chsing to bat. Amy Jones (2 and Heather Knight (11), the captain, steadied them briefly with a 30-run second-wicket stand, before England slid drastically, losing five wickets for 20 runs to become 58 for 6.Natalie Sciver, who had walked out just at the start of the collapse with England 38 for 2, began the recovery. Like Sciver, who later supported them with the ball, Hazell and Marsh made crucial contributions with the bat. Sciver and Hazell added 104 runs for the seventh wicket. Sciver was bowled by Chamari Atapattu for a 74-ball 77, before Hazell added 44 more for the eighth wicket with Marsh. Marsh hung around till the end, staying not out on 36. She was helped by No. 10 Beth Langston, who chipped in with 21, to complete Englands recovery before rain stopped play.Inoshi Priyadharshani and Inoka Ranaweera inflicted the bulk of the damage, finishing with three wickets each. ' ' '