Islanders-Sabres [open game thread]
by Dominik on Oct 16, 2009 6:30 PM EDT
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New York Islanders (0-1-3, 5th/Atl) at Buffalo Sabres (3-0-1, 1st/NE)
7:30 p.m. EDT | Buffalo's [bank to do with kilts or something] Arena | MSG+2
Upstate blog on SBN: Die by the Blade
Since the preview this morning, there are hints from Chris Botta that Jack Hillen might be in the lineup. (See, sometimes my prayers do get answered. Wait...he's in for Bruno Gervais? You misheard the damned prayer!) Meanwhile, Katie Strang says the lines look the same as we discussed earlier this week -- except she didn't pencil Joel Rechlicz in there. Surely someone on the 4th line takes the drop for The Wrecker.
By game time we'll know what's what. Well, you will. I'll be out for a family dinner, so I'm probably taking this one on the DVR. Discuss as you please in the game thread: Lines, choice of beverage, expressions of dismay, what's the deal with Ovaltine.
Go Josh Bailey line. Give us something good to talk about.
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Roloson
Looks like he’s going to have a busy night. I’d almost swear we’ve been in the offensive zone less then a minute.
Oy. Coming back late to watch a replay, this was my first hint things weren’t grand.
Thanks for filling up the thread! Always fun for me to come back and read impressions of things.
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Hillen
There ya go Dom, good play by Hillen, taken most of the way down, he managed to swat the puck up and out of the zone.
I liked his rush where he hit the post … back in the salad days when it was still 0-0.
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Don’t want to ruin it for you, but between your mentioning of “We have good goalies” in the Links thread, and Hillen having a Minus 2 night, you have a way of Jinxing things.
Seriously. I’ma have to shut up one of these days…
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I'm beginning to wonder about Gordon as a coach
This team has not won in four games to start the year. They should be out there initiating like crazy and knocking down every Sabres player that touches the puck.
This first period was really…….blah!!!!!
They should try to deliver some of those in the middle of the ice and in the slot
Where a lot of the Sabres are skating around them with their heads down.
You know what? This overspeed stuff is not helping the team with little skill receive passes. I see that Gordon has abandon any chance of a pass our of the zone and gone straight to dump it out no matter what.
This is truely embarrassing. Can we just try an experiment where we put the Sound Tigers on the ice in Isles uni’s for a game and see what the difference is?
Rebuilding is one thing but considering that we had better performances from a team that just about set a record for man games lost last year that should tell you something. Our half priced goalies performed better than Roloson on the shootouts and better than both of them combined up to this point. The players had more space last season because they skated harder. The defense well they are the same "quality they were last year.
But hey our powerplay looks better so I guess we have that going for us…
by metalcoconut on Oct 16, 2009 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Yea, but our roster at the beginning of last season had a good deal more vets.
Sure Roloson is bad on shootouts, but he isn’t going to get rattled and start giving up goals left and right ala MacDonald or Danis.
Biron and Rollie have looked off to me to start the season
Both of em have been cheating on the shot.
Rollie just got exposed there.
I get what you are saying and you are right about the vets but most of these guys feel like fill ins until our draft pics from 2008 and above start developing.
by metalcoconut on Oct 16, 2009 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't care what Jaffe says
Good penalty by Rechlitz.
Make em think twice. I’m tired of this pussy ass bullshit. That’s called initiating and someone has to do it. No one has any fear playing this Islanders team right now.
Who cares
It lit a fire under the Isles asses.
They are playing too timid and not initiating. They have been a little too cautious in this one.
Things like that change the psychological aspect of the game.
fork…done…at least for tonight. I hope Biron plays well tonight and gets the go for the next couple of games to help Rollie get his back in gear.
by metalcoconut on Oct 16, 2009 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions
2nd Intermission
18 shots on goal, hopefully they can keep the pressure up and put on 2 more goals in the 3rd.
Getting killed on Faceoffs though, 11-23
Strong 3rd
They are coming out strong so far in the 3rd. Another possible game that you look back and say “If they played the 1st like the 2nd & 3rd they would have won”?
Final
The Good – Islanders 3 times fought back from 3 goal deficits
The PK was 3 for 4
The PP was 1 for 2
Tavares with another goal and 7 shots
The Bad – Another game that the Islanders came out flat for a period (The 1st)
Rollie not only gave up 2 soft goals, but another shootout and continues to be 0 for infinity on shootouts (His one shootout save hit the post). He also let in 2 goals while facing 3 shots in the second.
Biron gave up another soft goal late, but had the better game and should start tomorrow.
I still say Rechlicz took an awful penalty. It was obvious the Sabres player missed the delayed offsides. Replays showed he shot the puck before the whistle blew.
Although they finished 26-32 on faceoffs, at the 2nd intermission they were well behind at 11-23.
Crazy Prediction
To Close the night, Islanders beat a Sharks team tomorrow that will be trying too hard to make up for the loss to Washington. They finally play 60 minutes and Biron plays one of his hot Games.
But there is good news...
see my Fanshot on Anders Lee. No one wanted to pick him because they thought he would become a football player. Garth took a chance and we may get a third line C comparable to Jordan Staal out of it.
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