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This just in: Kyle Okposo is good, and other Islanders views

This Scott Gordon quote about Kyle Okposo -- before last night's game -- made the rounds quickly:

"Well, if anybody was talking about him as if he were a surprise, they weren't watching the second half [last season]. He has established himself as a guy who just does everything right."

But we can forgive outsiders for not watching the Islanders last season. To help them, here's an Okposo offering from last night:


What I particularly appreciate was the game situation: Islanders down 2-0 on a couple of tough luck goals, just minutes left in the 2nd period. Going into the 3rd down by only one goal would really change the outlook, wouldn't it? So Okposo intercepts Matt Moulson's flubbed point shot, spins Volchenkov around, and makes Pascal LeClaire drop to his knees three separate times in preparation for the shot. But it didn't end there. Okposo, just two games since coming back from concussion, continues driving the net to bury it while Jason Spezza watches.

Post-game links after the jump...

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The Ottawa Citizen

I guess they didn’t catch last nights game and Emery getting shellshocked for 5 goals on 25 shots….

by Mark D on Oct 9, 2009 2:07 PM EDT reply actions  

Yeah, that was funny. On the Ottawa telecast, they were enjoying Emery’s night.

This week for Emery was a microcosm of hockey hype: “Shutout! Five periods of shutout! Yikes, lit up and pulled!”

On that note, the Isles are still above Jersey!

Lighthouse Hockey: Side effects may include Weight gain and frequent game loss.

by Dominik on Oct 9, 2009 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

Trade partners

Im following these injuries looking for who and what we could get in return for Biron or Rolo

- would philly take Biron back (or is there to much bad blood)

by steelermafia on Oct 9, 2009 8:23 PM EDT reply actions  

They are right against the cap, we’d have to take Emery, or it would have to be a 3 team deal in which the Flyers can dump salary.

The Flyers are going to stick with Emery through thick and thin. They signed Boucher as the backup because everyone knows he’s not a starter and won’t push Emery. Things will have to go really bad for them to replace Emery, and 3-1 isn’t too bad. Especially when the only loss is to the defending cup champions.

by Mark D on Oct 9, 2009 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions  

Hold your horses!!!

We didn’t sign Marty to be trade bait. If DP comes back and plays reasonably well prior to the deadline, we MAY shop Marty around. I would not expect that Philly would be a trading partner. Any other playoff team with goaltender Issues would be a consideration. My favorite obvious scenario is Chicago having Huet issues and trading Buff-Daddy to us.But,again, for it to even be a thing, DP had to come back and play fairly well prior to the deadline.

by BCISLEMAN on Oct 11, 2009 4:16 AM EDT up reply actions  

Back to Okposo

no offence to Okposo but I watched the U.S team at the world juniors and felt that Rakshani was more noticeable

- speaking of Rak he added 3 assists in an exibition game and helped his team when 3-2

by steelermafia on Oct 9, 2009 9:23 PM EDT reply actions  

Haha, excellent!

•The Senators home opener featured empty seats, 1,098 short of a sellout. The only possible conclusion is that 1992 NHL expansion was a failure, Gary Bettman hates Canada, and Hamilton should have this team.

^^
LMAO!

Lets go Islanders...

by TheMetalChick on Oct 9, 2009 11:40 PM EDT reply actions  

/bows

Sometimes I go for the funny, but you probably shouldn’t encourage me :)

Lighthouse Hockey: Side effects may include Weight gain and frequent game loss.

by Dominik on Oct 10, 2009 12:56 AM EDT up reply actions  

God, I love [Karl] Okposo. Nice to see these young guns fighting for the wins here. You can’t coach heart (maybe redundant, and definitely way too early to hang my hat on this) but I appreciate watching the guys grit it out. If those five men know each other is playing at 110%, they’ll do anything for each other, that’s a great thing to hope for.

by albeezle on Oct 10, 2009 1:47 AM EDT reply actions  

definitely way too early to hang my hat on this

Honestly, we’re probably due for a little overeager enthusiasm. You watch Okposo, and suddenly you get real visions of how this can all eventually come together.

Lighthouse Hockey: Side effects may include Weight gain and frequent game loss.

by Dominik on Oct 10, 2009 2:04 AM EDT up reply actions  

perhaps, so Dom, but I’m more pragmatic than fanatic I suppose. I’d like to think “everything in due time, and with hard work”. Cuz you know… like I said in Trent Hunter’s year end eval, imagine this guy getting a full, “Imagine this guy getting a full year, he’s poised to put up decent numbers.” Whoops.

by albeezle on Oct 10, 2009 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions  

Haha. I just assume that’s why you said “imagine,” since reality never seems to include health.

Lighthouse Hockey: Side effects may include Weight gain and frequent game loss.

by Dominik on Oct 10, 2009 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

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1979-80


May 24, 1980: Tonelli to Nystrom. At long last, the steady build of the New York Islanders from expansion doormat to surprise semifinalist to annual contender reaches the promised land: Buoyed by a late season trade for Butch Goring that gave the team the depth up the middle GM Bill Torrey had been seeking, the Islanders knock off the Philadelphia Flyers in six games.

The victory justified the faith in coach Al Arbour who guided them from their second season to their first Stanley Cup seven seasons later. The Islanders would not be the first expansion team to win the Stanley Cup, but they would be the only one capable of a dynasty.

1980-81


May 21, 1981: This time it was much easier. After falling to "only" 91 points in the 1979-80 season, the Islanders returned to their division title tradition, piling up 110 points -- a whole 13 points over second-place Philadelphia.

Between the quarterfinals (where they beat the upstart Oilers in six games) and the finals, the Islanders reeled off eight consecutive wins -- with a four-game sweep of archrival Rangers in between. As they defeated the Minnesota North Stars in five games for their second Cup, their goal difference in the final was a combined +10.

1981-82


May 16, 1982: Another year, another landslide title. The Islanders won the Patrick Division by a whopping 26 points over the second-place Rangers, and were seven points clear of their nearest competition for the President's Trophy, the still-not-quite-ripe Edmonton Oilers.

A first-round scare against the Pittsburgh Penguins turned in the Isles' favor thanks to John Tonelli's heroics, and a true dynasty was on its way: Past the Rangers in six games, then an eight-game sweep of the Quebec Nordiques and Vancouver Canucks to run away with the Stanley Cup.

1982-83


May 17, 1983: Not so fast, whipper-snappers. The Edmonton Oilers' steadily rising challenge for league supremacy took them all the way to the finals for the first time, where the New York Islanders summarily dispatched them in a four-game sweep. For the Islanders, the Dynasty was secured. For the Oilers, it was a powerful lesson in where talent ends and the demands of playoff hockey begin.

Four years, four Cups, 16 consecutive playoff series wins (a record that would grow to 19 until the rematch with the Oilers the following year). Mike Bossy scored 60 goals yet again, and Wayne Gretzky became acquainted with Billy Smith's crease.


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