Islanders-Wild [game thread]
New York Islanders at Minnesota Wild, Nov 20, 2009 8:00 PM EST
Katie Strang reports that Brendan Witt -- who hadn't skated in a week -- sits this one out for Andrew MacDonald. No pressure, Andy Mac: Just a massive NHL opportunity on the line. Getting ahead of myself, but: How wild would it be if his play bumped his defensive partner Freddy Meyer from the lineup?
Strang also says Martin Biron's in net, and Cal Clutterbuck is looking forward to trash-talking his old junior linemate, one John Tavares. I'm pretty pumped for this. No one backs JT in a corner. (Okay, that: Hyperbole and poor '80s film reference. But we haven't seen how Tavares responds when someone angers him, and I have a hunch that it is like poking a bear.)
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Thanks. No offense, but we’re hungry for blood.
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I feel for you. If Richards is as billed, maybe the growing pains are worth it.
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not bad Carlin, 18 min into the pregame before your first major difficulty trying to speak…
why isn't #16 hanging in the rafters?
You mentioned him smiling constantly, and now I can’t notice anything else.
Like when I told my wife Deb always speaks out of the side of her mouth, she said “Why did you tell me that? Now that’s all I see.”
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MacDonald
You know, the thought probably is, as long as he’s up from the AHL, they might as well give him a go in case of another injury to the D.
I was hoping for that. And makes sense; might as well bring him along for this 3-in-4 trip.
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Either that or Witt has Swine Flu. He might be back with the team and not 100%. Didn’t they hide that Weight had it till after he came back?
It was late in his time out, but it sounded like they truly didn’t know. He was sick and finally got tested.
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Ha
Well done. Wait … I guess that means we’ll be getting PK time, too.
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I wish … hear it’s nice. Hefty commute for me, though. :)
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it is, went few weeks ago vs altanta, free 250$ tix so i ate all night and stood behind chico and doc, but my seats next week wont be as classy :-) since i have to pay for these
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One thing I miss about the late 90s Islanders. I probably mentioned it before, but I used to show up at the Colosseum with a half hour to go before the game and wait till someone offered free tickets. Then since it was always weekday games I would just go down to the lower bowl everytime.
thats how it was for the devs when i was young, not so much anymore tho
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Heh, the ideal: A team good enough that they’re fun to watch but not so good that decent tix are hard to get.
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Usually the second a team becomes decent the tickets start going up. Only situation I can think of working like that would be the Coyotes. They are doing good so far and no ones showing up.
Also, next time anyone says something about the Isles losing 6 million in a season, the Coyotes lost 6 Million LAST MONTH.
Hillen, man
He’s getting smoother and calmer at rushing the puck up ice. I love it.
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We can't have that. Here, let me help you...

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a, good ole czech beer right? got the moulson goldens, in honor of BC
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Oh yeah, raised on hockey and Czech beer; BC will be proud.
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First Period
I want to say something good, but I know its just going to bite me in the ass in the 2nd.
As soon as I praised HIllen, he and Sutton had a shift with trouble getting out of their zone.
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Ugh, yes
Two dangerous chances right before that, too.
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Too many men?
Wow, thank you Wild.
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That was nice
I like the way they’re reacting to the aggressive PK. Moving the puck quick. Not bad
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lol, did they just try to break sim in on a 1 on 0.. whats the point?
why isn't #16 hanging in the rafters?
To give the goalie a pick-me-up?
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i think sim would get less shit from the blogs if he took patty’s # off
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You may be right
- would look a lot less like he’s supposed to score. Maybe wearing #16 in NYI colors is what’s cursed him.
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(not sure how that number got in there … Oh, it was supposed to say #53 instead of 1.)
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True. I’ll say he did well to corral it and get an open look.
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ok, it’s f ing 72 degrees in my apt… the windows are open too, if they dont score the jerseys going on… even if i’m sweating bullets
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Ha, just pulled mine on, baby!
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Alright, bonus PP here. Need to make it count. Jersey on.
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2nd Period
Well at the very least Biron’s let up his softie for the night. Lets hope we break the bad 2nd period streak.
Was just thinking that. No time like now to turn our 2nd periods upside down.
Seems it would just take a couple good breaks for NYI to deflate this Wild team, too.
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true, but that still sucked… we had 3 pp’s and 75/25 time in their end and are down on the road… not good… still, i think this is a 4-3…. stfu carlin… tough goal? bad goal not tough u smiling jerk…again he cant talk… ARGH!
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not on yet, going on for the 2nd… carlin just irks me, how you hate pearl jam, but like nirvana… no real reason of substance…
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how you hate pearl jam, but like nirvana… no real reason of substance…
Haha, nice.
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Gotta be kidding me...
The Islanders are actually doing the variable Pricing BS? And it doesn’t even make sense. I could see charging more for the Isles-Rangers games because all the dam Ranger fans show up. But charging more for Isles-Flyers? Are there really that many more people showing up for the Flyers then the Leafs? Thank god for Stub Hub. Most of the cheap tickets are in the 10-15 buck range.
that was there since the season started… it’s why i didnt go to any met games this year… f wilpon, he made 260mil in the ponzi, and cried poor, then he wants more for the phillies and nothing for the senators… go scratch, my hd looks great and i get replays
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I paid 5 bucks for nosebleed seats at Shea the last time I went to a Mets game. That was worth it. Especially since we got down to 1st base and got to chant Mookie for the last three innings of the game (he was the 1st base coach).
Wilpons going so cheap they turned of SAP (Spanish subtitles) for SNY.
That’s the thing: Some of these teams have to watch out or sitting home and watching HD (with cheaper beer!) is going to always look better.
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Hey, Bring the Family to an Islanders game...
But don’t bring them to a friday or weekend game, we charge 10 bucks more for the cheapest tickets. Bring them to a weekday game for which they’ll be home by midnight. Hope they have fun at school the next day.
Not encouraged, but not panicking - YET
Not sure why I had such a problem getting on tonight; if it’s SB Nation or my server – behaving badly…as to the game, .they seemed really out of sync this first period; hoping the boys can come out charging in a few minutes and turn the mo around…..
Sorry you had trouble getting on — if you notice anything specific, let me know.
Weird period. Got that early PP and then just looked … yeah, out of sync. They get back on their game they should be able to pressure this team.
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Sorry you had trouble getting on
coulda been worse, coulda been ‘off’
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That is a much more serious issue. But I hear they have pills for that.
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1st period stats
Faceoffs were pretty even: 11-10 at the moment
8 shots on the PP (12-8) total.
Official sheet also reports “12 minutes of funk.”
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Insane pass. I think I can do that … on NHL 04.
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2012 came 3 years early
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by bob l on Nov 20, 2009 9:08 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
/runs to nuclear shelter
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Sim!
Do I stutter?! SIM!
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Dammit, 3on5
Just another day…
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god man, dont jinx it, the jersey is working… killed it off and evened the game…. lets not press our luck

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No whammies, no whammies … aaand STOP!
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You're right
(I had the stats page open.)
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Bergenheim took his man into the boards, but got his stick horizontal. It was strict but real.
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*whew*
Breathe, breathe, breathe
Thompson is now in charge of jumping on grenades.
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Yes!! What a rush
Great play by … SIM to Bailey.
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And I love that Moulson was right there, nose to the net, in case it didn’t go in.
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And I love that Moulson was right there, nose to the net, in case it didn’t go in.
he’s ALWAYS there
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Looks like these guys are crashing that net a little more
with all the bombs from the points I’m surprised we don’t have another one off of a deflection right now.
Biron
am I the only one getting nervous when he leaves the net? Its not bad if he just stops the puck from rolling, but whenever he tries a pass it seems to be random who will end up with it.
I’ve noticed some close calls. But any time a goalie leaves the net, I’m as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a roomful of rockers.
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Nice dive by Clutterbuck
That had to have been the worst piece of acting I’ve ever seen. Made Steven Segal look like an Oscar candidate.
Is that where the penalty came from? I was looking away.
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Speaking of Seagal, go to youtube and search for “Steven Seagal: Lawman” I can not describe how jaw dropping this show is going to be.
The trailer is a minute long, I think they might for a few seconds. But yea, I don’t know why anyone would fight him when you could just run from him. BTW, that is a supposed reality series.
BTW, that is a supposed reality series.
Speechless.
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I saw Seagal play guitar with the Allman Brothers
…in a full-length yellow leather jacket and pants. Outside at Jazzfest in New Orleans.
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Okposo is gonna pick the point tonight
Watch how he’s constantly observaing the Wild PP point men on this PK.
Things That Never Get Old
No. 33: Overdressed women sitting behind the coach, not knowing their thick makeup and cleavage will be on TV all night.
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the isles had a petit and ‘healthy lunged’ yound woman last year, she looked like she knew what was up
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Said my friend, at my New Year’s party, when my sister arrived, and he didn’t know it was my sister: “Whoa. She came to party.”
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The bad thing is, he was right! I’m like, “It’s okay man. I know.”
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sure you and your sister dont want to meet me next week at the rock for the devs/isles?
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Don’t know if you’ve seen Spies Like Us, but when they’re cornered in the woods (by ninjas, as a matter of fact), Chevy Chase pulls out a wallet photo: “Alright, listen up. This is my sister. You can all have her … I hear she’s very good.”
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Wild "sellout" streak
It sounds like the Wild are going to do what the Avs did: Milking their “streak” long after 1 to 2000 people have stopped showing up. Hockey Wilderness was calling them out.
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Season ticket holder here
Split the season with another couple. We were there Wednesday and it was pathetic. They really should just stop; it was mostly legit until opening night this year.
Let's Go Wild!
It stinks, because it pretty much eliminates the meaning of “sellout” and then the whole streak sounds suspect, when it’s not. Hopefully they don’t do it as long as the Avs.
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this is my fav facet of your blog dom… the integration of the rival…
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Good to hear. Seriously, that’s why SBN drew my interest: Wait, fans from other teams can exchange thoughts without getting into flame wars? Cool!
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exactly, when i first got into blogs, i was a flamer… wait… that didnt come out right… but anyway… i learned its more fun to debate than just argue, and to contribute than to just speak to be heard
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True and true. I just find I have more fun when the common thread is just hockey=awesome.
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Speaking of which: The Blues fans are rabid. St. Louis Game Times is an underground print program with a cult following (including myself), so the blog moved over to SBN with a legion of followers already in place. They’re witty and vulgar and all of the above, so if any of ‘em show up here tomorrow night (I’ll be at the game and not in this thread), just know that they’re probably cool and possibly leaving me “presents.”
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It’s kind of dead over at HockeyWilderness tonight. I have to be honest in the fact that I haven’t watched a ton of Wild/Isles as I have college hockey on a couple of other channels: UofM vs UMD and Denver vs NoDak.
I’m coming here to catch in came updates and the like, thanks! :)
Let's Go Wild!
Always welcome! I catch up on my college hockey whenever my Gophers fan friend watches them on DVR. And I like to tell him whenever Okposo scores an Islanders goal.
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Hehe, that was kind of a coup when he left early. Aaron Ness has kind of had a slow start this year, but to be fair, that has been true for the whole team. (There were some rumors on the interweb last year about someone else leaving early this year… hrm.)
I actually went to school in Mankato, the alma of Tim Jackman. Big boy.
Let's Go Wild!
Oh yeah? Nice. Jackman is fearless.
The word over here is that Ness has been happy. But who knows with that stuff.
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dom… apparently the fn team reads the site and is trying to make my observational stat not so “useless”
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Your next post: “Is it just me, or are the Islanders super-ninjas?”
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First question was as you predicted: “I bet you feel like this and that and this, right?”
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that was tmc’s line, not mine… but she was dead right… here’s rob carlin…

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Oh, I just feel like if he’s writing stuff and then they’re emulating it, he might as well give them superpowers. I’m flexible on which kind, as long as it shows up on the scoresheet.
Bailey: 1G, 2A, 3JMTs*
* Jedi Mind Tricks
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i took it to mean, i made my first post, and it was coming true, so he was hoping i gave them superpowers so we can dominate? right?
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If we go back to the Classic Jersey's full time next year
Would anyone else love to see us try to get the rights to the New York American’s Jerseys? those would be great for a Rangers – Isles game at the Garden.
That would be sweet. Somehow I thought they became the Rangers, but they just outright folded, right? Rangers would probably claim their history anyway.
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The Americans’ first season, 1925–26, they finished fifth overall with a record of 12-22-4. However, they did prove a success at the box office; so much so that the following season Garden management landed a team of its own, the New York Rangers, despite promising Dwyer that the Amerks would be the sole hockey team in the Garden. The Amerks were forced to support the bid due to a clause in their lease with the Garden.
Basically after that the Americans lease at MSG kept getting worse and worse. They tried to move to Brooklyn, but there were no quality arenas around.
Thanks. Man the story of the early NHL is just a cabal of owners picking favorites and screwing others.
I guess not much has changed.
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2010-2011 Winter Classic.....
What do we need to do to lobby the league for an Islanders – Rangers tilt on Jan. 1, 2011?
make the semi’s this year behind a 10 point in 8 game tavares performance
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Exactly. Probably win the Cup and somehow get Taylor Hall at the same time. And bribe someone.
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Ha, looks that way. You guys are due for an infusion, I guess.
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Very bad things. Mmph.
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Items to cross off my shit list
Jon Sim … check
2nd periods … check
Mike Milbury … nah
Denis Larue? … depends on how this call goes
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Nice, Park
Fakes his man out of his socks and draws a penalty.
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I really liked him when he was here. Nothing but hustle. He’s got to be getting up there in age by now as I don’t think he was a spring chicken when he was here.
Let's Go Wild!
Interesting career. Still fast. Seems like his play has just gotten smarter. Word is he’s well-respected in the room, too. I like him because he fills any role in a pinch.
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Shorthanded, according to Chickendirt. Though I’d rather not take any more penalties.
I am so ready for another big KO moment.
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Tavares's hands
My god, on the PP they can just throw the puck to his area and he settles it and makes a play. He buys his teammates time they didn’t have last year.
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not gonna knock him about that in his rookie year, 22 games in…. as bad as i feel what you are saying
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(not really an) LOL
if we lose when A) SIM SCORES & B) SIM sets up BAILEY,
then, i don’t know what to say…
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Hillen
At 22 minutes already (5+ on the PP).
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Let's. Go. Islanders!
Make it happen here. Go PP, go PP.
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That’s real money. He was #5, wasn’t he? I remember the Score cards … and that ridiculous hair.
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And the hats, god the hats.
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at least
to the drunk, lets go wiiiiiiiiiild sounds like
lets go iiiiiiiiiiiiiislandres
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Ohhhhh no
Not good.
And Biron caught in the bad pokecheck.
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I don’t think that was his fault, Gervais and Streit both left before Nolan alone before it got all the way out of the zone.
Definitely their fault chiefly. I just don’t like him breaking position for a pokecheck he wasn’t sure to get.
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That was a healthy kick to the junk.
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good point, we usually steal, but this was bad, we had it and blew it on bad goals and failure to finish on our chances
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Owen Nolan is always dangerous even at 37.
He took the same shot trying to bank it off of Biron’s stick twice and Biron didn’t correct it till the first goal. And I’m sure Gordon is giving Streit and Gervais an earful.
But the real problem I think, especially the last few games, is that we continue giving up 4-5 PPs a night. We’re a good PK, but just the law of averages says that they are going to eventually give up a goal.
Yep. Particularly tonight when our PP wasn’t converting.
MacDonald’s pivotal penalty seemed tacky to me, too. He was just skating to the top of Biron’s crease, and that guy went down like he was shot.
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I felt like it was a pretty even game, both teams having faults — but the Islanders had the chance, multiple times, to take it away.
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Lessons for a young team. Seems like Comeau didn’t so much make the wrong play as simply wasn’t able to corral a bobbling puck. Be nice to have another angle.
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Wild get a huge win there
I know how you feel about out playing the opponent and comming up empty, but that was huge—maybe this Wild team can break their funk now.
Good luck in the East, Isles, I’ll be pulling for you!
Let's Go Wild!
Thanks. Say hello to the cougar behind the bench for us!
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Beer does not wash this disappointment away.
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Don’t get me wrong — I won’t stop trying.
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ALMOST FORGOT
Am I suppose to b pissed off because we lost mabye home rink advantage in a play-off series or happy that we may get another lottery draft pick.—-
Remind me are we rebuiling or going for the cup
SERIOUSLY
Rebuilding
But winnings always nice.
You want to see some improvement. If we came in last in back to back years something big might be wrong.
SIMple answer: if i spend time watching a game, we should be winning
if i’m bitching about our lack of…everything… then the opposites :-)
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So far I think I’ve only watched 2 wins from begining to ends. Not only that, but twice I started watching halfway though a game in which we had a 2 or 3 goal lead and the lead seemed to disappear immediately.
Oh … OH …. OH!! I’m sorry, but you are hereby banned from viewing until further notice.
Actually, tomorrow you can do whatever you want, because I’ll feel like conflicted crap no matter what happens.
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Yeah, I’d like to postpone the disappointment for as long as possible. And I want wins against teams they should beat. This makes the rest of this road trip much harder.
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Retreating into my cave to write some sort of recap…if I can get away with it before we go out.
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i think this is fitting
this is how i feel…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGbkalesW4o&feature=player_embedded
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Drew Carey, Owen Nolan: Both Irish. Coincidence???
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