Avalanche-Islanders on Versus [game thread]
by Dominik on Mar 2, 2009 6:45 PM EST
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PrintColorado Avalanche at New York Islanders, Mar 2, 2009 7:00 PM EST
Here lies Versus' most regretted programming choice of the season: 15th v. 15th. (Or 26th v. 30th, if you're not into the whole "conference brevity" thing.
Colorado Avalanche (28-34-1, 26th) at New York Islanders (19-36-7, 30th)
7 p.m. | Nassau [gloriously unsponsored] Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Versus(!)
Avs blog central: Mile High Hockey (SBN)
Whether you go a-threading or not, you should read this fan's experience at Friday's Blackhawks-Penguins game. I have to agree with the heading: It is why we're here. Nice to see a market like Chicago wake up to hockey again.
The flu strikes. So I'm brewin' hot toddys, tryin' to stay upright. But feel free to talk and taunt -- and suggest rehydrating remedies -- within this ball of game thread.
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Darcy Tucker: scratched
Such a shame, such a shame.
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Caption:
“Andrew Raycroft reacts to a shot low on the glove side.”
Take it from me, I’m a Leafs fan. I know.
jrwendelman
The Artist Formerly Known as "Junior", who blogs at heroesinrehab.ca/blog
"But if someone so eager to engage into fist talk, we can always meet after season end in Minsk." (Mikhail Grabovski and a well-meaning but not particularly skillful translator)
That looks like Budaj to me. Just sayin’.
An ounce of confidence can carry you a mile toward winning. Oh, and Red Wings suck.
OH, you and your “facts.”
jrwendelman
The Artist Formerly Known as "Junior", who blogs at heroesinrehab.ca/blog
"But if someone so eager to engage into fist talk, we can always meet after season end in Minsk." (Mikhail Grabovski and a well-meaning but not particularly skillful translator)
Trade: NJ-Atl
NJ gets Havelid, Atl gets Ansii Salmonella poisoning.
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Should be … we’re runnin’ short on bodies here.
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Versus...
Must be drooling over the ratings for tonight… :-)
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Yeah, how did they cancel STL-CBJ and not this one?
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Because there are exactly zero NHL games other than this one being played tonight.
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Surely there’s a truck pull somewhere, though.
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Or a golf tourney.
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by Michael Schuerlein on Mar 2, 2009 10:41 PM EST up reply actions
Welcome, gang
I’m holding up until my next run to the porcelain god.
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I’m afraid we’re dealing with the other exit point here.
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If you like marshmellow bunnies...
http://www.hanttula.com/exhibits/bunnies/
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One day, there will be some mojo in that drink.
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The Isles havoc can was one of my first posts on Islesblogger!
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by Michael Schuerlein on Mar 2, 2009 10:42 PM EST up reply actions
They should sell that stuff by the tank…
http://www.instantrimshot.com/
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Oh yeah … forgot about the rimshot site.
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So Dom.. it’s really win-win for you right now huh? If the Isles win.. you see your team win and that’s always fun. If they lose, they’re one step closer to Tavares
Oh yeah. Every game’s like that now. We’ve tanked hard enough that now we can “afford” to win every night. For a tanking season, I couldn’t have asked for a stronger commitment: No irrational hopes in this one.
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(but don’t tell some of the anonymous veterans that)
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Will you laugh if they pick Hedman instead? Because murmur is they might. For what it’s worth.
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Yes, I'd laugh.
Everyone wants the offense to sell tickets and jerseys and whatnot. D-men just don’t typically bring the same excitement.
SWYD
Only on Versus!
Glad you brought your photo kit, Dooks.
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I brought my pics, too
but I’m too modest to whip them out ….
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by CrossCheckRaise on Mar 2, 2009 7:27 PM EST up reply actions
BTW
Hi Everybody!!!
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by CrossCheckRaise on Mar 2, 2009 7:27 PM EST up reply actions
beer wench
didn’t tune in to VS until a few minutes ago. I tease her, she’s an awesome waitress.
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by CrossCheckRaise on Mar 2, 2009 7:31 PM EST up reply actions
Hi! Don’t get too close to me — I’m bringin’ the nasty bug my office mates refused to stay home with.
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Indeed. One could say that about you at the moment, but not in a happy way. More in a ew gross you’re sick way.
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Damn, Trent Hunter is out, too
He’s a bit Backes-ish, but without the Norris mythology.
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Dean McAmmond everybody!
Working on outscoring Comrie already.
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it’s a trip, I keep heasring Stastny and have to do a double take to make sure I’m not watching a Blues or Peoria game
Question: Could the Blues use Guerin? He had a good year, here.
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Honestly, he’d be depth, but I don’t see him fitting in the top six in STL. (Of course, he only wants to be dealt within the East contenders, apparently)
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Even without Weight, Sillinger and Guerin in the lineup,
This team has a very “Your 2005 St. Louis Blues!” feel to them. My belated condolances on that, Dom.
SWYD
Yeah, it’s like deja vu for me, all over again. Except without all the 1st-rounders coming back the other way.
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hey Dom, I got a question. I know they had it in one of the NHL video games, but did the Islanders ever use the wave trim with the traditional logo on a jersey during a season?
I grimaced at the Gortons fisherman logo too, but I did dig the wave trim, and thought to myself at the time: “if they just put the old logo on the new jersy, it would kick ass!”
Yep. After the owners who screwed them with the Fishsticks were beaten over the head with their mistake, they filed the app to change. But it was past the league’s soak-the-fans-with-merchandise deadline, so they could only add the original log as a third jersey.
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I actually don’t have a fishstick jersey (never, never), but I have one with the wave trim and the circle logo.
For the ‘90s, not bad. If they were starting from scratch on Long Island with the mariner theme, I’d say great! But for a team that had the last dynasty with the original theme, it was inexcusable.
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whoa
I come back from taking the dog out for a walk and SLGT takes over the thread? Keep an eye on your valuables Dom.
I’ve pre-contaminated everything.
Buncha GDT whores, these guys. (That’s my “Thanks for coming!” by the way)
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I'm north and east
Of East St Louis … that cool?
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by CrossCheckRaise on Mar 2, 2009 7:48 PM EST up reply actions
Well
I’m south and west of just about everywhere…
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McAmmond
Wearing the ‘A’ … must be one of those vets who doesn’t like Gordon rushing the rookies into a prominent role.
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Just don’t say Detroit or Rangers I think… Dom will clear that up better though…
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English class in “Stripes”: “Son of beetch, sheet.”
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You know I haven’t “colored it up” here much yet, but that’s just been so as not to scare off the newbies.
I’d not go crazy with it (yet), but do as you wish. Game threads are barrooms of id, in my book.
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i trust
that, should the Avs score, we’d see some “color”
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by CrossCheckRaise on Mar 2, 2009 7:51 PM EST up reply actions
It’s funny – that’s been part of my restraint. In a season of tanking, there’s not a lot of passionate hatred outside of the Rag$.
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Nah, we need someone flakier. I hear Yashin wants back into the NHL.
… something about bounced KHL checks that really cramps the style.
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with all the obscene money he made and didn’t earn in the NHL, he shouldn’t be worrying about bounced KHL check
Washed-up supermodels need support, too.
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I can see Yashin
in Columbus with the BJs … if Hitch can teach Hull to play defense, he can work with Yashin …
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by CrossCheckRaise on Mar 2, 2009 7:55 PM EST up reply actions
Good point. God knows they need a center.
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Think the audio with all the stat doo-hickeys is here, too.
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Audio here.
Dude, listening to an Isles game now is serious blogger-to-blogger generosity. Respect.
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atdhe.net keeps timing out. Rumor has it that they’ve made nice-nice with the NHL, …
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by CrossCheckRaise on Mar 2, 2009 8:01 PM EST up reply actions
It seems like a lot of the streaming places have done that. Can’t get a lot of games now…
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DRINK!
First Milbury reference (that I caught, anyway).
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Ryan Smyth
Improving the trade value 1 goal at a time…
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Damn mullet
Son of Stastny to weeper.
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Hi Guys!
Forgive me for not reading the previous posts, I just wanted to stop by and say I. And of course, as soon as I stop by the Avs scores. grrrrrrr…..
Hey Dee! Thanks for saying hello. Reading previous comments is not required.
However, the bad luck will be noted and put on your permanent record.
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just don't invite the 8th woman
and we’ll be a’ight
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by CrossCheckRaise on Mar 2, 2009 8:03 PM EST up reply actions
Oh no, the 8th, that’s a sign of the apocalypse right there.
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I thought we said we’d go easy on the expletives, and there you go mentioning the unmentionable…
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Jesse the Southern Finn Joensuu!
The 7th Woman is hereby forgiven.
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Such a classic. Love the prairie dog poppin’ up in the next cubicle.
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ouch
never stand infront of a puck hit by Mark Streit. Never. And is the world upside down? Sim has two points already? along with the penalty.
Isles havin’ a little trouble standing up around the crease here.
Some people say why bother, when men’s synchronized swimming isn’t even in the Olympics.
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did you see the t-shirts that 289 put out?
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by CrossCheckRaise on Mar 2, 2009 8:12 PM EST up reply actions
www.twoeightnine.com
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by CrossCheckRaise on Mar 2, 2009 8:17 PM EST up reply actions
Don Cherry would be absolutely proud, PROUD I tell ya’ to have him represent the flag. He’s just showin’ the kids the Canadian way.
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The radio guys are going over everyone traded away for Smyth.
I didn’t hear who all went the other way…anyone good?
SWYD
Not really. Nilsson was the best, but he has “motivation” issues that piss MacTavish off to this day.
The other were a 1st-rounder (which hurt) and a busted prospect who never made it. Essentially, Snow knew he wasn’t high on the guys he sent back, and I suspect he wanted to make a splash to show he could trade with the big dogs in the Old Boys GM club.
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Agreed. I didn’t mind the risk at the time. That was an exciting team, and I think people wanted to see Snow do something rather than rebuild then. Seems like it almost took Smyth walking away for people to rally around a proper restart.
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Go on, make an offer. You know you want to.
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Brent Sopel and some stick tape.. and I’m afraid this offer comes off the table at midnight tonight.
Damn.
Is the sticktape orange?
‘Cause we’ve been through the Sopel Experience.
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midnight?
Does Sopel turn back to a pumpkin?
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by CrossCheckRaise on Mar 2, 2009 8:26 PM EST up reply actions
Now Big Country, there’s a guy Islanders fans would quickly love.
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to know him
is to love him
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by CrossCheckRaise on Mar 2, 2009 8:28 PM EST up reply actions
Another assist for Sim?!? A friendly rebound from Raycroft.
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WHAT?
The third point for SIm and the first goal for Bruno ALL DAMN YEAR??? Yes. The world is about to end.
with a name like that ...
shouldn’t “Bruno” be a bartender or a bouncer?
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by CrossCheckRaise on Mar 2, 2009 8:23 PM EST up reply actions
I think the French surname balances it out. Some.
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Try like 168 games.
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by Michael Schuerlein on Mar 2, 2009 10:46 PM EST up reply actions
Agreed. But if I had y’all over more often, we’d piss away our chance at Tavares.
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Hey 7th Woman
Do you have a read on the whole anonymous vets vs. Gordon thing?
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in a way…. I think they are bothered that Gordon is more of a teacher and has indeed brought the youngsters into closed door sessions to show them how he wants them to play.
I don’t believe he does anything intentionally to cause a division between the vets and kids. He has done nothing but speak highly of how good they are in the room with the kids. But Scott is the coach and he wants them to learn HIS system. And that is what he is TEACHING them.
You will never find a harder working or more technically skilled coach than Scott Gordon.
Thanks. That was my impression. He was brought in for a purpose, and he’s doing it, in my book. A little frustration is inevitable.
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If you’ve ever heard this man in person explaining what he wants a play to look like, as someone who doesn’t PLAY hockey — you’d fall asleep. He has every painful detail etched into his brain and will show you five different videos of exactly what he’s talking about. It’s scary.
Excellent. Like to hear it. In a parity league, we need differentiators like that. If his style doesn’t work out, it was well worth the attempt.
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From what I got from Greg today – I asked if Gordon would adapt because of all the teaching “youth” he has done. He responded with “Maybe he isn’t capable of change and this is his way of ridding the team of people that shouldnt be around”.
I spoke to Logie for like 10 minutes in the locker room…..
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by Michael Schuerlein on Mar 2, 2009 10:47 PM EST up reply actions
Awesome. For a media-shy guy, Gordon doesn’t seem to worry about stepping on toes to do his thing. I like that he’s confident in what he’s here to do. “Isn’t capable of change” is frightening, but he’s already adapted a little.
Love to hear more on your thoughts with Logan…
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Nice PK
Kinda like them letting Okposo kill it off all by himself.
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Isles
Just keep shooting. You will score. /sigh
An ounce of confidence can carry you a mile toward winning. Oh, and Red Wings suck.
Heh, my condolences. This whole season I’ve thought how it’s less taxing to have poor offense than poor goaltending. Poor goaltending keeps you nervous all the freaking time … never know when it will bite you.
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Exactly
IMO, Budaj has played a lot of good games this year while Raycroft has been consistently scary even in wins. Unfortunately, Budaj’s confidence is now shot, Raycroft sucks, and the rest of the team seems to be giving up. It’s a sad season indeed. We’ll try and fight ya for Tavares ;)
An ounce of confidence can carry you a mile toward winning. Oh, and Red Wings suck.
Y’all are makin a helluva run at it. At this rate, you’ll get a star this summer for sure.
Who ruined Budaj? I thought that was Q’s job?
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Q started it, TG finished him. At least with this team.
An ounce of confidence can carry you a mile toward winning. Oh, and Red Wings suck.
Q may have been scarred by his experience with Roman Turek. He stuck with Turek until … well, you know.
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I was never happy with the Q hiring. And, well, yes it got worse with the re-hiring of TG.
An ounce of confidence can carry you a mile toward winning. Oh, and Red Wings suck.
Don’t know what the Blues fans in here think, but I know several who were brought to wit’s end by the Q experience. You can only watch so many 2-1 2nd-period leads sat on before you turn to violence.
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I can’t tell you how many games I turned off in the three seasons he was our coach and just went to bed. I don’t even understand how this season could possibly be worse but here we are. And getting beat by the Wings… yes violence. Q was inept when it came to beating the Wings. No pride.
An ounce of confidence can carry you a mile toward winning. Oh, and Red Wings suck.
Mrs. Lighthouse just discovered this game is on basic cable, and has bumped me from the preferred television. So it goes.
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Ol’ Gary laid the charm on you, didn’t he? :)
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Yep, some motivational survive the officeplace type of thing.
Then during the first round of post-Enron CEO arrests, someone wrote a satirical book: “Who Moved My Soap?” (picture prison scene)
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Nice. Torts interview on Versus. Versus gets the square!
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Alas, Torts is not berating the interviewer.
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Torts says
“We need to inflict and not be inflicted upon.”
He’s going sort of reverse zen on them.
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Big Angry Man is upset that he’s coaching the Rangers because he really likes Torts but hates the Rangers. It’s a dilemma.
I feel that dilemma. It kills me because it was actually a smart hire.
If he breaks Avery it will be worth it, though.
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I'm packing up shop here...
We’re done at the bar (i gotta work tomorrow, after all … well, show up, anyway) … i’ll try to rejoin the action in progress once I get home.
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Take it easy. Thank for stopping by!
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Both. Though these game threads seem to make them fly by, too.
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That’s why we need Big Country.
Tim Jackman is the de facto goon (he’s a 4th-line center). But Mitch Fritz, who’s 6’7" is the goon-by-assignment, rarely called up and usually only getting about 3 minutes of ice time.
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It’s definitely been suggested. It’s a matter of which loathing is stronger.
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Is it too late to oppose? We might take Tavares from you for sure then.
An ounce of confidence can carry you a mile toward winning. Oh, and Red Wings suck.
Redact! Redact! Motion overruled by the courts.
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Smyth with another 2-inch goal. :sniff sniff:
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Head to the shelters!
Earth is ending. Tambellini has scored in regulation.
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Seriously. It’s not even funny anymore … now it’s gotten scary.
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Versus announcers
It’s an auditory relief to not have the “sim-ply senSATional” guy doing the game. Knows his stuff, but grates my ears. With the flu, I prefer these guys.
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Glad my liquor cabinet is stocked.
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But it’s Islanders-Avalanche! Battle of the Basements!
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Sounds like somebody’s got to. I’m always impressed with Wang when I see him speak.
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My Wang
doesn’t speak.
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by CrossCheckRaise on Mar 2, 2009 9:13 PM EST up reply actions
.....and
I’m back. I actually saw the 2nd Weeper goal, and then the Isles goal … so i don’t think I’ve missed much. Gary Bettman was surprisingly candid about the NYI situation …
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Yeah, it’s been even keel since you left.
Bettman has his talking points on the arena situation. Wang’s gone above and beyond.
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is there any special meaning to the stripes on the right shoulder of the Isles’ sweaters?
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4 stripes
for 4 cups? OK
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by CrossCheckRaise on Mar 2, 2009 9:17 PM EST up reply actions
A wee bit cheesy, but they had to do something after reverting from the fisherman era.
The current third jerseys (and future regulars) have added a fourth stripe to the stick instead.
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just acknowledge that
they stole that idea from the Blues. That’s the same reason the Blues 3rd unis have 0 stripes on our shoulder …
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by CrossCheckRaise on Mar 2, 2009 9:19 PM EST up reply actions
sometimes, the beer
it makes me bitter.
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by CrossCheckRaise on Mar 2, 2009 9:21 PM EST up reply actions
Great Success !!!
The right team won, and my fantasy team got 2 assists ….
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indeed.
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by CrossCheckRaise on Mar 2, 2009 9:22 PM EST up reply actions
It was a pleasure. Thanks for coming by, GT brethren and friends! Showin’ people how it works.
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You still have Jaffe! … and Jon Sim?
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Don’t ask! I think we hit 100 when there’s actual company.
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LOL
Glad to have helped, then. If there’s any regulars that weren’t in attendance, point them to this GDT. The GT way is not for everyone, granted, but we do have our good points….
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by CrossCheckRaise on Mar 2, 2009 9:27 PM EST up reply actions
Absolutely. I try to.
Home games are usually lighter. Still trying to find out-of-towners who can’t make the games and could enjoy a little virtual bar.
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we'll try to return the favor
when we face the Bolts next week
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by CrossCheckRaise on Mar 2, 2009 9:24 PM EST up reply actions
Gracias
And thanks for sending the troops.
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hey Dom...nice place you got here...
Hope that vase I broke on the way in wasn’t meaningful to you or valuable in any way.
Looks like I got in just in time for the finish. Congratulations…I guess…right? Or are victories now the equivalent of a ‘Free Ticket’ winner on scratch-offs — better than nothing, but hardly worth the effort?
Oh look who we’ve got here! A whole bunch of SBN representation. Good to see. How about a roll call…
I once shot a man just to see him die...then I got distracted and missed it.
Duke, you're like a blister ...
you show up when the work’s done …
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by CrossCheckRaise on Mar 2, 2009 9:26 PM EST up reply actions
They are a great crew. You should see them at the St. Louis Game Time threads. (Actually, maybe you shouldn’t…)
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Wow Dom, is Sean paying you to recruit for us?
You know, I had the best of intentions to actually avoid the blogs tonight because I hate pre-trade days talk (rumor, repeat, change team, repeat, blah-blah-blah) and with so little on-ice activity I thought I was made in the shade. Nevertheless I started watching the game and listening to Coach Murray’s radio show at six…and only after that ended did I think to come over to your site for the first time.
Imagine my (complete lack of) surprise to see some Game Timers over here already as well as our other cross-site friends from Chicago and Phoenix. This would have been a perfect opportunity to host a community-wide blog party with your team playing the only game on a national(ish) broadcast.
I’m sure you’ve got a lot of material to put together so I’ll see myself out and see you over at our house for the Wings game tomorrow. Go Islanders (draft position)!
I once shot a man just to see him die...then I got distracted and missed it.
Thanks, Duke. If I hadn’t been living pill to pill on this flu, I might have realized the scheduling opportunity. (I will tell myself that, anyway.) Like you said, it worked our great as is, though, thanks to all the cross-site regulars. Good times.
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Know what you mean with the trade rumors, too. It eventually gives me a migraine. Just tell me who’s actually been dealt, already.
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That wasn't a vase.
It was a bong … jerk.
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shit....
Now Michael Phelps will NEVER show up …
.... formerly "Tim" of StLouisGameTime.com
by CrossCheckRaise on Mar 2, 2009 9:28 PM EST up reply actions
Now this one, this one’s givin’ me seizures.
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you'll get used to those ...
it’s like thousands of micro-naps ….
.... formerly "Tim" of StLouisGameTime.com
by CrossCheckRaise on Mar 2, 2009 9:31 PM EST up reply actions
NO!!!
that shaking your laptop reboots it!!!!!!
/mine is Etch-A-Sketch brand …
.... formerly "Tim" of StLouisGameTime.com
by CrossCheckRaise on Mar 2, 2009 9:32 PM EST up reply actions
it would seem
that beer consumption impedes your grammar. Who’d have thunk?
.... formerly "Tim" of StLouisGameTime.com
by CrossCheckRaise on Mar 2, 2009 9:35 PM EST up reply actions
Vicious rumor spread by the government.
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Thanks Dom
For the hospitality. It’s always fun here.
Guess I should do something productive… or…. not.
Thanks Dee! Enjoy that post-game. No Hillen goal, so I think we fended off the apocalypse.
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Isaac Yankem
Plays for the Isles ??
.... formerly "Tim" of StLouisGameTime.com
by CrossCheckRaise on Mar 2, 2009 9:35 PM EST up reply actions
Kane just hasn't been the same
since he took the mask off. I don’t keep up with wrestling anymore, but I really enjoyed he Big Red Retard Machine
.... formerly "Tim" of StLouisGameTime.com
by CrossCheckRaise on Mar 2, 2009 9:39 PM EST up reply actions
Waiting for a European to interview for the first time
It’s like waiting for Christmas.
He has a disappointingly good grasp of the English language, though.
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I thought that too
not just he English language, but he had his cliches down, too….
.... formerly "Tim" of StLouisGameTime.com
by CrossCheckRaise on Mar 2, 2009 9:38 PM EST up reply actions
It’s crap. The veterans ought to at least teach him one wrong cliche. Like, “Tell them you’re just chasin’ one tail at a time.” Or something.
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Ha!!!
that would soooooo rule.
.... formerly "Tim" of StLouisGameTime.com
by CrossCheckRaise on Mar 2, 2009 9:43 PM EST up reply actions
Thanks for letting me crash the thread. Have a good night, all.
An ounce of confidence can carry you a mile toward winning. Oh, and Red Wings suck.
Thanks for crashing! Have a good one.
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I reckon i'll take my leave as well.
I’m glad I finally had a chance to take part in an Isles GDT. I’ll be sure to make it back again. It’ll be tough, though, with the schedule the Blues have.
Enjoy the win. Even if it doesn’t help the Isles’ draft position, it was of assistance to our cause in StL.
.... formerly "Tim" of StLouisGameTime.com
I know — the schedule overlaps maddeningly.
Yeah … we can afford the win, though. Still a lot of space between here and Atlanta.
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Haha…I’m out of the wrestling loop.
Take ’er easy.
Lighthouse Hockey: SBN's New York Islanders blog with hip issues.
Am I late?
No no, perfect timing.
Rangers’ blog, right?
Ass.
Still … there’s still some beer and sloppy second nachos.
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Haha. Better late than never. Twas a nice coda for the night.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
