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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 7:00 PM EDT
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Minnesota Wild at New York Islanders, Mar 25, 2009 7:00 PM EDT
Chris Botta believes Yann Danis gets the start tonight, which could be bad news for the Wild's playoff hopes. If Danis has one of his games, he could provide the room the Isles need to take some chances and pinch a few off Backstrom.
Oh, hell -- it's a power play-dependent league no matter which way you slice it.
This is the country where one goes a'game threadin'. It's also the time of year when -- if out of the playoffs -- I go a'game hoppin' around Center Ice. Tonight: Florida needs a win in Buffalo, Carolina can really help itself with a win over Ottawa, and Anaheim needs a win in Colorado. Damn, I can't over-emphasize how much I love this time of year, whether my favorite team(s) are involved or not. (This is the only version of March Madness I've ever known or cared for.)
But I promise to keep the fire going here. The Wild's season is on the line, too.
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That’s cool: Hadn’t realized he was the third-youngest Islander to have a multi-goal game, behind Trottier and LaFontaine. Heh, not bad company.
Said the coaches (and Okposo) have been working after practice to feed him pucks and get him to shoot more (and better).
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 7:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Sutton officially done for the year
Was kind of hoping he’d come back for further eval. Statistically, he actually held up quite well in his few games this season … but such a limited sample.
I was hoping to see him to get a better idea of just how much of the blueline to blow up over the summer.
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 7:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Fight: Scott v. Rechlicz
Wow, Scott is huge. And he is landing punches with his 10-foot reach. Rechlicz has resorted to trying jabs with his near, left hand.
Rechlicz must be thinking, “I have to fight Fritz again?”
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 7:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Bruno! 1-0
Gervais is gonna be demanding a raise if he keeps this scoring thing up.
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 7:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Have you noticed?
Bruno is getting his power from his hair. The longer it gets, the better he plays. You heard it here first.
by Islanders Outsider on Mar 25, 2009 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ha! Good call.
Remarked to my wife the other night, “He’s starting to look like ____” (Where ____ is a friend of ours with out-of-control Euro-styled hair.)
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Though apparently it’s not long enough to defend Gaborik yet.
by Islanders Outsider on Mar 25, 2009 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
True. Needs to grow out more.
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Boo!
Hey Dom! I’m here at the barn! and while I’m trying to log on, Garborik scored. Damn it.. no…wait…good… Oh… crap… I’m confused!
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by 7th Woman on Mar 25, 2009 7:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hey Dee! Yeah, they scored while I was trying to get salt for my pasta. Damn it, sorta.
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rats 1-1
Gaborik (aka The Wild Offense today) evens it up.
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 7:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hillen!
wait… should we be upset with penalties or not… WOW SOG 14 – 6. Screw the trap!
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by 7th Woman on Mar 25, 2009 7:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
At this point, I’m thinking 30th place is damn near locked up. So I’m feeling free to do guilt-free cheering.
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The trap
Yeah, Jaffe has already got his telestrator out to show them sitting three forwards in the neutral zone.
… but the conclusion was Witt making a poor (intercepted) pass to try to get around it.
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ack, Rechlicz feel shame
In da box for holding. Second Wild PP here.
—oof! And they scored right away. This was not part of the plan.
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 7:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
End of 1st: 2-1 Wild
Ooh, and some funny business going on! Comeau in the rarest of positions, throwing shoves from outside the gate in the corner.
Okposo jawing with Clutterbuck! Has Okposo fought yet? Could tonight be his first??
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 7:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Ouch
So Comeau hit Schultz with possibly a high arm. A Wild dude takes exception and hits him right as the off-ice official was opening the gate, Comeau flies through the gate, and K.O. gets pissed at the offender (#20, I think).
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Was gonna say the Isles will begin the 2nd still on the PP, but we’ll see how things get settled after that fun episode.
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Meanwhile, in Buffalo
The Sabres are tied 1-1 with Florida, and the excellent grump Sabres studio analyst is diagramming a play in which JayBo assesses play in his zone, makes the decision to head up ice and just misses a perfectly placed back-door empty net at the other end of the rink.
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 7:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Paul Maurice in Carolina
He always reminds me of James Spader — the voice helps, for sure, but there’s something about his expression, too. “Sex, Lies and Hockey Video Review.”
Canes and Sens tied 0-0 after one.
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 7:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
2nd underway
Isles PP still .. Ack! Nielsen just missed a rebound carom off the end boards.
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 8:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Sick move by Streit
Pulls the puck through his legs around Jonsson to get off a bad-angle backhand.
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 8:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Fight: Witt v. Sheppard
Sheppard is really young, I didn’t know he even fought. Witt, meanwhile — it’s been a while for him, hasn’t it?
Advantage Witt, I guess. He landed a few.
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 8:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Er, fix that
“Third fight of the season for each of them.” They basically traded coincidental minors for majors and a chance to dance.
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
you know...
it was supposed to be a boring game… what happened?
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by 7th Woman on Mar 25, 2009 8:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know, everybody getting moody? Frustrated by the trap? Star misalignment?
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Howie says:
No shots in five minutes of elapsed time — by either team.
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Unsportsmanlike conduct!
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by 7th Woman on Mar 25, 2009 8:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Oy, ugly goal: 3-1 Wild
Deflected mis-shot by Nolan, off of Bruno’s legs. Just before Comeau’s penalty ended.
This one’s heading south.
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 8:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
End of 2nd: 3-1 Wild
Four shots on goal by the Wild in that period.
Owen Nolan’s beard is very grey. I remember when he was just a pup, his “Irish eyes smiling” on the cover of The Hockey News after the Nords drafted him. The fact those three #1s Nolan, Lindros and Sundin didn’t survive to win the Cup with that franchise bears remembering.
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 8:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
what's up, Dom?
Didn’t your team get the memo that from here on out they’re supposed to embarass Western Conference teams fighting for playoff spots? I fully expect a third-period flurry and a regulation win for the Isles tonight.
"(The Blues) life is in your hands, Dude. Mr. Lebowski wanted me to make that point clear, Dude…(The Blues) life is in your hands.
I once shot a man just to see him die...then I got distracted and missed it.
by TheDuke32 on Mar 25, 2009 8:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
What’s up!
“New shit has come to light.”
I don’t know what’s going on. I fell asleep.
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Didn’t your team get the memo that from here on out they’re supposed to embarass Western Conference teams fighting for playoff spots?
I know. I’d be more worried if I thought the Wild had a chance the rest of the way without Koivu. But I think they’re done.
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fights
I was told to expect more fights in the third….
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by 7th Woman on Mar 25, 2009 8:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
SOMEthing…
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
4-1 Wild?!
I was late getting back for the intermission, but I heard the Howie/Jaffe tones that sounded like “another goal.”
I gotta say, I’ve watched a lot of losses this year, but I did not expect them to go down like this. Thought the young’ns might have trouble with the conservative team, but four goals to the Wild with Danis in net. Eesh.
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 9:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
just one loss closer
to the first pick
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" -- Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
by jessef on Mar 25, 2009 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Indeed. I think we’re about already there, now.
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
not so bad.
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" -- Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
by jessef on Mar 25, 2009 9:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hilbert with the hands and fist pump!
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yep, at first i thought it was sort of an “excuse me”-goal, but it was all-intention!
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" -- Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
by jessef on Mar 25, 2009 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haha, my reaction, too: Lucky foot — oh, no he meant it!
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
if they can eke one out here, they are back in this game
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by jessef on Mar 25, 2009 9:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Bah! Damn Wild(s).
Well now I guess there’s nothing getting in the way of watching Lost. It’s getting pretty darn interesting…and, unbelievably, slightly less confusing.
I still want that win though, D.
I once shot a man just to see him die...then I got distracted and missed it.
by TheDuke32 on Mar 25, 2009 9:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Lost...
unbelievably, slightly less confusing.
Now that, I do not believe.
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Wild must've brought
a bunch of U. of M. trash talk with them, because they’ve gotten under Okposo’s skin.
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 9:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
3-on-3
Sweet. Screwball comedy time.
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 9:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Is a 3-on-3 trap possible?
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
got to love it. kind of reminds me of the midget hockey between periods
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by jessef on Mar 25, 2009 9:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Oy oy
Who says the Wild has no offense?
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 9:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
scott gordon
looks like he is about one goal short of crying there
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by jessef on Mar 25, 2009 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And there we have it!
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I imagine “Penalty Killing: Do’s and Don’ts” will be a feature of the next practice.
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was just ugly, ugly
Promising start, then the bottom falls out.
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 9:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Sabres just iced off the Panthers
Afinigenov empty-netter finishes it, 5-3. Horton gives him a cheap shot.
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by Dominik on Mar 25, 2009 9:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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