Rangers-Islanders [game thread]
by Dominik on Mar 5, 2009 6:45 PM EST
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PrintNew York Rangers at New York Islanders, Mar 5, 2009 7:00 PM EST
Short Island Smurfs (32-24-8, 7th/E) at Long Island Islanders (20-36-7, 30th)
It's the most, wonderful time, of the year: Thirtieth place ain't grand, but this is the fun time of the season regardless. The Rangers need this game, and I admit I'll cast a wandering eye toward Guerin's debut against the Panthers -- two teams tied up with the Rangers in the tight race for the final playoff seeds.
Any bets on how many minutes Gordon lets Joel "The Wrecker" Rechlicz see in his NHL debut? I'm saying 4:15.
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Jaffe on Joensuu
“There is not a harder worker in Bridgeport, according to the coaching staff.”
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Tonight's payroll for the Islanders lineup:
$15.991 million (my own calculations), after injuries, trades and suspensions.
Pretty amazing. Take out Streit and you’d be down to a little over $12 million, depending on who’d replace him.
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Correction
Whoops: I think I left Hunter out, thinking the walking cast would keep him out. Add him back and tonight’s payroll (without bonuses) is up to $17.991 million.
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Mmph, golden chances
Hilbert and Okposo each stopped on solo chances by Lundqvist.
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Rechlicz with his first shift
… and nearly crashed head first into the boards. Hustled back to win the puck on the backcheck.
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Man, these two teams came to play
Seven minutes in, they’re skating their tails off.
Crowd is well-lubricated, too.
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1st goal: Rangers 1-0
Zherdev, on a nice shot inside the near post, after Jackman made a casual no-look backhand pass up the boards in his own zone. Intended for Streit but … not so much.
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1st penalty: Tambellini
And Okposo and Comeau kill the first minute off brilliantly. Atta way, kids.
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Joensuu’s got hands, yes he do,
Joensuu’s got hands, how ’bout you?
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End of 1st: 1-0 Smurfs
One mistake = one goal. Otherwise, great period. Very entertaining game so far. Torts’ style could add some beauty to this rivalry.
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THANK GOD!
Dominik! I was wondering where the live blog was! I couldn’t stand being at the game so I’m on my couch.. SAFE. Glad I found you!!!
Heh heh, welcome! Glad you found it. Just me so far…
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Watching the Wang interview with Howie
Didn’t get the pregame :(
Like the way Wang is speaking.
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LOL!
Wang: “Where’s Kansas City? … Oh, that place. Yeah, I hear it’s a nice city.”
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Or at the game, maybe!
Sometimes these draw, sometimes not. Home games are lighter. Still building up a community :)
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PB’s traffic is insane. But I find the live threads to hard to follow … having to refresh all the time and not being able to reply to specific comments.
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The fact that our own website doesn’t say anythign about live blogs doesn’t help either!
Damn them!!!
Yeah, I haven’t checked the other guys’ blogs yet to see if anyone is “up” for this one. I put a thread up here every game, though.
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Yeah, that’s what I’d bet on. A lot left to be done, but odds are that’s how it happens, in my book. The alternatives don’t make enough sense.
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I’m not sure what they may want to scale back. But truthfully, any betting person puts too much in the proposal knowing some will be nixed!
Exactly. Aim high so you’re happy with the compromise.
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Yes. Don’t know what will be scaled back though. Maybe residence. Maybe retail.
He already relented on the tower… even though it was “Iconic”… according to Michael Picker.
I was thinking of that. Were you in favor of the tower? Do you have preferences on what goes in or out?
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Steady Radek
Intercepting the pass in the slot and starting the breakout in one swoop. Great to see him back healthy.
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Okay here’s the real story about me. I was interviewed by the team back in 04. One EX VP adored me. One hated my guts. Why??? Well because when he talked about the lighthouse, I mentioned “I’m sorry, But 60 stories will never make it in Nassau County. " I was given a pointed "It’s ICONIC!” as an answer. My reply was “It may be iconic but it’s not going to work.”
Needless to say… I didn’t get the job. And I thank Mike Milbury for setting up the interview.
Wow, wow. I knew you had a story with them, but that is rich.
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Some people don’t want honesty, apparently. That’s crazy.
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GOAL!!!!
Big move and rush by Comeau…
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Love #57 and #58 each taking the puck hard to the net.
And Rechlicz with his first NHL point!
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wouldn’t it be just awesome if they could win this?? Our little rag-tag team of kids against the broadway blues??
But I dream…
It would be beautiful. The Rangers need this win pretty badly. Lot of teams right around them in the playoff race.
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I’m trying to recruit my blogger buddies to come over and chat.
SOB!!! this is going to be one of those close ass games.
Cool. People can sign in with their Yahoo! ID if they don’t have an SBN user name here. Just a way of deterring anonymous trolls.
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Grrrr. Drury.
Every time I rip a Ranger in the pregame, he scores.
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Finally, Islanders PP
Do your magic, Streit.
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Ack, young Bailey ends that one. Tsk tsk.
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SB (Sports Blog) Nation is the host. They host all of these team sites you can find in the left nav of the home page.
For pictures (and quotes and stuff), click the icons above the text box. The tree icon is for posting photos.
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You can actually reply to specific comments by clicking that [+reply] button under a given comment. Then, when a lot of comments are flowing, you can click the “new comment” pop up box and it takes you directly to whatever comment just showed up.
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haha, I thought you’d like that one :)
Yeah, the software and support is definitely what drew me over here. I just thought, “this is cool, they need an Islanders site with this stuff.”
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I hope he gets to that next level. I really think he can.
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It’s a tough one. He’s getting better. He’s much better with Scott. Scott is teachin him.
But he doesn’t have the same scoring touch that JAson has. But he’s a bigger kid, a better fighter, with more tenacity. Just not as good a shot. I just hope his eyes are freakin’ better.
Yeah. Not as good a shot. But I think the rest of his game keeps going even when he’s not scoring (as opposed to when Blake is slumping, and the rest of his game falters).
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Wow, nice shift
Lotta pressure from Tambellini and Hunter there. Come on, keep it up.
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I agree.
Sean brings a lot to the table. He does. I’ve loved that kid since he was 18. And I was very happy today when NHL.com picked up my story on him for the Islanders fan newsletter.
Oooh, I didn’t see that.
/runs to find it.
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Hellooooo!
Of course, I finally get around to stopping by when I probably won’t have much time to hang out, but we’ll see.
by Islanders Outsider on Mar 5, 2009 8:30 PM EST reply actions
Hey, Ken! Any visit is a good visit. Here, pour yourself a beverage.
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Whatdya’ think of the game so far?
I’m likin’ the action and pressure … and prayin’ for a comeback.
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Fun stuff. I hate missing those two early chances in the first, though. Puts me in a bad frame of mind for the rest of the game. Like, if only…but you’re right about the action. There’s a lot of giddyup out there tonight.
by Islanders Outsider on Mar 5, 2009 8:34 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, those gave me the “okay, Lundqvist is on” feeling.
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Normally I only let people who have known me since the 70s call me Kenny. But for you, I make an exception ;-)
by Islanders Outsider on Mar 5, 2009 8:35 PM EST up reply actions
He did. Man, and he has that shot if he can just get it off during games. Monday’s was nice.
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Danno said, that Tamby has one hell of a wrist shot if he can use it.
He’s got to put a little more weight on.
and that new kid… I’ll never be able to pronouce his name!!!
You just have to pretend his name is Wrecklitch. Or are you talking about Jesse?
by Islanders Outsider on Mar 5, 2009 8:36 PM EST up reply actions
Whoops, I thought you were referring to Joensuuuuuu.
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Now you guys need to add snazzy avatars to your accounts to appear next to your comments … over there —→>>>
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Been meaning to do that. Who designed your logo, by the way?
by Islanders Outsider on Mar 5, 2009 8:38 PM EST up reply actions
The SBN overlords. They’re actually really great with support. When I was working with them about starting up here, they just asked what name I wanted, and I gave them a general idea for a logo.
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For the avatar I just cropped a bit from the logo.
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Yeah, it’s great. I really like it.
by Islanders Outsider on Mar 5, 2009 8:42 PM EST up reply actions
Thanks! I was really pleased with what they did. They asked for revisions, and I just said, “um…no, I think you guys got it!”
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Wow, Wang
Watching his direct appeal to the camera, call to action. He gave a good performance.
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you can thank Katrina for the good performance
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Did she prep him? Man, he was on. I don’t know how he is normally — I’ve seen the occasional interview — but this was nails.
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okay… I updated my profile…so there… NOw there’s an avatar… Happy?
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If I can do it, a monkey can do it.
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Not worried about the how, just the what :)
by Islanders Outsider on Mar 5, 2009 8:44 PM EST up reply actions
You can always change it again. I think when you change your avatar, all your comments change — but when you change your signature, the old one sticks to your older comments.
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Well done! Like magic, haha! Yes, very happy.
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LOL… I only did it because I’m already drinking quite a bit… otherwise it would have been far more tame.
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Oh, and you can make your blog hyperlinked in your signature, too, so people can click directly on it.
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Speaking of logos
The new Calgary Flames blog logo:
Don’t know the full story behind it.
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really? Oh… Okay… later… that was enough technology for one night for this old girl…. who has an empty glass in front of her.
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Heh, one step at a time. Hilarious signature, by the way.
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Argh! 3-1
Not the start I was praying for.
Great hit by McAmmond and Hilbert on each other, though.
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Okay, here’s some Long Island for ya.
by Islanders Outsider on Mar 5, 2009 8:50 PM EST reply actions
Hey! I’m sure the early third-period lead doesn’t help the atmosphere.
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Avery doesn't like to be hit
Yeah, he played dead. And Hunter let up.
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I just hope that Rechlicz puts Avery through the glass. Everything is fine in the stands so far. No fights….yet.
I’d be in favor of that. Rechlicz might be looking to pad his point total, first.
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I’d just like a win. Not a pretty win… just a win.
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A win after a comeback would be nice!
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OH THAT WAS SWEET!
Wow. Wow! Hillen!!
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And I was thinking, “No, shoot, don’t pass down low” on that play. Shows what I know.
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I had to back out to find out how big reck-litch he he he was for danno. Hes a 6’4" Gemini. WHich means… he’s like my husband… nutzo.
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Start with: “So, 1st NHL game, 1st point. Gemini. Are you nutzo or what?”
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Easy does it, Danis. Stay the course.
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AAAGHH
Avery on screen, talking, sounding medicated.
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what broadcast are you watching?
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MSG+ … they had a little interview snippet with him (I assume from the Rangers crew)
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Jesus Christ.. where the hell was I? Blacked out? I didn’t see it.
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How many empty glasses are in front of you? :P
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Wow, I haven’t noticed Antropov at all tonight.
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Dammitall. Give us the bounce for once.
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Power play
Still time for a crushing miracle.
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Ohhh, thought Okposo was going to have that.
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Have a good one! Get some good quotes!
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God, the chances. McAmmond, so close.
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sorry… got tied up with IM’s with my friend vicki
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Danis is pulled
Go-go draws up the hail mary play.
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I’ll sound like Gordon, but I was pleased with the effort. Things to build on. Would trade the last few wins for this one, though.
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oh well… thanks Dominick!
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Thanks for swinging by! Any time, any time.
Have a good one.
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