Islanders @ Hurricanes [game thread]
by Dominik on Apr 7, 2009 6:45 PM EDT
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PrintNew York Islanders at Carolina Hurricanes, Apr 7, 2009 7:00 PM EDT
Hopefully MSG+2 comes in without technical difficulties for you locals.
You know what makes me sad? These game threads are set up through a pre-loaded widget where I pick the game off a drop-down schedule and add my own bit of effluvium. Well, now that schedule drop-down shows just three more games after this. It looks so naked, so cold.
The NHL playoffs consume me whether or not my team(s) make it, but there's something sorry about seeing this season draw to a close. This has been more enjoyable than I could ever imagine a last-place season being. Part of that has been the fun of doing this site -- which will keep humming through the playoffs and offseason -- and the feedback we've gotten from you folks, but part of it is this team has simply been fun to follow. These aren't leftover contracts and baggage we've been watching, either -- they're exciting young kids who show some promise.
Of course the climax, the best times, are in wins and championships. But the foreplay, the nuts and bolts, is in the journey.
Here's the game thread. I should be around by game time for one massive night of NHL hockey.
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Canes up 1-0
Bahh, that didn’t take long. Unassisted by Seidenberg through traffic. Under four minutes in.
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Change on this goal
For the record, they changed the scoring on this one. Halmanen (sp?) with the tip, Seidenberg just an assist.
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Wow, Babchuk
Bergenheim back, looking spunky, gets himself a partial break-in but Babchuk makes a great defensive play to poke it away at the last second.
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Ay yai yai
Staal one-on-one, uses Streit as a — well, not a screen, but a distraction — to slip it by Danis, who probably should have had that.
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3-0 Canes
This game is fast deteriorating.
Danis just didn’t look ready for the puck to come off the boards. Is his asking price falling?
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I’m sure the Canes’ monochromatic 3rd jerseys do not help the antiquated broadcast visual.
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Exactly. Totally enhances the black and white effect. The first hockey games I ever watched were on a small b&w set in my parents’ kitchen.
by Islanders Outsider on Apr 7, 2009 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Sweet. My dad and I used to “gather” around a b/w 5" TV.
Being a good Czech, he had about six TVs in various rooms, but none of them were larger than 5". The “Things You Never Knew Existed” catalog was a hit with him.
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(I should clarify that was after a divorce and he lived on his own. I did have access to a larger TV as a youngun’.)
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Whalers jersey spotted in the crowd!
On a young tyke, no less. Quality.
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Canes PP
There appears to have been a double-minor high-stick, with Stall the victim.
Obviously, I have drifted away from the screen, deciding to save my viewing resources for some other big games tonight.
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Who has the cooler name?
Jesse Joensuu or Jussi Jokinen?
With Jesse, you got southern U.S. cross-over appeal. But with Jokinen you’ve got the more traditional Finnish endinen to the nameinen.
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4-0 Canes: Staal
Yeah, so okay, I missed that Joey Mac was in net for the second period, too.
Despite my sorrow for the end of the season, my investment in this game is similar to Ty Webb’s attention to his lumber yards.
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I thought about the possibility but then dismissed it. You know, because Gordon doesn’t pull his goalies.
by Islanders Outsider on Apr 7, 2009 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow, a callback to early in the season!
That’s right. He doesn’t like to “give them that out.”
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In happier news...
Panthers have scored in Philly, they’re up 1-0.
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5-0
No one will blame me if I watch MLB Network now, right?
by Islanders Outsider on Apr 7, 2009 8:17 PM EDT reply actions
heh, I think you’re in the clear. Although I’m sticking with the NHL, heading around Center Ice, I think.
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Other SBN threads, for those with Center Ice or other feeds:
Panthers v. Flyers
With the Canes win (bold, I know), the Flyers need to win to hang on to 4th. The Panthers need to win to keep playoff hopes alive.
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Habs v. Rangers
Blueshirt Banter game thread.
Rangers are up 3-1 in this very critical 8th/7th seed battle.
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Hawks v. Predators
Hawks thread at Second City Hockey.
Predators thread at On the Forecheck.
If the Preds lose, they could fall back out of the 8th spot pending a Blues (hopefully) win tonight.
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I would join you in watching what appears to be a beating of your team but I don’t have Center Ice and cannot find an online feed. Alas, I am stuck watching Boring Trap vs the Stars before the Avs lose to the Sharks.
An ounce of confidence can carry you a mile toward winning. Oh, and Red Wings suck.
ha, I appreciate it. But this game is awful, just awful — like a practice game — and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. I’m surfing the league now myself, and getting food ready before the Blues game.
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I’m fully expecting a similar showing by the Avs tonight. That way, I can get to bed early :P
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Apparently Staal had a hat trick
And to think they said he only racks up goals against the bad teams :)
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Ah, screw it
I’m disengaging. I have actual work to do (I know, right?!)
… and I hope to join the Blues game thread at St. Louis Game Time later, which should be quite wild.
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John Tavares is coming closer and closer to reality.
I wanted to stop by before, but I lost interest in the game at 5-0. Why I continue to watch, I have no freaking clue.
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by Michael Schuerlein on Apr 7, 2009 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Ha, wow you made it to 5-0! Actually, that was when I officially checked out. Too many other things to do and other games to have on.
The Flyers announcers are piiiiised that a) The Pens are winning and b) The Canes are having such an easy time.
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Mmm, Deb Kaufman
I miss her — but not in a scary stalker way, as far as you know.
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She’s kind of strange looking bud – and speaks out of the side of her mouth like she has Bel’s Paulsey.
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by Michael Schuerlein on Apr 7, 2009 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions
True and true. But hey, for hockey announcers, beggars cannot be choosers.
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Howie Rose with his face built for radio.
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by Michael Schuerlein on Apr 7, 2009 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Dammit, Flyers up 2-1
Rangers still up, too.
Nothing going right tonight.
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Looks like its an early xbox night for me :)
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by Michael Schuerlein on Apr 7, 2009 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions
That sounds much better. What the hell are they doing? Standing around!
Have fun, man. Catch ya’ soon.
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9-0
Now I’m pissed. They could have gotten through the season without producing a laughingstock bit like this. Now there will be a “who just lost 10-0” dependent clause inserted into a hundred lottery articles in the next week.
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Good Lord
That is an awful score. Sorry, Dom.
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