Woof woof: Isles roll over to Canes 9-0
by Dominik on Apr 7, 2009 10:03 PM EDT
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This was for the dogs. A joke. I mean, are you kidding me? Am I supposed to write about this, reportedly the worst loss in Islanders history? I assume Cam Ward will do the honorable thing and decline credit for the shutout on 12 shots.
When they came out flat at 3-0, I thought, "Alright, they're flat, whatever. Tavares." But then when they didn't even bother to make it a game, and avoided hitting anyone, and watched the uncontested goals just pile up like mundane similes in a Jay Greenberg column, and made this charade look like a scrimmage in a fantasy camp -- well, then I actually got a little pissed off.
The Hurricanes are ridiculously hot lately, but come on -- the Isles could have gotten through the end of the season without dropping a pile of disgrace like this, rolling over and playing dead for their Carolina masters. The roster is AHL-infused and Injury-ravaged (tonight Blake Comeau broke his wrist), yes -- but that's been the case this entire season.
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Only Joel Rechlicz put up a fight, literally, and that was even a wrong-headed instigator that got him tossed for a 10-minute misconduct. The Islanders only drew two penalties out of the Canes -- the Conboy fighting major and a meaningless trip with three minutes left in the game.
As we've noted before, for a 30th-place team, the Islanders have actually steered clear of blowouts most of this season. There was just the 7-2 post-Thanksgiving loss in Boston; the 9-2, double-hat trick disgrace in Pittsburgh, and the ugly 6-2 home losses to Carolina and to Minnesota. [Edit: Commenter jessef, who saw the aforementioned Carolina game, reminds us that last Thursday's 5-1 loss to Montreal was also uncontested, as he was lucky enough to see that one in person, too.]
But this takes the cake. This immediately enters the lexicon of Milbury-era punch lines that still follow the team around. This is the kind of result that will show up in dependent clauses in otherwise unrelated hockey recaps for the next few weeks. This is the new measuring stick by which all future lopsided Islanders losses will be measured. Bravo.
Apparently Eric Staal had a hat trick -- I sort of tuned out by that point. Neither Yann Danis, who gave up the three goals in the first, nor Joey MacDonald -- who gave up six over the next two -- helped his offseason contract asking price. But, I mean 57-12 in shots? Ummm, that wasn't exactly just goaltending. This was a miserable excuse for a game.
Bravo, boys. Let the jokes and quips flow forth. Tonight the Ghost of Milbury didn't write them for you. Nope, tonight you earned 'em yourselves.
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dont forget the game
they dropped to the canadiens last week. i was at it, and it was definitely a blowout.
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by jessef on Apr 7, 2009 10:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Ahhh! That’s right! I thought of you at the time. I half-expected to hear you were in Carolina tonight, given your luck with them lately.
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by Dominik on Apr 7, 2009 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don’t forget the 4th game of the season when they lost 7-1 to the Sabres on Columbus Day. That wasn’t pretty but certainly not of the epic proportions last night became. I stopped watching about 4 minutes into the second and refused to turn it back on.
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by IslesOfficial on Apr 8, 2009 8:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ugh
You’re right. I think I was still out of town for that one, so I conveniently erased that from my mind.
A real man would compare this list of blowouts with other NHL last-place seasons to check if I’m hallucinating. I am not a real man.
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by Dominik on Apr 8, 2009 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
By the way, is it coincidence?
25 years ago the Hurricanes Hartford Whalers blew out the Edmonton Oilers 11-0. The Oilers beat The Islanders to win the Stanley Cup that year. The WhalersHurricanes defeated the Oilers in the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals. The Penguins, who won the Sidney Crosby Sweepstakes in ‘05, blew out the Isles 9-2 earlier this year, last night they clinched a playoff spot beating Tampa Bay, who won the NHL draft lottery in ’08, and the Pens play the Isles, who would lock up the worst record in the NHL and have the best chance at winning Tavares this June at North-of-the-Border Telco Centre in Montreal. Coincidence? I think…
Right now, I’m going to http://www.islanders.com and listen to this debacle.
At this time in 1984, the Islanders were the Real America’s Team (Stanley Cup Champions, ‘80,’81, ‘82, ’83. Braves: 0 World Series during that span, Cowboys: lost in Philly in ’80 NFC title game, lost to SF in ’81 and Washington in ’82) and they were on My9 UPN9 Universal 9 WWOR-TV WOR-TV (when it was a superstation, with Jiggs McDonald and Ed “18” Westfall doing play by play). Now they’re on MSG+, taking a back seat to the Rangers Blue Plague, they are on an inferior station, WHLI, which us Islander fans in Pittsburgh can’t get (710 WOR, please pick up the Islanders in 09-10!) and they are thinking about moving to Kansas City. I love the Royals, I loved the Kings. But I don’t think moving a team that has won 4 Stanley Cups (more than the Devils and more titles than the Rangers Raiders Lite (a team Islander fans loved, the WHA’s Garden team, the N.Y. Raiders, 1972-1973, RIP) to a city that’s claims to fame are being the original home of the Devils and Rangers Team 1940 Forever and New York’s Greatest Sports Team (Our New York Islanders, greatest dynasty ever!) and having the dubious distinction of having the player with the most penalty minutes in a season (Kansas City’s Steve Durbano, 480 PIM, 1974-75) is insane. Kansas City, why not bother the Thrashers or Predators for a change? Or how about getting an AHL expansion team (so the Sound Tigers can earn a few wins on their way to a Calder Cup dynasty, and wins over the Wolf Pack, where future NYRs try to think about the next ticker tape parade for NYR’s first cup win since 1994…in 2048 or when Tavares brings the Cup back to the Island in 2011)?
That’s my 1st post here in LHH. Right now, I’m going to listen to the Isles-Whalers Hurricanes game on http://www.islanders.com.
Can anyone bring Battlin’ Billy Smith or Fightin’ Mark Fitzpatrick out of retirement for tomorrow’s game against the Penguins? After all, we need a little 1975 and 1993 to get ready for the Pens.
From the #1 Islander fan in Washington County, Pa., a fan who loved the old Isles jersey and logo from ‘95-’97!
Philip Fitzsimmons says Padres rule,Dodgers suck!
by Philip Fitzsimmons on Apr 8, 2009 9:55 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Sorry about the lines over the words...
Don’t know much about using the special features here, the “B” (bold), “I” (italic) and “s” (whatever).
Philip Fitzsimmons says Padres rule,Dodgers suck!
by Philip Fitzsimmons on Apr 8, 2009 9:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Welcome
Thanks for joining. Sorry about the formatting there; heh, I think you managed to inadvertently use every format trick in the SBN book.
(Below the main comment box, there is a link to “Show Formatting Guide” that tells you some of the bold/italic/strikethrough shortcuts. Also the “Preview” button will help you see what the comment will look like before you hit “Post.”)
The radio situation is tough. Not sure how they’re going to be able to reverse it, but getting better (and getting a star?) will be a necessary step.
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by Dominik on Apr 8, 2009 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Correction:
It’s not http://www.islanders.com, it’s http://www.newyorkislanders.com!
Sorry ’bout that!
Philip Fitzsimmons says Padres rule,Dodgers suck!
by Philip Fitzsimmons on Apr 8, 2009 9:58 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Tis alright, we know where to find them!
What, no strikethrough this time? ;-)
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by Dominik on Apr 8, 2009 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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