Islanders-Stars [game thread of DiPietro's return]
by Dominik on Jan 8, 2010 8:00 PM EST
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New York Islanders (18-18-8, 11th/East) at Dallas Stars (18-14-11, 10th/West)
8:30 p.m. EST | [something about air transport] Center | MSG+, radio
If you have to live in Texas, at least there's hockey: Defending Big D
Rick DiPietro: The Return.
We've had a spate of new users sign up recently (with some pretty classic names, I must say). So I'll repeat the deal for all you new fully operational members, or anyone who likes to shoot the breeze during a game. This is your in-game comment thread:
It's basically a wide open, in-game (and post-game) chat, except you can reply to specific threaded comments -- the reply button is your friend -- and no one is controlling the conversation. Sometimes there's a lot of users, sometimes just a few. It ebbs and flows. When it's a few, I'll use the thread to record observation about the game, but don't let that turn you off. This kind of thread is here for every game, and you can do with it what you want (within reason): Talk the game/Islanders/general hockey, or talk your favorite music, mom's special orange scone recipe, and how that rug really tied the room together. There are tools for adding hyperlinks and photos within comments, too. Under the orange bar at the top of the Comments section, you'll notice a few keyboard shortcuts in fine print. Those are helpful for busy threads.
I use "foul" language selectively (in part because many LH stories are circulated to Yahoo, in part because it takes a while to get me truly pissed off), but I don't censor comments for language. We're adults, we can handle it and we can moderate it if our sailor elements get out of control. So be cool, be funny, be whatever you want outside of the obvious non-starters and flashpoints of racism/slurs/politics and anything else I'm forgetting. Just don't abuse or agitate each other and don't post pictures that would cause your mother to disown you.
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DiPi Returns
Okay, I’m probably more nervous than he is.
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What the fuck?
Why does Rick DiPietro have a Canadian accent?
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A whole year off
Gives a man some time to work on some things…
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Can't wait for that first tough shot
I’m sure the Stars have been told to shoot early and often.
Yeah, crash the net, give him lots of traffic.
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Alright Being in the West
I forgot about the game till just now, usually I’d miss the 1st period and then some. Hurray for Time Zones
"So basically, the Stats make no sense whatsoever."
And Congrats Dom, between the new users and the hits. Your probably the hardest working blog of all the SBN ones I follow.
"So basically, the Stats make no sense whatsoever."
certainly the only one who works alone
that I know of.
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by Devon Edwards on Jan 8, 2010 8:31 PM EST up reply actions
Hey, thanks.
I’m a fan of the time zone bonus tonight. Wasn’t going to be able to catch a regular start.
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I am way too excited for this game.
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With Campoli gone
…does DP have a new victory-jump partner?
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Find out the answer to this and more pressing DiPietro questions on the next episode of “How The Net Turns”
"So basically, the Stats make no sense whatsoever."
We’ll have to spice it up if it’s going to be the lead-in to Jersey Shore.
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Locker room
It looks like the had DP dres in his own separate corner next to the bathroom.
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Maybe it's selfish
but I was hoping they let DP watch this road trip and bring him back for his first game against Detroit at the NVMC
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and how that rug really tied the room together.
The blue rug looked Fantastic with the orange walls, and then in what seemed like a universe moved to act, the dog pooped on it. Sigh…
SHOOOOOOOT!!!! Anon
Hey Dom
Yeah, I was wondering if you were going to be able to stick around this time! last time I joined you, you left us all to our own devices!
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Haha
Sorry I left you hanging. Though I usually find everyone’s own devices pretty entertaining.
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For those of you who for some reason don’t have Center Ice or live in NYC
http://www.vexcast.com/play.action?channel_id=685
Never used it before so I can’t say if its good or not.
"So basically, the Stats make no sense whatsoever."
by Mark D on Jan 8, 2010 8:38 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
It said that the channel was dead, but thanks anyway.
SHOOOOOOOT!!!! Anon
by burpchelischili on Jan 8, 2010 8:41 PM EST up reply actions
Taht was poetry in motion.
SHOOOOOOOT!!!! Anon
by burpchelischili on Jan 8, 2010 8:41 PM EST up reply actions
Unlike my ability to type.
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by burpchelischili on Jan 8, 2010 8:42 PM EST up reply actions
I tought taht was part of your own special poetry.
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Nah,
my poetry normally reads like a suicide note.
Have you seen the teams I root for?
SHOOOOOOOT!!!! Anon
by burpchelischili on Jan 8, 2010 8:44 PM EST up reply actions
I’d say maybe your Hawks luck will finally change, but experience tells me otherwise.
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No high hopes here, just enmjoy the ride if/when you’re on it.
SHOOOOOOOT!!!! Anon
by burpchelischili on Jan 8, 2010 8:47 PM EST up reply actions
Ha, I didn’t think about that, but I like it. A whole state in a weeklong funk over its chief sport.
Seriously, Friday night and it sounds like a public rink. DFW traffic? Uninteresting opponent?
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Brleive me,
Football is God in texas, I know guys who lost their wife and went to the “big game” that night.
SHOOOOOOOT!!!! Anon
by burpchelischili on Jan 8, 2010 8:43 PM EST up reply actions
How do you think
The kids like Hillen, McDonald and some of the newer guys (even Striet) will deal with DiPi handling the puck? Roloson is pretty stable in there.
Skating on eggshells for the first period, I would bet.
SHOOOOOOOT!!!! Anon
by burpchelischili on Jan 8, 2010 8:45 PM EST up reply actions
Funny DP had to reassure Gordon
That may be the biggest in-game issue, though — the kids have no experience with a wanderer like him.
Bringing this up just refreshes the anger I have at Milbury for touting him for puckhandling.
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The Roloson scratch
- A sign of respect for the #1? (we won’t make you sit for no reason)
- A sign that the only reason a backup would come in is if DP got lit up, so it doesn’t matter anyway?
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Keeping him safe from wayward pucks?
SHOOOOOOOT!!!! Anon
by burpchelischili on Jan 8, 2010 8:46 PM EST up reply actions
Trading him for a fantastic crease clearing defenseman who is under contract for 5 years, in good health and cheap???
1-0 A nice glove save
Quickly followed by a redirect goal. Alright, well, they’ve broken the ice.
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fucking Witt
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by Devon Edwards on Jan 8, 2010 8:48 PM EST up reply actions
It was Witt's man
But I think Peterson got it off his own stick.
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maybe
it caromed late, and went 5-hole
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by Devon Edwards on Jan 8, 2010 8:49 PM EST up reply actions
No doubt
His progress on the wing is starting to scare me.
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Sweet!
Nice English on the pass, Trent. Not every pool shark can do that.
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LOL
There can ONLY BE ONE ROB DAVISON. The man, the myth, the legend.
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He still haunts the dreams of Vesa Toskala
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by Devon Edwards on Jan 8, 2010 8:52 PM EST up reply actions
Now you tell me
Be sure and call B.S. on me when I say something crazy about goaltending. I’ve played a little bit, but only in pick-up and a little bit of old-man’s league in a pinch.
Love the perspective it gave me though. Made me a smarter shooter.
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Own goal shots do not count.
:)
SHOOOOOOOT!!!! Anon
by burpchelischili on Jan 8, 2010 9:00 PM EST up reply actions
If I have one regret
it’s never learning to skate. I feel like I would’ve made a good hockey player too.
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by Devon Edwards on Jan 8, 2010 9:00 PM EST up reply actions
Puck Daddy
Preview: New York Islanders at Dallas Stars, 8:30 p.m. EST. Rick DiPietro makes his long-awaited return in goal for a red-hot Islander team that’s 5-1-1 in their last seven. Mired in a three-game losing streak, the Stars offense will need to come together to help their production now that Mike Ribeiro will be out for the next 4-6 weeks. James Neal leads Dallas with 18 goals hasn’t put one past a goaltender in six games.
October.
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by Devon Edwards on Jan 8, 2010 8:55 PM EST up reply actions
okay, I’m getting very nervous that he keeps wanting to play the puck every time
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Me too, but WebBard makes a good point. He might be a better breakout man than 4 of our 6 D-men.
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Dip & Gordon's System
You know, we hadn’t mentioned the upside of DiP playing in Gordon’s system. If he can pass the puck out of the zone to one of the forwards instead of one of our scary stone handed dmen, thats a plus.
"So basically, the Stats make no sense whatsoever."
Is it just me
Or does it seem rather dark in the arena tonight?
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A little
I feel like the seats are dark and the Stars have the stupid “none more black” uni effect.
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I mean like the lighting
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by Devon Edwards on Jan 8, 2010 9:00 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, I feel like when I focus on just the ice, it doesn’t look like darker lighting to me, but during game play the amount of stands on the border and the Stars add to the effect. I think the camera angle and the angle of the seats might show more of the seats than we normally get.
That, or I’m hallucinating.
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Time warp brain fart
So I see DP go out to play it close to the no-no zone, and my first thought was, “Oh shit, has is he used to the trapezoid?”
It’s been a while, but not that long.
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I haven’t watched an AHL game recently, do they have the no fly zone there?
SHOOOOOOOT!!!! Anon
by burpchelischili on Jan 8, 2010 9:02 PM EST up reply actions
I’d prefer he not play the puck when 2-3 Stars are charging down onto him.
"So basically, the Stats make no sense whatsoever."
the rest of the team was expecting him to
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by Devon Edwards on Jan 8, 2010 9:03 PM EST up reply actions
Holy god that shot was ridiculous
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Well, they sure blew the high stick on Schremp
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Watching the Isles and Flyers...
We get so many non calls on penalties, it must be the spirit of Hockey’s way of making it up by causing the Flyers to get penalties for nothing.
"So basically, the Stats make no sense whatsoever."
Is it weird that
Weight-Thompson-Park has been out best line this game?
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guess who’s wearing his all orange 3rd jersey #39 tonight?…………ME!!!!!!
why isn't #16 hanging in the rafters?
Wow
we have the two luckiest goals ever and are up 2-1.
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Well...
all of my feeds are dead, and I live in Illinois, so I am flying blind tonight.
SHOOOOOOOT!!!! Anon
Bummer
Bailey just forechecked behind the net and the puck popped right out to Okposo on the doorstep.
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Usually works
Seems backed out tonight, but might be because it’s is betwen periods
http://www.atdhe.net/11138/watch-new-york-islanders-vs-dallas-stars
Bridgeport game
http://atdhe.net/watch-american-hockey-league.php?s=falcons
made a trip special just to grab a 6 of molson golden… didnt crack one til 10 seconds before the bailey goal… cracked # 2 and bam KO scores… maybe i shoulda bought 2 six packs
why isn't #16 hanging in the rafters?
It's intermission
You better go back to the store. Quick.
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by Dominik on Jan 8, 2010 9:11 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Hell yes
Love the kid in awe, cracking a smile. Sometimes that’s far better than the next McCauley Caulkin.
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DP after one
I think he looks like a good goalie who is also a rusty goalie. Comfortable movements, some a little awkward, but I’d be interested in drafting this guy. He has potential.
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I know! I’m sitting here worried about him wandering, then watching him clear it better than some of our defensemen.
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just the fact that he CAN clear it, sometimes causes the Stars to hesitate on the forecheck
why isn't #16 hanging in the rafters?
Hesitation is good.
SHOOOOOOOT!!!! Anon
by burpchelischili on Jan 8, 2010 9:21 PM EST up reply actions
Dom
1 game, 1 GA, 1 Assist.
MVP? I think so.
Nice to see you sticking here Dom, have more people on the board than in the seats. Good on ya.
Hey thanks.
MVP? Sign that man to a long-term deal!
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Love me some Okposo!
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by metalcoconut on Jan 8, 2010 9:21 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Yeah!
If you cheer something loud enough, we’ll probably hear you on TV. It sounds pretty quiet there.
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I’ll try to be louder next time he sccores. :)
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by metalcoconut on Jan 8, 2010 9:27 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Anyone watching the Fenway game?
The ice looks like it hasn’t been cleaned since the NHL game. I wonder if the lines have faded in the sun.
Oh, and BU is up 3-0 on BC.
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what channel?
Also: KO is going to make Brian Burke look really, really bad.
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by Devon Edwards on Jan 8, 2010 9:22 PM EST up reply actions
bummer
don’t get it
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by Devon Edwards on Jan 8, 2010 9:25 PM EST up reply actions
i pay 6$/mo for it (for the WJC) but may keep it now, nhl on the fly is pretty fn awesome
why isn't #16 hanging in the rafters?
Isn't it though?
It’s everything I wanted just two minutes of SportsCenter to be back in the day.
Pisses me off it took them so long to create NHLN and a show like that.
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after the latest Food Network fiasco
I’m bugging my dad to get Fios.
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by Devon Edwards on Jan 8, 2010 9:31 PM EST up reply actions
KO wiped out early in the first and everyone laughed…but they aren’t laughing now.
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by metalcoconut on Jan 8, 2010 9:24 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Hey MC, not sure if you can see replies, but how dead is the arena? It looks dead on TV
"So basically, the Stats make no sense whatsoever."
it is up and down. I have heard worse.
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by metalcoconut on Jan 8, 2010 9:45 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
bob the builder interview was actually good by carlin…
schremp on comeau giving him crap for hot dogging in practice… “he can eat ____ now – u can bleep that out” haha
why isn't #16 hanging in the rafters?
msg.com
Always has the dumbest polls. Whose the best goalie in Islanders History? I don’t know, maybe the one with 4 Cups?
"So basically, the Stats make no sense whatsoever."
I was always pissed that Milbury didn’t give Big Valley more of a chance.
"So basically, the Stats make no sense whatsoever."
i repeat your exact post, but replace Big Valley with “EVERYONE”
why isn't #16 hanging in the rafters?
by bob l on Jan 8, 2010 9:29 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Yes Hextall….
Or not. lol
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by Michael Schuerlein on Jan 8, 2010 9:32 PM EST up reply actions
Yoda.
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by Devon Edwards on Jan 8, 2010 9:28 PM EST up reply actions
i really need to move my furniture around so i can be on the comp and watch tv… i’m an idiot… see u guys near the end of the period or at big moments…
why isn't #16 hanging in the rafters?
My wife won’t let me do that, she says one or the other, and then tells me which one I get to pick.
SHOOOOOOOT!!!! Anon
by burpchelischili on Jan 8, 2010 9:31 PM EST up reply actions
Go to craigslist.com, get a 13 inch or so TV for next to nothing and put it next to the computer monitor.
"So basically, the Stats make no sense whatsoever."
That’s how my daughter go ther TV. I guess I like being henpecked. Or, as I told my father-in-law, I had to marry her, just to save every other guy in the world!
SHOOOOOOOT!!!! Anon
by burpchelischili on Jan 8, 2010 9:35 PM EST up reply actions
idiot me...
just realized i can pull the keyboard tray out and put the laptop on that, giving me an ok angle to view and blog
why isn't #16 hanging in the rafters?
My wife: “I thought you got that laptop for graduate classes.”
Me: “I did. But now there’s this.”
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You multi-tasker you.
SHOOOOOOOT!!!! Anon
by burpchelischili on Jan 8, 2010 9:35 PM EST up reply actions
my lappy is my main comp…, but my battery is fried, got 35 min then dies, so it’s a small desktop now, lol…how much are batteries?
why isn't #16 hanging in the rafters?
like 90 bucks
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by Devon Edwards on Jan 8, 2010 9:34 PM EST up reply actions
Good support tonight
Seems as though the Isles are only comfortable and support their netminder when his name is not Biron.
I am sure that they want to get Ricky the win tonight here too.
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by Michael Schuerlein on Jan 8, 2010 9:31 PM EST reply actions
As someone said the other day, it must be a family thing for the Birons with Long Island.
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Spoke to soon Dom.
lol
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by Michael Schuerlein on Jan 8, 2010 9:33 PM EST up reply actions
And right after Jaffe said, “This is where the Islanders can win this game.”
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Ah, shit.
Shoulda had that one.
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The Dump
Anyone else see that advert in the Dallas end here, bench side of the boards?
LOL
We should get that for the Coliseum…..
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by Michael Schuerlein on Jan 8, 2010 9:35 PM EST reply actions
Paint it in arced lettering around center ice?
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WOW!!!
One hell of a game thread going tonight. I come in late and look what happens.
Hey, when DiPietro only plays once a year, people gotta represent.
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Not sure if you guys have heard...
But this Zubov guy used to play for Dallas and was pretty good…
"So basically, the Stats make no sense whatsoever."
We have, literally
the three luckiest goals EVER. We shouldn’t even be close to leading.
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There you go again acting like Hunter didn’t totally plan that bounce-pass.
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a bouncing puck with RIDICULOUS english
a terrible give away behind the Dallas net
a truly retarded decision by Turco
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by Devon Edwards on Jan 8, 2010 9:43 PM EST up reply actions
my bad, i was late by 3-4 min on my dvr and was watching old play
why isn't #16 hanging in the rafters?
So it's true
Even with time travel, you cannot change history.
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best line about time travel…. comic dave attell… “anybody here ever been drinking so much you forget things, or worse, black out — or as I call it… Time Travel”
why isn't #16 hanging in the rafters?
LOL
That’s good. We threw a big b-day party for our mom, and my sister blacked out. She had no idea how hilarious she was.
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I’m still looking for a T-shirt that says “I got lost watching Lost!”
SHOOOOOOOT!!!! Anon
by burpchelischili on Jan 8, 2010 9:48 PM EST up reply actions
For fuck's sake, DP
He’s basically Biron, but with some goal support.
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Oh, well that didn't last long.
Witt fail. That was weak.
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Aren’t we used to Witt fails by now?
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by Michael Schuerlein on Jan 8, 2010 9:42 PM EST up reply actions
Sadly yes
That one was new to the playbook. The “I’m just gonna tap this backhand here and then leave.”
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He seems to be doing his Erkel impression tonight… again.
Did I do that?
SHOOOOOOOT!!!! Anon
by burpchelischili on Jan 8, 2010 9:45 PM EST up reply actions
This sucks even more
Whoever decided to do the streaming tonight decided to use really shitty software. On one the stream freezes every five seconds and on the other someone forgot to pay the server fees.
Bummer.
Yeah
Thats the one where I get the message that someone did not pay the server fees. It has to update and there is no way to get it.
The Vexcast stream is completely fuckedl.
Ohhh, yea, I updated the other day. Just go to google and type in “Streamtorrent Download” and you should be able to download it from another site like download .com.
"So basically, the Stats make no sense whatsoever."
YES!!!!!
That did it!!!!!!
Thanks bunches!!!!
I owe you big time!!!
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"So basically, the Stats make no sense whatsoever."
so sloppy
I am starting to believe that the guy that hit Brendan Witt with the SUV was Swiss.
by metalcoconut on Jan 8, 2010 9:49 PM EST via mobile reply actions
drank with anther Isles fan before the game
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by metalcoconut on Jan 8, 2010 10:06 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Nice! A Texan or a traveler?
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Godspeed, man
At this rate, we’ll need more than that 6-pack for sure.
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I'm a bit into this game
Apparently I just drank a whole beer without realizing it. I’m staring at an empty mug, and an empty bottle, wondering what happened to the full beer I just fetched.
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Beware of Goalie Goggles, drink too much and Turco’s play will seem competent.
"So basically, the Stats make no sense whatsoever."
Check the dog, that’s what I do.
SHOOOOOOOT!!!! Anon
by burpchelischili on Jan 8, 2010 9:54 PM EST up reply actions
Now that you mention it
The dog is passed out a few feet away. But that describes about 18 hours of each day of her life.
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Did I hear that right?
They play a Gary Glitter/Michael Jackson mix as their goal song?
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yea, it was definitely the Micheal Jackson woooo
"So basically, the Stats make no sense whatsoever."
honestly I tuned it out
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by metalcoconut on Jan 8, 2010 10:10 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
We were missing a Dman on that one
Why is Thompson back with Sutton?
Where’s the other D?
BAD goal.
Shaken up?
Dip just had that Danis look where he’s about to give up 3 more goals.
"So basically, the Stats make no sense whatsoever."
Interesting
Just checked the score sheet and it looks like Bailey is starting to wrack up the points lately.
So much for that theory that they are turning him into a fourth liner.
So when do they move him back to center? Or is it possible it never happens?
I keep reminding myself he’s just 20.
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Hey
You know me. I just want to see Okposo, Bailey, Tavares.
With the way things are going for Tavares we may see that sooner than we think.
Hell, with Tavares as the winger instead of Bailey.
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Sure, why not
Bailey’s real strength is as a playmaker.
Neilsen and Moulson could be interesting as well. Bergenhim gets back and it would make that an interesting line. Two speedsters and a net crasher.
BTW
Bailey may be on pace for a 40 pt year. That’s a nice progression.
Fifty next season probably is not a stretch.
Weight is writing checks
his linemates can’t cash.
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Looks like a lost kid
No passion in his game. Has Travis hit a wall?
Haha
No shit. Gotta change it. I wasn’t big on it to begin with, but “Weight gain and frequent game loss” was getting old.
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"So basically, the Stats make no sense whatsoever."
New drinking game
During the DiPi rehab period, we drink for every goal…proably won’t get to work much but the nights will be good!
Nah, Drink for everytime DiP scares you by leaving the crease, Chug for every goal, Shot for every juicy rebound he leaves.
"So basically, the Stats make no sense whatsoever."
But it’s supposed to be a game, not a mass suicide.
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Alcohol poisoning by first intermission.
SHOOOOOOOT!!!! Anon
by burpchelischili on Jan 8, 2010 10:06 PM EST up reply actions
I think Jaffe spoke to soon
I like what the Isles did right there leading up to that scoring chance. I liked that they took away Turcos time and space when he was playing the puck. That’s good aggressive hockey as it forces them to make decisions and turn the puck over.
Yeah, that was nice. Turco keeps me hopeful.
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haha, that’s what all the season team previews said too
"So basically, the Stats make no sense whatsoever."
You didnt see me arguing… I said that we needed A- a goalie, B- a defenseman with size, and C- a scoring winger. We got two goalies, and we got Moulson.
Let Us Go, Islanders!
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 8, 2010 11:26 PM EST up reply actions
We were talkig about that last game
When was the last time you saw an Isles D run and end to end rush?
I still say beyond Streit, I don’t want any of them to do an end to end rush.
"So basically, the Stats make no sense whatsoever."
I'm fine if Hillen does
It doesn’t really matter whether he gets back or not.
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Our d may as well stay on the bench
I am starting to believe that the guy that hit Brendan Witt with the SUV was Swiss.
by metalcoconut on Jan 8, 2010 10:14 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Can we seat the D and put three goalies out there?
SHOOOOOOOT!!!! Anon
by burpchelischili on Jan 8, 2010 10:15 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I don't know what is worse
Having to pay Yashin 3 plus million to not play or paying Witt 3 plus million to play.
not play???????
no sir, he plays, and is among the league leaders in the KHL
why isn't #16 hanging in the rafters?
Witt is worse, how many times has Yashin screened his own goalie tonight?
SHOOOOOOOT!!!! Anon
by burpchelischili on Jan 8, 2010 10:16 PM EST up reply actions
love Witt, but wish he attracted pucks like he does large automobiles. :(
by albeezle on Jan 8, 2010 10:17 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Screening your own goalie happens from time to time
It’s up to the goalie to communicate with the D. Goalie has to call the shot.
How does he look?
…and of course, I mean Brendan Witt.
Now let's say you and I go toe to toe on bird law and see who comes out the victor.
Hairy
DP looks a little rusty, but physically capable. One goal was a blister top shelf on a nice backhand feed to the slot. Another was … an awful giveaway by Witt. Another was a fat rebound where the D stood around waiting for the puck to appear.
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I guess a little rusty, but physically capable. I’d imagine the D let him down a couple times but he didn’t help his cause with his rebound control.
How’d I do?
Now let's say you and I go toe to toe on bird law and see who comes out the victor.
Oh, also:
His puckhandling does a better job of getting the puck out than our defense.
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Wow
I never noticed that the Weight hit on Brandon Sutter is on the MSG promo commercial. Thought concussive hits (even clean ones) might be a no-no. But I guess Brent’s never coming back to this organization, so fuck it.
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I think he commented on Phaneuf's hit on Okposo
and quickly changed his tune.
Which was rich, considering his own career and his Phaneuf love.
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Brent Sutter's
At least regarding any of Phaneuf’s questionable hits.
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Right. That’s what I thought at first then I got confused. The hit Brandon threw in the WJC a couple years back was way worse than the one that Weight threw but I don’t remember any crying about that hit. Hypocrites.
Now let's say you and I go toe to toe on bird law and see who comes out the victor.
Funny
I was thinkin that the other day when I saw it. I thought they played it couple of times and I just noticed it then.
You know...
We could just convince them to postpone this game like the Devils – Lightning game tonight. …. and just try again another time, lol
Did they postpone it?
That’s crazy.
METALCOCONUT: Find the electrical closet in Dallas and turn everything off. Remember to mark where the beer is first.
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LOL
Had a feeling this game was gonna be like this. Even if the D was good there is still an adjustment for them getting used to a different goal tender.
I wanna see DP do well so we can put this injury stuff behind us.
Hell yes. I haven’t seen anything with DP that makes him look irreparable, either.
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His lower body strength seems a little off
Takes him a little longer to get up.
Hope that gets better soon.
It sure does. I’m hoping that’s just strength to rebuild.
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That Brad Richards goal is ugly
You can tell they are gonna work on that in practice. That was poor fundies by the D.
Chemistry Commercial
When they say “Magician” and show a save, is it Dip or Rollie?
"So basically, the Stats make no sense whatsoever."
Bailey took a bump and didn't fall down
He might have nearly taken Robidaud off his feet.
A “Hey ref: Here’s your chance to make up the high stick on Weight” dive.
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ok, switching to the #91
i have faith the wunderkind will tie it up
why isn't #16 hanging in the rafters?
Maybe it's an on ice awareness thing
But watching the Isles PP tonight they don’t seem to work the numbers that well. It looks like they are playing man on man offensivly.
If you are gonna depend on the point shot at least work the numbers up high.
JT/Okposo/Bailey
Together at last?
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Makes me excite – nice.
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by Michael Schuerlein on Jan 8, 2010 10:34 PM EST up reply actions
oh that replay sucked… JT slamming his stick for the puck… and the pass… is broken up… by…. KO
why isn't #16 hanging in the rafters?
That was painful
So close. Turco is swimming everywhere. He’s going to give us more chances.
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Shremp is the everywhere man
You guys notice Shremp is everywhere and part of everything?
No matter the side of the puck, he always seems to be doing the right things. Bye bye Tamby. I’ll send you a box of tissues.
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by Michael Schuerlein on Jan 8, 2010 10:35 PM EST reply actions
If Schremp scores here, I’ll buy the tissue.
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I think we should call Hunter the Tin Man
If the Tin Man skated he would look a lot like Trent Hunter.
He does need some oil in his hips and knees
one of the slowest skaters on the team. I think 40 year old Weight is faster than him.
Okpos, Bailey and Taveres on the PP
PUHLEASSSSE!!!!!!!
Note to Gordon
WORK THE NUMBERS ON THE PP.
It’s called a “man advantage” for a reason.
Yes. Even just a little bit. Let them know it’s possible.
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Nice work Frans
Not giving up. Damn, Turco is swimming.
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Did you put up the signal?
I haven’t seen him.
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by Dominik on Jan 8, 2010 10:45 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Some auto generator that I hoped would be better. I wanted just a big 91.
Of course if it works, it stays.
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Gone is the poise displayed the other night
Lots of fighting the puck down low tonight.
One day these kids are gonna think to pass in those scrambles. When that happens they reeally are gonna run up the score on a lot of these teams.
Ironically, they’re showing it during this 6th attacker. It’s like the Rangers game with Bailey to Okposo to Nielsen. Sometimes they have it in flashes.
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too unsure w the puck
I am starting to believe that the guy that hit Brendan Witt with the SUV was Swiss.
by metalcoconut on Jan 8, 2010 10:52 PM EST via mobile reply actions
weird, i doubled up on full tilt first hand i play… and i cant make the isles win – or JT score…
why isn't #16 hanging in the rafters?
You gave it an honest effort. At some point, they can’t just rely on you drinking Molsons, they gotta step up.
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Well
On somewhat of a bright side, I think if Rollie is in net, we win…not sure how many of those we want though unless we are shooting for Hall or Fowler.
Experince beats youth
Nothing more to be said on this one.
As perfectly captured in that final faceoff. Modano v. Tavares.
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so they wait until the end to establish a forecheck
watching young underskilled teams gets old
wasn't impressed with dallas
Stars will be playing golf with isles in mid april
I think so. Very sloppy game.
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This team
Different sections of the team seem to be clicking at different times. If they could just get it going all at once. It also feels like some of the younger Isles have matured, Schremp isn’t playing Rob Schremp hockey, he’s out there grinding it out. Bailey doesn’t seem to be just a defensive force anymore and Okposo continues to be everywhere.
I wish we had 1 more top line dman.
"So basically, the Stats make no sense whatsoever."
I was really worried about Schremp’s cocky rep and all that when he came in, but it looks like he’s handled everything like a pro, and the swagger he carries clearly isn’t turning off the other guys. The kids at least seem to enjoy it.
But yes, what I wouldn’t give for all cylinders to fire on the same night.
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Schremp could wind up being a keeper
Credit goes to Snow for a couple gems he found at Sanford and Sons
That's funny
My impression of him based on the interview between periods was the opposite. He didn’t really seem comfortable talking about his baseball goal and looked quite humble about it. It was like “Yeah, that was interesting and kind of fun but I really don’t want to get to into it right now.”
I got that impression too (I didn’t see the whole interview though). I was meaning that the rap on him coming in was cocky and a little entitled, but he hasn’t sounded like that. He sounds like he likes to goof (the talk of different goal celebrations) but that he already knows or he has learned some things about being a pro.
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This is a very Cantilevered (Did I spell that correctly?) team right now
Up front the talent level after Taveres, Bailey, Okposo and Moulson sees a major drop off. It could have a decent 1st and second line with Okposo, Bailey, Tavares and Bergenheim, Neilsen and Moulson.
After that you really just have a lot of muckers and grinders. Not to mention guys that struggle to meat their potential. OTOH the guys on the top two lines are loaded with untapped potential.
And to mention the D, there really isn’t much to write about after Streit and Sutton. MacDonald seems to have something but it’s hard to make out just what kind of Defensemen he’s gonna be. Same with Hillen.
by Chickendirt on Jan 8, 2010 11:07 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Hanonic will be with the isles next season
sign Sutton now to a two year extension. Need to sign a big name d-man in offseason
Right on, Chickendirt
And the coach loves his muckers.
Rick, I don’t know about next year with Hamonic, and almost surely not the start. Particularly now that he has to rehab a tear. He’ll need some time in Bridgeport.
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And to mention the D, there really isn’t much to write about after Streit and Sutton. MacDonald seems to have something but it’s hard to make out just what kind of Defensemen he’s gonna be. Same with Hillen.
Hillen is a good guy. But he is a little guy. Isles need a relatively big defensive defenseman.
A lot of times I think AndyMac is promising, but then I watch him tap the puck to a Dallas Star 10 feet in front of our net and Im like UGH. He is still a keeper, but needs more cookin’ IMO.
Let Us Go, Islanders!
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 8, 2010 11:31 PM EST up reply actions
Hit the nail on the head on that one
Joey Mac needs his three hundred games.
On another note, anyone notice that John Tavares kinda looks like the lead singer from Muse?
Yeah, I like HIllen but his size is too typical of the Isles, and he needs to overcompensate to defend, which this year has led to penalties. He may still grow and adapt, but he fits that category. He had a stretch this year where I was very impressed, but I could say that about most of the blueline for brief stretches over the years (really, I could!).
I didn’t want to overpay for Komisarek over the summer, but they may have to do that just to get some actual size in here.
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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.
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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.
