PM Links and Islanders counting stats
by Dominik on Mar 18, 2010 6:13 PM EDT
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Cheers to everybody adding FanPosts and FanShots on an otherwise quiet day. If you haven't looked around, we've got:
Hans und Franz's take on the HF Top 20 Islanders prospect list ... if you saw On the Forecheck's list of "least valuable" NHLers, you can discuss the Islanders members (three!) here ... and Freddy Meyer's hit has put Mikael Samuelsson out for an estimated three weeks. ... Meanwhile, despite missing a big chunk of the season, Travis Hamonic was named to the WHL's Eastern Conference 2nd All-Star Team.
Friday night's opponent has seen its playoff chances nosedive since the Olympics; they'll be without suspended James Wisniewski (a loss of debatable impact) Friday and for seven more games because of this hit, which Coach Q called the most dangerous in the history of the game (hyperbole much?) ... Then there's next week's Islanders-Rangers game at the Garden in 3-D. Are you excited? Will you even have the 3-D option available?
Counting Stats
And now, some quick counting stats: No Islander is going to match the 56 points Mark Streit compiled last season to lead the 2008-09 club, but the top three Islanders scorers this season -- Streit not among them (he's fourth) -- all have more points than the 39 second-ranked Kyle Okposo had last season (Moulson has 43, Tavares 42, Okposo 41). Josh Bailey's 32 points are already seven better than his rookie total; Blake Comeau's 28 are three ahead of last year; Frans Nielsen (31) is two points off his total last year and should easily eclipse that. On the flip-side: Sean Bergenheim (6-8-14) is 10 points shy of last year's output, though he's played seven fewer games.
... The Islanders had eight double-digit goal scorers last season (including Bill Guerin); they have eight now, Trent Hunter (9 goals) should be the ninth, and Rob Schremp (7) likely would've been the tenth had he not been injured. Jeff Tambellini would have been another had he ... played. Richard Park is two shy of 10 (he had 14 last year).
Speaking of Tambellini: Katie Strang reported lines from practice in California that included Tambellini on Tavares and Comeau's left wing, with Matt Moulson on Frans and Sim's left wing. She also said Okposo skated in a non-contact sweater, so I'm not taking those lines seriously. Strang also said Doug Weight's surgery went fine today.
Finally, on the checking-from-behind topic, an interesting look at the causes of neck/spinal injuries in Canadian amateur hockey in a FanPost over at Copper & Blue. Carry on then...
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All we are saying ......is give tamby a chance........
Yes give the one month shy of 26 years old, veteran of 173 NHL games over 5 years a chance already Scott and Garth! Sure almost half of this years goals and 1/6 of his career goals came in one day but he set Bridgeports scoring record so he must be special
Referring to something specific, or just getting periodic Tamby rage on?
He came up in this context because, in going through the list of double-digit and would-be-double-digit scorers, with 7 tallies (or 6, or 5) in a quarter season he’d probably be among them.
Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.
Standings news
Of the teams immediately in front of us, almost all of them lost tonight. As I hold a glimmer of hope that we can catch a playoff spot, I don’t believe we have a shot at anything other than 8th from a points perspective… Boston, Tampa Bay, New York and Florida all went down. New York lost in OT, giving them one point, and Atlanta beat Ottawa to tie them with NY at 71 pts. Boston holds the 8 spot with 74, and the Isles are currently 7 back with even GP. It’s a very lofty goal, but if the Isles get some nights like this with some continuous solid play, who knows… I’m an optimist at heart.
Comeau, Comeau, Comeauuu and do the locomotion with me.
actually FL lost in OT gaining a point, the Rangers thankfully lost in regulation
I am not against anyone being optimistic but the combination of being seven back with 12 games left, having three, and probably four teams by week’s end, between us and Boston, and this being a team that has not shown itself capable at any point this year of putting together the kind of extended hot streak needed to have a reasonable shot at the playoffs makes that goal genuinely impossible. If Boston merely won at a point a game pace, this team would need to win 10 of 12 to overtake them. Sorry, but the party’s pretty much over for this year.
thanks for the correction BC. Don’t know how I could forget the Vokoun gaffe.
as for the response. GET OFF THE NINO KICK, WE’RE NOT THERE YET! haha.
Comeau, Comeau, Comeauuu and do the locomotion with me.
actually lately Ihave been hopeful we would be able to draft Seguin
I suspect that we will drift back into the #3 spot and be in position to draft him if Boston goes defense with its first pick. If we do not get Seguin, Nino would be a good choice as would Kabanov or Gormley. But of those three, yes, I would go for Nino. Some have suggested Tarasenko. Only reason for drafting him is because he’s probably #1 on Sather’s list.
Yes, thankfully the Rangers went down in regulation. Thank you, Blues.
Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.
I was coming home from an appointment in NYC last night and there were Rags fans all over Grand Central. I’d turn a corner and there was some dumbass in a Lundqvist jersey and I must have seen 20+ Messiers. I was wearing an Isles hat and in the middle of Grand Central had “Potvin Sucks” or some other unpleasantries yelled at me.
So lesson learned, never schedule appointments in Manhattan on Rangers game day.
After that experience I was very glad to see them go down.
We're doomed. Doomed!
by David Hanssen on Mar 19, 2010 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions
I used to work at offices right there within Penn Plaza itself and I wore my Islanders hat to and from work every day. (Proving that corporate attire can look just fine with an Isles hat lol.) I even wore it in the elevators when Id go out for lunch or on a break. I would get looks and smiles from suits with MSG/Rangers passes in the elevators, and I would just smile right back. Sometimes they would even say something (if the Isles played the night before or something like that.) The fans outside MSG though- they would yell things at me occasionally and I would just laugh at them. Thankfully I was never there after the games- because fans generally get a bit bolder and feistier with that kind of stuff after the game- win or loss. It might be the beer lol. I remember in 06-07, the feeling the next day after the Isles made the playoffs was outstanding- and I got a ton of comments after that lol.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Mar 19, 2010 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions
(Proving that corporate attire can look just fine with an Isles hat lol.)
Couldn’t agree more! And I agree the post-game Penn experience can be much different than pre-game. Night and day.
Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.
the truth is for every dummy fan, there’s probably 3 good fans…
i survived a trip to the garden 5-6 years ago, i think it was a 7 or 8 goal blowout, i took my bashing in good fun, with a shrug, and most of the home crowd was funny about it as opposed to just mean/dumb…
NY Islanders Hockey: Where MRI's are addictive
True that
At it’s heart, I’m happy to be around any halfway sane hockey fan, no matter their rooting interests. It’s a great, niche sport, so there’s almost a brother (and sister!)hood involved, and friendly ribbing is great. As an outsider, I’ve loved the times I’ve walked through Penn on a day when at least two of the three teams are in action, because there’s this cool “Hockey! Tonight!” vibe going on. You can’t get quite that same atmosphere in spots where there’s only one team.
The problem is all hockey fans are humans, and so many humans are idiots. So when you run into an idiot from another team, the forecast calls for stupidity. Sports is such a silly reason to be a belligerent asshole to a stranger.
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hey
if the Isles win out, they have a 98% chance of being the 8 seed!
How incredibly depressing would it be if they went undefeated the rest of the season, and they still missed the playoffs? I guess it would be a positive sign towards next year, but I’d rather just get a really high draft slot.
2009 Did Not Happen
It would be equally depressing in a totally different way than the Mets’ collapses of 07 and 08.
We're doomed. Doomed!
by David Hanssen on Mar 19, 2010 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions
What would kill me and ruin my summer is if they won out, got the 8th seed, and got swept in the first round. Though that’s just the sort of event my sporting fan life has been filled with.
Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.
Though that’s just the sort of event my sporting fan life has been filled with.
Your life has been filled with teams winning out to end seasons. Interesting… (/goes to the local betting agency)
Hee hee, more like moments of surprising but welcome hope crushed swiftly by sudden, soul-shredding losses.
Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.
No Islander is going to match the 56 points
oh hush hush Dom, 13 points in 12 games isn’t out of the question for MM is it?
especially since he’s going to have another hatty before this year is over ;-)
wait, hadn’t read this yet…
with Matt Moulson on Frans and Sim’s left wingugh, sim
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wow, hadn’t seen that hit on seabrook, but man, can you make it any more obvious that you’re headhunting when you lead with forearms/elbows to the head as u jump up in order to reach on impact, 8 games is being kind IMO should have been remainder of reg season
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New Jersey
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82 | 48 | 27 | 7 | 103 |
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Pittsburgh
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82 | 47 | 28 | 7 | 101 |
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Philadelphia
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82 | 41 | 35 | 6 | 88 |
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New York Rangers
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82 | 38 | 33 | 11 | 87 |
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New York Islanders
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82 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 79 |
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Calgary
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Fri 10/01 | 7:00 PM EDT |
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New Jersey
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Sat 10/02 | 7:00 PM EDT |
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Montreal
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Sat 10/02 | 7:00 PM EDT |
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Pittsburgh
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Sun 04/11 | OT - L 5 - 6 |
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Sat 04/10 | L 1 - 7 |
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Thu 04/08 | L 3 - 7 |
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Montreal
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Tue 04/06 | SO - W 4 - 3 |
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Ottawa
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Sat 04/03 | W 4 - 1 |
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