Islanders-Ducks [game thread]
by Dominik on Mar 19, 2010 9:45 PM EDT
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New York Islanders at Anaheim Ducks, Mar 19, 2010 10:00 PM EDT
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New York Islanders (29-32-9, 12th/E) at Anaheim Ducks (32-29-8, 13th/W)
10 p.m. EDT | [car of some sort] Center | MSG+, radio
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Okposo in?
This team and injury info, I swear.
(meanwhile, I’m in and out…got company around the homestad)
Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.
Richard Park
Says “I wanna be a ten-goal scorer again, too.”
Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.
1-1, the lead lasted all of 30 seconds.
We're doomed. Doomed!
by David Hanssen on Mar 19, 2010 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I get up to serve some beer, and...
the lead evaporates.
Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.
I hope it was good beer. Personally I’m drinking an Ayinger Octoberfest Marzen tonight.
We're doomed. Doomed!
by David Hanssen on Mar 19, 2010 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Czechvar (Budvar)
…for the guests. We were at a microbrewery all late afternoon/evening, now the party has carried on. I’m trying to convert people into 1) hockey fans and 2) Islanders fans.
Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.
Preach the Gospel!
We're doomed. Doomed!
by David Hanssen on Mar 19, 2010 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Another Tavares post
If i had a nickel for every time that happened this year, I could have payed off all of my student loans.
We're doomed. Doomed!
I certainly hope so.
We're doomed. Doomed!
by David Hanssen on Mar 19, 2010 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions
and score-wise. Visnovski makes it 2-1
We're doomed. Doomed!
by David Hanssen on Mar 19, 2010 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
KO!
Heard Dom saying nobody can hit 56! dun dun dun
Comeau, Comeau, Comeauuu and do the locomotion with me.
Ha!
I am 100% in favor of a reverse jinx.
Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.
Yeah, if it stands as Okposo’s
We're doomed. Doomed!
by David Hanssen on Mar 19, 2010 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions
McIlhaney in
Can only be a positive sign.
Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.
Of course, I could probably stand to learn how to spell McElhinney’s name. During St. Patty’s week, no less.
Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.
He’s probably of Scottish descent, not Irish anyway.
We're doomed. Doomed!
by David Hanssen on Mar 19, 2010 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Was JUST thinking that as I typed it. In-laws and buddies give me the “you Slovakians” treatment, so I happily mix up Scots with their lot.
Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.
Just a hunch, said the man of Highland descent....
….but it would probably be ‘MacIlhennie’ if he were Scottish…..
And here I was thinking the other way around, at least according to the Scot at work. (Or is he Welsh? I forget now. My family roots tend not to use vowels much.)
Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.
If he is Irish, he’s probably Scots-Irish. Linguistic class is kicking in – Mac and Mc are used about the same in the Scottish clan system, Mac usually means someone high in the clan, closely related to or the head of the family. Mc is used by those lower on the totem pole, and they were the ones kicked off their land and settled in Ulster by the English during the diaspora.
We're doomed. Doomed!
by David Hanssen on Mar 19, 2010 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions
You can’t see it, but I’m bowing before you.
Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.
Please don’t… I am a font of useless knowledge whose only marketable skill is digging holes on the side of the road.
We're doomed. Doomed!
by David Hanssen on Mar 19, 2010 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Which is totally the skillset I can identify with.
My dad was a linguist and political scientist, so I wasn’t allowed to pronounce any hockey names by their Americanized pronunciation. A youth spent not pronouncing Hrkac or Sakic the way everyone else did.
Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.
Mothers, don’t let your kids grow up to be linguists
We're doomed. Doomed!
by David Hanssen on Mar 20, 2010 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions
Scots are like peacocks. The men are brightly dressed in their kilts and the women are rather dull (as my Scotish GF slaps me upside the head).
We're doomed. Doomed!
by David Hanssen on Mar 19, 2010 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Frans to Tavares
I like the sound of that on the PP.
Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.
With Moulson screening McEl-whatever.
We're doomed. Doomed!
by David Hanssen on Mar 19, 2010 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions
McEl-the-most-rested-goalie-in-the-NHL.
Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.
Yann Danis might give him a run for his money this year for that title.
We're doomed. Doomed!
by David Hanssen on Mar 19, 2010 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions
“By marriage,” as they say.
Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.
That one
Was exactly the kind of break JT has NOT gotten all season. Just picking up a puck in the slot and shoveling a backhand that had eyes.
Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.
So: Third period on the road
Two Western games, two good goalies taken advantage of, two second intermissions entered with a 4-2 lead. Will they keep it up?
Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.
For sure
Put Frans to work.
(And welcome to the site. Thanks for joining.)
Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.
Frans Nielsen working the PP point
I love this, I really do.
Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.
I don’t think its possible for you to Dislike anything that involves Frans Nielsen.
Not saying that’s a bad thing, I’m just amused.
I believe in 15-0-0, Lets do these Playoffs!
It really isn’t. I need one guy I can irrationally latch on to with zero conditions attached, and Frans seems to be it. I sure hope he doesn’t kick puppies, or something.
Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.
Well, he is Danish so you never know what weird fetishes he might have.
Danes, the Canadians of Europe.
We're doomed. Doomed!
by David Hanssen on Mar 20, 2010 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well played!
That just doesn’t get old.
Back to my original point, I just enjoyed the chance to see Frans on the point — and it’s something I would have never thought of. Don’t know about the point shot (but then Weight didn’t have one), but he has sneaky hands that can deliver a pass, and in terms of a forward on the point, we know he views defensive responsibility as his personal obligation. So we’re good there.
Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.
Jason Blake fistpump
Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.
My lasting memory of Blake
We're doomed. Doomed!
by David Hanssen on Mar 20, 2010 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm guessin'
That or partying. (Although even I’ve been in and out thanks to playing host in real life.)
Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.
I’d normally be out, but the GF is under the weather so we stayed in tonight.
We're doomed. Doomed!
by David Hanssen on Mar 20, 2010 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Didn't feel like a typical 3rd-period collapse
Not with all those penalties. But it did start to feel inevitable: Biron had to make a lot of crazy saves through traffic before they finally broke through.
And then that Bruno OT turnover…ugh.
Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.
I kept thinking that at the end of the 2nd period, we’d have to get at least one goal in the thrid to beat these guys. I hate it when I’m right.
They seemed to turn it on … and double their commitment to creating traffic.
I couldn’t believe none of those Niedermayer back-door passes converted. They missed by inches.
Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.
Brutal Bruno
Why couldn’t it have been him who got hit by a truck?
Fiya Minaya.
by BringBackBobby on Mar 20, 2010 12:44 AM EDT reply actions
I agree. He was just brutal.. You know I would like to have Amac heathly.. I do not wish anyone to get hurt, but if Amac was healthy. Bruno should have been in the press box.
Welcome, Marcos
Thanks for joining.
Seems like an eternal up and down cycle with Gervais. Which game was it recently when he was +2, two points, and singlehandedly defeated the opponent’s forecheck on Okposo’s goal? (Must’ve been Philly, I think.) The inconsistency is maddening.
Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.
The biggest part of Brunos inconsistency is playing so much at the most vital of times.
Amac was healthy. Bruno should have been in the press box.
Marcos, I do not think Bruno would be in the press box… but IMO he would not have been the one out there in times like that if not for the injuries, trades, demotions, and inexperience of the ISles 09-10 defense.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Mar 20, 2010 2:56 AM EDT up reply actions
If Brutal Bruno
is on this team next year, then Garth needs to be fired. There isn’t a worse defenseman in the NHL. What does he do well? He’s not an offensive threat, not a big checker, not good with positioning, and certainly not good under pressure. He’s an AHL player.
Fiya Minaya.
by BringBackBobby on Mar 20, 2010 3:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Gervais is certainly not the worst defenseman in the NHL. Did some of you even notice what great games he has had lately? The kid is just never going to be a top minutes, out there in the toughest situations kind of player. He is only used in those kinds of situations right now because the Isles have very few options.
IMO it is unfair for a player to be asked to do more than they are used to/capable of and then blame them when they dont excel. If Bruno was getting Bruno-appropriate ice time and situations, he would not be the flavor of the month scapegoat for the Isles shitty defensive situation.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Mar 20, 2010 3:27 AM EDT up reply actions
There isn’t a worse defenseman in the NHL.
Oh my, there are plenty.
TMC has a point — when he’s asked to play above his paygrade, he can do it in spurts before problems arise.
Honestly, the OT turnover was a huge mistake, but it’s also one 95% of the league has done at one time or another. This game is a constant process of understanding what you’re capable of, then having the confidence to try more, then getting pushed back when you’ve done too much. Bruno’s journey is one that hundreds of lower-pairing defensemen have traveled before him.
Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.
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