A-Mac behind the scenes
From the Islanders' new "Skates on a Plane" blog:
The best sequence that didn’t make the broadcast was MacDonald’s reaction to a knee-to-knee hit absorbed by teammate Jack Hillen. A-Mac, who was on the bench during the play, was convinced that his teammate could have broken his leg, and expressed as much to his bench neighbors… then to the refs, then to players on the other team, and eventually, to Hillen himself. All, of course, in pretty colorful language.
What did come across on the air was MacDonald’s leadership abilities. The assistant captain is the unquestioned leader of the defense on the bench, and the most vocal player on the ice. From assigning a back-checking forward to the "low" position, to coaching defensive partner Travis Hamonic through a breakout, A-Mac showed TV viewers why the coaching staff has put so much faith in him this season.
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Great site!
Excellent behind the scenes stuff in there. I hope they keep it going. Is this new? I only got to look at it on my phone and it didn’t appear to have to many entries.
"Gervais...he looks danger in the fist with his face!" JPinVA
by Keith Quinn on Jan 22, 2011 4:42 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I think it's new
They tweeted it like it’s new. I have to say they’ve been doing a bang-up job using the new media.
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sounds like
We might have overrated bringing in Vets just a tad.
Dough Weight is so old, The LHH community made over 200 so old jokes
Contributor to Lighthouse Hockey not sure if I'm the Sniper or the Enforcer.
lol, so true. What vet "leaders" did chicago have on their team last year when they one the cup?
The Isles future looks brighter then most would think with these young core guys in place:
Tavares, Okposo, Bailey, Nielsen, Niederreiter, Grabner, MacDonald, Hamonic, and DeHaan.
Madden and Ladd won cups, Hossa went to finals twice
not sure if they were “leaders” tho
"Seriously that's the last time you guys f#@%ing won?" -RSH (about beating the Penguins in '93)
Exactly my point.
The Isles future looks brighter then most would think with these young core guys in place:
Tavares, Okposo, Bailey, Nielsen, Niederreiter, Grabner, MacDonald, Hamonic, and DeHaan.
I'll admit I jumped the gun on JT needing a vet on his wing
He’s looking like he’ll hit 40 goals this year. Without Martin St. Louis, that is just awesome for a 20 year old. We can’t even fit all these good young 20 (give or take) goal scorers on our top 9 next year if Nino makes the team. I remember thinking that we should upgrade Parenteau this summer, meaning let him go and grab a better veteran scoring winger who has won a cup. But seeing him play better and better each game with JT and Mo makes it hard to imagine giving up on the guy so soon after just his first full nhl season.
"Seriously that's the last time you guys f#@%ing won?" -RSH (about beating the Penguins in '93)
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