Islanders Bits, NHL Power Rankings, Al Montoya's Magical Save

I swear I double-checked that twice — especially because of the rule you just mentioned. I must be hallucinating.

If the forwards are unable to put pucks in the net, it doesn’t really matter how the goalie plays. You won’t win a lot of games anyway.

The power rankings treats every game equally, so the victory against the Rangers early this year, for example, is weghted just as heavily as any of the team’s more recent wins and losses. It sounds like you want to take a pulse of all 30 teams as they are right now, which is fine and also useful in its own way. The opinion polls are better for that.

That being said, I will put up a quick post in a few days, recalculating for all teams just for the month of November. That might be more along the lines of what you’re looking for.

Lost our rec game, though :(

But as everyone gave me crap about the Isles when I entered the locker room, I was able to tell my Sabres buddy, “Well they just beat Buffalo, so…”

He could create chances, skate like the wind… and hands of the finest sculpted limestone.

If it were going to be a long term gig than it may be Wishart but I think they just want to have a defenseman on the road trip just in case there is an injury on Friday. It’s easier to have the d-man on the trip with you then having to rush him half way across the country.

And being it may just be a call up for a couple games, I think they’d prefer to yo-yo Reese than one of the younger guys

to send anyone down to bring a dman up-they have an open roster spot. So trying to match Mottau (or anyone’s salary) shouldn’t be an issue.

I’m guessing you’re right though-either Wishart or Reese. I’d prefer Wishart since he’s potentially more of a long term solution.

That could help the Isles here, is that there are two open roster spots right now. So anyone you bring up just adds to the $ amount…you don’t have to waive and replace right now.

This is something they should do anyway because in the instance a trade becomes available or a waiving is necessary, you want to make sure you can pull it off and not go below the floor. Not to mention, it’s just good roster management to have Mottau off the ice and enough defencemen on the road in case someone gets hurt.

I have some friends from Eastern Europe and lets just say they like a bit of the drop. On my bday, My friend from Czech came with 6 of my American friends. We couldn’t even order food, because the czech guy wouldn’t leave the waiter alone about what was the best wine. It took im at least 10 minuts to order wine.

and the 5/6 pairing could then be de Haan – Jurcina

IR Amac – in the long run, would be best for him to not play a full season – he’s already banged up in more ways than one

I overlooked this in comments at the beginning of the season, but the threshold for requiring re-entry is if your AHL salary is over $105,000. Don’t think that applies to anyone down there.

King Toyota!

Since then, he has established himself as the most reliable of the team’s numerous goaltenders, running his record to 13-8-6 since that first game in February, with a 2.29 goals-against average.

Shouldn’t be too big of an obstacle. (Well, relatively anyway.)

most games are going to be difficult.

Crap, I’m an idiot.

also, give Garth some credit for these 2 guys, who have both been effective in their roles

signing both also sends a message to future UFAs that if they come to camp, they will get a real shot at making the team

a win-win move by Snow

from OC Register article:

Canada-based Sportsnet reported that the Ducks are shopping Ryan while the New York Post reported the New York Rangers are among many teams that have either shown interest or are actively making offers.
Asked if Ryan is on the trade market, Ducks general manager Bob Murray would only say “at any time if we get offered a deal on any player that makes this team better, we would have to take a long, hard look at that.”

According to Dreger on TSN’s Insider Trading a GM told him [@ 1:35] scroll down to to hit Insider Trading link, doesn’t load right away.
“it would take a Top Forward (likely a Center), a quality defenseman and a draft pick”

Frans, Streit, 2012 1st Rounder?
throw in Nabokov for Dan Ellis (1-3-0 .929 SV%) as $1m sweetner and a prospect?
here’s Ducks capgeek page

Our first line hasn’t been to productive lately, eyes on JT. But to be fair he is playing awesome. He’s got to start finishing though the goals are what wins the games. But also to be fair, every time is hounding him, always seems hes working his way around 2 or 3 guys.

isn’t the player Seguin is.

I think jumping to the conclusion that it’s punishment or unfair is a mistake, though.

In short: I think most fans overestimate how ready Nino is. I think the Islanders are still trying to figure out how ready he is, and this is part of the process.

I don’t think his brain has caught up with the pace of the game. There’s not much time (if any) to consider options at the NHL level, and his game seems to be that of a slower paced, “I’m going to bowl through you now…” Maybe that’s what they were trying to show him. Know your options before hand, know where to go before you need to go there. There’s no time to figure it out in game. And he doesn’t seem to be used to guys that are bigger and stronger than he is.

Granted, I suppose you could say this about anyone in the NHL, but he doesn’t get to adjust in the AHL. And he doesn’t have the raw ability and hockey brain of a Tavares.

He’ll figure it out. He has the talent. He seems like a smart kid.

I really think it’s as simple as that. They have to work him in gradually so they don’t have too many instances of him not picking up his man last night costing a goal. It’s tough to work in a kid like that when you’ve got other young players who are just starting to get it themselves.

Also, a bit unfair to compare Nino and Seguin. What you hope you’ll have in Nno in a few years is a John Tonelli type winger who has size, wins most of the battles along the boards and has hands good enough to score twenty-five to thirty goals.

but the same team destroyed the pre-Hunter Caps the game before

reality is there are a lot of teams playing not so well

Or even Haley being scratched!

So that Garth does it? That seemed to work the last few times.

we’d give DeHart a shot in the AHL, he’s doing alright in the ECHL last time I checked.

You’re crippling the D for the next two years if you trade Streit.

is to work a package that somehow gets Fowler over here also if I was going to go that route. If we trade Streit this year without something coming back, this team won’t be watchable…there’ll be Reese and Mottau all over everything.