Islanders 6, Rangers 2: Reese with 3 points as everyone scores for Frans
by Dominik on Mar 31, 2011 10:22 PM EDT
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PrintThe Islanders outplayed the Rangers in every period, but after the first the score was 1-0 Rangers thanks to Henrik Lundqvist's heroics. For the next two periods though, the Islanders had a score to settle: Marian Gaborik had knocked Frans Nielsen out of the game with a check from behind that caused a (hopefully not severe) head injury to Nielsen.
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And settle that score they did. The fights didn't come until the third -- and get this: They were started by a Ranger, even though national media won't render the narrative that way -- but the six consecutive unanswered Islanders goals began in the second and didn't stop until 14 minutes into the third when Trevor Gillies fought scored his second goal of the season, long after Lundqvist had been pulled.
Highlights ranged from P.A. Parenteau scoring his 19th against his old team, Al Montoya grabbing an impressive win against his old team, Micheal Haley bloodying Sean Avery in a fight Avery shockingly welcomed, and John Tortorella fuming all night about many things, some of them even involving his own team's poor performance in a fairly important game. Oh, there was also John Tavares undressing Michael Sauer before Matt Moulson finished it off with a beautiful baseball goal. But you can watch the highlight clips for that.
Game Highlights
Shortly after Avery "drew" a ridiculous interference penalty on Parenteau, Nielsen came out on the penalty kill and as the puck bobbled on him at center ice, he was checked from behind by Marian Gaborik. (Two minutes for boarding, then two minutes for roughing.)
Nielsen's head was driven into the boards. Radek Martinek tried to jump Gaborik. Ty Wishart, who would later leave the game with a shoulder injury, paired with Ryan Callahan who was apparently trying to protect Gaborik from Martinek. If you are surprised by four of the characters involved in the above sequence, you are not alone.
Soon after that exchange, which somehow left the Islanders down a man, Montoya made a huge save on a one-timer as Blake Comeau was penalized for a retaliation. The result: a Rangers 5-on-3 for over a minute. Thankfully the Isles killed it, and the next two period were filled with Justice in the Name of the Dane.
P.S. How does Gaborik not get a major for that? How does he not get a five-and-game? Direct hit from behind, and the ref watched Nielsen's face hit the glass. We all know if it's not a star -- or if it's an Islander with a reputation -- that call goes differently.
Game Notes [Updated]
- This game was so cathartic in so many ways (seriously, probably Avery's own
teammatescoach, at least, got a chuckle out of that sequence). Destroying the Rangers when it really matters for them. It doesn't make up for the other poor showings this year, but it's a start. Nice to end this season's series on a high note. - Twelve different Islanders had points, six different ones had goals. It was that kind of night. Your scorers, in order: Blake Comeau, Radek Martinek, Jesse Joensuu, Parenteau, Moulson and Gillies.
- Did I mention the fights were initiated by a Ranger after the score was out of hand? Jack Hillen threw a nice hip check on Brandon Prust, who was trying to make a pull-up move at the blueline. Brandon Dubinsky took exception and chased Hillen around the zone, ending with a crosscheck up high on Hillen, then initiating a fight with the diminutive defenseman with under 14 minutes left in regulation. Somehow, after all that, Hillen ended up with the extra minor for elbowing. This would be a pattern.
- The next fight came six minutes later, when Micheal Haley challenged Sean Avery and Avery almost mimicked his bait move that he did on Ladislav Smid: Look down the ice like you're turning the other cheek, then suddenly dropping the gloves and attacking. Fortunately Haley was ready, and fortunately Haley knows how to handle himself. Haley had control the entire fight, and somewhere along the line Avery's left brow started releasing the blood. You'll never get into Manhattan clubs looking like that.
- Prust and Konopka also engaged in a long tussle, and...
- Dylan Reese had three points and a +3. Three points! That's a shot at WebBard right there. But that's not all...
- ...Reese had a fight! He took exception to a Ruslan Fedotenko rough-housing, so Fedotenko decided, "I can take this guy." Not so. It was an even tussle.
- Just to reiterate: The Islanders scored six unanswered goals against the playoff hopeful Rangers without Nielsen (nor a replacement) and with a blueline populated by Dylan Reese, Mark Katic and Ty Wishart. No wonder Torts didn't want to speak after the game.
- Torts, by the way, seemed upset about everything: His team, the refs (why did Gaborik get four, he wondered), and supposedly even about Jack Capuano sending out his powerplay unit when the Islanders finally got a second powerplay with just minutes left in the game. By way of apology, Capuano sent Gillies and Matt Martin out instead. You can't win. One way you're running up the score, the other way you're gooning it up.
- Speaking of gooning it up, Dubinsky was at it again in the final 14 seconds, starting stuff with Martin at the faceoff. Of course in the national media that will go down as the Islanders starting the thuggery, but that's not how it went. The refs probably did everyone a favor by just tossing Gillies, Martin, Dubinsky, Prust and Zenon Konopka with 10-minute misconducts rather than have them risk suspensions for fighting that late in a game. But make no mistake: This wasn't the Isles sending out the goon squad. (Also: This is how Konopka and Gillies rack up so many PIMs. Fights are one thing, but the 10-minute jobs really goose the totals.)
Bottom Line: Ultimately, this game was about how the Islanders PK killed six Rangers powerplays -- parts of two 5-on-3s -- without Grabner, mostly without Nielsen, and with a thin blueline corps made thinner by the loss of Wishart and a fighting major to Hillen. That, and how they responded after the Nielsen hit, were key.
Haley Delivers Message to Avery from 200 NHLPA Peers and 50,000 NHL Fans
Here's the Haley-Avery fight, as posted at HockeyFights.com:
Cheers to the New Father and Other Notes
#Grabnerissodad: As mentioned on the broadcast, Michael Grabner's baby was born, both are healthy and he tweeted a pic of the little guy for those interested. He looks Austrian to me.
FIG Winner: To the Black Map, who surely did a COZO dance when he found out.
So...now the Isles need to evaluate Nielsen and Wishart's injuries as the blueline takes yet another hit.
And get this: Blake Kessel is apparently mulling leaving UNH for the pro game. I tell ya', stick around all summer long, because there's rarely a dull moment in Islanders Country.
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Hell yeah
Big game and big win for the Isles, avenging the power of the Frans.
Micheal Haley is an animal, it’s about time that fucker Avery got a bloody face.
I still haven't stopped smiling
This is what I love to see. The Isles responded with not only their fists, but with goals…a lot of goals. And I feel they could have easily put up a 10 spot on the Rags, thats how much they dominated.
Great game by most players, so its hard to single out anyone for being great although the first line finally started buzzing half way through the second and never stopped, and Blake Comeau was at an extra gear all night.
Radek Martinek when he is healthy is one quality NHL D-Man and it will be said t see him go at the end of the year. You can see how excited he’s been now that the Isles have been having some success and I think he’s endured enough of the bad years to be signed for at least a couple of the good ones.
Imagine a 4th line of Haley-Konopka-Martin next year. I’m giddy just mentioning it. Knowing Snow though, he’ll burst my bubble.
I know this game was too good for a negative, but how on earth was Okposo a -2? Even worse, not that I’m pro-Joensuu or anti-Okposo bc I’m neither, but in pratcially the same number of games this year, they have the same number of goals. We need KO to wrinkle the twine a little more.
Intently glued to every COZO
by Chris McNally on Mar 31, 2011 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I give Snow a lot of credit
He’s proven to me that he can put together a team, without even considering the gift that was John Tavares. However, I think Martin should be on the line with Bailey and Comeau (provided both are retained, as they should be). Martin’s strength and hitting makes me giddy as well, but I definitely believe the strength is best put to use with Bails and Captain COZO.
by sayvillelax94 on Apr 1, 2011 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions
The possibilities are intruiging...
If they feel the chemistry of Parentau with Moulson and JT is too risky to mess with, And why mess with FNGO…
So… Comeau with Bailey and Nino. I think Nino gives that line the JUMP and the PHYSICAL tint they need to edge into the next level.
Martin has looked good there… but then take the 5min fourth line to an 8-10 minute fourth line of Martin-Haley-Hunter/Rakhshani… and you can start to look at the team with a lot less holes. You could keep Konopka as a 50+ game fourth line pivot (his back may not hold out another 82 game campaign…. and (an unpopular roster move I’m sure) I would keep Gillies in the organization because I think he does that job better than anybody they have had doing it since Simon(for 60 games).
But there is a reason Martin’s is the first Jersey I’ve bought in 10 years…. I’d like to see him getting better, and making the team better for a long time.
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Martin
Who knows JP, maybe Martin will end up replacing someone on the top 3 lines if he learns how to score consistently at this level. So much depth, it’s refreshing, but who stays who goes??
"Seriously that's the last time you guys f#@%ing won?" -RSH (about beating the Penguins in '93)
Here you go!
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by Keith Quinn on Mar 31, 2011 10:33 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Wow
Looks like the damage came early.
Avery totally thought he was going to do him like he did Smid. No dice.
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Yep
Full fight here
This was only shown in the replay and happened before the camera went down that end. I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s one of those fractured sockets…Avery seemed really disinterested in continuing and it almost looked like Haley kept him from turtling a couple of times.
Nice catch by Haley on the quick drop Avery ambush.
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by Keith Quinn on Mar 31, 2011 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Man, you're right
He really did just try to survive after that.
That full fight is so being embedded up above.
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Best part of the game
Could have been 10-1 and this still would have been my favorite part of the game. Just cant stand Avery and was elated to see him cut open.
Patience will prevail, if not...
It really was gratifying
I’m not all that into fights typically, but when it’s a weasel like him (who IS dirty, despite what his defenders say), I’ll enjoy it as overdue and just reward.
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This still gives me that shit eating grin
Can’t help myself.
by 19 Isle in NJ 22 on Mar 31, 2011 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Im watching it for the third time
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Apr 2, 2011 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions
THIS I will treasure forever
Ranks right up there with the Clark Gillies vs. Terry O Reilley fight in 1980.
by Russel Ginart on Mar 31, 2011 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Ha
Was going to post this myself.
In all seriousness though, he really might be making himself a de facto member of TEH CORE because he’s getting close to drawing major fan backlash if he were to get cut.
T-Shirts that read
“I fought Haley and all I got was a bloody eye”
by IDCWhoYouLike on Apr 1, 2011 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Just fantastic.
It bring a blood tear to my eye.
by The Danish Backhand of Judgement on Apr 1, 2011 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Rec'd cause I could look at that all day...
as a matter of fact I had to shut it off here at work… because it was making me a little… well… turned on.
I know it’s a size mismatch, but I really want to be in the crowd when haley gets a fair fight against Godard… they may not have to tear down the coliseum if he gives Eric an ass whoopin’… I know I’d have to get my family outta there… but I’d be perfectly content to die in the rubble! (of the coliseum… not Betty… though if I was a cartoon character that might not be a bad way to go either)
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And a fantatic view with this pic
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Wait a minute...
That’s ED HOSPODAR’S MUSIC! Noooooooo! Noooooooo!
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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by mikb on Apr 1, 2011 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Bahahaha
Now that’s just mean to Hospodar!
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well arnt you just a negative nelly
way to put a damper on the good mood lol
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Hillen too
A little Donovan anyone??? So early, but I’m intrigued.
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by Keith Quinn on Mar 31, 2011 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Technically, I think they could recall de Haan
I’m not sure if Donovan’s recall would burn a year of ELC (sounds like I’ve heard that as a reason there are ATOs, but then there was Okposo’s situation where they called him up for fewer than 10 games in his first college interruptus year).
Meanwhile, you can’t recall a junior like de Haan … UNLESS you’re down to fewer than six healthy defensemen. With Donovan and Ness both on ATOs I don’t think they count, so … well I doubt they do that to Oshawa, but they could in a pinch.
The NHL really needs to hire someone to make a broader CBA FAQ so that you don’t have to filter through gobs of oddly filed legalese for this stuff.
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Errr it's up there, even before the added updates
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by Dominik on Mar 31, 2011 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
No 5 Minute Major ? and Tortorella = Asshole
How the F&%^ doesn’t Gaborik get a 5 minute major and a game misconduct??? We know why. Because he’s not an Islander. If Gillies had made that hit he would’ve gotten 20 more games.
How does Hillen get the extra 2 in fighting with Dubious when it was Dubious who started the cross-checking? Same with Martin. F%^$% refs suck.
And Tortorella was an asshole for yelling at Cap for sending out the first-line power play late. Cap defended himself, but no defense is necessary. What does baby “Tortsie” want? Pity rules? Since when? Rags rang up the Isles for 6 last time at MSG. And then refusing to talk to the press after the game? Bush league, chickenshit. NHL should fine his butt for that. He hung his players out to dry and let them face the press as if he bears no blame.
That hit looked exactly like Gillies' hit on Clutterbuck
… Gaborik (like Gillies) wasn’t trying to hurt Franz … but he was irresponsible … and got his elbow up and hit Franz’ head into the boards…. 5 min major / game misconduct … BS … double minor … give me a break … If it was good enough for the initial 2 minute call then Gaborik obviously did something wrong … the fact that it caused an injury is that much worse.
by 19 Isle in NJ 22 on Mar 31, 2011 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I think they were a bit different
Gillies hit on Clutterbuck was from side-to-side, but Gillies got his arm up.
Gaborik’s hit was directly from behind. (But he also got his arm up.)
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How much does the PIM on ice matter when it comes to a suspension?
Aren’t they just looking at the replay anyway? The refs could (and did) blow a call…
Double minor my ass
If Radek doesn’t join in, he gets 2 minutes for the hit. What a fucking joke!!!!!!!!!
How come
On the right hand side under Last 5 games it has a U for the Rangers win? Is that some sort of new category of asskicking?
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It would have been a Double U
But Tortorella was whining bc we were piling on the U’s
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by Chris McNally on Mar 31, 2011 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
This kind of looks like a "U"
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by Keith Quinn on Mar 31, 2011 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
It looks a lot like last years choke too
Against the Flyers the Rangers were happy to rely on the Queen to get them to the Shootout and have him win them the game.
Tonight they were happy to sit back after being up 1-0, and had no life after they fell behind
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Seriously some of these comments are great for a laugh. One guy called Comeau, Neilsen and Bailey all busts. Resist the urge to reply…just laugh and enjoy!
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I think someone should tell them
that Comeau and Neilsen each have more points than 85% of the lineup they put on the ice every night
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by Chris McNally on Mar 31, 2011 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Resisting the urge to even look
More fun to point and mock and relish from afar.
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Some of the "high"lights
It’s the Islanders. They’re on their 10th string goaltender. If we can’t beat them with a back-up, they might as well all retire.
this islander team is fast…gonna be a good playoff team in quebec in a few years
Kovalev would work with Tortorella like a kitty would work in a microwave.
sellout crowd?.. at nassau coliseum? hmmm those two statements dont go together at all
Wait, we got a PP out of that? Fuck me I’m lost.
— referring to Gaborik’s hit on Nielsen.
Tavares is a mega douche, below average skater, plays no defense and takes bad penalties… Sort of like Luc Robitaille maybe?Oh, can we hope? 668 G and 1400 points in a 19 year career? I’d take that.
the nhl is rigged !!
they put up the 2-1 score before it happened!!
The Islanders are peharps the most sorry team ever assembled And we’re fuckin’ losing to them
would P.A. have a job on a real NHL team that actually put out a competitive team on the ice?
how did my hand and wall get all bloody?
Thanks to the Rangers I was forced to have sex with my wife.
Anyone have anything positive to say?
…
DiPietro managed not to injure himself.
…
I said Positive
i’m not ready for the cliff…just not that kinda guy…but defenestration…now thats just good fun when you’re pissed off.
i think Torts enjoyed watching Haley pummel Avery He was fighting a smirk on the replay.
Yeah, maybe I’m a little bored. What the hell do they have against PAP anyway?
There's a mountain of buoyant nostalgia under this team and it's going to erupt like Vesuvius when the Islanders are back in playoff contention.... Count on it.
by Nova Scotia Isles Fan on Mar 31, 2011 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Most sports fans are douchebags.
Hunter said he was just finishing his check.
by Turgeon1992 on Mar 31, 2011 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions
This is unfortunately
The truth
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Too true
So keep LHH literate, people! As this team gets better, it’s gonna get harder…fools will have to be publicly shamed.
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by Dominik on Mar 31, 2011 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
If you’re going to set up those stands like in the middle ages and throw tomatoes at them, I’m so there
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We will definitely get medieval
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Public shaming
is my favorite kind of shaming.
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by Keith Quinn on Mar 31, 2011 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions
he was a former ranger
and hes way too happy that hes not anymore?
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by Zhora on Mar 31, 2011 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Weird crew over there
There’s something endearingly lunk-headed about their banter. Plus, I’m devastated to find out that Tavares is a “mega douche” – that was NOT in the scouting report.
by IslesFanInNJ on Mar 31, 2011 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
It seems like it's mostly the same characters who are the culprits
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Right
Just find it lacking – um – depth.
by IslesFanInNJ on Mar 31, 2011 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Not for nothing, but game threads on all sites are neanderthalic in their literacy. Nobody, including any of the writers at BSB, would deny that we have some pieces of work that frequent the site.
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by George E. Ays on Apr 1, 2011 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions
fairly spoken
Though I still have to wonder – how did Tavs suddenly become, not just a douche, but a MEGA douche?
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No clue, but the guy who said it is, umm, interesting.
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by George E. Ays on Apr 1, 2011 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Seemed like the impression was
he was yelling at Ranger players from the bench, when I think in fact he was yelling at the refs during the Gillies expulsion.
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Indeed
And the loudest/most frequent voices will carry the day to the foreign visitor.
It’s a good reason for everyone to use avatars, really — makes visually filtering characters out easier.
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PAP
I pointed out that PAP was having a much better season then the more expensive Frolov (this was before Frolov was hurt) and the response was “That’s just because he’s getting first line minutes, on the Rangers he’d be a 3rd liner”
I wanted to strangle them and ask “WTF did they sign Frolov for then?”
I love the Robitalle line too
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Douche Tavares
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HOW DARE HE SNOW-SHOWER LUNDQVIST!?!?!
hell mess up the queens hair, you know how much that irks him!!!!
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by Zhora on Mar 31, 2011 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Mario just put out a press release
These snow showers to goalies don’t belong in the game of hockey and he won’t be a part of it if they do.
I expect 15 games for JT on this one.
What the fish, stick?
by Homey Chives on Apr 1, 2011 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions
If that had been a Ranger and Dipietro
he’d have just run over him.
There's a mountain of buoyant nostalgia under this team and it's going to erupt like Vesuvius when the Islanders are back in playoff contention.... Count on it.
by Nova Scotia Isles Fan on Apr 1, 2011 7:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Wait a minute
This is your coach and youre calling John Tavares a mega douche? Someone tell Torts his colostomy bag is full, he looks like hes turning yellow
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by Chris McNally on Mar 31, 2011 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Gabby,
you fart?
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by Keith Quinn on Mar 31, 2011 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions
No Coach
thats just our play tonight that stinks like shit
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by Chris McNally on Mar 31, 2011 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Also
we need to start having “caption this” contests. We can use some of the old unused story photos or something.
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by Keith Quinn on Mar 31, 2011 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions
He makes that face CONSTANTLY.
Plus, I love Ranger fans talking about who Caps looks like on other sites when their coach looks like Fonzie after he lost his cool.
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by TheMetalChick on Apr 1, 2011 1:29 AM EDT up reply actions
I love the Torts Face
“Wait a minute… I coach the RANGERS??!? Fuck me.”
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I actually like Torts...
… and I liked Renney. He’s in a world of shit though. I think I’d rather be in Capuano’s posiiton as a coach. He has 25 hungry players that want to stay in the NHL, and want to get to that next tax bracket… The Rangers have a few players like that, and then there are guys that are more worried about whether their manhattan condos will depreciate into oblivian while they’re in the pre-game skate.
Gordon had an excellent opportunity to make A CAREER FOR HIMSELF this year, but he got stuck “watching the paint dry”. If Cappy continues to push the right buttons, and let the fire burn through the rest of the league, he’s going to be a hot coaching commodity in two or three years… and if all works out well… he’ll CHOSE to stay on the Island. It’s too bad that when Garth was shopping for coaches, guys like Quennville didn’t see 2012 on thier crystal balls. Can’t really blame them.
I think most of the Isles operate very well under Cappy, but I’d like to see what Comeau would be like with Torts standing behind him, 30 goal-100+PIM guy… or completely invisible… I think either would be possible… and am very happy with the reality.
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by TheMetalChick on Apr 1, 2011 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
“One guy called Comeau, Neilsen and Bailey all busts.”
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by TheMetalChick on Mar 31, 2011 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
wrong,DEAD WRONG,and too early.
they must be high
by Lakewood Islander on Apr 1, 2011 12:13 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
hahaha i saw that too
needed some light reading before bed. now my stomach hurts from laughing so much. Some guy said tavares is a below average skater! Sure looked that way when he undressed the defense for Moulson’s goal!
by 54_Fighting on Mar 31, 2011 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
my personal favourite
was (and im paraphrasing) “would parentau even be in the NHL if he wasnt playing for such a shitty team?”
Parentau has more points than any player on the rangers not named dubinsky, with whom he is tied
yeah the PAP really doesnt deserve to be in the NHL
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by Zhora on Mar 31, 2011 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I liked a few taking joy in Dubag fighting Hillen
Sort of like enjoying someone picking a fight with Zuccarello for delivering a good check.
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i also noticed that
they have almost no knowledge of our team
hillen is apparently hilland, they have no idea where montoya came from and they dont know why streit isnt playing (apparently hes just hiding so he doesnt have to play for such a shitty team)
the moderators over there seem just fine but like 1 out of 3 posters just seem like theyre lacking their frontal lobes
And there were 1 or 2 posts calling for avery to go head hunting on poor PAP
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This is a classic ranger dick move
Remember Czerkawksi/Stock? Or was it that other jackass? I remember whoever it was, Yashin broke his face and he basically never played again.
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by Keith Quinn on Mar 31, 2011 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm glad the Isles won, but...
at what cost? Nielsen, Wyshart, Hillen… oy, can this team lose anymore players?
Anyway, f*ck the refs for this game. Call a fair game and the Isles won’t have to resort to <thuggery/running up the score>. Those are obviously the only choices for the mainstream hockey media. Sometimes I dream of the zombie apocalypse wiping out these pompous morons.
Hunter said he was just finishing his check.
Wishart's a Wizard
He’ll be fine!
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Great effort
Need more games with this type of effort. They looked like a playoff team tonight which will make the season ending next week harder to take.
Weight
Maybe a bit off topic but I think its great that Doug Weight is behind the bench as the adjunct assistant coach, if my eyes didnt decieve me. Last year they let him on air a few times, it looks like they are giving him his pick of jobs and want him to stick around but it was nice to see him urging the guys on there as the elder stateman now that he’s been shut down.
Claude LaPointe didn't make as good a pun, sadly.
by LaChance at Glory on Mar 31, 2011 11:19 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I SO want photos of this
Anyone sees any, please post or link!
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Mar 31, 2011 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions
You missed that
DW looked sharp in the threads.
by Russel Ginart on Mar 31, 2011 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions
From 7th woman
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TMC's go crazy for a sharp-dressed Weight
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by Dominik on Apr 1, 2011 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Its so true. That man is lucky he is has a gorgeous wife or he would be so sick of seeing me lol.
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by TheMetalChick on Apr 1, 2011 1:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Bill Guerin used to say the same thing.
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really want to make TMC crazy?
Weight should coach shirtless, wrapped in those chains. He can do curls during TV timeouts.
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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by mikb on Apr 1, 2011 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I SO petitioned for that. I think those commercials would have been WAY better with guys like Doug, Roloson, DiPi...
Hells yeah.
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by TheMetalChick on Apr 1, 2011 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions
They ran an interview on the radio intermission
He was pretty open about his situation: no decision yet, obviously leaning toward retirement, definitely wants to stay in the game but not sure what kind of job; knows he owes it to his future employers — whether the Islanders or another team — to figure it out soon. Loves Long Island and will be thrilled to keep living here no matter who his next employer is.
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by Dominik on Mar 31, 2011 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
"Hold Your Head Up High, Raise Your Fist Up in the Air, Watch The Islanders Beat the Rangers Louder Than Hell!"
“They Can’t Stop Us, Let ’Em Try, For Haley Bloodying Avery We Will Die!”
Couldn’t have said it any better myself. Kudos to whoever can figure out the song and artist these lyrics come from!
The New York Islanders....they make opposing goalies look gooooood.
NHL on the Fly
They interviewed Montoya shortly after thye game over the phone. They don’t even have a picture of AL. All you got was a picture of a big telephone and underneath it read “Al Montoya on the phone.”
A dilemma
I want the Rags to miss the playoffs so badly that I may be rooting for the Hurricanes to win on Saturday. Not a blow-out, something like a respectable 3-2.
Does that make me a bad Islander fan? (And to make it worse, I will be at that game, as well as the Pittsburgh game next Thursday)
...from the days of KOHO sticks, optional helmets, and two Potvins on the point.
I thought the same thing
It is one of the rare occasions I’d be satisfied with an Islander loss … and it might help our lottery ping pong ball position at the same time.
by 19 Isle in NJ 22 on Mar 31, 2011 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Beat me to it!
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by Keith Quinn on Mar 31, 2011 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Bargaining fan
Put it this way: Suppose the Islanders could win only one of the next two games (including tonight). How would you draw it up?
Voila! Rationale in an instant!
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Well
they did injure 3 of our players tonight….I hope we have the goods to get the job done against the Canes…
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by Keith Quinn on Mar 31, 2011 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Does this not remind the orignal Islander fans ...
Of the 73- 74 season … when the Isles began emerging from the bottom of the pile … They had a few young guns … but not even the whole core yet … and they fought hard with one another. The only thing I think they lack that the 73-74 team had was a few elder stateman for the team.
I was just a kid then, and wasn’t following hockey yet … but is this what that team went through?
by 19 Isle in NJ 22 on Mar 31, 2011 11:53 PM EDT reply actions
Yes!
I think Jiggs even said that Haley reminded him of Gary Howatt – a small but tough MF.
And wasn’t it great to hear Jiggs again tonight? Wish he was on every game.
...from the days of KOHO sticks, optional helmets, and two Potvins on the point.
by vrwc on Apr 1, 2011 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Even Jiggs said it himself...
it was his first Isles Rangers game in 16 (or so) seasons. And what a came he got to call!
by Bri On LI on Apr 1, 2011 1:34 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
"And the rout is on!"
It was 4-1, a whole period and change to play, and Jiggs was still on the record with that line. Awesome. Howie, you’re a good guy and all… but there’s just nothing like a Jiggs McDonald play-by-play.
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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What the fish, stick?
by Homey Chives on Apr 1, 2011 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Jiggs Rules!
He said it was about 15 years since he called an Islander-Ranger game… and you know what, HE STILL GETS IT. You know Howie understands it, but he is a lifer on the other side. … and if the Isles make the playoffs he’ll be on assignment calling the Mets…
It might be time for a new Islander play by play guy… I hope MSG gives King a few games next year to see if that works… especially after the “not particularly caring” episode.
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by JPinVA on Apr 1, 2011 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I Agree - I'm for a New Play-by-Play Guy
Time for a new era. Howie’s not a bad guy, but he lost me with that off-mike crack and hasn’t been able to win me back despite obvious efforts.
If I could rewind the clock 20 years for one NYI person
It’d be Jiggs. The HOFers had their day, but new talent comes and goes. Great PBP men with classic voices are hard to find. Sigh.
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I agree...
Jiggs was always awesome. I also liked Tim Ryan. The Islanders were very lucky in that regard. Even Howie rates in the top five of current on-air guys (IMHO). Given the guys who do VS and NBC games the Islanders are way ahead of the game..
I
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by JPinVA on Apr 1, 2011 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
As an Islander Fan in Diapers in the 80s
was Jiggs always this…I don’t know, awesome? I love the fact that he’s pro-Islanders and willing to push some buttons even doing the play-by-play. The fact that he said “the rout is on” when it was 4-1 to start the 3rd period makes me wonder whether he’s always been like that, or does he just have a devil may care attitude as an older guy?
i like how he called out the fans
“it seems 50-50 here at the coliseum, it should be 90-10 folks, take advantage of those new ticket offers!”
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was Jiggs always this…I don’t know, awesome?
I really do love him.
When he said that he was having so much fun that he felt like he should be paying instead of getting paid, I think he genuinely meant it. LOL at how Butchie was like Woah, hey, not so fast on that. LOL!
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by TheMetalChick on Apr 1, 2011 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Somehow, when I envision Haley, I DON'T think 'small'!
And as for comparisons to past seasons and teams, I’m more inclined to liken this one to 1974-75 – DESPITE not making the playoffs, let alone almost crashing the Cup finals; the Islanders only won 17 games in ‘73-74, but their record the next season was VERY close to this one, with 33 victories, 25 losses and 22 ties (I’m betting that, combining OT wins & losses would reduce the number of defeats and bump up the wins to more than that…..)
Which does bring up something that hasn’t been emphasized NEARLY enough: despite having almost 600 man-games to injury, these Islanders were arguably competing for the playoffs almost to season’s end! That’s a HELL of an accomplishment, and only augurs great things for the next campaign…..
by ogam5 on Apr 1, 2011 3:17 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Whoo Nino!
RealKenDick Ken Dick
by NHLArenaNYIsles
#Isles prospect update: Nino with another 2 assists so far tonight; his Portland team is on the way to a 4-0 series sweep. Nino 3G-6A-9pts.
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by Keith Quinn on Mar 31, 2011 11:57 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I KNOW!
This team, only- healthy? Sweet…
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Apr 1, 2011 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions
that boy really steps his game up when the pressures on
"Mario Lemiuex… I used to respect you."- Turgeon1992
Take our Top 8 forwards now
and put Nino in there with them instead of Joensuu and I will be more than staisfied with our Top 3 lines going into next year
Intently glued to every COZO
by Chris McNally on Apr 1, 2011 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions
And where is Hunter going to go?
I just don’t think he (Hunter) fits in with this new-formula Coke team.
...from the days of KOHO sticks, optional helmets, and two Potvins on the point.
Hunter needs to figure out a new profession
where getting from point A to point B in under 30 seconds doesn’t really matter
Intently glued to every COZO
by Chris McNally on Apr 1, 2011 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions
Hunter goes on the fourth line
to teach Martin and Haley some defensive responsibility (although they both seem to be coming along alright in that category anyway)
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All about the knee
I think Hunter would make a great fourth-line player who’d upgrade the entire stock — IF the knee injury hasn’t taken another step away, which is quite possible.
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Haha Freaking outstanding...Make him a goalie, sign for 15 yrs!
Michael Grabner
grabs40 Michael Grabner
Well you can already see his muscles on his legs and his hip flexor is big=gona be another fast gremlin ;)
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the baby has a hip flexor injury already?
Sign him up for 25 years, one way.
What the fish, stick?
by Homey Chives on Apr 1, 2011 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions
Let all teams and their fans who think the Islanders and the franchise
are doormats, goons, thugs, AHL level players (some are, but don’t all teams have them anyway) get crushed in big meaningful games by this team.
PIT, NYR…who’s next?
What the fish, stick?
I am pissed
I really wish I would have known that someone had posted a comedy blog back in the beginning of February
I went in there and had some good jokes for everyone lol, then noticed the date of all the other posts lol
James T Paulson
03/31/11 VS NYR PLUSMINUS
03/31/11 6-2 WIN VS NYR
+ 12/16/10 25-18-7-151-145
+ + + PPH Psuedo Playoff Hockey! Way too much fighting for the playoffs… unless this was the 80’s and hopefully there were no playoff teams involved in this game. It was nice to see a sellout crowd… not so nice to hear that it was 50-50. Hopefully that will change next year… and there needs to be a committee that takes the seat numbers of season ticket holders that give their seats to Ranger fans… I understand that there may not be other ways to get that classic kiddie porn… but this has just got to stop. As soon as there is a waiting list for Isles season tickets these miscreants should be put on the back of it.
+ + + Thirty Goal Crew (Moulson(31*), Grabner(31), Tavares(27)) 4 games left. Best of the crew was Tavares who had two helpers, but none for himself. Grabner scored the biggest goal, but in his personal life as his son was born during the game. Matt had a pretty belt high swat in that was the results of some excellent work by JT and PAP.
+ + GOALTENDING Spot on. 25 saves on 27 shots, one unfocused goal when they had no fear of a comeback. Al made all the saves he needed to and then some.
+ PP 0/2 the amazing thing about this stat is there were over 100 minutes in penalties, and the rangers had 6 meaningful PPs. As a matter of fact they wound up with a PP in the mess that was caused by Gaborik hitting Niesen from behind.
+ + + PK 0/6 0SHG… OUTSTANDING. Skeleton blueline and loss of Nielsen for over two periods. No Grabs. Good goaltending… and a really good night by two guys who don’t get a whole lot of credit for their PK work, Comeau and Martin. Hopefully an excellent prospect like Anders Lee will some day help our PK like this.
+ The scape wagon was seen in the parking lot being pulled by the backup goaltender. Hopefully he was practicing for Saturday where an RDP-esque performance will take the pressure off of the rest of the team and leave the Isles in a solid lottery position while helping the Canes to pass the Rags… oh sweet justice!
+ Kyle Okposto. Quasi-posto had a very nice game tonight. A few dangles that would have been decade-long NHL highlight reelers… he rang the pipes at least once… and played a gritty game all night. I still say that next year he needs less posts and more post goal celebrations.
+ Matt Martin… Matty looked like an all around hockey player tonight, and has for some time. I havea feeling the metamorphosis won’t be complete until the Isles turn into something they haven’t been in decades… A FOUR LINE TEAM. It’s coming… I can’t see Martin keeping Nino out of the top 9, but if they move haley over to the fourth line center spot with Hunter (and after he blocks a shot with his size 17’s … Rakhshani) .
+ MBC (March Blake Comeau) Good game. BIG PK night. Nice finish on good "in the paint" effort. He still madea few headscratchers… none worse than the overly-unselfish moving of the puck to the low slot only to pass it to a goalline bound Bailey… Don’t think Blake… it only hurts the team!
+ + + FNGO LINE was FNMO for a while as Martin replaced Big Daddy 2B… and then there was no FN way… Kyle led all forwards with 22 minutes, but for the life of me I can’t associate him with any singular line. I’m guessing a lot of PK and I do remember thinking I didn’t like the overly righthanded combination of him, Bailey and Comeau.
+ AND – Trevor Gillies… Congrats on actually scoring a goal with your stick. Someday he may even get one with the blade. With any luck he won’t be suspended by the Pitt game. Smudge is really looking forward to that. The [backhanded] minus is for doubling the check amount to HockeyFightsCancer as I promised $100 for every goal he scores. Well.. at least I don’t have a rabbit to feed.
+ Dylan Reese… I will take my hat off for an outstanding effort. A few errant throw away passes, but he more than made up for it with some aggressive puck moving prowess and a shit load of FIESTY!
+ Jack Hillen… may have to legally change his name to Jack Mountain. He’s coming up big. There hasn’t been a second of his NHL career where I was not a Jack Hillen fan… but every second my admiration for his game grows. I have a feeling that Hillen is going to be the reason that one or maybe more of the 2010 off season signings might be gone by opening night.
+ + + Last but not least… MICHAEL HALEY. Opening up Avery’s coconut was what Islander Legends are made of… Kind of reminded me of THIS. He’s going to cost Hoppy his LI zip code… (I hope the hop doesn’t have to get frozen lettuce from brazil). When Butchie compared him to Garry Howatt I thought, "what a compliment". But I really think Butch is right, and Haley may even have a little more to offer than the Toy Tiger(I say that as a HUGE #8 fan). Garry could play, and he was always there for his teammates… unlike Jethro, opponents weren’t deterred by his presence… until after he embarrassed them. Howatt made his name against the Shultz and O’Rielly set… but Haley seems to be the ANTI-DOUCHENOZZLE… all I ask is not to lump him in with the human punching bag… as much as we love Mr. Webb, I think Mr. Haley has a lot more upside.
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Excellent
Nice callback to the Lee/Martin thread.
I think some of KO’s extra ice time must’ve been from the PK (5:45 there alone). They were talking post-game of him helping out in back when they were short on D.
Haley keeps endearing himself to all who don’t wear black and gold, doesn’t he?
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Montoya: one unfocused goal when they had no fear of a comeback.
WAIVE HIS CULO! lol
by Russel Ginart on Apr 1, 2011 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions
LMAO
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Apr 2, 2011 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions
OT, but awesome
A request for the official permission to play was sent by the Russian Hockey Federation to the Islanders 5 days ago. No reply yet.
web • 4/1/11 9:51 AM
BREAKING: The Islanders did not send an official permission to let Nabokov play for the National team. Nabokov won’t play for Russia today.
web • 4/1/11 9:50 AM
I hope he calls Snow, and Garth hangs up on him. Bwahahaha!
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by Keith Quinn on Apr 1, 2011 9:59 AM EDT via mobile reply actions 2 recs
Grandpa, what started World War III
Well, some say it was the civil unrest in the middle east, some say it was the crumbling western economies, but the truth is that World War III was actually started by Garth Snow.
Who’s that grandpa?
He’s the Islander GM that led the team to 3 Stanley Cup victories in four years and initiated the Conference At Villach that was to change international hockey forever… from that came the beginning of the war.
Why?
Well… Snow wouldn’t let Nabakov, play for Russia in the in 2011 World Championships… actually did them a favor… but in a show of power the Russian gov’t initiated a bond referendum to fund a lifetime contract for Kirill Petrov, the Islanders then held back Kabanov from all international play, and then 5 time norris trophy winner Klementyev. After that European players started disappearing from trans-continental flights… and the rest is history.
Grandpa, what’s in that pipe you’ve been smoking?
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by JPinVA on Apr 1, 2011 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
In Garth we trust.
Never doubt the snowman.
What the fish, stick?
by Homey Chives on Apr 1, 2011 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Keith are you BS'ing me? Is this for real?
IF SO, way to go ………………….Party on Garth!
by Russel Ginart on Apr 1, 2011 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions
No that's truth
it was tweeted by Dmitry Chesnikov (of the Puck Daddy crew) this morning…sorry not citation on the original.
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Payback is a delicious, delicious b!tch
But honestly, I don’t know why they would give him permission. Same theory for suspending him in the first place applies here.
Given the “health” on the goalie depth chart, I’d really like them to toll his ass and have him report, then earn a trade or demotion.
Lighthouse Hockey: Send us your cold, your poor, your healthy goalies.
by Dominik on Apr 1, 2011 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'd just let it go...
I don’t want him drawing a salary, or possibly being in that locker room. It’s shit like that which ALWAYS backfires. This may not be a “professional” way to look at it, but if I play for this year’s version, if I’m on next year’s version, in practice I’m gonna take slappers at his head every time I get a chance until finally he asks me to go… then I’m gonna take 15 months worth of frustration out on his narcisistic goaltending ass.
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He won't be doing either
Unless he shows up, he will be suspended…I would let him off the hook if he came over and washed Montoya’s jock strap…mostly because I’m evil, but that may be against the current CBA…I’d check.
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And Al could introduce him at parties as...
“My personal…. ball…. washer!” (ala Lewis Black)… and he would be the envy of all the NHL goaltenders who spent their signing bonuses on umbrella stands and other frivilous objects.
I can’t believe he make me use hands. In the Moscow Circus they use hose for balls that size.
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Letting go is the safer choice, I admit
I’m just tempted by the remote possibility of other goalies needing rehab, and him spelling them for a month to prove to other teams he still has it. Of course, Al would get more starts (and RDP?), so he’d whine and be rusty anyway.
Maybe I’m just after the humbling pleasure of trading him for a conditional 7th-round pick in 2015.
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More from Chesnikov
dchesnokov Dmitry Chesnokov
Tretiak a few mins ago re: Nabokov: “Can you imagine, Garth Snow hasn’t returned our calls yet. So, there’s no information from the Isles.”
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Wow I love it.
But I will admit, I think since Garth managed to get Montoya for practically nothing (or a future Anders Lee…time will tell), maybe he should let Nabokov go so that we don’t have this hanging over our heads heading into next season.
The view from Section 334
The game was awesome! Lots of Rags fans, but they got really quiet after the Isles went up
2-1. Then they were more interested in starting fights in the stands (3 in my section alone).
Sorry dead horse – Can the officiating be any worse? Gaborik makes a dangerous hit (not dirty, just irresponsible), people jump in to defend teammates, and Konopka gets the extra penalties and evens things up? I am so confused. The refs did all they could to help the Rags make the playoffs, too bad the Rags didn’t get the memo. Not one call went the Isles way, which is a shame.
Outside of that, the Isles played a great game and dominated pretty much from the word go. Lots of PK, but still looked good doing that. Maybe a little layoff for Saturday, but bring this same game next Friday, and the end of the season is a big win in my book.
Holy shit
I just realized that if Hillen’s injury takes him out for the rest of the season and if Radek Martinek manages to get through the next 4 games without injury….then Martinek will have led all our defensemen in games played.
RADEK. MARTINEK. Mr. Glass himself!
by Fabtraption on Apr 1, 2011 11:22 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Bizarro world. Btw: Do we know what happened with Hillen?
I couldn’t spot it or find anyone talking about it. I feel like that guy at the office everyone keeps the gossip from.
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How about THIS, Torts?
Power Play Personnel — March 15 flashback
Per Katie’s blog today:
<I asked Jack Capuano after the game if Rangers coach John Tortorella said
anything or indicated that he was unhappy with the personnel Capuano elected to
use on the power-play late in the third.
“Yeah, and I don’t blame him,” Capuano said, considering the circumstances.>>
The incident occurred with 3:09 to play in the third period and the Islanders
holding a 6-1 lead.
Funny— I remember something similar…oh…16 days earlier.
With the Rangers leading the Isles 6-3 on March 15, and only 2:10 to play in the
third, the Rangers were awarded a power play when 5 players were issued roughing
penalties.
Who did they send out? Gaborik, Prospal, Callahan, McCabe and Staal.
Who played the second half of the power play? Christensen, Stepan, Zuccarrello,
Girardi and McDonough.
Those 10 players were the only players with significant power play time in that
game — a game in which the Rangers had 3 goals and 16 shots while on the power
play. Hmmm.
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by TheMetalChick on Apr 1, 2011 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I love you Dom
I just saw this tidbit
Dylan Reese had three points and a +3. Three points! That’s a shot at WebBard right there. But that’s not all…
It would be funny if they keep Reese around for another year
"In fairness, one of the defenders should have picked that guy up. But flailing around on the wrong side of the net is just as effective, I guess" AP77 on the Joy of watching Dylan Reese
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1979-80
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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.
1980-81
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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.
1981-82
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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.
1982-83
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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.
