Week in Review: 16 Islanders-Penguins Highlights Approved for Consumption
by Dominik on Aug 20, 2011 3:37 PM EDT
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Print7th Woman has a nice recap with pictures from last night's Forbidden Meetup, which ended up featuring the OT win over the Sabres instead of the 9-3 castration of the Penguins.
But since the latter is not to be discussed nor rebroadcast and is officially an ungame, and since national media consider it a disgrace to even discuss it in positive terms, we're doing a public service by posting the NHL highlights of the game, which included no less than 16 non-fight events deemed worthy of acknowledging on the league's official highlight reel (there'd have been more saves and hits if there weren't so many...goals). These events include:
- Michael Grabner penalty shot (denied)
- Grabner and John Tavares' 20th goals of the season.
- Micheal Haley's brilliant streak up the ice to turn Kris Letang around for his 1st NHL goal.
Since the NHL tacitly endorses and promotes fighting while officially condemning it, none of that is featured below.
Based on national descriptions of the game from the ignorant pulpit and those who pretend "a game like this" was merely a brawl-fest, it's shocking to see this game could have so much hockey in it, isn't it? At least some observers got it.
News and Links
Here's some links and news of note from the past few days:
- This list is wonderfully flawed: Relocation: Houston scores high for the NHL, but Canada is way down the list
- This is what's known as link bait, and I'm sure we won't win - but thanks to whoever nominated Lighthouse Hockey: Most Valuable Blogger " CBS New York
- Kasper the Friendly Coach: Kasparaitis as Coach - Elitserien
- My description of what the Islanders face. I do not agree with the description of Trevor Gillies. Daria Themed NHL Previews- The New York Islanders | August
- Brendan Shanahan pledges to [not be Colin Campbell]: Shanahan promises transparency as disciplinarian - Yahoo! Sports
- Some seriously bold predictions here: 2011-12 Fearless Forecasts [Dobber Hockey]
- @Schultz88: This is probably the worst hockey card ever. Agreed. Poor Mariusz.
- Where shots go: Shot Through the Chart - Pension Plan Puppets
- So Corsi and what-not -- how does one know what's a good "average" number in such categories? Context - Arctic Ice Hockey
- On enforcers, whose work is not to be celebrated: Who Are The Goons and Who Do They Fight - Pension Plan Puppets
- On Hansons: The Hansons could score | mc79hockey.com
The Week at LHH
And here are some topics of discussion from the last week around these here parts. Thanks to everyone for keeping the topics and discussions interesting.
FanShots:
- So [English bank of some sort] Arena execs from Brooklyn met with the NHL about something (preseason games maybe?). Fanshot discussion and multiple links here.
- E.J. Hradek thinks the Islanders are close, but still not close enough for a playoff run.
- Eyeing the 2012 draft and its defensemen.
Some Recent FanPosts:
- If only Denis Potvins grew on trees. Islanders Need a Denis Potvin for this Era.
- Help a brother out: How best to watch Isles games out of state, anyone?
- Why Mark Streit should be expected to come back in reasonably good form.
- Alexander Semin. Would you?
- Frans Nielsen: Great, right?
Center Column Content:
- Debating opening night lineup -- will Haley and Martin fight for the same spot?
- Are people underestimating Al Montoya's talent?
- Training camp dates and rookie invitees.
- My meandering rant about the cursed Coliseum lease and political stalemates.
- If the Islanders had picked someone else in the drafts, 2006-11.
- For people who think the East is too strong for the Islanders to compete.
- On Josh Bailey's expected salary range, based on the Mikkel Boedker signing.
- Remembering when Mike Milbury canned the current Sabres GM.
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Voted for LHH just now, I did.....
…..very much appreciate your efforts as has been said many a time previous to this; hopefully our venting (in particular, mine earlier today) will help us to feel a little less stranded soon enough…..
Thank you Yoda!
NY Islanders, just one irrational free agent signing away from contention!
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by Keith Quinn on Aug 20, 2011 5:47 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Hono-luuuu-luuuuu
Lighthouse Hockey: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A Dane with no holes is Frans Nielsen.
If IPB wins over this blog
I’m going to be as negative as an IPB poster about losing.
Pr*j*ct**ns lead to long term injuries, just ask the asian guy from Inception
by ArsenalLI on Aug 20, 2011 7:22 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
If any Islanders blog (including this one) wins any contest anywhere
I will eat my Turgeon jersey.
Lighthouse Hockey: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A Dane with no holes is Frans Nielsen.
by Dominik on Aug 21, 2011 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Classic story
Love tales like that…though I hope not to be part of one.
Lighthouse Hockey: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A Dane with no holes is Frans Nielsen.
Watching that summary of the Pens game has just......
…..got me salivating for October! Grabs WAS robbed for the Calder…..
In the "Relocation" article...
Did anyone notice the disgust on the face of the guy in the top right corner in the black shirt directed at the guy below him in the pink shirt? haha!
also why the hell is Atlanta on that list!!!!!
Unless they are referring to an Atlanta not in Georgia that I don’t know about the NHL tried and failed their twice already! Third times the charm?
This list is horrible and could never be taken seriously! Riverside? As if California needs another team! Rochester? Way to close to Buffalo. That whole western NY region is obsessed with the Sabres. San Antonio? Can we just move them to Mexico City? Honolulu? Really!?! As it is the Blue Jackets and Red Wings bitch about the majority of games not being in their time zone, we’re really gonna have East Coast teams playing at 9am on a Sunday? Canada may not have the numbers needed for a team but they certainly already have the fan base which is more than I can say about Birmingham, AL.
by 54_Fighting on Aug 20, 2011 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, that list is frickin dumb.
Seems like population size and/or proximity to another team were given too much credit. IMO they just dont ‘get’ hockey markets.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Aug 21, 2011 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Pretty much
Population and personal income, with the lines drawn in I’m not sure what way. Truly, I only linked it for the fun of the reactions.
Amateurs, Dude.
Lighthouse Hockey: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A Dane with no holes is Frans Nielsen.
by Dominik on Aug 21, 2011 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah personal income was given too much credit, as well.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Aug 21, 2011 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions
There's no way that list is realistic.
Necessary income levels doesn’t entirely make a successful NHL market. The NHL needs markets with dedicated fans.
Atlanta? Why, because moving two Atlanta franchises hasn’t proven how pitiful that city is for hockey.
Honolulu? I didn’t so many hockey fans resided in Hawaii… the place that never sees winter.
Bridgeport-Stamford? Is that supposed to be a joint city effort because those two cities are no where near each other (Bridgeport is 45 mins north of Stamford). It would be like incorporating Smithtown into the Islanders.
New York should lose its third team, but Florida needs yet another? Why do these articles waste the time.
Hunter said he was just finishing his check.
The article’s methodology is based off financial viability, but Houston should be in the top relocation targets for the NHL.
The thing i’ve pointed out is though the Canadian markets may love hockey (Hamiton, Winnepeg, Quebec City), in terms of free money they only have about as much as Rochester, NY, and that’s with the highly favorable exchange rate.
Original member of the Mike Weber bandwagon!
To make up for lost time, the Sabres signed six seasons worth of front-loaded cap skirting contracts in one week.
I know we've analyzed that game to death...
but even in those highlights you see some of the really dirty and dangerous play from the Penguins. Check out the way Godard tries to take Moulson out with an elbow to the head right after he scores the 7th goal. Also, watch the nasty crosscheck one of the Islanders receives right after scoring. This wasn’t one of those “ah crap they scored so I’ll give him a shove” moments, this was hard, two-handed crosscheck to the shoulders. And finally, there is Nielsen getting hit in the last few seconds with a high elbow to the head. Talk about truly disgusting — the game is over, we’ve already had enough fighting and ejections to cover half a season, so that hit can only be considered intent-to-injure. What other reason does that Penguin player have to hit Nielsen hard in the waning seconds of a 9-3 game? In what way is that a “hockey play?”
The ignorant pundits and petulant Penguin fans can complain about how the Islanders “gooned it up,” but take a look at the game and watch the ridiculous amount of dangerous and dirty plays the Penguins committed. Fighting to stand up for your team and yourself is one thing. You might even say it has no place in the game. But attempting to injure other players, simply because you’re getting your ass kicked, is completely inexcusable.
by rosey7 on Aug 20, 2011 8:56 PM EDT reply actions 5 recs
Always a great reminder. Pens fans watch the game through black and gold glasses.
We admit the dirty things that happened in the game by us while Pens fans just think they are the victims the whole game. Victims my ass. They were dirty as hell that game, and their stuck asses think otherwise. Screw those cry babies. It’s rare you’ll get a Pens fan to admit the illegal things “a number” of their players do. GIGANTIC HYPOCRITES.
by OzzyFan on Aug 20, 2011 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
ITs almost expected that Pens fans will homer it up when they watch the game
Its the NON-Pens fans who talk about it being the Isles disgrace that really piss me off the most.
Try watching what happened, what a concept!
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Aug 21, 2011 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions
Yep
I was going to go into that (“Gee, why is Grabner taking a penalty shot?”) and the Tangradi hit to Hillen and such, but oh well I’m over all that. Everyone has created their own reality and they aren’t budging.
I just think it’s insane for people to be up in arms about watching a 9-3 victory. If the Islanders had lost that one 5-1 and started gooning it up, that’d be a totally different story. This was a blowout for the home team, and when the trailing team started their usual chippy routine, the favor was kindly returned.
Lighthouse Hockey: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A Dane with no holes is Frans Nielsen.
by Dominik on Aug 21, 2011 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
On a selfish note
I got rec’d!!! My first green post. Woohoo!!
I vote for Hamonic for player of the game
One goal, two beautiful assists, and held his own v. Rupp.
by North Dakota Red Eagle on Aug 20, 2011 9:35 PM EDT reply actions
Those were some sweet assists
Got me excited for the season again, it did.
Lighthouse Hockey: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A Dane with no holes is Frans Nielsen.
You'll notice Amazin Avenue and LHH have basically the same description
If I had known that my nominations were the ones to be accepted I would have concocted a snazzier description.
I voted for LHH since AA has way more followers. Also I’ve been more actively visiting LHH recently even if baseball season is in full swing. The Mets just depress me of late and since there is no hockey to injure the Isles during the season I have more hope.
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by Thaddeus Ballpheasant on Aug 20, 2011 9:44 PM EDT reply actions
Mets and Islanders
More fun to follow in the offseason!
"Maybe (Frans) should concentrate more on FO rather than the thugging aspect of his game." - AP77
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It is the offseason for the Mets
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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I voted for LHH in the poll.
And the “•My description of what the Islanders face. I do not agree with the description of Trevor Gillies. Daria Themed NHL Previews- The New York Islanders | August” link didn’t work for me.
If you click the Daria part it should work
There are a bunch of other autolinks in that line that just go to SBN pages.
Lighthouse Hockey: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A Dane with no holes is Frans Nielsen.
Interesting tidbit gathered from a Pension Plan Puppet post
“Who are the Goons and Why do They Fight”
Looking at the whole spread sheet yes Trevor Gillies is your #1 goon with an ATOI/FM at 13.33 min but out of the top 82 goons, the Penguins have 5, swapping out Godard for Macintyre. Plus the all-around douchieness of Cooke so 5 1/2? How many do the Isles have? We had 4 but did not resign Konopka so that’s 3. Basic math tells us that Shitsburgh employs double the amount of goons we do. I guess ours just happen to do their jobs better given reputations acquired over the past season.
Pit: 7. Macintyre Nyi: 1. Gillies
43. Rupp 20. Haley
45. Asham 33. Martin
48. Engelland
70. Adams
82+. Cooke
Quality over Quantity
Tangradi is supose to be a goon too
by CanadianIsleslifer on Aug 20, 2011 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions
He's talented but chippy
For example, jabbing a Canadian junior in the face with his stick at World Juniors. Yeah, big deal, they were skating by the US bench after the goal. Stay classy.
I’m not saying that the guy should be injured or should have his career cut short; just that his inclusion on the list of Penguins of Dubious Sportsmanship is just.
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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voted LHH
well if i couldnt (wasnt allowed, lol sad day in the land of the free) watch the iles pens game that was the perfect game to put on, the game after. it started with howie telling the NHL to take a shit lol.. i also forgot that it was montoyas frist game with the team
but on a side note, call me crazy but the game vs the pens really was a turning point in recent islander history so why cant it be viewed as a positive thing so screw the NHL
sometimes u have to throw ur dukes up and handle it like a man its how the world goes round, before you know it they are going to ban shows with animals fighting over their territory or their place in the pack lol bettman is a boob!
by LETS GO ISLANDERS!!! on Aug 20, 2011 11:20 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Daria-Themed NHL Previews?
Man, what is that guy’s obsession with an animated TV character from the 1990s? I think somebody’s blogging from mom’s basement in his underwear.
Next week, The Maxx analyzes each team's cap situation.
Who do they have tracking free agent movement? Aeon Flux?
I appreciate trivia and nostalgia more than most people. But man, that’s a real stretch. I hope the guy who wrote it got a kick out of it.
"He's depriving some small village of a pretty good idiot" - Mike Milbury on Ziggy Palffy's agent Paul Kraus.
by PGI on Aug 21, 2011 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Bridgeport Can Support an NHL Team?
Right. The Islanders are a distressed franchise and should move to where their AHL team is drawing, what, a couple of thousand fans.
This country needs to create more manufacturing jobs if only to provide gainful employment for some of these people creating “content” for magazines and the Web.
Wasn't that great?
On another ranking recently (the link I seem to have misplaced), they were ranked in the 40 among minor league sports markets.
LOL at the manufacturing vs. content farm bit. We may be headed that way! Hope Bleacher writers are skilled laborers.
Lighthouse Hockey: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A Dane with no holes is Frans Nielsen.
What made me laugh about the CT stuff was...
Putting Bridgeport and Stamford together despite their physical distance, and that New Haven is listed despite being in between Stamford and Bridgeport.
Hunter said he was just finishing his check.
LOL
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Aug 21, 2011 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions
....uh, whut????
Bridgeport and Stamford are both to the WEST of New Haven, about 16 miles from the former and 35 miles from the latter…..somehow I have a feeling you KNOW that already though, Turgeon…..
reply button!
Lighthouse Hockey: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A Dane with no holes is Frans Nielsen.
LOL
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Aug 21, 2011 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Home Opener
I am trying to set up something with my buddy so that at our tailgate at the home opener, we have my dvd of the 9-3 demolition playing on a loop for all to watch. Should be awesome.
by superislesfan7 on Aug 22, 2011 10:59 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
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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.
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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.
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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.
