Islanders Bits: August is for Ice Girls...3rd Jersey News?
by Dominik on Aug 22, 2011 7:01 AM EDT
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PrintUpdate: Icethetics, which tends to get these things early, says that the Islanders new thirds are as rumored ... black. Further discussion/grieving in this FanShot.
There's not a whole lot going on in hockey, but you can check the archives here for on-going threads as well as the FanPosts and FanShots (while, ahem, keeping a lid on the politics).
- One thing getting coverage lately: Ice Girls! They tried out, and they found their team for 2011-12. Congratulations to those who made it; I promise not to run photos (too much) because I'm frankly not sure how old you are.
- As discussed in this FanShot, CBS has a post about which former "dynasty" -- the Islanders or Oilers [sic] -- will return to glory first. Aside from the fact the Oilers only managed a dynasty interruptus, it's a fun topic.
- 30 in 30: This is from late last week, but nhl.com's Islanders preview is still worth probing.
- If you missed other stuff from last week, we compiled a lot of it here, as well as highlights from the Islanders 9-3 thrashing of the Penguins that we mustn't acknowledge happened.
- Everyone knows the Sabres are well over the cap, but everyone figures they'll just have to stash Ales Kotalik and Shaone Morrisonn [sic] in the minors anyway.
- Anarcurt posted on this last week, but here's some more crowing about Denver U.'s prospect farm, which of course has given us Rhett Rakhshani and Matt Donovan and is about to take care of Scott Mayfield for us.
- The Kings have added "sandpaper" and he also goes by "Ethan Moreau." Jewels from the Crown reacts.
- For the stat jockeys: Will Bryan Little score 20 goals? I don't care, but he was mentioned next to Michael Peca, who was fun to watch, and Ilkka Sinisalo, who was fun to say.
- Finally, just thought this Ducks "identity crisis" post at Anaheim Calling was interesting. The Islanders under Scott Gordon attempted the "offensive attack" identity, but what do you suppose they are, and will be, under Jack Capuano?
We'll be back with more by mid-day, so don't go thinking about the Mets too long or anything.
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According to the Viewing party thread
JJ from Kansas was able to watch the game and said he would have a write up on it today. I don’t know if he meant here or at his home site (I think he’s a Wings fan), so I’m interested to see if there’s any changed perspective since he was a person who was media tainted early on.
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by Keith Quinn on Aug 22, 2011 8:50 AM EDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Considering he already had Gillies in the same class as McSorley and Bertuzzi I’m not going to hold my breath. While I don’t like what h did, he isn’t even near the same league as those two in my opinion. The worst thing he did was scream at a player once it was obvious he was hurt, which really isn’t damaging to anything but Gillies’ reputation.
by afrosupreme on Aug 22, 2011 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Here are his impressions after watching the full game
How does one get a hold of such a black-market ungame?
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It really is a damn good write up
And he seems to have reached the same point we all did…except that in light of conparables, I didn’t feel the need for longer suspensions for Gillies/Martin.
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by Keith Quinn on Aug 22, 2011 1:42 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Again though
this is really a bit much.
Allow me to pause a minute to cover this part. Trevor Gillies should have no place in the NHL until he learns to be sorry for what he did here. As far as hockey attacks go, I view this one in the same light as the McSorley assault on Brashear and the Bertuzzi assault on Moore. This was a case of a player who was looking for blood and premeditated an attack on a person which could have killed him. 9 games was too light a suspension for Gillies, as was the subsequent 10 game ban he received on his first night back.
Gillies couldn’t have killed Tangradi. The entire quote is pretty self-righteous. And you can’t call Martin’s punch a sucker-punch. He skated half the ice with Talbot telling him it was coming.
by afrosupreme on Aug 22, 2011 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Agreed.
I sound like an enabler, but frankly Gillies 10-game suspension the night he returned also deserves a full look, because it was clearly a tit-for-tat for what Clusterbuck did on DiBendetto 2 seconds before.
But since it was Gillies, people just take the headline and move on.
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Yea
I found that one far more frustrating. I thought the 9 games was deserved. Even though I believe Gillies felt Tangradi was turtling, the taunting was bad and the sum of it all deserved something.
But like you say, the Clutterbuck incident was a direct response to a hit that was far worse (pushing DiBendetto’s head toward the boards, from behind) in my opinion than the one Gillies delivered. 10 games was insane, especially when Clutterbuck walked away scot-free for his.
I’m sorry, but he hit a guy in the head from the blindside at full-speed. He absolutely could have killed him. Even with the light of day shining on the concept that Talbot pulled a much lighter hit from a similar angle on him just seconds prior, Gillies’ hit remains something which I wish would have ended up making the Clutterbuck hit a non-issue (since I feel he shouldn’t have been playing in that game).
Then again, I pretty consistently always think that the right thing for the NHL to have done as far as suspensions was to take the number they eventually ended up going with and doubling that.
by J.J. from Kansas on Aug 22, 2011 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions
And unfortunately
that is the state of the Atlantic division whether anyone wants to admit it or not, that kind of crap goes on constantly…so everyone keeps an enforcer…so that kind of crap goes on constantly.
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It really does. The Islanders kids get the snot knocked out of them with dirty hits in this division. You HAVE to have some players who can fight- when we didnt, the Isles got their asses handed to them every night.
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by TheMetalChick on Aug 22, 2011 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions
I have a hard time calling that a blindside hit. If you can’t hit a player from that angle, you are going to cut out a ton of hitting. Obviously his elbow was up, making it a dangerous play (which was compounded by it’s proximity to the boards). He should have (and was) punished for that. But he could not have killed him. That’s hyperbolic.
Of course part of this is the fundamental differences between sports fans. I think some sports like football and hockey are played by large men at high speeds, and additionally are inherently violent. Trying to legislate it out just seems silly (for example penalties being thrown on the two preseason NFL hits that have drawn so much attention are part of the reason I don’t watch the NFL anymore). I’m firmly in the “if you don’t like violence you shouldn’t play/watch hockey” camp, rather than the “hockey shouldn’t ever have these types of plays camp.”
The biggest issue I have with the NHL suspensions is that it is injury-reliant. Tangradi and Clutterbuck (allegedly) suffered concussions, so Gillies was suspended. DiBenedetto was fine, so Clutterbuck is not suspended for a far more dangerous hit. In the Penguins game Orpik driving Grabner into the net was bar none the most dangerous play of the game (and was actually from the blindside), but there was no suspension for that.
I do not have a hard time calling it blindside
and I don’t consider it hyperbolic to say he could have killed him ( I would say he almost killed him would be sufficient hyperbole).
Specific wording on that incident aside, I agree with the idea that suspensions shouldn’t be as injury-reliant as they are, but I don’t at all agree that the Orpik hit on Grabner was the most-dangerous. Pedantically, I could have clarified that the idea that it was a blindside head-shot was the difference (and is the difference between Gillies/Tangradi and Orpik/Grabner), but I thought that it would be clear enough.
Personally, as long as the hits aren’t in the numbers and aren’t directed at the head, I’m ok with those that are at angles other-than straight on. But, it seems as though you and I have a fundamental difference of opinion. I accept that these are big men hitting each other hard and that there are going to be injuries and unfortunate situations which come out of it. I do not prescribe to the “legislate it out of the game” camp at all like you implied; I would just like the dirty ones eliminated. Talbot trying to elbow Tavares and taking a head-shot at Gillies were also dirty plays. Orpik on Grabner was a hockey play the same way that Hamonic hitting Staal in the first period and causing him to awkwardly hit the boards was a hockey play and not something dirty.
What Gillies did was dirty and, sucker-punch or not, what Martin did was dirty.
by J.J. from Kansas on Aug 22, 2011 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I can respect that POV
And it’s not like anyone here is happy with Tangradi being hurt by Gillies. That went way too far. And that’s the tricky part about trying to get to brass tacks about that game… defending the Islanders sounds too much like defending intent to injure to some people. Nobody’s defending dirty hits. Quite the contrary – we’d like for dirty hits to be punished before they escalate into all-out frontier justice.
We’d also like a little consistency, if possible. The Clutterbuck-Gillies thing was ridiculous. They essentially did the same thing, Clutterbuck from behind on DiBenedetto and Gillies from the side on Clutterbuck. Clutterbuck got two minutes and Gillies got ten games… and specific to Gillies was the statement that he got that much of a suspension because it was his first game back from the prior suspension. Now, when Raffi Torres gets four games for a dirty hit, says “I’m not changing the way I play,” and then crushes Brent Seabrook the first game he gets back – why does he not get suspended at all? Because of some “free hitting zone” or something behind the net? He could easily have avoided Seabrook’s head there. It’s so random and inexplicable.
Thanks for your writeup over at Winging It. We appreciate that you took the time.
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by burpchelischili on Aug 24, 2011 6:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Considering
the extremely small number of players killed during play, I can’t think of a word other than hyperbolic. Sorry, just don’t agree.
It was clearly a headshot, but Gillies came at Tangradi from the side he was facing. I don’t believe that to be blindside. The problem was the point of contact was the head, not the direction the hit came from.
I don’t see how you can call Orpik’s hit a hockey play considering it was from the blindside and drove him into the net/boards. If Grabner hadn’t turned his body at the last second, it would have been from behind, and even more dangerous. If Grabner had hit his head on the bar he could have died. And Orpik was penalized for charging on the play.
Like everyone else, I’m thankful for your efforts to cut through the BS that has surrounded this game, and sorry if it seems like I’m nitpicking, but I think it’s a conversation worth having.
Like everyone else, I’m thankful for your efforts to cut through the BS that has surrounded this game, and sorry if it seems like I’m nitpicking, but I think it’s a conversation worth having.
No worries. I think we understand each other pretty well. Not only is this a good conversation to be having, but August is the perfect time.
It’s a bit of a ledge I’m stepping out on to say that Orpik’s hit was a hockey play when the Gillies hit was not, but even though I hate Brooks Orpik (and think he crosses the line too often trying to make “big hits”), I kind of like the ability of a defenseman to absolutely wreck a guy who is going to cross the middle going to the net. Orpik’s hit wasn’t late and it didn’t seem to me like it was premeditated.
Grabner turned at the last second (I believe) because he knew that he was standing exactly where players stand before they get cleared out. It’s not the precise difference between a player being the victim of a blindside hit that sends him into the boards and putting himself in a position to be hit as such, but it’s close. As for the charging penalty, not even the MSG announcer feed that Gamecenter had thought that it should have been a charging penalty.
by J.J. from Kansas on Aug 22, 2011 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
If my guy makes that hit
I’m off the couch high fiving friends. Sucks for us on the inverse, but everyone wants the defenseman that sends that message…people here are actually clamoring for a “crease clearing” D man.
At that point in the game, Orpik has no reason to pull up on that hit…and honestly, I would expect any team that happens to, would start a fight/scrum in response.
#hockeyplay
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by Keith Quinn on Aug 22, 2011 5:51 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
the stupid thing about those hits
is that you’re often checking an opponent right into your own goalie. It’s a stupid play.
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by Thaddeus Ballpheasant on Aug 22, 2011 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, that's true
If that’s not the case though, I love the hit.
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by Keith Quinn on Aug 22, 2011 8:15 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Hmm
Maybe I’m wrong on this. I’ve always considered driving a player into the net to be one of the dirtiest/most dangerous plays in hockey. But I guess that could be a vestige of growing up with nets that didn’t budge. If that hit had happened 20 years ago, Grabner certainly breaks something (and someone definitely breaks Orpik’s face). The whole reason they came up with the breakaway nets was to prevent all of the serious injuries resulting from collisions.
Maybe I need to adjust my perspective now that the nets give way.
by afrosupreme on Aug 23, 2011 9:24 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
a goalie/ref perspective
Sometimes forwards crash the net recklessly because they know they can get away with contact on the goalie, claiming the defender caused it. I hate that play as a goalie, obviously – but it’s also a pain in the patoot to call as a ref. Was he already out of control on the way in? The defender is trying to harass him so he can’t get a good shot off. Did he cause the guy to lose balance on his move to the slot, or shove him when he was already off-balance? Was it enough to take away a reasonable scoring chance?
It’d be much safer if the defender pulled rather than pushed, but then that makes it an easy hooking or holding call for the ref, and the defense is trying to avoid that, too.
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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I love that a forward WITHOUT the puck can run a defenseman/goaltender
but a defenseman cannot impede a forward by stepping in front of him or often just hold your position. I get plowed into the net several times a game by forwards “crashing” the net, but heaven forbid I hold my ground and “impede” a forwards forward motion. I just wish they would get rid of the “bravery” pegs and go back to the solid bars that kept the nets in place.
It also amazes me how much leeway a forward has to “fight” for space in the crease and how little I have to cross-check him back. It used to be that I was doing the cross-checking to clear the crease, I now have more forwards cross checking me so that they have more room to stand in the paint. That’ll be my last rant on the plight of the defensman for the summer.
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no, I hear you
I dunno, we’re taught to call it differently in my little po-dunk deck league. You have the right to establish your position; it’s then on the opponent to avoid you. (It’s really similar to the old charge/block call in basketball.) The difference is that on skates, a guy’s momentum makes it harder to call.
Even for us, we will sometimes have a situation where a defender will have a step on a forechecker, and then abruptly slow up or stop, basically picking him as he tries to get around to challenge the play; or else a defender will drop to block a shot or pass and the forward will “ooooops!” trip over him or land on him – and in both cases, both guys will suddenly throw up their arms and shoot the ref a dirty look – c’monnnnn!
Which is why you never, ever, pay attention to the players during the game; even if they’re right they’re full of baloney.
When it comes to crease battles, we remind guys to keep their sticks down when they’re fighting for room… once that stick blade comes off the floor, you’re over the line, regardless of who’s doing the shoving.
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Right
I agree it can be a pretty gray area a lot of the time.
Although in this instance I feel it’s pretty clear that Grabner is in control, not actually skating at the net (he’s angled toward the corner), and has already shot the puck. To me at that point it’s just a cheap shot, trying to make him think twice before he leaves everyone in his dust again.
by afrosupreme on Aug 23, 2011 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions
Not that I was a good goaltender...
But this is why every time a guy came in like that, I’d initiate the contact, and destroy the puck carrier myself.
Too much Billy Smith in my blood I guess.
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by Keith Quinn on Aug 23, 2011 11:14 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Hey JJ
I’m not a member over at Winging it to Motown, but I did want to add myself in to the chorus of thanks for watching the game and giving it a fair shake.
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by Mark D on Aug 22, 2011 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Thanks
I only wish I had done so earlier.
by J.J. from Kansas on Aug 22, 2011 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Not many people would bother
You have a journalistic integrity that is sorely lacking not only in hockey, but in news-writing in general.
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by TheMetalChick on Aug 22, 2011 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks for "hockey fan point of view"
Pretty spot on not like the rabid Pens fans/owner/announcers.
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I joined just to say thank you there
And to point out the fact that Haley is NOT an “AHL goon called up specifically for this grudge match game”. That is yet another pile of BS concocted by the media.
Haley was our AHL teams leading scorer at the time, and the Islanders were devastated by injuries and HAD to call up a player. What team would not call up their AHL teams leading goalscorer when they have a division game coming up?
Haley IS NOT a goon- he is a player who is tough and fights. It is NOT the same thing.
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by TheMetalChick on Aug 22, 2011 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Glad you watched the game
sucker-punch or not, what Martin did was dirty.
I think this is a point where we will still differ, but I can understand your viewpoint. I think what Martin did was borderline and not much worse than what Jordan Staal did the game prior against the Rangers. Yet Staal was not suspended because the Penguins were already short on centers. However, I hate using relative logic because two bad calls don’t make either of them right.
I guess my problem is more with the inconsistency of the NHL. If what were done to the Islanders would receive the same punishment as what the Islanders do for the same infraction I’d have a better chance of understanding what is “dirty.” I dislike Sean Avery with exteme passion, but six games for talking like an idiot seems too harsh in comparison to a guy like Pronger who only gets two games for BEING an idiot.
Martin challenged Talbot. Talbot had plenty of opportunity to face his challenger. He is pretty reckless (not Cooke or Hollweg class), but certainly Flyer class reckless and to think you can elbow a player in the back of the head, but just turn your back on a fight with impunity is either gutless, stupid or both. The instigator rule has ensured Talbot will almost never answer a challenge and rather flop than man-up for his actions.
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If were going with the idea the blindside head hits could kill someone
Then Cooke, Pronger, Phaneuf, and well just about anybody else whos had at least one head shot (Callahan, Thornton, Heatly etc) is an attempted murderer.
I agree whole-heartedly that what Gillies did was real bad and he earned every second of that suspension and even maybe more than that, but really? He could have killed him? lets freakin grow up people.
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by Zhora on Aug 22, 2011 2:35 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I guess Pronger “almost killed” Tavares when he blindsided Tavares and smashed his face into the boards, knocking out his teeth in a bloody mess.
And what did Pronger get for doing that, again?
Man- I have to remind myself that people dont realize what this division is really like.
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by TheMetalChick on Aug 22, 2011 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
The Flyers already got their fill of Suspensions against the Isles
Remember Briere got 2 games for the cross check on Nielsen.
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And barely hit him
if at all. Yeah, I guess that’s a bit over the top, but still, it’s the most positive thing I’ve ever read on the topic, so I guess I’m just very happy about that at least.
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The Isles/Oilers ...
debate is fun, but I like the Isles/Rangers one better.
I never bet on anything, at least not with money, but if I did I would wager big dough that that our Islanders win a Cup before the vermine Rangers do.
Rivalry Return
It will be great if the Isles and Rangers are fighting for the division lead through the year. It may start out where they are fighting for playoff spots, but when they’re competing it’s just beter for us fans.
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Its starting to look like the Islanders and Oilers are both going to play each other in the Cup FInals in a few years. Both teams had bad seasons the past few years, and they both have a lot of good young players. It could happen
by nyidangle17 on Aug 22, 2011 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
DROOL
That would be absolute heaven.
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by TheMetalChick on Aug 22, 2011 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
Complaining about Kevin Poulin wielding a mean stick.
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by Dominik on Aug 22, 2011 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
that would be wild ...
if they both got to the top again at the same time.
i can already see the old highlights they’d show during pre-game.
billy smith’s two-handed whack at glenn anderson as he zoomed through his crease.
awesome!
Haven't the Mets and the Knicks proven that black doesn't look good with blue and orange?
by TMS71 on Aug 22, 2011 3:13 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Apparently we need a third test just to make damned sure.
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by Dominik on Aug 22, 2011 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
3rd jersey...
awful. i do not support it and pray no self-respecting islanders fan buys one. dare i say, i’d rather buy a pair of crocs?
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by gukid17 on Aug 22, 2011 5:35 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Crocs are at least comfortable
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by Keith Quinn on Aug 22, 2011 5:53 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Well now we now Keith just outed himself as a croc wearer...
Official choice of Lighthouse Dog #1.
by Fabtraption on Aug 22, 2011 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I have multi purpose "winter crocs"
Which are more like wool lined slippers…very comfortable, but also, warm, ridiculously ugly, and the footwear of choice when the GF makes me go out of the house against my will.
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by Keith Quinn on Aug 23, 2011 12:33 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
If there's two things I feel guys shouldn't wear at all
It’s Uggs and Capri pants…and especially at the same time.
As a side note, I misspelled “especially” and my phone seriously autocorrected to “rape silly” for some reason…but I caught it in time.
I’m pretty sure I’ve never ever witten that, and now believe autocorrect is conspiring to ruin my reputation.
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by Keith Quinn on Aug 23, 2011 11:19 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I wish you would stop autocorrecting autocorrect
Because its attempts to ruin your rep are hilarious.
Meanwhile, on Crocs I would say you should just stop talking right now, use your Miranda rights and go no further … except wearing them when the GF makes you leave the house against your will is the best tactic.
I leave brown socks on top of a pair of Birkenstocks next to the door just as a persistent warning. “Don’t make me use these.”
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Wait
YOU"RE the rape silly guy?!?!
by afrosupreme on Aug 24, 2011 7:34 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
They should really consider saving the black third jerseys until 2015.
Once they Isles have a new contract somewhere else we can call those jerseys the “lights out” jerseys.
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Instant gang classics
2015-Bad A$$ brooklyn bangers. Haley Martin and Gillies – the brooklyn bridge isn’t the only suspended thing in da hood.
Those Third Jerseys Really, Really Suck
We have such classic jerseys. Why bother with a third jersey? So that suckers can buy another jersey? Then why issue something that all of your fans can’t stand?
Ugh. I’d rather have the “wave” jerseys with the original crest back.
I’d rather have the "wave" jerseys with the original crest back.
Id be fine with that.
Its called takin it back!
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by TheMetalChick on Aug 22, 2011 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Back to white
I hope the home teams go back to white soon. Road colors were more fun…. But I do kind of like the orange ones as the 3rd for the weekend afternoon games.
by North Dakota Red Eagle on Aug 22, 2011 11:40 PM EDT reply actions
agreed on the home whites
You used to be able to see all the different uniforms of the visiting teams as they came through the arena… now it’s just the one uniform vs. endless varieties of white. It’s aesthetically dumb… and it’s also harder to keep the white uniforms clean and undamaged on a ten-day road trip than it is if you’re in your own arena. (A color uni tends to be a little less-obvious when it’s scuffed up.)
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The 2 most obvious unifrom arguments
1. I have NEVER heard of a fan that prefers road whites, EVER
2. There does not seem to be a single Islander fan that ever asked for a BLACK uniform
And yet, the NHL insisted thay needed road whites so teams could showcase their “alternates” at home and the Islanders came up with a black third uniform that even Mets fans dislike.
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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.
