Plus/Minus - Islanders 4 (EN), Flyers 1: Monkey is Dead
by Dominik on Jan 19, 2012 9:33 PM EST
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PrintThe last time the New York Islanders won in Philadelphia, it looked like this. None of the players in that 2007 lineup are here anymore. Frans Nielsen and Rick DiPietro are two of the few anywhere in the system (or on IR) at the time.
Let us turn the page, and never feel cause to think of that game again. The Islanders ended four years of ignominy in Philly tonight, finally, and they did it in style.
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John Tavares was the scary Tavares we've seen for the past two months, extending his point streak to 11. The special teams continued the crazy run they've been on for the past 15 games. Matt Moulson scored the first goal of the game (twice...once was rightly disallowed) the way he's done more than anyone else in the NHL this season. Josh Bailey made like Nielsen and do what Frans do. (Shorthanded, even.) Evgeni Nabokov finally conceded a goal half way through the third period, on the Flyers' 34th shot, but that was all. Michael Grabner finished it with an empty netter.
This moment is so overdue, it deserves -- and will surely fill -- two post-game threads. So the video highlights are below (once they load), but more analysis comes later. Haven't done one of these in a while, so consider this your instant-reaction plus/minus thread.
Give us your pluses, your minuses (heh), your what-not. The monkey is gone. Enjoy.
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Dom, did you prewrite this?
posted awful quickly
by CanadianIsleslifer on Jan 19, 2012 9:36 PM EST reply actions
very very niiiice
+ for everyone, even our own Statler & Waldorf(Rolston and Pandolfo). Great job, let’s keep it rolling
by 7:11_OT on Jan 19, 2012 9:38 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
He's probably had it ready since 2009 in some form or another.
by Les Beaver on Jan 19, 2012 9:41 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
Find: Comrie
Replace with: Tavares
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by PGI on Jan 19, 2012 9:48 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 5 recs
Comrie can't even find Comrie.
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 19, 2012 10:40 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Now that he's been brought up
Comrie was definitely the inventor of the COZO. I remember that dude circling all around the offensive zone. That would make it a COmrie Offenseive Zone Orbit.
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by Chris McNally on Jan 19, 2012 11:51 PM EST up reply actions
Wrong
This would imply that Comrie actually had puck control in the offensive zone.
Official choice of Lighthouse Dog #1.
by Fabtraption on Jan 19, 2012 11:53 PM EST up reply actions
A lot of good puck control did him
The New York Islanders: saving their best for the wrong conference since '05
by Chris McNally on Jan 20, 2012 12:00 AM EST up reply actions
We'll always have that weekend in Buffalo
The toe drag, oh the toe drag.
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by Dominik on Jan 20, 2012 12:02 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
A few notes during game
But nothing that would challenge the hockey gods. Besides…there isn’t much there!
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It's a brand new day
and the sun is high
all the birds are singing
that the flyers are gonna die
How I hesitated
Now i wonder why!
It’s a brand new day!
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by garik16 on Jan 19, 2012 9:37 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Isles take 12th in East
Movin on up on the East Side!!
Two wins against the canes and two against the Leafs = back in the race!
by islesin2012 on Jan 19, 2012 9:37 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
Well said Mick.
I’ll never forget your natural hat trick.
by 4PeatSake on Jan 19, 2012 10:27 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
VS. the Capitals!
We are all Islanders, even if we’re from Jersey!
by Russel Ginart on Jan 19, 2012 10:47 PM EST up reply actions
against the caps
Remember it as well
by randyboyd on Jan 19, 2012 10:47 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Heehee
So I assume I wasn’t the only one who got giddy like a teen girl at a New Kids concert when he was at Flatley’s shindig?
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you were not alone
My wife mocked my unabashed man crush on the mick.
by randyboyd on Jan 19, 2012 11:00 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
He has held up well
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That just happened.
I was eating my fingers by the 5 minute mark.
by ghalbart on Jan 19, 2012 9:38 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
Forgot the game was on tonight
but I don’t care about missing it if we finally beat the Flyers. Time to right this ship boys!
You should've seen her face. It was the exact same look my father gave me when I told him I wanted to be a ventriloquist.
A+!
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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also
+ Nabby on tear
+ JT just reached level 91 . He made defensemen look silly.
+ Bailey for eating his Frans Wheaties this morning.
+ To the defense for basically shutting down all second attempts.
++++++++++ Beating the Flyers and shutting down the crowd.
Islanders are still in this race. 12th in the East, 8 points out of a playoff spot, but tons of games against the Leafs, Canes, Devils, etc. remaining.
by Metzfan22 on Jan 19, 2012 9:41 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
they are 10 points out of 8th
James T Paulson
by Jtpdolphins2009 on Jan 19, 2012 9:43 PM EST up reply actions
or 3 games under 500.
and need to be about 7 games over 500. to get into the bottom of the 8 playoff spots.
by CanadianIsleslifer on Jan 19, 2012 9:52 PM EST up reply actions
great game....
fun to watch, great effort by everyone up and down the lineup. JT and Nabby stole the show. Tavares has appeared to have found another gear. He’s just about running on 12 cylinders right now.
6 points off NHL Point Lead
guy is the heart of this team….and the offense lol
You should've seen her face. It was the exact same look my father gave me when I told him I wanted to be a ventriloquist.
something some do not realize
PA Parentau si tied for 4th in the NHL with Giroux at 32 assists
James T Paulson
by Jtpdolphins2009 on Jan 19, 2012 9:46 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
So THAT's why he passed it to Grabner!
Official choice of Lighthouse Dog #1.
by Fabtraption on Jan 19, 2012 9:50 PM EST up reply actions 7 recs
Something others do not realize
P.A. Parenteau is actually a good player.
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by Dominik on Jan 19, 2012 9:56 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
I just love how big this picture is and it has no title to be minimized.
IT CANNOT BE STOPPED! lol
What do you mean they won 4 cups in a row? Is that possible?
Yeah
I just wish he was a first liner.
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 19, 2012 10:42 PM EST up reply actions
I like that he is not
the way he is playing, its actually making our 2nd line play well too
James T Paulson
by Jtpdolphins2009 on Jan 19, 2012 10:44 PM EST up reply actions
and to top it off
Moulson is 8th in the NHL with 22 goals. This is pretty friggin excellent.
"Seriously that's the last time you guys f#@%ing won?" -RSH (about beating the Penguins in '93)
by Bryan2112 on Jan 19, 2012 10:07 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
And he's +10!!
But didnt even get considered for an all star spot.
by vince from NJ on Jan 20, 2012 12:11 AM EST up reply actions
Here we go
+ We f*ckin beat Philly.
Is there anything else that needs to be said?
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by Zhora on Jan 19, 2012 9:42 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
How can I minus anything
The team won in Philly so…
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
I think Nabokov needs to start getting a little more credit. He deserves 2 +’s.
Insert Reese for Staios and this defense looks halfway respectable.
Total team effort and I know we didn’t play the game, but I think the good vibes, Kumbaya, game thread from LHH had to have some kind of curse lifting abilities.
Well deserved win for the boys, and if they keep playing this way, who knows.
Oh and shout out to the mighty Gigantor….oh and the jock strap…and the turtle…
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by Chris McNally on Jan 19, 2012 9:44 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
GI-GANT-OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOR
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by garik16 on Jan 19, 2012 9:45 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
hahahahahaha
+ Giant robots
+ Dads on the trip
+ random gameday threads
+ odd pics of Ovechkin
+ Stryper
+ Nic Cage
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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by mikb on Jan 19, 2012 9:50 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
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wE WE WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Still waiting for a GOZO
by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 19, 2012 9:51 PM EST up reply actions
That was supposed to be minus the flyng pig
Only thing I can complain about.
Still waiting for a GOZO
by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 19, 2012 9:52 PM EST up reply actions
Oh c'mon you love that pig...
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Second assist was on a 4 on 3 PP
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+/- only counts EV situations.
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by Homey Chives on Jan 19, 2012 10:48 PM EST up reply actions
And then PP too then, right?
If there is a goal scored against your team?
Regardless, I think there ends up being more minuses than plusses league wide because empty net goals count as 5 plusses and 6 minuses.
I have a question. I’ve seen this happen before, but I’ve never followed up to check: if a player makes a pass, goes off for a line change and then ends up with an assist on the play, does he get the “plus”, or does the player who takes his spot?
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 19, 2012 11:05 PM EST up reply actions
he gets neither the plus nor the assist
You have to be on the ice to be credited. It’s very rare. If the puck’s going to be moved around long enough for you to go for a change after passing it, you probably weren’t one of the last two guys to pass it to the scorer.
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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by mikb on Jan 19, 2012 11:29 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I'm sure he gets the assist
Diaz (Habs) got a secondary assist for a Cammalleri goal, even thought he was already sitting on the bench.
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I've seen Gretcky dump the puck and go to the bench and get an assist.
Even after Langevin played the puck, but that was at the Northlands Coliseum so take it with a grain of salt.
by Hockey1919 on Jan 20, 2012 9:26 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Good catch, thanks
I thought the rule was the same for the assist as well as the plus/minus. Can’t remember where I heard it and the rulebook doesn’t say it. So either I remembered it wrong or a rules change tripped me up. (I’d go with my memory being off.)
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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+++++++++++++++++ nabbys, and especially 2 or 3 big saves in the first period
+Effort. From the beginning. you could tell the team wanted to, and felt like they could win.
+first line, of course, second line gelling, and 3rd line even getting there.
+4th line better without Reasoner
+Reese, a fight and winning his job. Welcome, Reese, those Pitt fans were finally right on something.
Still waiting for a GOZO
by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 19, 2012 9:49 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
I just saw, one talk about a monkey
The sens have not beat the sharks in San Jose in 8 years, since 2003
That's not as bad as the Isles at Flyers' poor record
Ottawa plays in San Jose what, once a year maybe? And one of those years was the lockout.
Official choice of Lighthouse Dog #1.
I haven't been able to watch a game in over a month at least.
Killing me, man…
You only figure 8 once.
by The Black Map on Jan 19, 2012 10:35 PM EST up reply actions
I'M WATCHING IT AGAIN
Still waiting for a GOZO
by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 19, 2012 9:50 PM EST reply actions
+ the entire game
- Peter Ruttgaizer really should not interview Nabby. You can just see the contempt behind Evgeni’s eyes when he’s asking his stupid questions.
Official choice of Lighthouse Dog #1.
it was embarrassing
he needs to apologize to Nabby or something…Hes not happy with him
Horrible hire
Is it the Isles that hire this staff? Hope they change it next year.
Success was survival and, kid, it still is
by IslesFanInNJ on Jan 19, 2012 10:27 PM EST up reply actions
Nope- he works for MSG, not the Islanders.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 19, 2012 11:19 PM EST up reply actions
isles
sign off on all msg hirings, remember the jaffe saga?
I believe they can tell MSG what they would like them to do, but does MSG have to listen?
Case in point- if the Isles DID dislike Jaffe (which I do question) does he or does he not still cover the team on MSG? They do what they want.
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 19, 2012 11:34 PM EST up reply actions
So why would MSG still use him and not the Isles?
because the Isles have something to do with the decisions. I would bet $$$ that the Isles have a say..
MSG takes its best talent (by its view) and puts it in the position for highest exposure
Who is paying his contract?
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by Dominik on Jan 20, 2012 5:08 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Seems like regardless of what you or I say, some people want to believe that the Isles can bully MSG and make them do what they want. Youd think watching MSG+++2++ over the years and all the _ in 60 and Beginnings type shows that ignore the Isles would clue them in that MSG does what they want. Youd also think that MSG paying the Islanders and owning their broadcast and paying the salaries of everyone at MSG would be a factor as well, but it seems that it is not.
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 20, 2012 6:26 PM EST up reply actions
By some people that means me...
It seems like some people think that MSG bullies the Isles into having shitty coverage…I believe the Isles don’t need to bully anyone…Its called making it happen…Taking a proactive approach to business….I run my own business in someone else s office…I sometimes need things and sometimes stuff will not get done…But If I’m persistent, eventually, I will wear the office manager down and get what I need…. Persistence is the key to success…Not bullying
Not only you.
Im sure there are others who A- think the Isles can tell MSG what to do, even though MSG is the one paying B- assume they have never thought about asking MSG to give them better coverage and C- inexplicably believe MSG would be eager to spend money on and devote airtime to the Islanders that they are not contractually obliged to spend.
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 21, 2012 11:22 AM EST up reply actions
There are a lot of versions to that saga
What I’ve seen is MSG have a lot more influence on moving people around than any individual club.
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by Dominik on Jan 20, 2012 12:04 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Exactly.
Im not sure why anyone thinks the Isles have power over what MSG does. If they did, dont you think their coverage would be less horrible?
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 20, 2012 9:54 AM EST up reply actions
it's possible that the Isles could veto a guy being on their broadcast...
…but not be able to retain someone that MSG has reassigned or fired. (See Placey, Deb.)
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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Yup, although I would say weigh in rather than veto- since I dont see MSG giving them the power to get rid of someone they really like.
I think MSG might even consider doing the same thing with Howies as they did with Micheletti, Deb, etc.
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 20, 2012 12:23 PM EST up reply actions
Howie's better than Rangers play-by-play guy
And he’s familiar with Rangers players.
I actually like Emrick more than either, even though many people find him annoying.
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 20, 2012 12:53 PM EST up reply actions
Don't kid yourself...
The Isles have control of this stuff. If they wanted the best they can demand the best. If the Isles were controlled by MSG and the Rangers that would be fucked up.
If the Isles were controlled by MSG and the Rangers that would be fucked up.
The Isles arent, but their broadcast certainly is!
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 20, 2012 10:10 AM EST up reply actions
An adept organization would make themselves part of the process.
I have a hard time thinking its MSG’s fault that they get shitty coverage. If the really wanted it they can get it. I will just leave it at that.
It's not that easy
They do what the contract obligates them to do. If they don’t follow the terms, they get their coverage yanked or their contract is not renewed. If the contract gives MSG final say over how to allocate their analysts and broadcasters, then that’s it.
Think about it – the name of the newtork is MSG, not NVMC. Right now the Isles are behind the Rangers and Knicks and probably the Devils when it comes to the ability to draw viewers in the tri-state area. MSG is going to act accordingly. If the Isles were the main draw like they were on SportsChannel in the 80’s, things would be different.
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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by mikb on Jan 20, 2012 11:52 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I have a hard time thinking its MSG’s fault that they get shitty coverage. If the really wanted it they can get it.
Yes, Im sure they technically could break their cable contract… but why on Earth would they? It makes up more than half the value of this team!!!! The best thing the Islanders have (besides JT) is that cable contract.
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 20, 2012 12:26 PM EST up reply actions
Excuses, excuses...They wouldn't necessarily need to break the contract with MSG in order to get good analyses and commentary, IMHO.
If they want good coverage, for their fans, they can make it happen through negotiation..But I think the Isles like it this way…They prefer not having to deal with the hard questions and accountability that comes with it…The excuses you guys give for the Isles are just that…EXCUSES…The Isles have had a pattern of getting rid of beat reporters for being too negative…They took Bottas press creds away as well, although that was funny…haha
I love my Islanders is just that I can’t accept all of the excuses many will make for their ineptitude…Where there’s a will there’s a way…Thats the bottom line…“You ask and you shall receive”…“The squeaky wheel gets the oil”…
So, you guys can believe that the lowly Isles have no choice but I believe they have like it this way…It seems like they censor their coverage…This is my opinion
The Islanders do not employ beat writers, either.
Im not sure where you get the idea that the Islanders have all these magic powers.
Honestly KO, your ideas that the Islanders can dictate everything that completely separate companies do and who they employ is wrong. But you will believe it regardless.
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 21, 2012 11:25 AM EST up reply actions
You're taking a bunch of your own assumptions/opinions
1) Then stating them as fact
2) Then insisting anyone who has a different assumption is “kidding” himself
3) Then saying we’re making excuses
4) THEN, finally at the end, conceding it’s your opinion.
On the list of priorities and needs for a TV contract that pays them a huge chunk of their revenues despite being, what, the ninth/10th-most attractive sports media property in the area(?), you’re saying that a color man you and many others deem to be better should be kept at all costs (whatever those are), while the team or the network or both could’ve easily decided quite sincerely in their OPINION that Butch Goring will be a better fit for Islanders fans. Who knows.
Meanwhile every team covered by MSG has its fans who hate/prefer one announcer or another, and MSG has always done what it wants for the teams it actually owns, while the other properties get who they get.
There are way too many ASSUMPTIONS here for me to imagine I’m making EXCUSES for anyone. Speaking of beat reporters … was Katie Strang whisked away because she was too negative, or is there another explanation — like she left to take a cushy job covering the more prominent NY team at ESPN? I’m sure we agree on that one, but it goes to my point: How many times are the real reason for rather minor things (in the grand scheme of things) beyond the observational powers of our paranoid and long-tortured fanbase?
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by Dominik on Jan 21, 2012 2:05 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Maybe Peter is intimidated
by Nabokov’s veteran presence?
"He's depriving some small village of a pretty good idiot" - Mike Milbury on Ziggy Palffy's agent. On Twitter: @Dan_of_Science
Peter would be intimidated by Dmitri Nabokov's presence.
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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Odd exchange after Nabokov's 300th win.
P: Who did you win your first NHL game against?
N: Colorado
P: No, try again.
N:Co-lo-ra-do
P: No, it is Monday’s opponent the Predators
N: Huh?
Or at least this is how I remember it. Turns out Nabokov’s first game was against Colorado and it was his first shutout, but not his first win.
So it was a 0-0 tie against Colorado?
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 20, 2012 5:23 PM EST up reply actions
Colorado was Nabokovs very first start and win.
But he filled in as backup in a Predators game before that and he technically got the win, even though he didnt start the game or play all of it.
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 20, 2012 6:29 PM EST up reply actions
Oh yeah, ties! I remember those!!!!!
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 21, 2012 12:26 AM EST up reply actions
+ PAP feeding Grabs to ice it ... @build his breakaway confidence@
+ JT being JT
+ KO stepping up for him
+ Moulson’s hands
+ Bailey’s too
+ Talbot bouncing off JT and hitting the deck after trying to take out JT
+ Reese slashes back, takes Giroux off the ice
- What Nabby don’t want consecutive shutouts?
- The TW/MSG
- Flyers announcers predicting a Talbot breakout all night long
- Flyers announcers thinking Reese overstepped the line until they watched the replay of Giroux’s slashes … and changed to … “I LOVE THIS GUY.”
++Streaks that end, and make sports fun and keep you coming back for Bossy knows why
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I think PAP fed Grabs...
because he is going for the assists lead (definitely knew that assist would tie him up with giroux)
Goals are more attractive that assists tho...
I figured it was either that Paps felt his shot might get blocked by the defender in front of him…So he passed it to Grabs for a clear shot or he was just being a good team mate and gave Grabs the EN’er since he had so many chances lately.
.....WHY, has it been determined that Maxim is allergic to something, hockey-related or otherwise?
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by ogam5 on Jan 19, 2012 10:22 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
BOOO!!
and you know why. :)
GO SHARKS!
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by Angy on Jan 19, 2012 11:43 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
You'll be pleased to know he was quite good
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by Dominik on Jan 20, 2012 12:04 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
FTR, I love that a Flyers fan on twitter is mocking ESPN for not having Tavares on the 25 under 25 list.
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by garik16 on Jan 19, 2012 9:56 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
can you post it?
Still waiting for a GOZO
by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 19, 2012 9:56 PM EST up reply actions
I wasn't able to watch the game
But after seeing comments here, the first thing I thought of was that article.
Success was survival and, kid, it still is
by IslesFanInNJ on Jan 19, 2012 9:59 PM EST up reply actions
Ooh, not just a Flyers Fan, but a Host of Flyers Pregame on Comcast Sports Net!
JohnBorukCSN John Boruk
ESPN recently listed the Top 25 players under the age of 25. John Tavares did not make it. Keeping talking Tebow ESPN!
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by garik16 on Jan 19, 2012 10:02 PM EST up reply actions 7 recs
Ha, nice
What’s Brett Favre up to these days. SOMEONE CALL BRETT FAVRE.
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Garik..
The dude had the math to back up the claim! It’s totally legit.
by TA on Jan 19, 2012 10:41 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
maybe
But for the rest of the year I think Tavares is gonna behave like every opposing defender and goalie is actually that columnist’s brother-in-law.
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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Do Isles play Kings soon?
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 19, 2012 11:35 PM EST up reply actions
The math wasn't the problem, it was the flawed analysis
Like punishing an offensive star for dominating offensive zone starts and not getting used in defensive zone starts. This really is where you have to ask whether the person doing the analysis actually understands the game the way a coach, scout or player would.
by CanadianIsleslifer on Jan 20, 2012 2:48 AM EST up reply actions
Love hearing Keith Jones flat out state that Tavares had the most dominating performance of any forward that has come into Philly this season.
Maybe the Flyers have only seen 4 teams so far so there are 25 other teams with guys that are more dominant.
by Hockey1919 on Jan 20, 2012 9:30 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Hell has frozen over, somewhere in the world a pig flys!!!!!!!!!!!
The New York Islanders....they make opposing goalies look gooooood.
wee wee
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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by Homey Chives on Jan 19, 2012 10:50 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
In that case
Somebody better not leave the gate open.
"He's depriving some small village of a pretty good idiot" - Mike Milbury on Ziggy Palffy's agent. On Twitter: @Dan_of_Science
But... but...
She got the rock she really wanted.
"If you have what you say you have, I’ll make you rich. If you don’t, I’ll make you into shoes" Jim Moriarty 1/1/2012
She is so annoying.
Crazy bitch… you wouldnt see me standing up on that crumbly little cliff.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 20, 2012 12:28 PM EST up reply actions
My wife said the same exact thing last night.
That woman is jack shit nuts climbing on that little rock, how far will she fall before the line catches her and she slams Wil E. Coyote style against the cliff face. Or at least that’s how I heard her say it.
Im totally with her (your wife) on this.
Not only is this chick batshit crazy but she is so fucking smug about doing it. Whooptey shit for you, youre climbing a ridiculous piece of rock and literally risking your life. You want a medal now?
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 20, 2012 6:31 PM EST up reply actions
You obviously didn't see the 60 minutes
about this guy.
She at least was roped in, and basically safe. This guy now…
OMG, he is insane.
As far as her “nylons” go she is still friggin NUTS.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 21, 2012 12:28 AM EST up reply actions
You all are bastards.
I hate this point of the season where the ads have made it all the way to my brain stem.
You know how much alcohol they had to fight through to get there?
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Plus
Nabby is smirking at Peter Pan…He wont give him the time of day, lol
Big Plus - KO in beast mode defending JT...turn up your volume
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ7rDB460Mg&context=C30b134eADOEgsToPDskI7cBKKFnY5jtNEnfBcKUip
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by Keith Quinn on Jan 19, 2012 9:58 PM EST reply actions 6 recs
fucking touch him again, I’ll fucking kill you.
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by Keith Quinn on Jan 19, 2012 10:07 PM EST up reply actions 6 recs
Nice catch!
This is splitting hairs, but are you sure it was “him” and not “me”? I couldn’t tell on my audio.
Awesome scene here, by the way, with Mrs. Lighthouse asking why I was blasting a Butch Goring narration over the speakers over and over.
She also asked: “Why do you have to make sure the game is recorded. Didn’t you just watch it?”
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My wife asks me why
I always watch The Godfather every time it’s aired…“haven’t you seen it 30 times already”. Why, yes, yes I have. My goal is to memorize the entire wedding song in it’s native Italian.
by 4PeatSake on Jan 19, 2012 11:02 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Hah!
I’m the same way with the Godfather and with Forrest Gump. Once the cunning carla and long legged lenore comes on the TV, there’s no turning back.
You should've seen her face. It was the exact same look my father gave me when I told him I wanted to be a ventriloquist.
Gump
My brother was so obsessed with that movie, he watched it a zillion times.
He even talked like Forrest all the time- to the point that people who didnt know him would have thought he was a southerner with borderline intelligence.
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 19, 2012 11:22 PM EST up reply actions
5th Element
Leeloo Dallas Multipass
mmmmmmmmmm
Amateurs practice til they get it right. Professionals practice til they can't get it wrong.
Haha
Oh man, I could see that being a problem career wise.
You should've seen her face. It was the exact same look my father gave me when I told him I wanted to be a ventriloquist.
LOL- well he was like 14-15 at the time
So fortunately it wasnt as much of a problem as it could have been lol.
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 19, 2012 11:30 PM EST up reply actions
The Godfather...
…sucks both me and my wife in every time! It’s amazing, even on regular TV — with commercials (but DVR let’s us go take out the dogs) — we’re like, “We own this move. We should not watch this. We’ve seen it 50 times. What are we doing?”
Next thing we know it’s Monday morning.
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Every time you think you're out
…they pull you back in.
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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by mikb on Jan 20, 2012 1:07 AM EST up reply actions 4 recs
I hear this for:
1. Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
2. Rush in Rio
3. Rush: R30
4. Iron Maiden: Flight 666
5. Queen: Live in Montreal
6. Batman Begins/The Dark Knight
"He's depriving some small village of a pretty good idiot" - Mike Milbury on Ziggy Palffy's agent. On Twitter: @Dan_of_Science
As the head priest of the Temples of Syrinx
…I approve this list.
Feel free to add Saving Private Ryan, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, and Moon to this already wonderful group.
"Seriously that's the last time you guys f#@%ing won?" -RSH (about beating the Penguins in '93)
For me
1. The Thin Red Line
2. The Big Lebowski
3. Killing Joke’s entire catalog.
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1. The Thin Red Line
There’s someone else! Usually people want to check out on that one somewhat quickly.
Oh yes
If you are a TTRL fan, you might enjoy this 2009-10 season preview (though I cringe at what analysis it may have contained).
I infamously took my friends to TTRL in the theater when whatever other movie we were to see was sold out. They HATED me for it, and I love every freaking minute. Best war movie ever in my eyes, because it encompasses the whole of the thing and not just the glory or the drama or the mythology.
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That's awesome
And you ended with a classic from Lebowski. Great preview for what was clearly impending doom.
It’s funny how that came out around the same time as Saving Private Ryan and I greatly preferred TTRL (I know I’m in the minority on this one). Thought Penn was great in it, the characters had more depth, and, as you say, the full psychology of war was brought to bear. And I loved the throwback to the old classics like The Longest Day and The Great Escape with the all-star ensemble cast.
Fully agree
Saving Private Ryan was great — the first 20 minutes or so were groundbreaking in a way. But TTRL is on another level entirely for me.
I knew I made a mistake when I told those friends, “it’s supposed to be the Saving Private Ryan of the Pacific,” but either way I never stood a chance.
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The exact same thing happened to me
My friends got at me for years about the incredibly boring movie I “forced” them to watch. I love TTRL, but they still don’t believe me.
Admit it, you say you like it only because you're the one who
chose to see that movie
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by Francesca on Jan 22, 2012 5:59 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
This is great
Now we have the pre-game movie picked out for whenever The Great Lighthouse Hockey Soiree comes to fruition.
by afrosupreme on Jan 22, 2012 7:23 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Could be
but Schenn wasn’t anywhere near KO until KO went after him. He initiated it…maybe I’m doing mental things based on context.
I keep hearing “touch ’em”.
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by Keith Quinn on Jan 19, 2012 11:08 PM EST up reply actions
I was just checking because I couldn't hear that little part clear
And Mrs. Lighthouse said knock it off.
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My missus
had to deal with me queing that up and making it loud enough to be audible to others…not happy
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by Keith Quinn on Jan 20, 2012 12:11 AM EST up reply actions
I think you're right...
KO has been standing up for his team mates lately. He did it for Nielsen too so it would fit in context.
Sounds like he says " im gonna punch you motherfucker". That’s awesome that KO stepped up like that for JT. The whole team stepped up for each other all night. Great game all around.
by The boogieman on Jan 19, 2012 11:56 PM EST up reply actions
I love it!
You did tell us this during the game but I thought you were just add-libbing…
NHL.com front page
“Jagr Having Fun”
But nothing about the game.
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by DP'sknee(andhipandflubugandotherknee) on Jan 19, 2012 9:58 PM EST reply actions
They must mean Jogger
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by Dominik on Jan 19, 2012 10:23 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I believe it's Jogger or Yogger.
It might be a soft j.
Success was survival and, kid, it still is
by IslesFanInNJ on Jan 19, 2012 10:29 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
DAMN!!
You beat me!!! IslesFan FTW!!!
by barry_hal_oliver_24 on Jan 19, 2012 10:30 PM EST up reply actions
Sorry
You must be in a glass cage of emotion right now.
Success was survival and, kid, it still is
by IslesFanInNJ on Jan 19, 2012 10:31 PM EST up reply actions
Veronica and I trying this new fad called...
….jogging. I believe it’s jogging or yogging. it might be a soft j. I’m not sure but apparently you just run for an extended period of time. It’s supposed to be wild.
by barry_hal_oliver_24 on Jan 19, 2012 10:29 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Oh Anchorman...
Official choice of Lighthouse Dog #1.
by Fabtraption on Jan 19, 2012 11:31 PM EST up reply actions
Have they reached the max # of times you can use Moves Like Jagr already?
Maybe they’re saving a few for the playoffs?
Remember, JT is good....
….just not ‘Top 25 under 25’ good.
by barry_hal_oliver_24 on Jan 19, 2012 10:03 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
- actually, isn't he now up to 8th place overall?
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You're thinking back to next week.
"The reader of this sentence exists only while reading me."
by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 19, 2012 10:50 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
This sentence just blew my brain.
Official choice of Lighthouse Dog #1.
by Fabtraption on Jan 19, 2012 11:32 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
Are you referring to...
My comment sentence, my quote, or is your response a self-referencing sentence, like my quote?
"The reader of this sentence exists only while reading me."
by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 19, 2012 11:43 PM EST up reply actions
No, your last response.
It took me a second to fully wrap my head around it.
Official choice of Lighthouse Dog #1.
by Fabtraption on Jan 19, 2012 11:52 PM EST up reply actions
Funny you should SAY that just now - don't know if you're at all familiar with it, but.....
…..I just began listening to the first 2 chapters of The Source Field Investigations by David Wilcock on audio earlier on last night and, apparently, there were UK-based experiments into precognition (being able to foretell or otherwise predict the future) the VERY controversial, and as yet largely unpublicized, results of which revealed that humans can indeed receive energetic information that hasn’t even been provided; proof of this consisted of the fact that, when tested, subjects were far more able to identify the meaning of certain words that had been given 2-3 weeks later, again and again (!!!!!!) This is one of those books like several I’ve read, which will changes our lives beyond recognition if the information they hold ISN’T supressed……
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Yes, I believe Briere applied this supernatural power
and then took preventative against Franzie at the faceoff dot.
by 4PeatSake on Jan 20, 2012 11:20 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Pfft,, he's not gonna get 50 in 50 - he sucks.
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Pitchf/x enthusiast.
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by garik16 on Jan 19, 2012 10:04 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
His CPI was complete shit this game.
ONLY 2 points!? And only 6 shots on goal!?
Official choice of Lighthouse Dog #1.
by Fabtraption on Jan 19, 2012 11:32 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
-whysh from puck daddy
for tweeting a video of a group of islanders fans fighting and using gay slurs. He just hates us.
Had a back and forth with him
when I mentioned that PAP was going to reach 40 before Parise did
Islanders win in Philly
Archer is back with special guest Burt Reynolds. Great night.
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by PGI on Jan 19, 2012 10:15 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Oh, crap!
/runs to make sure DVR still in order
Thanks for the inadvertent reminder. These things are important. (This site actually exists to help the rest of my life.)
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YAYYYYYY ARCHER!
Official choice of Lighthouse Dog #1.
by Fabtraption on Jan 19, 2012 11:33 PM EST up reply actions
Also
I’ve had a screener with the first four episodes for the season and, yes, it is absolutely as hilarious as the last season was.
Official choice of Lighthouse Dog #1.
by Fabtraption on Jan 19, 2012 11:33 PM EST up reply actions
Just the previews alone have crippled me
Oh Pam, Pam, Pam in HR. I know so many of you.
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She's my favorite.
Hands down.
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I'd have to go with Cheryl, Kreiger or Woodhouse
islanders hockey, making a sane person go insane during finals week
I’m jealous
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Contributor to Lighthouse Hockey not sure if I'm the Sniper or the Enforcer.
Third episode of this season especially
has a lot of callbacks to El Secuestro, which is probably my favorite episode throughout the entire series.
Official choice of Lighthouse Dog #1.
It's called a tactileneck, Cyrus
Got a bunch of them from Yashin when he went back to the KHL.
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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by mikb on Jan 19, 2012 11:34 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
Wooo, The only downside
Is that my roommate isn’t here anymore!
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Awww, man
Wait, maybe SHE WAS THE SOURCE.
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haha, she moved halfway through December. And we did play great last week against Bob…
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WE DID IT
"Brasky once hosted the Grammy's and gave every award to Cory Hardt."
by Saeevil on Jan 19, 2012 10:31 PM EST reply actions 6 recs
........
Still waiting for a GOZO
by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 19, 2012 10:51 PM EST up reply actions
Anybody else feel like these fans?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY4wx27vC2E
Still waiting for a GOZO
by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 19, 2012 10:53 PM EST up reply actions
Jesus Christ! WTF Rotoworld??
John Tavares registered two assists in the Islanders’ 4-1 win over the Flyers Thursday night.
The 21-year-old center has been one of the only bright spots this year in Long Island. With the two helpers tonight, Tavares now has 46 points in 45 games this season. Tavares also extended his points streak to 11 games in the process, a career high. The way he’s playing, Tavares can now be considered a serious candidate for the Art Ross Trophy and would also be in the race for the Hart Trophy if the Islanders weren’t a sinking ship led by billionaire Charles Wang.
by barry_hal_oliver_24 on Jan 19, 2012 10:32 PM EST reply actions
Wang is not billionaire anymore
He’s owned the Islanders too long so he’s just a multi-millionaire.
Rotoworld is clueless
James T Paulson
by Jtpdolphins2009 on Jan 19, 2012 10:36 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Scott Burnside writes for Rotoworld?
And serious candidate? Good talk, Russ.
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by Dominik on Jan 19, 2012 10:51 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Burnt my fingers...
in Philadelphia it’s worth fifty bucks priceless
I don't think anything is gonna stop the Rangers from making the playoffs.
What do you mean they won 4 cups in a row? Is that possible?
Possible. I really don't see the Rangers taking the conference from the Bruins though. They've been extremely dominant. +71 through 44gms is rediculous.
What do you mean they won 4 cups in a row? Is that possible?
And then there's the 0.15% chance the Isles finish 7th in the conference
"The reader of this sentence exists only while reading me."
by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 19, 2012 11:08 PM EST up reply actions
So you're saying there's a chance?
by DCyanks21 on Jan 19, 2012 11:18 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Exactly
"The reader of this sentence exists only while reading me."
by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 19, 2012 11:46 PM EST up reply actions
The other thing.
"Seriously that's the last time you guys f#@%ing won?" -RSH (about beating the Penguins in '93)
by Bryan2112 on Jan 19, 2012 11:26 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
I'm just gonna say
All the pile-ons that happen after losses in a league where every team loses 30+ times, I love the optimism that pours forth after a big win.
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Most teams
don’t burn through 2/3 of those losses before New Year’s Day.
Amateurs practice til they get it right. Professionals practice til they can't get it wrong.
Right
And most such teams don’t undo it in the second half of the season, so…
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All aboard
the LHH Bi-Polar Express!
by afrosupreme on Jan 20, 2012 9:23 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
"I'd like two tickets...
“One for me and one for myself.”
“Just get one, dammit. We’ve been over this before. Keep your mouth shut and he won’t know.”
"The reader of this sentence exists only while reading me."
by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 20, 2012 11:01 AM EST up reply actions 4 recs
+/-
+ the # of blocked shots….again
++ Nabby
+ Alyssa Milano in the sports apparel ads
+ the 1st Line/JT beast mode continues
- Lavy acting like he deserves an explanation on every power play
+ Bail’s shortie
- JT getting 1st star…he’s our best player, but wasn’t our best player tonight, Nabby was
+ Alyssa Milano in the sports apparel ads
+ Nino’s play lately
Least you could do
- is post pics of Alyssa Milano in the Sports Apparel Ads…
Penn State Proud
I like those Alyssa Milano ads too, but WTF with the Bruins apparel.
Isn’t she from Brooklyn or something? Bruins? Really?
then picture her
not wearing any apparel at all…maybe that helps?
Yeah...
I’m for More Beaver…
Penn State Proud
by pennst92 on Jan 19, 2012 10:55 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
OMG that was so bad lol.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 19, 2012 11:25 PM EST up reply actions
What about the Zuba Pants ad?
What year is this? Is Carl from ATHF running SB Nation?
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hey
I don’t need no instructions to know how to ROCK!
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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by mikb on Jan 20, 2012 11:41 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
What's Wayne McBean up to these days?
Amateurs practice til they get it right. Professionals practice til they can't get it wrong.
Good point on Staios, sad to say
And was Lavi doing his thing again? I didn’t pay attention to that tonight.
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Yes, early on he was
want to say the 1st period
.....only wish the NHL had allowed McFarlane to have it in the original blue uni:(
…..have been very tempted to pick up the JT bobblehead (which DOES…..)
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Be careful pulling the string on the back
He goes into Beast mode.
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 19, 2012 10:59 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Just picked one up as well...
and a Stamkos for the wife.
They had a Bossy in there as well, but only 1 left.
Thanks for the heads up on this.
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I have the Bossy one at home
I also have, somewhere deep in a drawer somewhere, the Chris Osgood McFarlane figure.
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I love the one of Turco
I think it’s Turco, anyway… he’s got his helmet off and is taking a drink from the water bottle. The pro shop at our rink has one on display. The running joke is that they put a league jersey on it and a giant red light shining behind it for (fill in the name of the teammate you’re insulting).
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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He brought his fucking toys with him
-Slapshot Reference
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Sports Club Stats
Does anyone understand this site? It purports to calculate each team’s probability for making the playoffs, yet it has the Isles’ chances as 2.3% while the Habs — who have the same number of points with more games played — as 9.4%. Buffalo is at 1.3%.
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by DP'sknee(andhipandflubugandotherknee) on Jan 19, 2012 10:56 PM EST reply actions
If I remember right, it takes future schedule and previous H2H records into account
Also, the future schedule actually considers the permutations of who (in the playoff race) is facing whom.
So, to simplify the example, if there are three games left and you’re the ninth seed facing two Western teams, but the seventh and eighth seed play each other twice and one other team, there chances are higher simply because the likelihood of three-point games between them is high.
(That’s a poor example, but I think it illustrates the concept I’m getting at.)
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by Dominik on Jan 19, 2012 10:59 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
being in the Atlantic I'm sure doesn't help
Definitely a poster at Lighthouse Hockey until 2015, then maybe somewhere else.
The Habs also get
a “Mecca of Hockey” bonus. It’s a stat of their own devising.
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favorite post from broad street hockey:
Update up quickly.
Sidenote: the game sucked
Bryz has low self esteem
Awaiting the return of the G-stache
by Philly37 on Jan 19, 2012 7:32 PM PST reply actions
.
Still waiting for a GOZO
by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 19, 2012 10:58 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Missed game, but watching highlights......
That was one of the sweetest passes I’ve seen in a long time from JT on Moulson’s goal. Should be a Top 10 plays of the Day, if ESPN actually cared about hockey. Did Bailey really score???? The Mayans did predict the end of the world this year.
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by FireGarthSnow on Jan 19, 2012 11:02 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Who was it that said...
“If the Mayans were good at predicting the future, there would be Mayans.”
"The reader of this sentence exists only while reading me."
by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 19, 2012 11:11 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
God Bless the Conquistadores!
Penn State Proud
Who else has Procol Harum stuck in their head right now?
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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Why? Is your stallion standing, Mike? And really, is ever a BAD thing to have PH stuck in one's cabeza?
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Los Conquistadores!
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by Mark D on Jan 19, 2012 11:49 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
it seems to me
That nino is figuring out how to use his size. Like to see him get some more ice.
by randyboyd on Jan 19, 2012 11:04 PM EST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, he's looking better.
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 19, 2012 11:11 PM EST up reply actions
Butch commented on Nino in post game
saying same- that Nino’s looked good for the last 6 games. Butchie said Nino was hurt at the start of the season and then was injured again in Dec- so he’s finally healthy. I had forgotten about Nino’s pre-season injury.
by 4PeatSake on Jan 19, 2012 11:17 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I think the time is getting near
One of my favorite moves of his — which is a bit undisciplined, really — is when he drives to the slot and even if he’s lost the puck he makes sure he takes out bodies.
His CPU is a learning computer.
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by Dominik on Jan 20, 2012 12:12 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
This one goes to Eleven!
So happy for JT! :)
And unbelievably happy for Josh Bailey!
GREAT game!!!!!!!!!!!
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 19, 2012 11:15 PM EST reply actions 8 recs
Always will rec a Spinal Tap reference!
You should've seen her face. It was the exact same look my father gave me when I told him I wanted to be a ventriloquist.
perfect timing on this pic
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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Oh, now we need that voice-over for a JT highlight reel.
"The reader of this sentence exists only while reading me."
by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 19, 2012 11:49 PM EST up reply actions
+/-?
+ The PK. 29 of 30 in last 15 games? Holy crap.
+ Nabokov. I don’t care about the Islander love for Montoya or the blah-blah about calling up goalies. Let’s keep up the awesome play for Nabby.
+ Bailey scores!
- Some of those ref calls.
- Too bad it wasn’t two shutouts in a row.
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock...
by Turgeon1992 on Jan 19, 2012 11:17 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
+ The PK. 29 of 30 in last 15 games? Holy crap.
If this is true, then that means that Steve Staois the Islanders are only keeping it to two penalties a game. That’s phenomenal restraint for this group of thugs.
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by Fabtraption on Jan 19, 2012 11:39 PM EST up reply actions
Something clicked with their play recently.
It’s as if they “get it” (as Pierre McGuire would presume). They are taking timely penalties.
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock...
by Turgeon1992 on Jan 19, 2012 11:44 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
In the last 5 games
PP is 3/18, 16.7%, just under league average (0 SHGA)
PK is 11/12, 91.7%, 1 SHGF
GF 14, GA 9
68 PIM, 124 hits
Amateurs practice til they get it right. Professionals practice til they can't get it wrong.
Just for kicks
The Rag$ in the past 5 games:
PP 0/11
PK 9/10
GF 8, GA 16
47 PIM, 185 hits
Amateurs practice til they get it right. Professionals practice til they can't get it wrong.
Haha
all that damn time we wasted talking about Montoya or DP starts…
NY Islanders, just one irrational free agent signing away from contention!
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by Keith Quinn on Jan 20, 2012 12:13 AM EST up reply actions
If everyone wants to see something impressive...
Parenteau is tied for 4th in the league in assists… tied with Giroux.
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock...
NABBY!!
GO SHARKS!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
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Sorry for the third post in a row...
I wonder when we will read the outrage that the Isles would dare shoot on the empty net when they were clearly going to win since the time was under 5 seconds. Ha.
What a bunch of dirty thugs.
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock...
by Turgeon1992 on Jan 19, 2012 11:47 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
shouldn't you....
Change your name to “Tergeron2012” and when someone corrects you, your should repeat it again?
by sad516 on Jan 20, 2012 3:31 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Hey Hey Guys, We're On the front page of NHL.COM
quick, check it out before it’s gone
islanders hockey, making a sane person go insane during finals week
They must be
testing their code in production
Amateurs practice til they get it right. Professionals practice til they can't get it wrong.
by Torgo on Jan 19, 2012 11:56 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
For posterity
(and the bad/great pun)
by afrosupreme on Jan 20, 2012 9:30 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
poor Hamonic
“Gee, these guys seem really excited. What’s the big deal, we win in a lot of places.”
Oh, kid, if you only knew.
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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by mikb on Jan 20, 2012 11:45 AM EST up reply actions 4 recs
This looks like a screenshot from the end of an 80s "fixing stuff up" montage.
Official choice of Lighthouse Dog #1.
by Fabtraption on Jan 20, 2012 11:57 AM EST up reply actions 5 recs
The caption for Bailey's highlight was pretty cool
A Shot of Bailey
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Rewatching Moulson's goal
It looks like KO fanned on JT’s pass which drew Bob out of position leaving space open for Moulson when the pass reached him. Was the play set up that way or did KO really intend to shoot?
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by DP'sknee(andhipandflubugandotherknee) on Jan 19, 2012 11:59 PM EST reply actions
I think he tried to shoot
The nature of the defense dropping all below the dots like that had to be a breakdown. I dont think you can expect that when you draw up a play. Also, the fact that JT made such an amazing pass I think KO and MM were both kinda surprised
I wondered that last night
have to assume it was not on purpose, especially since he got bumped, but having seen this recently, it made me curious.
Somebody
need to call WADA and have them check JT.
Didn’t watch the game but having seen the game highlights, that must have been a record of breakaways in a single game for the Isles.
4/7/07
OK so Dom I know you said never think about that game again, but I for one had a great time road tripping to Philadelphia for that one and then following it up in NJ for Dubie’s poke check to make the playoffs! Philly were rubbish that year if memory serves…some Flyers fans were pretty ticked with me shouting myself hoarse at that game. Fond memories of a fleeting time with Ryan Smyth ha..
Ahhh, very very nice
Thanks for the tale. You are hereby formally excused for thinking about that game all you want!
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Great win last night...
great read this morning.
+ Nice twitter exchange between Moulson, Grabs and El Nino… I guess THIS means the kid is ready for the NHL… more seriously, he has been playing really well the past 10 games… time for a promotion?
+Okposo… been said 100 times here, but he has just been different this year. It’s like he has found the ladder and he climbed it. He’s got his 10,000 hours… time to become THE BEAST we drafted!
+ Nabby… I think we all know who our number one is now. He’s gone from THE KNOB to the DOOR TO THE PLAYOFFS… well.. it’s one of those doors from Alice in Wonderland, but it’s a door!
+ cappy… I love these little wins. They show how good this team can be with a tweak here and there, and some confidence. But if they lose in the next three games it’ll be, “WE NEED A REAL COACH”.
+ Streit-Jurcina… maybe the TOP 4 was there all the time. Steit needed to BE HIMSELF, and Jurcina needed to step up to be the physical presence he’s been this year. Together they have been a solid unit. I think this is the “turning point”… well… this and Kyle finding the magic beans.
- Brian Rolston is still on the team. Bailey hasn’t scored in JANUARY. But you get him away from Rolston, put him in a man disadvantage (4-on-5) and pair him with Matt “Not exactly Gretzky” Martin… abracadabra…. GOAL!
+ Team is now at 1.27 PPG in last 11 games. Only 37 more! CAR and TOR twice to wrap up January… my monthly PLUS/MINUS should be pretty PLUSSY!
+ How about a hand for the DADS… Great trip boys… even without Stan Hunter. The isles need to put a picture of everyones DAD/MENTOR over each player’s locker!
I've had enough! It's time to call out Garth Snow!
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by JPinVA on Jan 20, 2012 8:26 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
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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.
