All-Star Game open thread
Chat thread for those who are watching. Ceremonies and such commence at 4 p.m. Game begins some time after the pomp.
It appears John Tavares will skate between James Neal and Jason Pominville.
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Tavares on a line with Neal and Pominville
OH YEAH!!!
by the maroon bird on Jan 29, 2012 4:28 PM EST via mobile reply actions
JT's line with the first consistent pressure so far this game.
For what it’s worth.
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Jan 29, 2012 4:31 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Rangers ruin everything
OH YEAH!!!
by the maroon bird on Jan 29, 2012 4:32 PM EST via mobile reply actions 2 recs
Is The Queen taking long to get up because of an injury?
Or injured pride, since Gaborik is the one who scored?
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Jan 29, 2012 4:32 PM EST reply actions
Malkin as well
OH YEAH!!!
by the maroon bird on Jan 29, 2012 4:34 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
The D on team Alfredsson
Is playing sloppy
OH YEAH!!!
by the maroon bird on Jan 29, 2012 4:35 PM EST via mobile reply actions
JT showing the skill!
3 Teams 3 Different Sports Same Torture!!!
by Kung Fu Panda 48 on Jan 29, 2012 4:36 PM EST reply actions
I hope
lundqvist plays like this the rest of the year
OH YEAH!!!
by the maroon bird on Jan 29, 2012 4:40 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Like an All-Star?
Id rather him play like Steve Mason or Miller or something for a while- at least when we have to frickin play him lol.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 29, 2012 10:29 PM EST up reply actions
Lines were set by the coaches' kids
Todd McLellan’s kids asked the players who they wanted to play with. I wouldn’t surprised to see JT line up with Stamkos at some point just ’cuz.
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by PGI on Jan 29, 2012 4:41 PM EST via mobile reply actions
wtf is only with rangers scoring
this game sucks haha
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.
And Malkin...
all from the Atlantic division
they changed it to spezza goal...
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.
Dam Rangers are everywhere!
3 Teams 3 Different Sports Same Torture!!!
by Kung Fu Panda 48 on Jan 29, 2012 4:42 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
stamkos should have changed his number
too big a pain to see whose who.
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.
Neal and Pominville?
Gez, JT might have been better off with Moulson and Parenteau
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Perhaps, but Neal is a good scorer.
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 29, 2012 4:45 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
is that sparky in the back?
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by mikefromVA on Jan 29, 2012 4:45 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Yup
I hope he’s giving Tortorella the business.
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by PGI on Jan 29, 2012 4:46 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
That was Sparky living it up!!!!
3 Teams 3 Different Sports Same Torture!!!
by Kung Fu Panda 48 on Jan 29, 2012 4:46 PM EST up reply actions
Tavares will score
getting too many chances to not score…..unless he has grabner hands.
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.
by mikefromVA on Jan 29, 2012 4:48 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
JT!!
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 29, 2012 4:48 PM EST up reply actions
Done, oh Swami!
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Jan 29, 2012 4:49 PM EST up reply actions
Alright, lets try this
I will find a bag of money tomorrow
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.
by mikefromVA on Jan 29, 2012 4:53 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
YEP!
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.
JT!!!!!
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Jan 29, 2012 4:48 PM EST reply actions
JT!
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I like how nobody actually went over to the goal scorer to congratulate him.
JT had to skate over to his guys.
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Jan 29, 2012 4:49 PM EST reply actions
Tavares has the highest shots-to-dekes ratio thus far.
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 29, 2012 4:49 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Go JT. ALL STAR? YOU BET!!!!!
3 Teams 3 Different Sports Same Torture!!!
by Kung Fu Panda 48 on Jan 29, 2012 4:50 PM EST reply actions
I'm sure Mr Greenberg got a stat some where that says no?
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by Kung Fu Panda 48 on Jan 29, 2012 4:53 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
JT is clearly benefitting from his weak qual-comp as a 4th liner and offensive zone starts
Definitely a poster at Lighthouse Hockey until 2015, then maybe somewhere else.
by ArsenalLI on Jan 29, 2012 4:53 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Is it possible
for his CPI to go down just for being in the allstar game?
He really has been all over the place
It’s fun to finally have a legit allstar to watch at this game.
by Empire39 on Jan 29, 2012 4:50 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
game tying goal
Should raise his CPI.
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 29, 2012 4:50 PM EST reply actions
23rd best player on the team
Just shy of the top 22.
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by PGI on Jan 29, 2012 4:50 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Penalty shot???
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Jan 29, 2012 4:53 PM EST reply actions
Son of a....
Wrong #91.
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Jan 29, 2012 4:54 PM EST up reply actions
Grabner would've buried that
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by ArsenalLI on Jan 29, 2012 4:55 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Leave it to Phaneuf
To get a Penalty at the All-Star game
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But he was a perfect angel in that home at home against the Isles.
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 29, 2012 4:56 PM EST up reply actions
First penalty called on a Leaf in weeks
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by PGI on Jan 29, 2012 4:56 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 10 recs
Ha!
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Jan 29, 2012 4:56 PM EST up reply actions
It's obvious
The refs are trying to atone for their mistakes
The ref forgot he's not allowed to call penalties on players from Toronto...
He’s gonna be in trouble.
3 Teams 3 Different Sports Same Torture!!!
by Kung Fu Panda 48 on Jan 29, 2012 4:58 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
JT is out to prove some shit
Looks like the most motivated guy out there.
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 29, 2012 4:57 PM EST reply actions
#mrserious
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.
#everygoalcounts
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by PGI on Jan 29, 2012 5:00 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
he has to try harder since he has the most worthless linemates
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Wang and Snow should give Tavares
a bonus for any free agents he can attract to the team, because if he keeps his play up today people (goal scorers expecially) are going to start thinking twice about saying no to coming to the island.
Henrik's Mic
is awful, too muffled. Why do they keep going back to him?
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Sounds like he's eating a whopper.
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 29, 2012 5:00 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I keep seeing #11
and thinkings its rolston and I ask why he’s out there.
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.
lies
- is keeping up with the traffic.
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ugh
That should have been a #11
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All in favor of blaming Rolston for every #11 giveaway?
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 29, 2012 5:01 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Yay or Nay?
Yay.
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.
so good to hear
Doc and the guys gushing about JT.
Amateurs practice til they get it right. Professionals practice til they can't get it wrong.
Btw was watching AHL All Star Skills Comp
Yann Denis got absolutely LIT UP! I would like to thank him for Tavares.
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.
They didn't show Tavares on the highlights before intermission
OH YEAH!!!
by the maroon bird on Jan 29, 2012 5:01 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Greenberg 2.0
While is in fact JT awesome, I left him off the list because advanced stats show that given how hard Tavares works, one Tavares year is actually 1.18 human years. Thus, JT is actually over 25.
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by DP'sknee(andhipandflubugandotherknee) on Jan 29, 2012 5:01 PM EST reply actions 6 recs
lol
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 29, 2012 5:02 PM EST up reply actions
sounds like a Chuck Norris fact
Bleeding orange & blue since '72.
by IslanderDoug on Jan 29, 2012 5:03 PM EST up reply actions
Maybe people confuse the two.
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 29, 2012 5:04 PM EST up reply actions
that shit is going to follow Greenberg around
Like the song Cherry Pie followed Jani Lane around.
I hope he never lives it down, or at least admits he’s wrong, which looks unlikely at this point.
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 29, 2012 5:03 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
That actually makes more sense
than his original argument.
He who must not be named is on the intermission report.
OH YEAH!!!
by the maroon bird on Jan 29, 2012 5:04 PM EST via mobile reply actions
while you weren't listening
HWSNBN said he’d trade Tavares to Phoenix for the rights to Wayne Gretsky.
Amateurs practice til they get it right. Professionals practice til they can't get it wrong.
or maybe to Toronto for Jeff Finger
I heard he’s supposed to be the next Ray Bourque.
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.
I figured NG would just say
that JT just isn’t human, he’s some kind of alien hybrid, and therefore doesn’t qualify.
Amateurs practice til they get it right. Professionals practice til they can't get it wrong.
Milbury
A studio bound agrophobe
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 29, 2012 5:06 PM EST up reply actions
well hes not allowed within 500 feet of any middle school
so theres not many places he can go
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by Chris McNally on Jan 29, 2012 5:08 PM EST up reply actions
agorophobe anonymous
What if his weekly meetings were adjacent to a school?
theyd have to wheel him in on that handtruck they brough Hannibal Lecter in
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by Chris McNally on Jan 29, 2012 5:12 PM EST up reply actions
Oh right, duh!!
Does anyone get to hold a gun to his head? Ya know, just incase.
"He" is the reason why I wish I had the HNIC broadcast
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.
by mikefromVA on Jan 29, 2012 5:07 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
that and Don Cherry is way funnier
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 29, 2012 5:07 PM EST up reply actions
+1
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.
and a snappier dresser
Amateurs practice til they get it right. Professionals practice til they can't get it wrong.
I think
HNIC is going to interview Potvin during the second intermission.
Positive Waves! Indianapolis Racers (1974-1978)
If Isles passed on Rick...
They could have 3 goals in 1st period.
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 29, 2012 5:07 PM EST reply actions
I would've been ok with them drafting Rostislav Klesla
bc at least it would’ve meant we’d have had Luongo in between the pipes this whole time
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by Chris McNally on Jan 29, 2012 5:10 PM EST up reply actions
JT!!
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 29, 2012 5:09 PM EST reply actions
JT interview!
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 29, 2012 5:09 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
But it's Pierre.
Now I feel all icky.
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Jan 29, 2012 5:10 PM EST up reply actions
If you feel icky
imagine how JT feels.
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 29, 2012 5:12 PM EST up reply actions
He's closer to a shower than I am right now.
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Jan 29, 2012 5:13 PM EST up reply actions
Mr Serious
This is why Moulson and Tavares work so well together. They’re like the NHL’s version of Murtaugh and Riggs.
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by PGI on Jan 29, 2012 5:13 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
JT on the wing with Spezza
exciting.
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.
Wing with Spezza? Awesome
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 29, 2012 5:10 PM EST reply actions
Maybe he will be with Sedins in the 3rd.
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 29, 2012 5:17 PM EST up reply actions
JT, he's a handsome devil
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 29, 2012 5:11 PM EST reply actions
Who?
What?
Where?
(gives lopsided smile)
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by PGI on Jan 29, 2012 5:14 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
"Up your nose with a rubber hose!"
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 29, 2012 5:16 PM EST up reply actions
Up ur nose with a rubber hose
http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=8639
Get out of the sticks, Charles, move to Queens!! Come, Get some respect a Professional team deserves!!
one of em just died
RIP Sweathogs.
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.
Robert Hegyes
http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=698890&ocid=ansent11
Get out of the sticks, Charles, move to Queens!! Come, Get some respect a Professional team deserves!!
would that make this Sidney Crosby?
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by Chris McNally on Jan 29, 2012 5:20 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
better representation
Definitely a poster at Lighthouse Hockey until 2015, then maybe somewhere else.
LOL
I think Cindy has the same doctor’s DiPietro does.
Get out of the sticks, Charles, move to Queens!! Come, Get some respect a Professional team deserves!!
I'll take that trade.
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Jan 29, 2012 5:32 PM EST up reply actions
juan epstein
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 29, 2012 5:19 PM EST reply actions
Carey Price mikes up.. YES!!
Hope he’s as entreating as last night
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by Kung Fu Panda 48 on Jan 29, 2012 5:22 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Czechs and Slovaks
all lived in the same neighborhood growing up and know each other. I don’t think NBC values geography that much…
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by Mark D on Jan 29, 2012 5:27 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I concurr.
Especially since I’m part Czech and part Slovak.
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Jan 29, 2012 5:32 PM EST up reply actions
Tavares is the only one used to these 2 minute shifts.
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 29, 2012 5:28 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
first time being an Islander is an advantage!
Definitely a poster at Lighthouse Hockey until 2015, then maybe somewhere else.
The announcers
Are more like Jiggs and Eddie….
talking to each other more about hockey that the game being played…
Get out of the sticks, Charles, move to Queens!! Come, Get some respect a Professional team deserves!!
I always preferred that, I’m watching the game anyway. It’s better then it’s been, the last few years NBC basically treated people like they had never heard of this crazy alternative sport before.
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I prefer Jiggs and Eddy too
But this game is no longer broadcast nationally
Get out of the sticks, Charles, move to Queens!! Come, Get some respect a Professional team deserves!!
IMO, Doc is the best, along with Jim Hughson
Pierre needs to zip it. Pull the string, bro.
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 29, 2012 5:36 PM EST up reply actions
Doc
I never really liked his style
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I will never forget when he called the Easter Epic
It was amazing. He’s the man. And he is pro-fighting, which is always important.
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 29, 2012 5:39 PM EST up reply actions
I grew up with Marv Albert
he certainly has his own sayings, which have been used by others, Howie including.
But the puck will never actually curl..LOL
Get out of the sticks, Charles, move to Queens!! Come, Get some respect a Professional team deserves!!
I remember Marv from basketball
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 29, 2012 5:55 PM EST up reply actions
in the USA I mean
Get out of the sticks, Charles, move to Queens!! Come, Get some respect a Professional team deserves!!
Kick it in!
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 29, 2012 5:36 PM EST reply actions
Is it making anyone else sick that a Ranger is tearing it up
Its like Mike Gartner outshining Pierre Turgeon in ’93
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no clue who's who
Honestly..Score Card..Cant tell a player w/o one…and I have none.
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Good goal by Alfredsson
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by Kung Fu Panda 48 on Jan 29, 2012 5:45 PM EST reply actions
X2
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Jan 29, 2012 5:47 PM EST up reply actions
Is it me?
Or is JT barely on the ice?
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 29, 2012 5:47 PM EST reply actions
whats his number?
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left handed 91
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 29, 2012 5:48 PM EST up reply actions
91
But so is Stamkos
OH YEAH!!!
by the maroon bird on Jan 29, 2012 5:49 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
91 with the tuft of hair sticking out of his helmet.
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 29, 2012 5:49 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
nope
4 shots in the first period (leading all shooters)on 4 minutes of ice time
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no, in this period, i feel like i hardly see him.
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 29, 2012 5:49 PM EST up reply actions
I meant that as in they are barely playing him
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oh ok,
I though 1st period was okay, but he’s barely seen the ice here, kinda lame, but expected. No chance they want an Islander stealing this show.
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 29, 2012 5:52 PM EST up reply actions
Well I am an idiot after all.
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 29, 2012 5:56 PM EST up reply actions
at least he wont come back tired
Definitely a poster at Lighthouse Hockey until 2015, then maybe somewhere else.
Long ass shifts
They’re out there for a pretty long time. Maybe then they sit for a while, too.
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by PGI on Jan 29, 2012 5:50 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Is Gaborik playing half the game? Or do they have two #10s?
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 29, 2012 5:48 PM EST reply actions
91 same as Stamkos
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by Kung Fu Panda 48 on Jan 29, 2012 5:48 PM EST reply actions
this whole system
makes no fkn sense to me
Get out of the sticks, Charles, move to Queens!! Come, Get some respect a Professional team deserves!!
Its all for the sake of ASG jersey marketing
They want Stamkos and JT fans to buy jerseys, and youre more likely to want it if they are both wearing their normal number.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 29, 2012 10:22 PM EST up reply actions
They should make the players do commentary more often
Enjoyed that from HArtnell and Lupul
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Ha! Pierre asking what it's like to get an ovation.
Guess nobody else has ever liked him, either.
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Jan 29, 2012 5:51 PM EST reply actions
I wanna see more JT!
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by Kung Fu Panda 48 on Jan 29, 2012 5:51 PM EST reply actions
Could Pierre use his eyebrows for a toupee?
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by conorjay on Jan 29, 2012 5:52 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
JT nice slip pass
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 29, 2012 5:52 PM EST reply actions
Makes you wonder
Who wanted a system where the east and west jets jumbled together and ev1 gets to use their own number?
Kind of stupid if you ask me.
Get out of the sticks, Charles, move to Queens!! Come, Get some respect a Professional team deserves!!
The same people who wanted North America v. World
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is that the same people
that took the game off national tv?
how stupid…the game needs more exposure..not less…
Get out of the sticks, Charles, move to Queens!! Come, Get some respect a Professional team deserves!!
I like the current system tbh
Stainer of mountaintops.
by Chairman Meow on Jan 29, 2012 10:01 PM EST up reply actions
intermission
time to watch new Archer!
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I've had enough now..
Can’t wait for normal service to be resumed & the enjoyment of Islanders hockey!!!
Let’s go Islanders! Strong 2nd half of the season.
JT for All Star MVP
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by Kung Fu Panda 48 on Jan 29, 2012 5:57 PM EST reply actions
they shoved hip hop down out throats at the winter classic too.
God, this guy is horrible.
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 29, 2012 6:00 PM EST up reply actions
But the players loved it.
I dont get it, but they really did.
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 29, 2012 10:22 PM EST up reply actions
I love almost all genres of music...But that was not a good version of hip hop, IMHO...
When I was young I was a closed minded metal head…Iron Maiden, Slayer, Metallica, Suicidal Tendencies, Megadeth, Priest, Sabbath, etc…These days I can listen to anything if it sounds good…I even love Country…
Me, too
I am waaay more open minded than I used to be- but for the most part, there just isnt that much hip hop or rap that catches my ear and I like it.
When I was in HS? OMG, forget it. If you didnt listen to metal, I had to REALLY like you to be friends with you. In retrospect its so closed minded and silly, but I really had to work on getting over that lol.
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 30, 2012 11:04 PM EST up reply actions
I was probably just as closed minded...
silly kids, we were…My friends won tix to Roger Waters, The Wall, @ Yankee Stadium and he’s taking me! Thats gonna me awesome…For some reason even metal heads liked Pink Floyd…which is kind of ironic because its far from heavy.
I saw that show at the Coliseum on the last leg.
It was amazing.
I LOVED it.
It was extra special to see it there since NVMC is one of the relatively few places where they did the original tour. And, as we all know, the place has barely changed since then! It was a total timewarp back to a time when The Wall was the new album, the Islanders were embarking on a dynasty… and I was 6 miles away playing with dolls and crayons and didnt care about either lol.
And youre right- Pink Floyd was always acceptable to metal heads! Youd see a Pink Floyd “The Wall” poster right next to a Metallica “Master of Puppets” poster. I know I did- they were right next to each other in my own bedroom when I was a kid lol. (I still have the posters, too.) :)
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by TheMetalChick on Feb 1, 2012 1:58 AM EST up reply actions
I had so many Maiden posters it was ridiculous.
The door poster of Eddie riding a motor cycle was sick
I'd rather have hip hop
Than the bizarro techno thumping they had in the background of the introductions for both the Skills Comp and the ASG. Very odd. It seemed like they stole some weird synthetics that had the charm of the music you hear at a Halo menu screen.
And Drake, btw, is typical eclectic Canadian: his dad’s black (from Tennessee, I think), and his mom’s Jewish Canadian. And like most hip hop artists, he was Bar Mitzvahed.
by brother_rat on Jan 30, 2012 12:28 AM EST up reply actions
"And like most hip hop artists, he was Bar Mitzvahed."
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 30, 2012 9:25 AM EST up reply actions
Um... Jerome Iginla?
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Jan 29, 2012 6:01 PM EST up reply actions
JT watching the intermission show.
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Jan 29, 2012 6:01 PM EST reply actions
As are many other guys.
Guess this guy is popular. Somehow.
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Jan 29, 2012 6:02 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
It doesn't take much these days.
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 29, 2012 6:03 PM EST up reply actions
He is singing, but it sounds like he has a bumble bee caught in his throat
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 29, 2012 6:04 PM EST up reply actions
I think the players are watching their highlights on their phones.
"I'm afraid that I just blue myself." - Tobias Funke
by conorjay on Jan 29, 2012 6:03 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
lol
Get out of the sticks, Charles, move to Queens!! Come, Get some respect a Professional team deserves!!
Next year
Team Yo’ Mama vs. Team RIP Tupac.
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 29, 2012 6:05 PM EST up reply actions
if you
can get CBC, they are getting ready to interview Potvin!
Positive Waves! Indianapolis Racers (1974-1978)
I love Felix.
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 29, 2012 6:07 PM EST up reply actions
Stream is on cbc.ca
Works in the US
UVa Student. Twitter: @ericdavidmorris
by edavidmorris on Jan 29, 2012 6:07 PM EST up reply actions
Guess I'm the only one that likes Drake..
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by edavidmorris on Jan 29, 2012 6:07 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Guess you're the only one who heard of Drake.
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 29, 2012 6:08 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
#teamcommon
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The only Drakes I ever heard of were in my elementary school lunchbox.
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 29, 2012 10:25 PM EST up reply actions
Tavares still leads all players with five shots, and he’s had eight shifts for 10:47 TOI.
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He is around 4th in the NHL in shots.
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 29, 2012 6:21 PM EST up reply actions
I hope
after the lockout, the players negotiate for there to be no more all star game, rather a full week off – could the players on the ice care less?
JT!
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 29, 2012 6:23 PM EST reply actions
1G 1A for JT so far.
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Jan 29, 2012 6:23 PM EST reply actions
he needs at least another 2 points to oust Gaborik from MVP
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Or just score the game winner
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 29, 2012 6:25 PM EST up reply actions
Still, I think Alffy might get it anyway.
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 29, 2012 6:25 PM EST up reply actions
Yep
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 29, 2012 6:25 PM EST up reply actions
JT!!
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 29, 2012 6:24 PM EST reply actions
OMG Malkin
They sound like fucking lap dogs.
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 29, 2012 6:27 PM EST reply actions
Roenick annoys me. He talks about himself waaay too much.
by ToddMclellan'shair on Jan 29, 2012 6:43 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
They all suck...They are not funny and they try to be...Especially Roenick..
But at least he picked the Isles to make it this year…He was wrong but he did non the less…
Some good tweets
Michael Grabner @grabs40
Good thing I txted JT to pass the puck after the 2nd period..he txted back he will..I will take 30% credit for the last goal #wingman
NHL @NHL
@grabs40 Way to be a bro Grabs. #NHLAllStar
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by ArsenalLI on Jan 29, 2012 6:33 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Michael Grabnergrabs40 Had to do it,I have been taking his money in poker all year."NHL: @grabs40 Way to be a bro Grabs. #NHLAllStar"
NHL @NHL
@grabs40 If only he had a Twitter so he could #chirp back. #getJTonTwitter
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by ArsenalLI on Jan 29, 2012 6:40 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
JT!
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 29, 2012 6:37 PM EST reply actions
Home team will come back.
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 29, 2012 6:38 PM EST reply actions
you sure about that?
James T Paulson
by Jtpdolphins2009 on Jan 29, 2012 6:47 PM EST up reply actions
13 goals wins?
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 29, 2012 6:42 PM EST reply actions
ryanclassic Ryan Classic
“What did the Islanders not see in [Chara]?” Ask your co-worker.
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I like how it's
“Mike Milbury” to Islanders fans and “The Islanders” to everyone else.
"He's depriving some small village of a pretty good idiot" - Mike Milbury on Ziggy Palffy's agent. On Twitter: @Dan_of_Science
by PGI on Jan 29, 2012 6:53 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 3 recs
OMG thats so true.
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 30, 2012 12:17 AM EST up reply actions
FIG Results
Congratulations to everyone on this site, who all picked JT as the first Islander goal. In retrospect, I guess it wasn’t a very challenging choice this time.
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Jan 29, 2012 6:52 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
lol
Did it count for the season? I didnt know u guys picked for this..
I was just joking. :-)
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Jan 29, 2012 10:30 PM EST up reply actions
Exactly 48 hours until the puck drops in Raleigh, NC
Game on.
"I'm afraid that I just blue myself." - Tobias Funke
Gaborik wins MVP - ahhhhh, what could've been.....
In memoriam: Virginia Ariel Cayon 1927-2011 R.I.P. Mom
Quick question
If I wear an Islander jersey to MSG for an Isles game, what’s the likelihood of me getting my ass kicked?
Stainer of mountaintops.
You should be fine
I’ve done it plenty of times. Little light ribbing, but all in good fun. Just don’t act like an A-hole and you’re good.
by barry_hal_oliver_24 on Jan 29, 2012 9:26 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Ive done it, always been fine
Other than renditions of Potvin sucks and people yelling “Lets Go Rain-juhs!” in my vicinity.
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 29, 2012 10:28 PM EST up reply actions
I had Devils fans throwing pennies at my head throughout a game because I was wearing an Isles jersey and had the nerve to clap when the Isles scored.
Jerks come in all jerseys.
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 30, 2012 11:06 PM EST up reply actions
There were other Devs fans around that apologized, too- but I was like dont you apologize, youre not the idiot who was throwing things!
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by TheMetalChick on Feb 1, 2012 2:00 AM EST up reply actions
Yup. But its just not right for nice people to have to apologize for jerks just because they root for the same team.
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by TheMetalChick on Feb 1, 2012 8:22 PM EST up reply actions
Unless you're in one of the few remaining seats that used to be the "blue seats"...
…. you’re good.
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Jan 29, 2012 10:31 PM EST up reply actions
good advice :)
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 29, 2012 10:38 PM EST up reply actions
Back in the day I was threatened by a Raggies fan for wearing an Isles jersey...
The ironic thing is my 6’3", 300lb friend stood up next to me, wearing his Rangers jersey, and said “he’s with me and if you don’t like it you are messing with not only my Islander fan friend but me as well”…I can hold my own but that guy sat the fuck down in a heart beat..But this was back when the rivalry was still relevent…It was the game where Turgeon scored his 50th goal and the Isles won…
Ok, gents
Had a busy afternoon away from the computer.
How did nobody comment on the name of the guy who sang the Canadian National anthem? Lyndon Slewidge? He gave a great rendition, but my friends and I couldn’t get over that ridiculous name. The US anthem has a gentle unknown with an acoustic guitar, and ‘O Canada’ gets the veteran baritone with the big regimental band. What a spectacle.
by brother_rat on Jan 29, 2012 9:05 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Dear America's Hat,
STFU, or we will nuke you.
P.S. Please don’t send your mounties down here. They are terrifying.
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 29, 2012 9:55 PM EST up reply actions
seriously?
The game was in Canada. Get over the fact that they like their anthem over ours.
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock...
by Turgeon1992 on Jan 29, 2012 11:39 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 2 recs
Everything online should be taken seriously
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 29, 2012 11:42 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Absolutely
Not only that, it was in Canada’s capital. I was glad to see the pomp, and apparently Slewidge is a real fixture at Sens games.
I’m not taking away from any celebration of Canada’s national pastime in their national capital, but rather that the juxtaposition of the two anthem singers was quite funny, with the unknown for a quiet US rendition followed by a massive, powerful band-backed O Canada. My brother told me that The Voice is an NBC show, so could have been a bit of cross promotion. But I’m not surprised the Canadians had a nice, big, brash display of pride—they are a very proud country (despite idiotic bashing by Americans), and deservedly so. Oh, and really, Lyndon Slewidge is a name more fit for a Muppet villain than an entertainer.
by brother_rat on Jan 30, 2012 12:17 AM EST up reply actions
I really liked both versions, honestly.
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 29, 2012 11:41 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, the guy did well with the guitar and sang it flawlessly.
The fact of the matter is the Star Spangled Banner isn’t a very good song, anyway…Its a poem that was turned into song, I believe…
Of course NHL.com is acting like JT didn't even play
Much less pley well.
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 29, 2012 10:55 PM EST reply actions
JT has gotten a ton of attention this weekend
More than I expected. He was the interview in the intermission of the ASG 1st period, articles praising him, bunches of interviews, praise from his peers, highlights on the NHL Network, from my POV this is one time where there is no reason to complain about the attention he is getting.
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 29, 2012 11:36 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, but I couldn't find anything on NHL.com
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 29, 2012 11:48 PM EST up reply actions
There was a nice article there on Friday
Nothing earth shattering but its a good sized article and its really respectful. Heres the link.
Ive actually found that NHL.com has a pretty crappy search feature- for whatever reason, if you look up a player you usually do not find the most recent things written about them.
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 30, 2012 12:13 AM EST up reply actions
I know there are (were 2 years ago at least)...
…a good number of NHL.com employees who are Isles fans. Not sure how much they have to do with what material is put up on there, though.
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 30, 2012 1:08 AM EST up reply actions
He definitely has, I completely agree
I was not only tickled to see the interviews with him and the questions to others about JT, but the rousing ovations he received. And—most importantly—he played well in the skills competition and the game, and no doubt more respect from the casual fan who hasn’t seen JT’s fine development this year.
Reminded me of at least my good ol’ days of having a legit team star in the ASG, like Pierre or Patty, rather than some ‘best of the bunch’ token representative.
But damn, again—can’t he show a bit of his personality when talking with Pierre? Some other guys were very comfortable, smiling and cracking jokes, where JT might have been giving interviews in the 2nd intermission down by one to a division rival….with that level of intensity.
by brother_rat on Jan 30, 2012 12:22 AM EST up reply actions
Those were sad days.
96-97 Penguins had Lemieux, Flyers had Lindros, Rangers had Gretzky, and Islanders had Scott Lachance.
Those teams each still have better All-Stars, thanks to Giroux, but Tavares is quickly closing the gap.
BTW, the Atlantic Division could put together a pretty good all-star team of its own with the likes of Malkin, Giroux, Ovechkin, Tavares, Parise, Gaborik, Richards, Moulson, Jagr, Neal, Callahan, and Semin. I’d take that against any other division’s top 12 forwards. (Sorry Kovalchuk.)
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 30, 2012 1:30 AM EST up reply actions
Maguire is a creep
“I love your smile” he says to Gaborik after he wins the MVP. Or asking JT, “What will it be like to play alongside Jason Spezza?” A. they haven’t played together yet, so how is JT gonna know what it’s like? and B. who died and made Jason Spezza Mario Lemeiux? I mean, he’s a nice player and all but c’mon.
Settle down, Pierre. If I was a player, I wouldn’t want to talk to him either.
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by PGI on Jan 30, 2012 9:56 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
And he stands all close to them and says "Go have fun"
Like they’re ten or something.
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by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 30, 2012 10:01 AM EST up reply actions
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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.
