Islanders vs. Hurricanes Gameday: Down the Stretch They Come
by Dominik on Jan 31, 2012 6:15 AM EST
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PrintWith the Bridgeport Sound Tigers on their All-Star break -- more on last night's AHL All-Star game below -- the Islanders have added intrigue to the second less-than-half by recalling Rhett Rakhshani and Kevin Poulin.
That's in preparation to face the Hurricanes for the third time this month, a month that can go down as a winner (6-5-1 so far) if they avoid a regulation loss tonight. The Islanders won the previous two meetings, though both required extra time so the 2-0-0 record from this angle looks like 0-0-2 from the other side.
Islanders (19-22-7, 13th/E) @ Hurricanes (18-24-9, 15th/E)
[like RBK with a Canadian spelling] Center
7 p.m. | MSG+2 (twice the plus!) | Audio: NHL - WRHU
[Muller sign photo courtesy of Dorfer]
Gleeful about Gleason: Canes Country
Newsday's Arthur Staple had Jack Capuano on yesterday's callups: "Garth [Snow] and I talked about some different situations we'll have to decide on for [game day]." Update: And today, those situations say Poulin starts, Brian Rolston sits, and Steve Staios returns in favor of Dylan Reese.
These teams are tied with Buffalo at the bottom with 45 points, though the Canes have played three more games than the Isles (the Sabres have played just one more). Though that Newsday article talks of the push needed to enter playoff territory, the Isles would need far more than an NHL quasi-.500 pace -- they'd need over a .700 points pace to climb from 45 to 94 points with just 33 games left.
It's not happening, but for the Islanders players to progress it's important they keep the mindset that it just might.
Overshadowing this game for the Canes is the fact they just pulled one of their best defensemen off the potential rental market: Tim Gleason has re-signed for four years, so cross another name off your offseason shopping list.
This is why the Islanders can't afford to let Frans Nielsen or even P.A. Parenteau walk if they're open to reasonable extensions: Replacing established talent via UFA is too challenging, which is why teams increasingly lock up their own talent if they can.
Further Islanders Reading
... Fornabaio has some notes from last night's AHL exhibition game, with Casey Cizikas even skating back behind his own net and remarking afterward: "It was definitely fun, to be in this kind of atmosphere, to get this experience. I never thought I’d experience this coming into my rookie year. … Everything was top-class." Fornabaio said Yann Danis should've gotten the MVP.
... With Poulin up and another month turning since the last time Rick DiPietro was both healthy and a starter, Rob McGowan evaluates the goaltending thus far.
- Looking at the Isles at the break: Analysis: Isles at the break [Newsday Mobile]
- The Isles official site picks their three top prospects of the week.
- Speaking of which, DP's (maladies) asks about the many centers in the system.
- And IPB checks in on Kirill Kabanov.
- Comparing the Oilers rebuild to Mike Milbury's demolition. Bonus: A FanPost from PGI looking at it.
- What a silly question, but apparently no one knew: Can you name the NHL’s best shootout specialist? (No, probably not) | Backhand Shelf
- And speaking of the Danish Backhand of Judgment, here are some Sound Tigers working it.
General Hockey
- Speaking of Gleason above, a look at shutdown defensemen.
- The concussion scourge may threaten whether insurance companies will insure NHL contracts. Which is odd, since insurance companies are always out to help you and your family
- Oh dear: Now we know what Karri Ramo thinks of his latest trade.
- Sights and scenes from the All-Star Game.
- Looking at this Jeff Carter "100% available" thin in Edmonton and Calgary.
- Why the Wings don't fight much.
- Brian Burke didn't exactly expect Joffrey Lupul to be an All-Star. And who did, with a name like that?
FIG Picks
It's time for the FIG pool stretch run. Leave your First Islanders Goal picks in this thread. Remember there are chances for multiple "points" each night, so you may not be out of it just yet. The top six are below. Check this link for the full standings:
33 - Captdallas
25 - Pretty Good Idiot
23 - skeeterman
21 - mike in mi
18 - SJG in NJ
18 - Bryville19
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The good news
According to some calculations (sportsclubstats.com) they would only need 90 points to make the playoffs, or even as few as 87 (playoffstatus.com) if you can believe that. That still means getting 2 out 3 points for the remainder, of course.
But they will be playing loose, so...
It is Diduck.
The Key Comment in the Oilers article
The caution is that the team not do something stupid (like trading their pick in 2012 and a good young prospect for the defense equivalent of Alexei Yashin) to speed up the process – it got New York into the playoffs, but not very deep and not for very long. The end result was that the Islanders dipped back into rebuilding mode just a few years later. But while that one trade symbolizes everything that Mike Milbury did wrong, it’s worth remembering that he gave up on a host of other young players far too early. Do the Oilers have parallels for Redden, Berard, Straka, and all the rest?
Apologies to PGI for doing this here, but I’m at work.
One of HWSNBN’s major problems was a relatively poor record for picking talent in the draft and then a complete lack of patience in allowing them to develop. This is what, imo, separates Garth from that clown. It will take a while, but we’ll get there.
STOP effin' messin' with my FnGO!!
by Nova Scotia Isles Fan on Jan 31, 2012 8:11 AM EST reply actions 3 recs
Yeah, that's my basic thing, too
We may never see a general manager as trade-happy as Milbury ever again. He moved everybody all the time for 10 years. Even if they had drafted Parise in 2003, there would still have been three years during which Milbury could have traded him for a bag of pucks.
"He's depriving some small village of a pretty good idiot" - Mike Milbury on Ziggy Palffy's agent. On Twitter: @Dan_of_Science
by Pretty Good Idiot on Jan 31, 2012 9:25 AM EST up reply actions
What a frightening though
Hell, Snow even held on to Nilsson longer than that man would’ve held on to Parise.
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by Dominik on Jan 31, 2012 10:46 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
in regards to the hwshbn acronym,
Too many acronyms here. Milbury milbury milbury milbury milbury.
/enjoys committing sacrilege
/also tires of retyping his name while posting from a phone
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock...
by Turgeon1992 on Jan 31, 2012 10:28 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Such forms of sacrilege
Are legal and in fact encouraged here at the All-Drug Olymics.
Lighthouse Hockey: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A Dane with no holes is Frans Nielsen.
I'll be at the game today...
so please use this in the first post in the game thread.
Is Wallace getting a chair when the music stops?
I have a feeling:
Moulson-Tavares-Okposo
Martin-Bailey-Rakhshani
Grabner-Nielsen-Parentau
Rolston-Pandolfo-Nino
Note: Rolston (on paper) is a downgrade from Wallace on the fourth line.
Energy: Wallace
Physicality: Wallace
Defense: Maybe Rolston can improve that by shooting the puck from his own end when they get trapped.
Position: Nino likes the RW, but Rolston creates the three left thumb dynamic.
Shoot/Pass: Pandolfo does neither well, but Wallace carried the puck adequately and I’d much rather see Nino being set up as the shooter on the line. One thing that I haven’t really seen in the NHL, that I saw in the AHL is his ability to get strong shots off from tight spots. Of course, Rolston can get them off from anywhere… even the bench.
I believe in ELI! Go Blue!
@JPinVA
by JPinVA on Jan 31, 2012 9:19 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
If your hunch is correct
Man, poor Nino.
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by Pretty Good Idiot on Jan 31, 2012 9:22 AM EST up reply actions
Got any signs, banners or anything that will make you stand out and be shown on TV?
Have fun at the game JP.
We are all Islanders, even if we’re from Jersey!
by Russel Ginart on Jan 31, 2012 12:12 PM EST up reply actions
How you know when LHH has made it
1. Picture of Backhand of Judgement on book cover √
2. Promotion of Kevin Poulin, Rhett Rakhshani, and David Ullstrom √
3. Widespread recognition of John Tavares’ might √
4. Gigantor gif on Coliseum scoreboard after goals
Soon.
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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by mikb on Jan 31, 2012 1:27 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Also
Impressive mastery of that check mark symbol thingy. √
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That's why I rec'd it.
Is mikb giving lessons on this stuff over the summer?
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 31, 2012 3:29 PM EST up reply actions
ALT + 251 on your keypad
It’s actually the square root symbol.
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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Pshhh, no it isn't
It’s a CHECKMARK play. Watch the play! You don’t know ASCII!!111
/reaching to try to morph this into a Colie-style dispute
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Reaching is fun
WHERE WAS THE PUNCTUATION?
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Every time I hear a loud noise
no matter when or where, I chalk it up to an errant Rolston slapper.
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by Torgo on Jan 31, 2012 9:25 AM EST reply actions 3 recs
Him or Jurcina
Never seen 2 guys miss the net so much, at least since Wiz or MAB.
Their motto
If you ain’t shootin’, you ain’t missin’.
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by Dominik on Jan 31, 2012 12:23 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
That's almost worse than
Our mottau…
by Empire39 on Jan 31, 2012 12:24 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
You miss 100% of the shots you take
Sure thing, Wayne!
No – NO WAIT I wasn’t finished… oh boy.
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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just watched those shootout highlights
1. Back hand of Judgement that would make Frans, almost cry
2. Kevin Poulin Splits make Cary Price’s Splits look like child’s play. The kid is flexible on another level.
by ghalbart on Jan 31, 2012 9:45 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
We all knew
But there’s still so little understanding of the event. Sure, maybe if I asked 100 people, one of them would have correctly guessed that Frans Nielsen, with 19 goals in 32 attempts, is the best at shootouts
How do Islander fans spell hope?
T-A-V-A-R-E-S
by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 31, 2012 9:49 AM EST reply actions
Did y'all see the one JT used during the shootout competition
That what he do.
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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Personally, my favorite JT AS moment...
…was during the game when he nearly scored what would have been the goal of the game. (It was eclipsed by a goal by the opposition seconds later, so we never got to see a replay of it. Is there a replay online somewhere?) Anyone know the one I mean?
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 31, 2012 3:32 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah
The one where he tried to knock it out of the air? Was a sick play, so close to going in too. Would’ve been awesome.
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by edavidmorris on Jan 31, 2012 4:47 PM EST up reply actions
That's the one!
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 31, 2012 4:59 PM EST up reply actions
I think Rolston starts getting the Steve Staios healthy scratch for "Rest"
Or maybe he comes down with a mysterious lower body injury (read: numb nuts)
Still feels weird cheering for Nabokov
What is their seat status?
DP and Reasoner officially on the IR. What is Mottau’s status? Is he taking up a roster spot?
If so, then you have an extra goalie. An extra forward and an extra D.
I would guess that they are going to demote Wallace at some point. I’d prefer it be Rolston… but if Ullstrom is getting back to the NHL, Wallace will have to go.
Nino-Ullstrom-Wallace, sounds so much better than Roslton-Ullstrom-Nino, or
Rolston-Pandolfo-Nino(Most likely tonight’s combo)
I believe in ELI! Go Blue!
@JPinVA
Woohoo!
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I fanshot it
We need to sell this one out!
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by DP'sknee(andhipandflubugandotherknee) on Jan 31, 2012 11:20 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
No ticket info yet
But I’m going come hell or highwater.
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by Pretty Good Idiot on Jan 31, 2012 11:22 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I'm absolutely going as well
This would be a great time for an LHH Meetup then.
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by Fabtraption on Jan 31, 2012 12:03 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Indeed
Perhaps we can see about getting a group pricing plan for a section or something.
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by Keith Quinn on Jan 31, 2012 12:12 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
Don't worry, I know a guy
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by Fabtraption on Jan 31, 2012 12:21 PM EST up reply actions
hhhhmmmmm
Arthur Staple @StapeNewsday Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
Kevin Poulin appears to be starter tonight for #Isles. All 3 goalies on ice for AM skate.
Why yes, I do have a man crush on Bailey and Martin, and no, I don't care what you think about it
by DarthDoyle on Jan 31, 2012 11:35 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Very interested
to see which goalie is the scratch. I doubt we get a why though.
by afrosupreme on Jan 31, 2012 11:46 AM EST up reply actions
This is truly bizarre to me, unless there is a trade or injury.
So if the scratched goalie doesn’t have a minor injury, gotta believe he (or possibly other non-starter) is close to being traded.
Nabby has played WAY, WAY better than Poulin for Isles in the past month, partly because Poulin hardly played while he was on Long Island. So even taking Montoya out of the equation, it is a head-scratcher that Poulin would have the first start over Nabby after AS break.
And if Nabby is on the block, why is Montoya not starting tonight? Do Isles have more faith in Poulin for this particular game? I doubt it, but perhaps. And if Montoya is not 100% better from his concussion, why is Nabby on the trading block? (Perhaps the other team’s 2nd or 3rd goalie is coming our way in a Nabby deal?) That’s really pulling the goaltending thin, if Poulin and Nilsson are the only fully healthy goalies available after a Nabby deal.
Perhaps Isles are just resting Nabby (so he doesn’t get injured) while Montoya reaches 100%. Then Snow can pull the trigger on a Nabokov deal. That’s my best guess.
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 31, 2012 12:07 PM EST up reply actions
Maybe they get nervous having only two healthy goalies
RDP has made them shellshocked.
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by Dominik on Jan 31, 2012 12:24 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Has to be a trade coming up
remember when Lawson started for Rollie out of the blue last season? Rollie was then traded like 3 days later. They might be testing the water to see if Poulin can handle backing up in the NHL
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Do you think..
….there’s at least an offer on the table then? Let KP play/backup for 2 games or so then Garth (or other GM) pulls trigger?
Interesting.
by barry_hal_oliver_24 on Jan 31, 2012 12:39 PM EST up reply actions
You almost assume there is
All three goalies skating at the morning skate — that’s hardly normal when none of them is on a 15-year deal.
Intrigue, intrigue.
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Oh dear, something sinister must be afoot.
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock...
by Turgeon1992 on Jan 31, 2012 1:58 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
This probably is a test
To see if he can take over as backup to allow for Nabby to be traded.
All Who Oppose Grabner Shall Perish.
Didn't Comeau once have an almost rink length goal?
A few years ago? Maybe a clearing attempt on a PK? I have a memory of a puck slowwwly heading right at the goaltender (who was waiting patiently for it) and then jumping over his pads at the last second into the goal. Is my memory flawed? Couldn’t find anything on utube..
It was Rob Davison, a slow D-Man we had picked up in a minor trade
He threw it down the ice on Vesa Toskala (why do I remember this?!) and the puck took a funny hop right before it got to him and it bounced over his pads.
by rosey7 on Jan 31, 2012 11:58 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Cause it was before Tosala became Toskalol
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I actually think it was a factor in how he became Toskalol.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 31, 2012 12:35 PM EST up reply actions
Vesa LOLskala
What’s less-remembered is that it was the only goal the Isles scored in a 2-1 loss to Toronto. The Leafs won the battle, but the goalie lost the war.
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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THAT'S THE ONE!!!
LOL thanks, just watched it and it was exactly as I remembered it. Except for the Blake Comeau part of course..
Well we can't win them all
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Poulin in net, Rakhshani in, Staios in, Rolston out, Reese out for #Isles.
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Is this Rolston's first healthy scratch?
As irritated as I am about Reese being scratched (instead of Staios or Eaton, or even Jurcina), I am overall happy because we get to see what Bailey can do without Rolston. Here is your chance to shine, kid.
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 31, 2012 12:12 PM EST up reply actions
First "healthy", yes
But I believe he was “sick” once or twice or something.
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by Keith Quinn on Jan 31, 2012 12:14 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
Plus
I think he had a concussion for a few games as well. Yes/no?
by barry_hal_oliver_24 on Jan 31, 2012 12:40 PM EST up reply actions
You may be right
I almost feel like it was “sick” then led into concussion symptoms??? Or maybe I’m thinking of that time he gave DP the concussion…remember that time?
Facepalm
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by Keith Quinn on Jan 31, 2012 12:46 PM EST up reply actions
Wife give Birth?
He shoots nothing but blanks.
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I guess I'll trade losing Reese for losing Rolston
But good lord, how about Eaton or Jurcina if you’re so eager to get Staios back in the lineup.
Baby steps I guess.
I just dont get why your finally st one fossil for some young blood
but then you let another fossil back into your lineup in place of younger blood. Rolston and Staios should be reminiscing about 1995 together in the pres box
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by Chris McNally on Jan 31, 2012 3:15 PM EST up reply actions
I can see a reason to keep Jurcina in instead of Reese, but...
…I don’t see any area of Eaton’s game that is better than Reese. Reese is playing just as smartly, and he is much better at that skating thing.
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 31, 2012 3:36 PM EST up reply actions
I'm assuming for PK duty re: Eaton vs. Reese
Lighthouse Hockey: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A Dane with no holes is Frans Nielsen.
Aw...
I was enjoying Reese’s presense on the blue line. Hopefully Staios picked up some consistancy during his rest.
All Who Oppose Grabner Shall Perish.
Is presense the sense that comes before actual sense?
If so, that’s sensible. Baby steps for our blueline.
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Rolston out
Pic not scaled down for effect.
"Seriously that's the last time you guys f#@%ing won?" -RSH (about beating the Penguins in '93)
Playoff push needs: (tonight)
East Standings
7 FLA
8 NJ
9 TOR
10 WINN
11 MONT
12 TB
Playoff push needs: (tonight)
Rags to beat NJ (it pains me to root for the Rags, but I hate the Devils even more)
BUFF to beat MONT
WASH to beat TB
Flyers to beat WINN
AND of course Isles to beat CAR, will bring us within 8 points of the 8th seed.
We are all Islanders, even if we’re from Jersey!
You know it's been a rough season...
…when you need other teams to lose in order to stay in the playoff hunt and it is only JANUARY.
I’m rooting for TB over WASH. If Isles somehow can sneak into playoffs, I think there’s a good chance they catch Caps, who are tied for 3rd/7th/8th/9th with Florida. I am not worried about TB. Their D and goaltending will sink them.
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 31, 2012 12:18 PM EST up reply actions
I hear what you are saying....
I gotta root for teams that are currently in the top 8 vs. teams that are between the Isles and the 8th place seed. So I am rooting for Washington to beat Tampa Bay, I am biting the bullet and rooting for the Rags, God I hate saying that!
We are all Islanders, even if we’re from Jersey!
by Russel Ginart on Jan 31, 2012 12:21 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Dom needs to get some kind of shower set up
I feel dirty for even thinking abot rooting for them.
UNCLEAN!!! UNCLEAN!!!!
Amateurs practice til they get it right. Professionals practice til they can't get it wrong.
Maybe look at it in diabolical terms
Root for them to set them up for an even harder fall.
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Fast-forward to 0:55 for accompanying diabolical laughter.
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 31, 2012 3:40 PM EST up reply actions
We need that on a loop
For Rangers elimination day this spring.
/petty and proud
Lighthouse Hockey: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A Dane with no holes is Frans Nielsen.
Did you mean FLA?
Pretty sure the Panthers drop off and Caps take the division.
Let them beat TB tonight and we have fewer teams to pass.
It would be nice to knock Hunter out of the playoffs :)
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Rhi rhon’t rhnow but rhe’ll see.
Lighthouse Hockey: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A Dane with no holes is Frans Nielsen.
I'm not a good analyst
but I felt like Reese gave the D a new dimension. I know we dropped 2 in a row to the Leafs but it looked like Reese was able to bring speed that seems like it is missing at times outside of Hamcdonald.
Would like someone better capable of seeing the little things to throw out their 2 cents as I don’t understand it.
He was definetly good when he was up here
Besides, all of the Islanders, except for JT, dropped the ball against the Leafs. When they were in Toronto they really did not play well.
I would prefer Reese over Staios. He is too inconsistent, between making really smart decisions and making very stupid mistakes. Reese definetly played a good, solid, and consistent game on the blue line when he was up. Hopefully he will be plugged into the line up again soon.
All Who Oppose Grabner Shall Perish.
I thought Isles played very well in the Toronto home game.
The game in Toronto, they didn’t play very well, but if a couple penalties were called on the Leafs, it could have had a much different result.
The home game I thought the Isles played as well as they did in almost any game all season. They won at least half the battles for pucks against a bigger Leafs team.
And I don’t remember seeing Reese make any awful plays in either game.
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 31, 2012 4:05 PM EST up reply actions
Had to post this somewhere:
Matt (DC)
Hi Barry! Watching the all star game one of the standouts was John Tavares. What do you think his ceiling is?
Barry Melrose
(1:12 PM)
John’s a great player. If he’s on a contending team, put him in Chicago or New York, we’re talking about a guy getting publicity as one of the best in our sport. Great offensive talent. Hopefully someday the Islanders get back to prominence and people start paying attention. He’s a great offensive player.
In Melrose's defense...
… (and I typically don’t defend Melrose) he’s comparing the city of Chicago with the city of New York. Had he said “Florida and New York” it would be different, IMO.
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 31, 2012 5:08 PM EST up reply actions
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