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[Note: This was recorded prior to the Blue Jackets’ win on Sunday night, which bumped the Islanders out of a playoff berth]
Mike and Dan struggle with the Islanders’ disastrous week and their inability to gain any space in their race for the playoffs.
They lament the “one mistake” that cost the team a golden opportunity in an overtime loss to the Carolina Hurricanes, which itself followed probably their two worst games of the season against the underwhelming Canadiens and Senators.
Later, they ponder lineup decisions for this season and the future, whether or not the freak injuries they’ve seen this season means the Islanders are actually cursed and Mike’s propensity for making charitable donations when he’s drunk.
REFERENCES
- Feel better soon, Johnny:
Thank you to everyone for the positive messages and thoughts! I am extremely grateful. Please know they did not go unheard. Luckily for me the skate only cut my eyelid. Sorry for the late response...facial recognition wasn’t working... thank you again my friends. Johnny B
— Johnny Boychuk (@joboych) March 4, 2020
- In an odd twist, we did see a little “Islander Hockey” this weekend. Where has it been for the least few weeks?
- The message might have to change, but the playoffs are still there for them.
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