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TIME FOR A RUN!!
Well the Islanders made it interesting on Friday night, but in the end they got the "W". D.P. got his first win of the season and despite a couple of starting defenseman out hurt (Campoli and Bouchard) they played fairly well against the defending stanley cup champions. The offense is starting to click and the team seems to be slowly getting Nolan's system down. I think the Islanders ending the Sabres win streak on Thursday would be an excellent way to tell the hockey world they are for real. Buffalo is trying to match the all time best start of 10-0 in that game. It would be great to slam the door on that record.
Poti got the game winner just into overtime on Saturday night. He has been playing much better the last couple of games on defense, and it is nice to see him chip in on the offensive side. I am still concerned about him giving up the puck in a crucial spot of a big game, but so far he is doing very well. They always have him paired up with a stay home guy which helps. We still seem to be struggling on the penalty kill and that needs to be addressed if the "run" is going to happen. The new guys seem to be clicking and Yashin having all this talent around him is helping him get off to the best start for him as an Islander. Sillinger is not only putting the puck in the net; he is winning almost 60% of his face-offs. That is up there with the best of the league (he was ranked 3rd the last I checked). Like I said in my first Blog ... This is a very solid team...now they have too prove it.
sidenote: Bobby Clarke finally resigned as the GM for the Flyers. Is anyone a bigger Moron then Bobby Clarke? The guy has lost more cups for this franchise as a GM then he won as a player. On his way out instead of just saying I did not do a good job etc.... he blames it on others??
"I felt strongly from the end of last season on, I don't know if the right word is burnt out or tired, but the decisions that had to be made, I was not willing to make them," Clarke said. "I was letting other people make them. I know I didn't do the right jobfor this organization."
What decisions Bobby? How about getting a friggin goalie when u had the best team in the league for almost a decade. Lindros would be hailed as one of the greatest players ever if he had a friggin goalie. Let's see if we can win a cup with Hextall when he is 40 or Garth Snow... unreal. I HATED the Flyers back then b/c they were easily the best team in Hockey. Their only weakness was Goalie and B.C. would never get a top notch net minder.... then on his way out he blames his failures on phantom "other people"... what a total load of B.S.
Well the Islanders made it interesting on Friday night, but in the end they got the "W". D.P. got his first win of the season and despite a couple of starting defenseman out hurt (Campoli and Bouchard) they played fairly well against the defending stanley cup champions. The offense is starting to click and the team seems to be slowly getting Nolan's system down. I think the Islanders ending the Sabres win streak on Thursday would be an excellent way to tell the hockey world they are for real. Buffalo is trying to match the all time best start of 10-0 in that game. It would be great to slam the door on that record.
Poti got the game winner just into overtime on Saturday night. He has been playing much better the last couple of games on defense, and it is nice to see him chip in on the offensive side. I am still concerned about him giving up the puck in a crucial spot of a big game, but so far he is doing very well. They always have him paired up with a stay home guy which helps. We still seem to be struggling on the penalty kill and that needs to be addressed if the "run" is going to happen. The new guys seem to be clicking and Yashin having all this talent around him is helping him get off to the best start for him as an Islander. Sillinger is not only putting the puck in the net; he is winning almost 60% of his face-offs. That is up there with the best of the league (he was ranked 3rd the last I checked). Like I said in my first Blog ... This is a very solid team...now they have too prove it.
sidenote: Bobby Clarke finally resigned as the GM for the Flyers. Is anyone a bigger Moron then Bobby Clarke? The guy has lost more cups for this franchise as a GM then he won as a player. On his way out instead of just saying I did not do a good job etc.... he blames it on others??
"I felt strongly from the end of last season on, I don't know if the right word is burnt out or tired, but the decisions that had to be made, I was not willing to make them," Clarke said. "I was letting other people make them. I know I didn't do the right jobfor this organization."
What decisions Bobby? How about getting a friggin goalie when u had the best team in the league for almost a decade. Lindros would be hailed as one of the greatest players ever if he had a friggin goalie. Let's see if we can win a cup with Hextall when he is 40 or Garth Snow... unreal. I HATED the Flyers back then b/c they were easily the best team in Hockey. Their only weakness was Goalie and B.C. would never get a top notch net minder.... then on his way out he blames his failures on phantom "other people"... what a total load of B.S.
posted by New York Islander chatter at 10:54 AM
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