From the network that brings you the marvel that is Pierre McGuire, Rivalry Night on NBCSN.
Rivalry? Sure. Playoff intensity tonight? Leaning towards not. Isles need to start backing up the talk around understanding the task ahead of them to get to the dance. Rangers looking to stay healthy and keep skills reasonably sharp while fairly locked into WC-1. Bit of a more muted feel here today. Regardless, these games always take a life of their own, so we'll probably get some entertaining hockey.
Isles start Thomas Greiss, Blueshirts counter with Raanta (with Lundqvist expected to get 2 of the next 3 on the WC trip). For the Islanders, we see Dougie is paying attention. Seidenberg sits and is replaced by Thomas Hickey. Same forwards. Note, however, the lines at practice show a different configuration: 16-91-12, 27-72-66 (fun!), 29-18-25, and 86-53-15 are reunited. MiLB and I question the need felt to separate Lee from L1, but Ladd has been on fire; his sniper with size role is different (and not in a bad way) than Lee's netfront monolith role, so maybe these rejiggered lines provide the shot we've needed to get back in (successful) attack mode. Isles need at least 4 points out of the next three games in 4 nights (NYR, then B2B in PIT and home against BOS). I think they have to go 9-2 or 8-3-1 at worst to make it.
AV has noted all F and D will be gametime decisions. Lundqvist, Girardi, Klein, Glass, Kampfer, Pirri and Puempel were all on the ice for the NYR morning skate.
Let's Go Islanders
...and Rangers, feel free to take 'er easy if you want. You've worked hard.
It's not as if any Islanders or Rangers fan would also double as a Penguins fan, right?
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It's not as if any Islanders or Rangers fan would also double as a Penguins fan, right? Link - ( New Window )
Oh please, why not show that cheapshot Evander Kane did to Crosby at the end of the game?
Why not show the goal of the year by Crosby?
Why not talk about who the poster was B outed last night?
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Here is Crosby's spearing of Ryan O'Reilly. At least we can all agree Crosby is douche.
It's not as if any Islanders or Rangers fan would also double as a Penguins fan, right? Link - ( New Window )
Oh please, why not show that cheapshot Evander Kane did to Crosby at the end of the game?
Why not show the goal of the year by Crosby?
Why not talk about who the poster was B outed last night?
Why not suck less?
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Here is Crosby's spearing of Ryan O'Reilly. At least we can all agree Crosby is douche.
It's not as if any Islanders or Rangers fan would also double as a Penguins fan, right? Link - ( New Window )
Oh please, why not show that cheapshot Evander Kane did to Crosby at the end of the game?
Why not show the goal of the year by Crosby?
Why not talk about who the poster was B outed last night?
Crosby is a nut tapping cunt and you suck. hard.
Oh please, why not show that cheapshot Evander Kane did to Crosby at the end of the game?
Why not show the goal of the year by Crosby?
Why not talk about who the poster was B outed last night?
What a vicious cock-sucker you are, trying to get others banned. Reading between the tea leaves, can't say I'm surprised you are friends with the pedophile though.
I'm happy Cappy is sitting Seidenburg, but wish it was for Pulock and not Hickey. Isles were playing great over an extended period of time until the schedule wore them down. They've had 3 nights off in a row. Time to see whether they can rally for a bigtime stretch run. LGI.
Not much to be said other than it's a must win, and also go Jackets.
LOL. Whoops!
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Let Lee park himself in front while the Beau & Ho-Sang create
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Oh please, why not show that cheapshot Evander Kane did to Crosby at the end of the game?
Why not show the goal of the year by Crosby?
Why not talk about who the poster was B outed last night?
What a vicious cock-sucker you are, trying to get others banned. Reading between the tea leaves, can't say I'm surprised you are friends with the pedophile though.
Oh shut up.
I'm not friends with him, I don't even know who the person is, I asked B for an email.
Rover, not sure why you're posting on this thread. It never ends well for you.
Then on the Isles side, Greiss can't stop a beachball these days and the forwards act like they're wearing blindfolds in the defensive zone. The one thing the Isles do well is play sound offensive, 5-on-5 hockey. When you look at how bad the Islander power play is, but then see them top 10 in scoring, it isn't hard to figure out they do play a good offensive game at even strength. It will be absolutely crucial they cash in on those opportunities.
Rangers win 4-3.
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Oh please, why not show that cheapshot Evander Kane did to Crosby at the end of the game?
Why not show the goal of the year by Crosby?
Why not talk about who the poster was B outed last night?
What a vicious cock-sucker you are, trying to get others banned. Reading between the tea leaves, can't say I'm surprised you are friends with the pedophile though.
Oh shut up.
I'm not friends with him, I don't even know who the person is, I asked B for an email.
It's good that you don't even have to know who it is to know that you aren't friends with them.
The Isles have no excuses to come out flat. Two points tonight are a must. I am also looking forward to watching the newly constructed Beauvillier, Ho-Sang, Lee combination.
LGI
I agree with this sentiment 100%. Just know that this regime will silence and expunge any attempt to show them in a bad light. Literally any "BBi meta" style thread is deleted these days. I can't imagine they will happily allow people to mess with their $$
The Isles have no excuses to come out flat. Two points tonight are a must. I am also looking forward to watching the newly constructed Beauvillier, Ho-Sang, Lee combination.
LGI
People really need to be careful what they wish for with the Beauvillier - Ho-Sang situation. I hope I'm wrong, but I'm not sure what we're all happy about. Both have made some really bad/youthful turnovers lately. And not that anyone's specifically said it, but it's almost as if there's a false narrative floating that there's some sort of chemistry they'd be able to repurpose from the AHL/OHL/QMJHL. To the best of my knowledge they had never played with each other, preseason aside, until Ho-Sang was called up earlier this month.
I'm really afraid we're going of losing what Anders brings to the table with them skating around looking for space that isn't there at this level.
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Weight: Bailey is ill. Should be fine for tomorrow. Lines will stay same as yesterday: 16-91-12, 27-72-66, 29-18-25, 86-53-15.
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They are rested, the Rangers are playing consecutive games, and the Rangers have nothing riding on these games.
The Isles have no excuses to come out flat. Two points tonight are a must. I am also looking forward to watching the newly constructed Beauvillier, Ho-Sang, Lee combination.
LGI
People really need to be careful what they wish for with the Beauvillier - Ho-Sang situation. I hope I'm wrong, but I'm not sure what we're all happy about. Both have made some really bad/youthful turnovers lately. And not that anyone's specifically said it, but it's almost as if there's a false narrative floating that there's some sort of chemistry they'd be able to repurpose from the AHL/OHL/QMJHL. To the best of my knowledge they had never played with each other, preseason aside, until Ho-Sang was called up earlier this month.
I'm really afraid we're going of losing what Anders brings to the table with them skating around looking for space that isn't there at this level.
If there isn't any chemistry, Weight can always shuffle the lines during the game.
Lee's game shouldn't be affected, since he can still Park himself in front of the net and collect rebounds. The more Ho-Sang has played, the more he has shown that he isn't afraid to shoot.
I know every game here on out is pretty much a must win but I'd they can't get up for this game they may be finished for this season. A Halak sighting would've been nice tonight.
This isn't when I wanted to start experimenting.
Lee's game shouldn't be affected, since he can still Park himself in front of the net and collect rebounds. The more Ho-Sang has played, the more he has shown that he isn't afraid to shoot.
I disagree on Lee. With Tavares he was able to bully his way to the front because he often got to battle 1-on-1 while JT drew defenders. With a line of two 20-year-olds with 11 career goals between them, they'll build a wall in front of the crease that even Lee would have a very hard time getting by. He's much, much more valuable when he's not the focal point of a unit.
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When donation time comes around I'll happily remind everyone of what the moderators chose to do last night (and then like the cowards they are protecting such filth, put a lock on the thread so no one could comment/object). I know I get a hard time for it, but if you agree that what they did last night is unacceptable, then isn't that when and how it should be addressed? If they want to lose BBI money to protect him, then that's on them.
I agree with this sentiment 100%. Just know that this regime will silence and expunge any attempt to show them in a bad light. Literally any "BBi meta" style thread is deleted these days. I can't imagine they will happily allow people to mess with their $$
Damn, someone just took out Sehorn on a kick return!
In this case, we're talking about links to published news stories. I'm no attorney but I don't see how that could be considered libel.
We will agree to disagree here.
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For BBI if they allow stuff like that to happen? Wouldn't it be worse if BBI money was given to the scumbag if he sued? I'm no lawyer but maybe some of the guys on bbi who are could clarify. That being said there is more than one way to skin a cat.
In this case, we're talking about links to published news stories. I'm no attorney but I don't see how that could be considered libel.
If those newspaper reports were false. Also, no guarantee it is the same person. Could have been someone with the same name. Accusing someone of that sort of behavior in some states is defamation per se regardless of whether it is a public figure or not.
If those newspaper reports were false. Also, no guarantee it is the same person. Could have been someone with the same name. Accusing someone of that sort of behavior in some states is defamation per se regardless of whether it is a public figure or not.
i have a reaction to this, but lets please discuss somewhere else and not ruin this hockey thread. Thanks.
Let's go Rangers...
that in a (pun intended) nutshell is sidney crosby, and it was accompanied by a .gif showing all three incidents.
LOL.
No idea why, but I find that to be a classic hockey tweet.
I don't care if every one of you (except Rover) hate the guy, in fact the more you hate him with all the sports hate you can muster the better, he can play on my team any day.
In fact I find it somewhat validating of his awesomeness the more people hate him.
And I'm not one of those fans who root for heels or "edgy" players, I hate the ones even on my teams like when Brandon Prust was a Canadien or Dale Wiese, or even Andrew Shaw (though I think his hate is a little overrated) and Alexei Emelin to an extent, but man Crosby just does things on the ice, good and bad, that are jaw dropping.
I love to watch him play.
This stretch of pointless games has been brutal
He's lucky he plays in the era he's playing in. Someone would have dropped him with a Messier-like flying elbow by now if it were 1985.
This stretch of pointless games has been brutal
it really is so bizarre. Not just because the games have been completely meaningless, even in terms of seeding... but the bitch is even if you did go on a run to improve your positioning, you almost would be rooting against it anyway.
Very strange.
shut up
He's lucky he plays in the era he's playing in. Someone would have dropped him with a Messier-like flying elbow by now if it were 1985.
He does get those cheap shots. If you watch him objectively he gets it as bad as he gives it. What's different about Crosby is the superstars before him didn't get involved in the cheap shots to the extent he does.
Part of the reason he plays this way, IMO, is because the era is different and he doesn't have a personal protector like Gretzky or some of the more finesse players.
I found the nut tap kind of "funny" because I'd get so pissed off whenever anyone ever did that to me (usually (and rarely) defenseman in front of their net would give a subtle nut jab if you weren't moving out of in front of the goalie), my gloves would be off and I'd be throwing hay makers (after the initial jolt of pain wore off) but ROR did nothing. I was shocked, I expected a line brawl.
Which tells me ROR must have done something first.
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Doesn't preclude respect for his skills.
shut up
Heh. 4:20
This stretch of pointless games has been brutal
+1
I have been tuning in and out of games periodically over the last 2 weeks, but its been really hard to get up for them. The only thing Im interested in is getting Hank back and into a groove before the playoffs start and staying 100% healthy.
Last time he had a minor injury he missed almost all of 2015-2016.
the timing couldn't be better /sarcasm
Y'all behave, hear?