Let's Go Islanders! 2016-2017

[philleotardo]

Can't let down against Vancouver.

PHI v TOR is helpful- slightly more so if Philly wins.

[ymike673]

PHI v TOR is helpful- slightly more so if Philly wins.

Another reason Isles have to win tonight. Either Phil. or Toronto or both will gets points tonight.

[Donnybaseball72]

Toronto got 2 points and so did the Islanders so we are still in the 8th seed. Beauvillier with a beauty goal on a breakaway. Giving up another tieing goal with the goalie pulled in 2 weeks was a let down but this time the Islanders win on the 3x3 OT with a great set up to Ladd by De Haan. De Haan is playing really well lately. Dare I say better than Hamonic. He was just named one of the 6 most underrated NHL players by nhl.com.

https://www.nhl.com/news/behind-the-...?tid=278387726

[ymike673]

Terrible play by Clutterbuck to set up Vancouver's tying goal. Isles were lucky last night. Only played well in the third period. Have to play better at St. Louis.

[Donnybaseball72]

Terrible play by Clutterbuck to set up Vancouver's tying goal. Isles were lucky last night. Only played well in the third period. Have to play better at St. Louis.

Glass half empty.

[GordonGecko]

Ho-Sang is turning out to have some real talent

[Donnybaseball72]

Ho-Sang is turning out to have some real talent

He has that WOW factor. He is fun to watch, has good speed and seems very comfortable at the NHL level. Weight is putting him into big pressure roles like the 3 on 3 OT last night. The result, a steal, pass to JT for the game winning goal. It's been a while since a kid not named Tavares excelled right away on the Islanders. Grabner and Trent Hunter come to mind. The others had their growing pains. Ho-Sang is now 3-3-6 in 8 games.

Edit: Grabner and Hunter had great rookie years but were 23 and had previous call ups and were up and down from the AHL. Plus neither were drafted by the Islanders.

[ymike673]

Another stinker last night against non playoff team. Looks more and more that Islanders will be too.

[ymike673]

What will it take for Weight to realize that DaHaan should not be on the ice for OT. Lee not allowed to play but for some reason DaHaan can play no matter how many bad defensive plays he makes in OT.

[Donnybaseball72]

What will it take for Weight to realize that DaHaan should not be on the ice for OT. Lee not allowed to play but for some reason DaHaan can play no matter how many bad defensive plays he makes in OT.

Da Haan has been a steady dman this season and I haven't noticed a trend in any poor play during prior OT games. I would chalk this up to being an isolated incident. Boychuck is out, Leddy can't play all 5 minutes, Hamonic has struggled and Seidenberg is awful.

[ymike673]

Big week. With Pittsburgh and Boston in back to back games think maybe they could bring back Halak?

[Donnybaseball72]

Big week. With Pittsburgh and Boston in back to back games think maybe they could bring back Halak?

I keep saying yes and he is still in Purgatory, CT. I know the Soundtigers play tonight so assuming Halak looks good he should come up this weekend as predicted by Art Staple at Newsday.

[ymike673]

I keep saying yes and he is still in Purgatory, CT. I know the Soundtigers play tonight so assuming Halak looks good he should come up this weekend as predicted by Art Staple at Newsday.

NBC announcers on the pre game can't believe Halak is still on Bridgeport . When you have a clueless GM it can happen.

[ymike673]

Greiss is stellar in net as Isles beat other NYC team 3-2. Now 2 points behind the Bruins with a game in hand. Isles take series 3-1 against other NYC hockey team.

[Donnybaseball72]

Great win last night. Greiss played his best 20 minutes of the season in the 3rd.

https://www.sny.tv/islanders/news/is...port/220182550

Jaro is back! Time for Berube to pick up his suit at the cleaners and head to the press box. I hope Jaro playd one of the b2b games this weekend. He was 28 for 29 last night so they are both on the same rest.

[ymike673]

Great win last night. Greiss played his best 20 minutes of the season in the 3rd.

https://www.sny.tv/islanders/news/is...port/220182550

Jaro is back! Time for Berube to pick up his suit at the cleaners and head to the press box. I hope Jaro playd one of the b2b games this weekend. He was 28 for 29 last night so they are both on the same rest.

I assume he will. If not what would be the point of calling him up. Unfortunately they can't send Berube down.

[Donnybaseball72]

I assume he will. If not what would be the point of calling him up. Unfortunately they can't send Berube down.

It doesn't matter. The rosters have expanded.

[ymike673]

Halak finally back in goal tonight.

[ymike673]

Huge win tonight puts Islanders back in the WC spot. Halak looked great in net.

[philleotardo]

Tomorrow's sorta important

[ymike673]

Tomorrow's sorta important

Yes, And with the Lightning only a point behind every win is crucial the rest of the way.

[__starr69]

Blah
6 PP's and Griess pulled twice (I'm a poet and didn't even know it!)

We should have scored more than 1 goal (which was at even strength.)

[ymike673]

Blah
6 PP's and Griess pulled twice (I'm a poet and didn't even know it!)

We should have scored more than 1 goal (which was at even strength.)

How you can have 6 PPs in a game and have a total of 19 shots for the game is beyond me. They just won't shoot. Considering the importance of the game there seemed like no urgency to the Isles play. By the way from the beginning of the second period through about 10 mini in the third the Isles had 4 shots on the PP and 1 shot on goal when short-handed and no other shots on goal.

[ymike673]

Another horrible effort tonight. Maybe missing the playoffs will wake up the management that big changes are needed.

[Donnybaseball72]

Stick a fork in them.