GDT: #29| New York Islanders @ Boston Bruins| December 9th | 7:00 PM | F/L 3-1

[Strummergas]

I dont care if you give up a goal from the other blue line, when you allow 1-2 goals in a game it is not the goalie's fault. When you allow 5-6 goals and your team scores 4 goals, then the goalie is at fault.

And this is why you're an annoying poster. You apparently didn't read my whole post. I don't even know why I bothered interacting with you.

 

[Islesfan22]

I dont care if you give up a goal from the other blue line, when you allow 1-2 goals in a game it is not the goalie's fault. When you allow 5-6 goals and your team scores 4 goals, then the goalie is at fault.

Halak was not bad tonight. Made some good saves but that first goal was terrible. You can't give that up and he knew it as soon as it went in.

 

[Beautvillier]

The difference is Halak doesnt give up 4-6 goals every game.

halak has allowed 3+ goals in 11 of his 14 starts

 

[19 in a row]

we are so fickle as fans. Loved this team a week ago now I want to trash them all. 1-2-1 road trip.. hopefully we get out of the funk when we get back home and we can all be one happy family again. still GMGS work the phones. I wont be greedy, we need 3 things I only ask for 2.. 1) Top 4 stay at home D, 2) GOALIE 3)#3 center faceoff specialist. (no I am not blaming Halak this game, he played well at time let in softies but over the last few weeks overall G play is not what we need).

 

[Satan'sIsland81]

yeah Halak stopped as many shots as Rask so he is playing on Rask level? hilarious! Halak has done the game changing softie for the leading goal and from then on this game was an uphill battle against of the best D in NHL. Blame it on JT, on HoSang on everyone but not on your admired Halak, you're so delusional

Dude , nobody said Halak is Roy or Brodeur. But you defend your boy Greiss after every single game with some excuse for why he gave up 5 or 6 goals. But when Halak allows 2 or 3 you jump on him and blame him for everything. I have said both goalies are below average, I just believe Halak is better or I should say less bad. You keep talking about Greiss like he is an above average goalie. He isnt close.

 

[Groin Of Bates]

My post included making the correct pass and dumping in when it was needed which JHS routinely does not do (i.e. hockey IQ). Staple's comments the other day in his Q&A seemed to imply that JHS has been overstaying shifts against the coaches wishes.. it is painful to watch at times he double shifts himself. We live and die with JT, he may overstay at time as well but your star player #1 center, veteran will have that trust and ok to do that to some extent when needed. JHS is hunting points and minutes to the teams detriment. With regard to passing and getting it in deep, JT works really well with JB and Lee.. HoSang is doing his own thing has a lot of maturing to do but the talent is there. He is where he should be right now on the 3rd line.

That's not all hockey IQ is and you know that. JHS is also not Rob Schremp II on a nightly basis and has demonstrated he is an NHL-er. I can watch the replay of tonight's game and plenty more. I can easily point out countless times where other players did the same thing. If JHS was overstaying shifts and it was truly a problem, he'd be benched. Hell, they sent him down already, benching him would not be an issue. However, he's one of the only players recently that is generating any sense of offense in this line-up. He's doing it from the 3rd line and he absolutely commanded the 2nd PP unit tonight and played it great. Did you see the 4-5x tonight JHS leads the rush only to be met with help from no one? Dump it in to... no one? He is 10x more skilled than anyone he's playing with. He's not 'hunting points', he's trying to make plays and pass to his teammates...it's not like he's putting up 8+ SOG a game.

Tavares doesn't do those same things when needed. He does them nightly and he absolutely sucks doing it. We're getting to a point where we're certainly not living with JT, but in fact just dying. He's been dead this entire season with the exception of 2 1/2 weeks.

Absolutely nothing JHS did tonight led to the teams detriment. You guys are reaching for the sake of reaching. Why? I have no idea, because I'd take a full 3rd line of JHS over Chimera or Quine...

 

[CREW99AW]

Another depressing performance.

These slow starts are so friggin aggravating. 2-3 shots on net in the first 10-11 mins.

 

[Satan'sIsland81]

And this is why you're an annoying poster. You apparently didn't read my whole post. I don't even know why I bothered interacting with you.

I wasnt talking about you. I was talking about the other fools blaming this game on Halak

 

[Groin Of Bates]

These slow starts are so friggin aggravating. 2-3 shots on net in the first 10-11 mins.

Teach me how to Dougie.

 

[Islesfan22]

These slow starts are so friggin aggravating. 2-3 shots on net in the first 10-11 mins.

Need to turn it around Monday. When they score first they have not lost so it's imperative they finally score the first goal against the Caps

 

[IslandersGER]

Dude , nobody said Halak is Roy or Brodeur. But you defend your boy Greiss after every single game with some excuse for why he gave up 5 or 6 goals. But when Halak allows 2 or 3 you jump on him and blame him for everything. I have said both goalies are below average, I just believe Halak is better or I should say less bad. You keep talking about Greiss like he is an above average goalie. He isnt close.

take your glasses on and read my posting AGAIN - I don't have mentioned Greiss at all, it' YOU bringing in Greiss for the sake of having something you can compare your beloved Halak as Greiss is having a higher GAA rate so far. I'm done with you, never will answer your stupid postings again but I will do critics on Halak every time he deserves it

 

[Groin Of Bates]

One of the most concerning things to me is that we always seem to play Boston the same way and I feel we never win against them. I mentioned it in another post, but it feels like we've been playing the Bruins the same way for the past 10 (or 12 ) years. It doesn't matter the roster. It's the same game every single time and I feel like we have lost the vast majority of them. We don't play those tight games well. We never have. We never adapt. We need to figure these things out as we approach the half-way point. It is absolutely imperative.

 

[Skip To My Lou]

Yucky game. Bruins really covered the shooting lanes exceptionally. The boys didn't look like they had a jump tonight, hard to watch.

Couple positives:
- Good to see Lee get on the board. Dude keeps raking up goals.
- Pulock is really good and should stay in the lineup.
- Barzal is incredible as per usual.
- Pelech has sneaky good offensive moves. Just wish he would score once.
- Loved the feistiness from the guys when they got pushed around.

Negatives:
- Seidenberg was just awful.
- Team as a whole looked pretty slow.
- Even though Halak wasn't awful, I still don't feel comfortable with our goaltending.
- Thought Beauvillier was invisible. Would like to see him get demoted to Bridgeport once Prince gets healthy.

Boston is a pretty dirty team. TWO 5 minute majors? Unbelievable.

 

[Hunn]

Halak was ok, one of his better games. JHS was fine too. Not sure what some of you are talking about.

Overall the team is on a slide, looks slow, disinterested and sloppy.

0-8 PP and 3-3 PK (not counting :12 on CDH) over the last 2 games don't help at all. This PP is like déjà vu from October.

 

[BelovedIsles]

My god JT has not been playing good at all lately horrible game tn

He’s been like that for weeks. Guy doesn’t deserve to be resigned. I kid I kid.

If the team doesn’t shape up they will find themselves slipping in the standings. The offense is going to dry a bit at some point. Gotta find other ways to win.

Halak wasn’t a difference maker in either direction. Could’ve played worse, that said, he was playing one of the worst offenses. W that said marchands was very stoppable. Had he stopped that, NYI probably would have pulled points from this one.

Special teams have been costing them lately. They did not adjust to the Bs collapse, nor did they fight through.

Like Pulocks d game. He needs to find better shooting lanes.

Let’s see how they respond to adversity.

 

[CREW99AW]

Yucky game.

Couple positives:
- Pulock is really good and should stay in the lineup.

Negatives:
- Even though Halak wasn't awful, I still don't feel comfortable with our goaltending.
- Thought Beauvillier was invisible. Would like to see him get demoted to Bridgeport once Prince gets healthy.
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Love the confidence Pulock is showing.

I think Halak is turning the corner,improving .Fans waiting for a trade this season are gonna be disappointed.

Beau's been quiet for weeks now.I'd like him demoted so he can get more icetime.

 

[MJF]

The Islanders got thumped by the Bruins for nearly 60 minutes tonight. The game wasn’t as close as the score indicated. Good thing we banked points against the western conference

 

[WangMustGo]

Love the confidence Pulock is showing.

I think Halak is turning the corner,improving .Fans waiting for a trade this season are gonna be disappointed.

Beau's been quiet for weeks now.I'd like him demoted so he can get more icetime.

The 3rd line has been a black hole this year. I really think a guy like Filppula would make the bottom 6 so much better.

 

[MJF]

One of the most concerning things to me is that we always seem to play Boston the same way and I feel we never win against them. I mentioned it in another post, but it feels like we've been playing the Bruins the same way for the past 10 (or 12 ) years. It doesn't matter the roster. It's the same game every single time and I feel like we have lost the vast majority of them. We don't play those tight games well. We never have. We never adapt. We need to figure these things out as we approach the half-way point. It is absolutely imperative.

The Bruins have manhandled us for years. As you so aptly said earlier, this reminded me of every Isles-Bruins game over the last 20 years

 

[Islanders4Cups]

Bruins D shut them down and their forwards controlled center ice. Can’t stick this one on Halak. Score one goal 97-100 times you lose

 

[isles55]

The Pulock/Leddy pairing needs to be made permanent.

And we really need to bring in a bottom-six guy to replace Kulemin to help the PK. Beau and Chimera aren't cutting it.

 

[YearlyLottery]

I know you cant be serious. Do you know what a fool you look like if you are being serious. Guy gives up 2 goals on 33 shots. Team scores 1 goal, 0-4 on PP. It is Halak's fault? Come on

Look at the second goal. Good goalies don't let bad goals up in close games. In case you haven't noticed, Halak does that daily.

Did you forget to watch Pittsburgh game too? Florida? Gimme a break.

 

[TeamKidd]

this game is a textbook example of why the islanders are not built for the playoffs.

 

[Beautvillier]

Look at the second goal. Good goalies don't let bad goals up in close games. In case you haven't noticed, Halak does that daily.

Did you forget to watch Pittsburgh game too? Florida? Gimme a break.

he ignores everything that proves his narrative wrong

 

[YearlyLottery]

he ignores everything that proves his narrative wrong

Right, I totally forgot about that. I don't care if the team lost 1-0, it would be Halak's fault partially IF the goal was on a terrible shot.

This is another game where the Islanders goaltending got vastly outplayed. Rask was awesome, and Halak? Oh he let in a turn around shot where the rookie forward wasn't even looking.

Did the team do bad on the PP tonight? Well I would argue they might've had a couple goals on it if they were playing our goaltending. This narrative that the goaltending cannot be blamed is a joke. It is almost Christmas, this is not a "funk" anymore for Greiss or Halak.

Save the f***ing shots you are supposed to, how about that for once?