GDT: GDT #79 New York Islanders vs Montreal Canadiens | April 11th | 7:30 PM | F/3-2 OTW

[MattMartin]

With that win and a Caps lose and Detroit O/T lose I believe our magic number is 3(with 3 games left)

Just came to post this!

 

[doublechili]

HAIRY PALMS!!!!

Esau Palmieri.

Biblical humor. You don't get that every day around here.

 

[Metnut]

Did anyone see what happened to Dobson?

Glad to get the 2pts tonight. NYI played better than the score indicated IMO. Wish Envgall showed up like this more often.

 

[SI90]

I’m still hyped over that shot. That was so legit. Pure snipe!!

 

[MattMartin]

In hindsight, it was better off with a Detroit loss. It makes the picture much more clear.

 

[Big L]

In hindsight, it was better off with a Detroit loss. It makes the picture much more clear.

No, Detroit RW win would have been better

 

[Throttle]

Ok, so maybe we attach a 2nd round pick to Palmieri and someone will take him off our hands?

Brilliant. And bring up Ishakov!

 

[19 Straight]

Ride pine Sorokin. Varly is the man.

Let's not go overboard. He had 13 saves tonight. They still are going to need Sorokin this season unless they don't make the playoffs

 

[Chockey22]

In hindsight, it was better off with a Detroit loss. It makes the picture much more clear.

would have been nice if that had been a regulation loss; but the path the playoffs is getting clearer and Isles firmly control their destiny

 

[Big L]

 

[PK Cronin]

In hindsight, it was better off with a Detroit loss. It makes the picture much more clear.

No, because Detroit can't compete for third in the division so keeping the divisional opponents further down is better.

Pittsburgh would've been 5 points back and Washington 4 points back with three games to play.

 

[Tres Peleches]

You have to be kidding...So if you could take the top 5 most talented players from the Panthers, Leafs, Oilers, Rangers, Lightning, Avs, etc and put them with the Isles coaching staff I'm sure they'd be exactly the same.


Joke.

you’ve gotta be kidding me. You’re telling me there are 20 significantly more talented teams in the NHL than the Islanders, and THATS the only reason why they’re better at the PP?

Everything from the Isles zone entries to their cycle involves one player in motion at any time, and rarely guys trying to change their own angles to get open for a pass

And that’s not necessarily a coaching issue either.

 

[Big L]

No, because Detroit can't compete for third in the division so keeping the divisional opponents further down is better.

Pittsburgh would've been 5 points back and Washington 4 points back with three games to play.

Thank you for explaining again.

 

[MattMartin]

Delete, seeing why now.

 

[periferal]

you’ve gotta be kidding me. You’re telling me there are 20 significantly more talented teams in the NHL than the Islanders, and THATS the only reason why they’re better at the PP?

Everything from the Isles zone entries to their cycle involves one player in motion at any time, and rarely guys trying to change their own angles to get open for a pass

And that’s not necessarily a coaching issue either.

And there are plenty of teams with worse coaching than the Isles that have a better PP offensively.

Could our coaching be better? Sure, but talent is a much bigger problem. Ovechkin didn't move from his "spot" on the PP for 15 years.

Pretty much every single team ahead of the Isles in terms of PP% rolls out a PP unit that is markedly more talented than what we have.

 

[Big L]

Now, beat the rags on Saturday.

 

[PK Cronin]

Delete, seeing why now.

Yeah, the playoff system is odd and they should probably go back to 1-8.

 

[MikeyMike01]

Ok, so maybe we attach a 2nd round pick to Palmieri and someone will take him off our hands?

Cap Space would’ve got us the win in regulation

 

[Throttle]

Let's not go overboard. He had 13 saves tonight. They still are going to need Sorokin this season unless they don't make the playoffs

The Isles ain’t making the playoffs the way Sorokin has been playing. That’s pretty clear. He can earn the net back.

 

[MattMartin]

Yeah, the playoff system is odd and they should probably go back to 1-8.

What's the difference? Aren't we playing either the Rangers or Carolina anyways? I really actually don't understand the logic.

 

[mm11]

The Isles ain’t making the playoffs the way Sorokin has been playing. That’s pretty clear. He can earn the net back.

Agree fight for it back white whale. Healthy competition between the pipes.

 

[BelovedIsles]

Have to give credit to Palms, nearly a 30 goal season; compensates for Lee's downfall. I've always been okay with keeping Palms, he just needed to stay healthy.

 

[Osakahaus]

THERES A SUPERMAN COMING

 

[MattMartin]

THERES A SUPERMAN COMING

This is the Islanders theme song this season if I could put music to it....

 

[Osakahaus]

This is the Islanders theme song this season it I could put music to it....

LMFAOOOOOO I USED TO POST THAT EVERY WIN THEN I STOPPED