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GDT: #10|New York Islanders @ Pittsburgh Penguins|October 25 |Horrible Bosses| F/W 4-3

Bunk Moreland

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Annnnnd our lineup:

@StapeNewsday: Nabokov in goal, Boulton only healthy scratch for #Isles. Martinek in for Strait, who did not make trip. Poulin likely start Sat. vs Flyers.

@StapeNewsday: Hickey-Martinek, Donovan-Carkner to start tonight for #Isles.
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Our defense looks scary but not in a good way.. And nabby getting the nod again I'm guessing KP tomorrow at home.

https://twitter.com/stapenewsday/status/393764539243962368
https://twitter.com/stapenewsday/status/393764336004771840
 
enigmatic

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Bunk Moreland said:
Annnnnd our lineup:



Our defense looks scary but not in a good way.. And nabby getting the nod again I'm guessing KP tomorrow at home.

https://twitter.com/stapenewsday/status/393764539243962368
https://twitter.com/stapenewsday/status/393764336004771840
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no idea why capuano would pair donovan with carkner....just doesnt make sense...."oh, lets put our offensive minded, young defenseman, who is still finding his defensive game next to a damn pylon"......what a stooge capuano is
 
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enigmatic said:
no idea why capuano would pair donovan with carkner....just doesnt make sense...."oh, lets put our offensive minded, young defenseman, who is still finding his defensive game next to a damn pylon"......what a stooge capuano is
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Then who else is he going to pair with Donovan? Strait is out with an injury and Visnovsky is on IR. With Martinek in the lineup, that's all our of healthy NHL d-men we have currently. Calling Cappy a stooge for making the only moves that he can currently make is unwarranted.
 
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PWJunior said:
Then who else is he going to pair with Donovan? Strait is out with an injury and Visnovsky is on IR. With Martinek in the lineup, that's all our of healthy NHL d-men we have currently. Calling Cappy a stooge for making the only moves that he can currently make is unwarranted.
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we cant split up hickey and martinek, two much more defensively aware defensemen, so that the offensive mided defensemen and pylon both have a little fallback on the other side of the net? i hate to be cynical, i usually try to be positive about the team and really do love the way our forwards are playing, but this is (or should be) pretty elementary lineup decision for an NHL coach...
 
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enigmatic said:
we cant split up hickey and martinek, two much more defensively aware defensemen, so that the offensive mided defensemen and pylon both have a little fallback on the other side of the net? i hate to be cynical, i usually try to be positive about the team and really do love the way our forwards are playing, but this is (or should be) pretty elementary lineup decision for an NHL coach...
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ya..lets put our worst dman with the guy who hasnt played hockey in months. balsyma certainly wont be matching Crosby on them all day.

Damned if you, damned if you dont type of situation. I would dress Boulton because this game could get way out of hand. Nabby will have to be stellar
 
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duster19 said:
ya..lets put our worst dman with the guy who hasnt played hockey in months. balsyma certainly wont be matching Crosby on them all day.

Damned if you, damned if you dont type of situation. I would dress Boulton because this game could get way out of hand. Nabby will have to be stellar
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you dont feel more comfortable defensively with martinek on the ice than donovan/carkner?
 

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Oy vey. Judging by the weirdly incorrect or sarcastic war references, this is going to be a long night.
 
frankieboy

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gdsmack267 said:
Umm what? So does that means the islanders will score 0 since the Germans didnt attack Pearl harbor?
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He is making a reference to Animal House when John Belushi's character was trying to fire up his fraternity after they were placed on double secret probation, I believe.
 
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I think JT is due for one of his big performances either tonight or tomorrow. More likely it will come against Philly, but if we get playoff-version MAF tonight, perhaps we can see a Tavaretrick.

Isles - 6
PIT - 4

Tavares: 3G(one EN) - 2A - 5P

...now watch his point streak end tonight. If that happens I will voluntarily retire from the boards for being the "bad luck guy".
 
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MeowLeafs said:
Lol apologies, I'm asking for fantasy purposes. If he hasn't been moved to wing, then why isn't he taking faceoffs? He literally took 0 faceoffs last game and only 1 the game before that.
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Howie and Butch speculated during the last game that he may be battling through some injury.
 
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Faceoffs haven't been his strong point and Bailey used to be a C and has had more success.
 
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RMimagery said:
Faceoffs haven't been his strong point and Bailey used to be a C and has had more success.
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Yeah, Frans has never been very adept on faceoffs. Frans might be dinged up too, but I don't mind Bailey taking the draws for him. Last year when Okposo was paired with Frans, KO took quite a few draws also.
 
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