The only way I see that happening is by tossing the captain overboard (Crapuano obviously, not JT. Anyway using the ship analogy the captain would be the head coach not the skater on the ice wearing the "C")
GDT: #13|New York Islanders @ Ottawa Senators|November 1st |This Is The End| F S/O 5-4
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The only way I see that happening is by tossing the captain overboard (Crapuano obviously, not JT. Anyway using the ship analogy the captain would be the head coach not the skater on the ice wearing the "C")
My feeling is that the better result long term for this team would be coughing up a 2 goal lead in the final two minutes, lose in the first minute of OT, and have Crapuano's head roll as a direct result. As in, I feel like this team would have a better chance of making the playoffs if we lost tonight with Crapuano losing his job as a result, than winning only to have Crapuano stick around to lose us more games that we would have won if not for his utter incompetence. (Better still would be to win tonight and fire Crapuano anyway, but unfortunately I have the feeling that if we win that Crappy would get a reprieve for a couple of games at least, meaning that even if we win we still lose 
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Or maybe he pulls the same **** that he pulled against Buffalo but we manage to pull it out in OT or the shootout, but Snow still decides he's seen enough of Crappy. However, well over 20 years of being both an Islanders and a Mets fan has pretty much drilled it into my head never to get my hopes up about these things.
)Or maybe he pulls the same **** that he pulled against Buffalo but we manage to pull it out in OT or the shootout, but Snow still decides he's seen enough of Crappy. However, well over 20 years of being both an Islanders and a Mets fan has pretty much drilled it into my head never to get my hopes up about these things.
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We find out tonight what kind of team this is. Do we have fight? Can we go on the road and win a very winnable game? With the division completely tightening up, we can either start to fall off completely or still show were for real. Defense has to play better and JT has to start finding the twine.
4-3 Isles in OT after yet another blown lead.
4-3 Isles in OT after yet another blown lead.
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RMimagery
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Only problem in pairing Hickey with Hamonic is you can't put your two best D together when we're so thin without Visnovsky.
Martinek - Amac - Carkner - Donovan. They'll get scored on even more.
That said, even though Lubo and Hickey have been very good together, with Hammer's new propensity to carry the puck in deep and take more shots - I'd love to see him with either Lubo or Hickey in the future once our D gets healthy as a #1 pair. Balances out size better as well.
Martinek - Amac - Carkner - Donovan. They'll get scored on even more.
That said, even though Lubo and Hickey have been very good together, with Hammer's new propensity to carry the puck in deep and take more shots - I'd love to see him with either Lubo or Hickey in the future once our D gets healthy as a #1 pair. Balances out size better as well.
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Agree 100%, the roster moves you described are so painfully obvious to me. Why would you reduce Grabner's TOI and throw him with grinders that can't hit him with a pass up ice? He was money until Crapuano put him on the 3rd line.
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Really wanna win this one, gotta friend who is an Ottawa Senator fan, I'll never hear the end of it. Hopefully we bounce back and play some really good hockey. I gotta decent feeling this game will have a lot of goals.
Hickey is not better than Amac. Hickey, like Amac cannot handle playing 25+ minutes a night.
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Right now, player wise that's debatable. Minutes wise, you're correct. But Hickey's getting stronger and will be able to take on more minutes in the future.
What Hickey probably can't do is play against the other team's top line. Hammer/Amac can't even do it right now.
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There is no one in BP that is going to help this team on D. Finley is their best Dman and we already saw what he brings to the table, nothing!
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How do you know that? Not like he was ever put in that position before?
AMAC is more proven but Hickey is better currently.
Quicklime
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Tonight will hopefully be Vanek's "arrival."
Since I get the 'pleasure' of living adulthood with a Halloween birthday, I always inevitably annex November 1st.
I want a 6-2 victory this year. Go Isles.
Since I get the 'pleasure' of living adulthood with a Halloween birthday, I always inevitably annex November 1st.
I want a 6-2 victory this year. Go Isles.
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Hamonic is without a doubt our best defenseman, when Viz is healthy I would like to see him with Hamonic, and Amac-Hickey together playing ~18-20 minutes a night. Hickey is probably playing better right now, but it's tough to say when Amac is being burned out against top players every game.
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