Post-Game Talk: #5| New York Islanders @ Tampa Bay Lightning | June 21st | 8:00 PM | F/L 8-0

[sabremike]

Penguins over North Stars 8-0 in 1991. Montreal over Toronto by a wider margin in the 1940s.

Of course the last time it happened was the legendary 2001 game 6 8-0 defenstration of the Flyers by the Sabres at Marine Midland Arena to win the series. Game was on national television via ABC.

 

[wingnutks]

Pretty sure game 6 against Boston they came out ready to play. I wouldn't put money on the Islanders to win this series - i wouldn't have done that at any point really. But this is too experienced a team, too good of a coach for them to come out tomorrow night and roll over. The way the Islanders are built you can expect a game like last night here and there. But y0u can also expect them to bounce back and put out an A+ effort as a follow up. Will that be enough to win? Possibly/probably not, but I'm pretty sure we'll see a different compete level on Wednesday.

Being ready and coming out flying like TB did is two totally different things

 

[DKH]

I hope you folks attending the next game get creative and do a chant ‘1940’ like you did for years with Rangers but ‘ninety-eight’ as a slam to Tampa’s Cap number

Tampa with an 80 million legit payroll and Andres Lee healthy I’ll take NYI in 5 (and I’m a Bruins fan)

 

[Throttle]

I hope you folks attending the next game get creative and do a chant ‘1940’ like you did for years with Rangers but ‘ninety-eight’ as a slam to Tampa’s Cap number

Tampa with an 80 million legit payroll and Andres Lee healthy I’ll take NYI in 5 (and I’m a Bruins fan)

you realize that chant was because of how long NYR went w/o winning a cup and the Isles won a bunch of cups in recent memory. The Isles don't have a leg to stand on w/Tampa for such a chant.

 

[Fist of Gillies]

Yeah man Wahlstrom totally would have made a difference in that 8-0 game yesterday.

I agree. Losing 7-1 or 6-2 would not make feel much better today either.

 

[AZ Caps Fan]

Not here to troll. Just wanted to say surprising effort by the Isles last night. I expected more after the previous game where they looked dominant at times. Hang in there. At least you get to watch your team this time of year.

 

[Note Worthy]

Hang in there Isles fans. My Blues lost 7-2 and 5-1 two of the SCF games and we heard the whole time afterwards about how we're "done" and "broken". Didn't exactly work out that way.

All in all, it's just one game. There's no reason you all can't win game 6.

 

[crasherino]

Hang in there Isles fans. My Blues lost 7-2 and 5-1 two of the SCF games and we heard the whole time afterwards about how we're "done" and "broken". Didn't exactly work out that way.

All in all, it's just one game. There's no reason you all can't win game 6.

This is a noteworthy post.

 

[teknics]

Hang in there Isles fans. My Blues lost 7-2 and 5-1 two of the SCF games and we heard the whole time afterwards about how we're "done" and "broken". Didn't exactly work out that way.

All in all, it's just one game. There's no reason you all can't win game 6.

One shift. One period. One game.

Worry about those, one at a time.

 

[ThreeLeftSkates]

I actually think there is a plan to unload and drop a lot of players in 2 years..That's when the bulk of the contracts are done..They even said they have plans for Ho-Sang...why would you say this to him if he wasn't...so I assume, they were/are thinking of overhauling parts of the team, especially with Aho and Golyshev in the mix now.

Aho?

 

[jgs]

The Islanders need to play better defense in the neutral zone. they can't let Tampa move the puck with speed through the neutral zone. That is where the game will be won. Rhey have done a pretty good job there except for the last game. They will be prepared in the next game.

 

[islesjuncky]

Winner of game 5 takes this series.

Please be wrong

 

[Chapin Landvogt]

Aho?

Good point. I think he means Salo.

 

[Chapin Landvogt]

The Islanders need to play better

I've shortened your post for you, keeping it accurate and saving bandwidth.

 

[SEALBound]

Pens fan here - keep your heads up boys! You can come back from this. Penguins got ran over Game 5 of the 09 Finals by the Redwings and everyone thought they were done. This is just a road bump. Keep the faith!

 

[The Real JT]

I actually think there is a plan to unload and drop a lot of players in 2 years..That's when the bulk of the contracts are done..They even said they have plans for Ho-Sang...

SpaceX?

 

[wingnutks]

The Islanders need to play better defense in the neutral zone. they can't let Tampa move the puck with speed through the neutral zone. That is where the game will be won. Rhey have done a pretty good job there except for the last game. They will be prepared in the next game.

TB was blowing thru the neutral zone last night. They were also flying the zone early.