Pre-Game Talk: ECQ SERIES DISCUSSION | (1) Penguins vs. (8) Islanders | #BeLIeve

[steveat]

Everyone go to playoffschallenge.nhl.com and signup. I made a league called HFBoards. I think it would be fun to see how well we can pick the winners

 

[Bunk Moreland]

More follow up from Staple:

#Isles bringing G Anders Nilsson to Pitt, plus six extra skaters; Anders Lee returned to ND to take his finals.

https://twitter.com/StapeNewsday/status/329281600976191488

 

[enigmatic]

More follow up from Staple:



https://twitter.com/StapeNewsday/status/329281600976191488

terrible commitment shown by anders lee....trade him

 

[PWJunior]

Good for Anders to take his exams, the kid has got his priorities straight.

So I guess we're not losing a year off of his ELC this year. He hasn't played the requisite games to burn the first year. I can't say I hate that.

 

[CREW99AW]

terrible commitment shown by anders lee....trade him

Clearly, he's trade bait.

 

[Melanson]

Am I reading this wrong or are all signs pointing to Reasoner playing? If so, I think that's a big mistake. We have played so much better without him.

 

[doublechili]

I think our only hope against this Pens team is to be extremely physical, we need to intimidate them (which will be no easy task). The Pens will dominate you if you sit back and watch them play, but you have a chance if you play a mean, in your face kind of game.

Maybe intimidation would work, but I suspect the best chance would be to play an amazing transition game, use the mobility/puck-moving of our d-men and keep the play out of our defensive zone as much as possible. Conversely, the Isles will need to forecheck guys like Murray and Orpik (and hopefully Engellund) and maintain O zone pressure and get chances off mistakes. I think that's kind of how the Devs frustrated the Flyers last year in the POs.

The other issue with trying to intimidate is that the refs will be calling the series closely to protect Sid. But that can play to the Isles' advantage for their smaller d-men.

 

[OlTimeHockey]

HA,HA Last week I read a story about possible Pro athletes coming out of the closet. It must have stuck in my head because that night I had a dream that Mario Lemuiex {SP} anounced he was gay. I really thought when I woke up that it was going to be true. LOL!

 

[The Underboss]

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?p=64961315#post64961315

Fresh thread link above.