Pre-Game Talk: EDF Game 4 6/5 7:25 - THE BEAR hopes this is last ever game in Uniondale - NBC, CBC, TVAS, 98.5 FM

[Fenway]

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[ODAAT]

Tinordi with the GWG tomorrow

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Tinordi with the GWG tomorrow

For which team?

 

[KnightofBoston]

last ever? islanders moving to a new stadium after this season?


conventional wisdom says the islanders should take this game, and I picked bruins in 7, but I just have this feeling they will win tomorrow night.

that said, if they do, I can definitely see Islanders pulling off a game 5 win and then 6 will be the keystone game.

 

[BruinsFanMike82]

I, for one, hope that Rask's health continues being "good enough" to be out there.

Tuukka Rask's last 15 starts after a playoff win
11-4 ; 1.77 GAA ; .941 Sv% ; 2 Shutouts

Rask's last 10 Game Fours
7-3 ; 1.66 GAA ; .947 Sv% ; 1 Shutout

 

[Fenway]

last ever? islanders moving to a new stadium after this season?


conventional wisdom says the islanders should take this game, and I picked bruins in 7, but I just have this feeling they will win tomorrow night.

that said, if they do, I can definitely see Islanders pulling off a game 5 win and then 6 will be the keystone game.

The new rink is 10 miles to the east and on the LIRR

 

[Wiggleboom]

I am very disappointed in the 3rd line. They always seem to get hemmed in their own zone and when Barzal is on the ice against them it always feels like his line is about to score. I think the Bruins can beat the Isles with the third line playing like this, but against TB I have zero confidence. TB's top lines will eat them up.

 

[member 96824]

In thirty days I'll be bulldozing that shit-heap you call a rink into permanent nothingness. And I can only hope that you, and the mongrel race that comprise your fan base, are inside it when I do.

 

[RHR37]

In thirty days I'll be bulldozing that shit-heap you call a rink into permanent nothingness. And I can only hope that you, and the mongrel race that comprise your fan base, are inside it when I do.

Yesssh tell us how you really feel lol

 

[NeelyDan]

In thirty days I'll be bulldozing that shit-heap you call a rink into permanent nothingness. And I can only hope that you, and the mongrel race that comprise your fan base, are inside it when I do.

bro you good?

 

[member 96824]

Before I concern anyone else:
In 30 days, I'll be bulldozing that shit-heap you call a gym into permanent nothingness.


But still:

 

[Troublesome 85]

In thirty days I'll be bulldozing that shit-heap you call a rink into permanent nothingness. And I can only hope that you, and the mongrel race that comprise your fan base, are inside it when I do.

it is the anniversary of Killdozer

 

[Jdavidev]

it is the anniversary of Killdozer

Also, this year is the 15th anniversary of the Dildozer...

 

[UConn126]

bro you good?

That's from Dodgeball, one of the greatest comedies of the modern era.

 

[GloveSave1]

 

[smack66]

I hope to enjoy my coffee Sunday morning. a no stress win would be nice for this old guy

 

[goldnblack]

The Leafs out of town thread is praising Marchand right now. It feels really weird.

I guess at some point he's just too good to ignore.

 

[Fenway]

There's only one explanation for Islanders' loss to Bruins

This was a terrific playoff game that shook down the thunder and woke up the echoes at the Coliseum. It could have been Islanders-Bruins 1980, so fierce was the competition in which nothing was given and all was earned. It was a game that demanded a cleaner ending, though our friends at the other end of the Mass Pike would surely protest that observation.

No, it wasn’t that the Bruins didn’t earn their victory. Of course they did. But you’d have liked to see the game end on an artful goal … maybe on a breakaway the way Game 2 ended on Casey Cizikas’ solo dash in Boston on Monday. But instead of concluding on a bang, it came to an end on a whimper when Marchand scooped a bad-angle shot from the vicinity of the left corner that somehow found a sliver of space to beat Varlamov at 3:36 for 2-1 in the game and 2-1 in the series.

 

[BruinDust]

I am very disappointed in the 3rd line. They always seem to get hemmed in their own zone and when Barzal is on the ice against them it always feels like his line is about to score. I think the Bruins can beat the Isles with the third line playing like this, but against TB I have zero confidence. TB's top lines will eat them up.

It's a double whammy. Ritchie is for my money the Bruins worst defensive forward in his own end. He makes a decent breakout pass, but other than that he's not good. That's OK, everyone has wingers who aren't great defensive players.

Then add in you have Debrusk, whose better defensively but it's not exactly by a wide margin, over on his off-wing where it's harder for wingers on their off-wing to break out of the own zone, and it becomes a perfect storm.

They could split these two up so that you balance out the bad defensive wingers in the bottom 6 onto different lines. Get Debrusk back onto his natural wing on whichever line (3 or 4). Put Lazar on RW with Coyle.

Debrusk/Ritchie - Coyle - Lazar

Debrusk/Ritchie - Kuraly - Wagner

It's not like what they currently have is really working. Line 3 has been kinda dreadful. Line 4 has been decent but I think you could mix it up and it wouldn't get any worse.

 

[4ORRBRUIN]

There's only one explanation for Islanders' loss to Bruins

This was a terrific playoff game that shook down the thunder and woke up the echoes at the Coliseum. It could have been Islanders-Bruins 1980, so fierce was the competition in which nothing was given and all was earned. It was a game that demanded a cleaner ending, though our friends at the other end of the Mass Pike would surely protest that observation.

No, it wasn’t that the Bruins didn’t earn their victory. Of course they did. But you’d have liked to see the game end on an artful goal … maybe on a breakaway the way Game 2 ended on Casey Cizikas’ solo dash in Boston on Monday. But instead of concluding on a bang, it came to an end on a whimper when Marchand scooped a bad-angle shot from the vicinity of the left corner that somehow found a sliver of space to beat Varlamov at 3:36 for 2-1 in the game and 2-1 in the series.

Brad's goal was a great shot as well as bad goaltending. Islanders should have lost by 4 goals in this game if not for Varlamov

 

[rocketdan9]

Brad's goal was a great shot as well as bad goaltending. Islanders should have lost by 4 goals in this game if not for Varlamov

Imo must win game 4

Must avoid Nassau... forever

 

[mjhfb]

It's a double whammy. Ritchie is for my money the Bruins worst defensive forward in his own end. He makes a decent breakout pass, but other than that he's not good. That's OK, everyone has wingers who aren't great defensive players.

Then add in you have Debrusk, whose better defensively but it's not exactly by a wide margin, over on his off-wing where it's harder for wingers on their off-wing to break out of the own zone, and it becomes a perfect storm.

They could split these two up so that you balance out the bad defensive wingers in the bottom 6 onto different lines. Get Debrusk back onto his natural wing on whichever line (3 or 4). Put Lazar on RW with Coyle.

Debrusk/Ritchie - Coyle - Lazar

Debrusk/Ritchie - Kuraly - Wagner

It's not like what they currently have is really working. Line 3 has been kinda dreadful. Line 4 has been decent but I think you could mix it up and it wouldn't get any worse.

I hear what you're saying, but before changing lines if I was on the bench I'd at least try swapping Debrusk and Ritchie. Debrusk will be better on LW and Ritchie might be ok on RW, its an unknown, so an easy quick thing to try before rearranging the lines.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

In thirty days I'll be bulldozing that shit-heap you call a rink into permanent nothingness. And I can only hope that you, and the mongrel race that comprise your fan base, are inside it when I do.

What?

 

[BruinDust]

I hear what you're saying, but before changing lines if I was on the bench I'd at least try swapping Debrusk and Ritchie. Debrusk will be better on LW and Ritchie might be ok on RW, its an unknown, so an easy quick thing to try before rearranging the lines.

I wouldn't have a problem with that. I do find typically it's more skilled guys who can better handle their off-wing. That being said, it mostly depends on the player.

 

[Jean_Jacket41]

Let’s win this game and put these losers in a 3-1 hole.

Do it.