Post-Game Talk: Islanders in Ottawa, tonight 7:30

[Tundraman]

The effort was there tonight if not the result.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

The odds of Ceci getting traded at the draft must be pretty high right?

He is way too expensive for how bad he is.

 

[Melgene Eunyk]

Islanders are getting swept in the first round lol

 

[Icelevel]

Ceci has had an overall decent game today but I don't get his shot selections sometimes. No traffic in front. Throws a wrister to the goalies crest.

No he was bad
Too slow with the puck and often making the wrong decisions with it

 

[SensFactor]

That third goal just cannot happen. Smith, Boro, Harpur all need to go...

 

[branch]

He is embarrassing to watch

Repeatedly drives himself into the boards like a dog running for a treat in the kitchen that plows into the fridge because you have hardwood but he doesn’t get the treat because it slides underneath

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

White with 2 big faceoff wins against Cyzikas ... Not sure if he won another faceoff all night.. but won 2 when it might have counted.

3rd goal by the Isles was BS fluke crap

 

[Micklebot]

On the bright side, we actually played a solid game. They got a couple of their goals off fortunate bounces, this was a game that could have easily been a W.

Ceci had a really strong game on both ends of the ice. Still has trouble getting shots through from the point though.
I liked Balcers' game.
Wolanin looked like our best dman or a close second

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Can we trade chabot for brannstrom?
Oh we already have brannstrom. Ok then

Apparently Brannstrom can pass the puck better than anyone other than Wolanin

 

[Answer]

So Smith is on the ice for empty net rather Duclair?

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

I remember when I used to call Smith lazy and useless only to be scoffed at here and told I'm too biased to even have an opinion.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

On the bright side, we actually played a solid game. They got a couple of their goals off fortunate bounces, this was a game that could have easily been a W.

Ceci had a really strong game on both ends of the ice. Still has trouble getting shots through from the point though.
I liked Balcers' game.
Wolanin looked like our best dman or a close second

Ceci had one of his better games ..still had tunnel vision on a couple plays but I think he and Wolanin played off each other pretty well and didn't just get buried in their own end shift after shift which was good.

I like Balcers game too.. He needs a playmaking c ; He has a great release and isn't getting a lot of chances to use it. He has shown really good compete level both ways. Good speed and nice hands.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

So Smith is on the ice for empty net rather Duclair?

Smith is obviously Crow's goto guy... Boro on with 2 minutes to go down by 1 ... vs putting Chabot out boggles my mind... any competitive Peewee coach would have had Chabot go

 

[Ouroboros]

I remember when I used to call Smith lazy and useless only to be scoffed at here and told I'm too biased to even have an opinion.

He had the most ice time among all forwards tonight.



He's been bad for a long time, but tonight may have been a new level of ineptitude.

Ｗａｉｖｅｒｓ.

 

[JungleBeat]

Smith went from being on waivers to leading forwards in icetime. Embarrassing.

 

[Micklebot]

So Smith is on the ice for empty net rather Duclair?

I'm thinking he wanted two centers on the ice so that if one got thrown out, the other could step in

 

[SensFactor]

Attendance 11, 967

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Repeatedly drives himself into the boards like a dog running for a treat in the kitchen that plows into the fridge because you have hardwood but he doesn’t get the treat because it slides underneath

Foundational.

 

[JungleBeat]

I'm thinking he wanted two centers on the ice so that if one got thrown out, the other could step in

Stupid decision either way.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

I really think if Craw had given a little more than 18:30 mins of toi to Smith he would have scored eventually. That's our problem right there.

 

[branch]

Attendance 11, 967

Just the vocal minority

 

[branch]

I remember when I used to call Smith lazy and useless only to be scoffed at here and told I'm too biased to even have an opinion.

Nice eyes tho

 

[L'Aveuglette]

On the bright side, we actually played a solid game. They got a couple of their goals off fortunate bounces, this was a game that could have easily been a W.

Ceci had a really strong game on both ends of the ice. Still has trouble getting shots through from the point though.
I liked Balcers' game.
Wolanin looked like our best dman or a close second

We've been lucky to face a team that's playing really badly lately. We're still losing though.

 

[Micklebot]

We've been lucky to face a team that's playing really badly lately. We're still losing though.

That's fine, at this point it's not about wins and loses, it's about development, and the players are developing. Balcers looks to be gaining confidence. He could use a playmaking center though. Wolanin is really coming into his own. Tkachuk is always involved and making things happen.

There are lots of reasons to complain about this team; how they played tonight isn't really one of them.

 

[Sensmileletsgo]

Lindberg looked good today. Hopefully he builds on his game from today and does well getting a bigger role on this team then he did in Vegas