Pre-Game Talk: Islanders in Ottawa, Tues 7:30 on TSN

[swiftwin]

Love seeing the 'A' on Duchene. I hope and expect he will he here for the long haul. What a beaut.

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

Erik having a good game...nice to see him flying out there.

 

[armani]

Karlsson looks eerily similar to Karlsson of March 2017.

 

[Boud]

Matt Duchene is a #1C.

The more I look at him and he reminds me a lot of a C version of Radulov. Very similar how hard they work and how they're all over the ice and always creating chances.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

What exactly would be the point of playing Stone now?

 

[RuthlessLieutenant]

What exactly would be the point of playing Stone now?

to ruin the tank

 

[Xspyrit]

to ruin the tank

I don’t think they will finish outside of bottom-6 regardless so a top-5 pick looks very likely

Buffalo, Arizona, Vancouver, Montreal, Detroit and Ottawa should be the last 6 teams

Islanders and Hawks have 9 more points right now so I think it’s safe to say we won’t pass them.

 

[TheBradyBunch]

What exactly would be the point of playing Stone now?

Stone, presumably, wants to play. I'm sure the team would have no issue shutting him down if he wanted that.

 

[senswon]

Does chlapik need

A. Skating coach
B. A great summer to get stronger
C. Confidence
D. Better linemates
E. All the above

 

[TheBradyBunch]

Maybe it's because of the way he was shoved down our throats by some over-zealous fans, but I am hard-pressed to remember a Senator I've liked less than Claesson.

Sexton looked pretty awful last night but that was nice hustle by him to create some chaos in the o-zone. I still think he's only up here to foster some goodwill with AGM Poppa Randy, but at least he's doing some stuff right.

 

[PoutineSp00nZ]

This team is hard to watch

 

[Micklebot]

Just tuning in now, did I miss anything good? How are we playing?

 

[2CHAINZ]

I bet on the islanders come back because I am a true fan.

 

[Micklebot]

Well, Ceci still double clutching. One time that and it's a goal.

 

[armani]

MSG TV commentators absolutely creaming their pants watching EK65 tonight. They can't stop talking about him and even said (paraphrase) "we know we are talking a lot about Karlsson but that's the kind of player he is".

 

[TheBradyBunch]

Just tuning in now, did I miss anything good? How are we playing?

Our goals both had pretty nice set-ups.

Neither team is very good, at all, in the defensive zone.

Maybe it's just about adjusting, but Wolanin seems to struggle with getting hard shots off. Until he gets more on the puck, I think he will struggle at getting pucks through. He does take a lot of chances, though, which I like.

Powerplay, as you're seeing right now, is still awful.

 

[Korpse]

Honestly with Cleasson I feel like I was sold a pump and dump stock and I fell for it so hard.

Got to be careful with Corsi.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Well, Ceci still double clutching. One time that and it's a goal.

If he just practiced that one thing and improved on it he could score quite a few.

 

[swiftwin]

EVERY BOOODY CLAP YO HANDS

clap clap clap clap clap clap clap

 

[branch]

The Missing Chiclets are too good

 

[coladin]

Does chlapik need

A. Skating coach
B. A great summer to get stronger
C. Confidence
D. Better linemates
E. All the above

E

 

[coladin]

The Missing Chiclets are too good

Dude gets an A for effort trying to sing Highway to Hell

 

[pzeeman]

More people than I was expecting, but pretty low energy.

 

[coladin]

Smith the phony, now he fights...and a guy like Seidenberg.

 

[6stringmofo]

Plays die on Smith’s stick