Series Discussion. Round 2: Carolina Hurricanes @ New York Islanders

[PK Cronin]

Now that we know our opponent for round 2, let's discuss it here.

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[pjoner]

Let's Go Islanders!!!

 

[islesfan186]

FINALLY we can watch some isles hockey again! Nice to get home ice again for the 2nd round, but man I wish it was at the Coliseum

 

[The Lighthouse]

"Home" ice advantage . Roll call for Friday?

 

[Thrasymachus]

I'm terrified. I am used to the islanders being awful. The stakes are so high! Daddy Trotz plz lead us to victory

 

[Benedict Kovalchuk]

I love the Canes tonight, and tomorrow I'll loathe them!

 

[aemoreira1981]

And now the Islanders are suddenly the favorites! I believe they'll get it done in 5.

 

[The Lighthouse]

I'm terrified. I am used to the islanders being awful. The stakes are so high! Daddy Trotz plz lead us to victory

Can't think of it that way! We're still playing with house money.

 

[Mr Misunderstood]

Already trying to find tickets for Wednesday or Friday up in Raleigh. LETS GO ISLANDERS

 

[majormet]

I think Carolina peaked and we will get the brooms out again. They pass the puck well for sure, and Pesce and Slavin are solid defensemen. Carolina is going to be super tired and I think the Isles match up well with them, did we ever lose to them this year... this is the team that Greiss owns, and yet he won't see the ice LOL

 

[majormet]

Have we every played this team in a playoff series ever... going back to the Hartford Whalers?

 

[CupHolders]

I think Carolina peaked and we will get the brooms out again. They pass the puck well for sure, and Pesce and Slavin are solid defensemen. Carolina is going to be super tired and I think the Isles match up well with them, did we ever lose to them this year... this is the team that Greiss owns, and yet he won't see the ice LOL

Pretty surprising coming from you. If I remember correctly, the Canes have been one of your dark horse teams for a couple of years now.

 

[WagnerGrad96]

I have my bowling league Friday!! Of course I'll record the game (I usually watch them an hour late anyway to skip the intermissions). So, now I have to avoid seeing the score (and avoid the guys who will be feeding me false info for their own amusement!).

 

[majormet]

Pretty surprising coming from you. If I remember correctly, the Canes have been on of your dark horse teams for a couple of years now.

Yes they were my dark horse team in the Peters era, he is a great coach and showed a lot with Calgary. I am down on the Canes more because of the fatigue, mental exhaustion and climax of that series, they have not a won a series since 2009 and the victory of the Caps was their Stanley Cup... the 4th line of the Islanders will really dictate pace in this series. Washington was very poorly coached, losing Trotz and Lambert really hurt them. Felt that Washington also missed Beagle in the series too. Isles are not going to give up the odd man rushes that Washington gave up to Canes. The player that the Isles have to keep a close eye on is Slavin, he was very strong in the Washington series and he also got a hat trick at one time against Isles.

If the Isles were meeting the Canes in the first round, I would have had a different outlook

 

[Islander Class]

Should be a good one. Gotta jump on them in Games 1 & 2, and protect home ice- as their arena turns into a viper den in the playoffs...

 

[Words Of Wisdom]

I’m still in disbelief we’ll be playing the Canes and we’ll have home ice in the second round. I’m so damn happy. BUT. The Canes are no joke. If there’s one thing I learned from their series with the Caps? They’re resilient and incredibly opportunistic.

That being said.
•We are far more physical than them and that could play into a huge factor for us.
•I have a lot more faith in our goaltending and coaching. We have them beat there.
•Aho looks hurt. Something looks wrong and if he is hurt that’s HUGE.
•Their home crowd is incredible, nearly matching ours.

The thing that actually may worry me the most? We went into the playoffs as the surprise team who couldn’t sustain success and the underdogs against the Penguins. We will be the favorites in this series. That’s unfamiliar territory. BUT. I will not for one second doubt Trotz and having this team prepared. Just hope they don’t take the Canes for granted. That’s a damn good team. LGI.

 

[CupHolders]

Yes they were my dark horse team in the Peters era, he is a great coach and showed a lot with Calgary. I am down on the Canes more because of the fatigue, mental exhaustion and climax of that series, they have not a won a series since 2009 and the victory of the Caps was their Stanley Cup... the 4th line of the Islanders will really dictate pace in this series. Washington was very poorly coached, losing Trotz and Lambert really hurt them. Felt that Washington also missed Beagle in the series too. Isles are not going to give up the odd man rushes that Washington gave up to Canes. The player that the Isles have to keep a close eye on is Slavin, he was very strong in the Washington series and he also got a hat trick at one time against Isles.

If the Isles were meeting the Canes in the first round, I would have had a different outlook

I too liked Peters as Carolina’s coach. Interestingly, I felt similarly about him as I did about Trotz when he was on Nashville.

 

[majormet]

I’m still in disbelief we’ll be playing the Canes and we’ll have home ice in the second round. I’m so damn happy. BUT. The Canes are no joke. If there’s one thing I learned from their series with the Caps? They’re resilient and incredibly opportunistic.

That being said.
•We are far more physical than them and that could play into a huge factor for us.
•I have a lot more faith in our goaltending and coaching. We have them beat there.
•Aho looks hurt. Something looks wrong and if he is hurt that’s HUGE.
•Their home crowd is incredible, nearly matching ours.

The thing that actually may worry me the most? We went into the playoffs as the surprise team who couldn’t sustain success and the underdogs against the Penguins. We will be the favorites in this series. That’s unfamiliar territory. BUT. I will not for one second doubt Trotz and having this team prepared. Just hope they don’t take the Canes for granted. That’s a damn good team. LGI.

Well said, a good analysis... this is going to be the series where Anthony Beauvillier becomes a man, beating their defensemen to the corner is going to be a place to get some goals... he will wake up big in this series....

 

[majormet]

I too liked Peters as Carolina’s coach. Interestingly, I felt similarly about him as I did about Trotz when he was on Nashville.

Peters is a great coach the genius behind Babcock in Detroit and a guy who got a great regular season performance out of the Flames, but goaltending failed them.

Trotz would get into the playoffs with an Erat/Legwand forward crew every year... Carolina is going to be a steady good team and they will progress, their coach was a smart player for sure, the only way Carolina wins this series if Mrazek starts to play over his head and we can't pot goals

 

[Lame Lambert]

I like this matchup for us since they’re built in the Pens/Laffs skill mold and not very physical. Grind them down with our defensive game and take advantage of their defensive lapses like we did against the Pens in round one. Special teams shouldn’t be a factor here either since both of our powerplays suck.

 

[Words Of Wisdom]

Well said, a good analysis... this is going to be the series where Anthony Beauvillier becomes a man, beating their defensemen to the corner is going to be a place to get some goals... he will wake up big in this series....

Wanna know something? I thought he looked awesome in the first round! He was fast, forechecking hard and beating the Pens to the puck and looked ready. Plus he scored a huge goal. I’m super excited. I have this feeling Lee is going to have a huge series.

 

[majormet]

Wanna know something? I thought he looked awesome in the first round! He was fast, forechecking hard and beating the Pens to the puck and looked ready. Plus he scored a huge goal. I’m super excited. I have this feeling Lee is going to have a huge series.

Lee will do well too because the corner play is going to be big, against their dman and we know CDH is bad in the corners and it seems Faulk is not great there either... Pesce and Slavin will be tougher.

Beau did look awesome but he will look even better in this series, he has had time to reflect on his subpar season and he is a hard working player and Filppula had 4 points in the past series, I see that line being the difference for us in this series. I see Barzal's line struggling with Staal on him.

 

[BMOK33]

I like this matchup for us since they’re built in the Pens/Laffs skill mold and not very physical. Grind them down with our defensive game and take advantage of their defensive lapses like we did against the Pens in round one. Special teams shouldn’t be a factor here either since both of our powerplays suck.

We pretty much got the two teams with the least dirty players in the entire conference

 

[Taswell]

We pretty much got the two teams with the least dirty players in the entire conference

Eh, Foegele and Ferland(if he's not hurt, think he is?) are definitely no picnic.

 

[majormet]

We pretty much got the two teams with the least dirty players in the entire conference

Clutterbuck is a dirty SOB for sure, Uncle Leo is not without purity as well, he is a chippy Benjamin Button