Comments on: CAPITALS 7 ISLANDERS 2Not Ready for Prime Time Plus/Minus

By: JP

JP — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:47:42 +0000

LBIsles I yell more at Gervais then Oleg Kvasha and Niinimaa added together. Bruno should hang up the skates and go to culinary school. Maybe we can deal him for a 7th round pick and a bag of pucks

By: LBIsles

LBIsles — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:31:51 +0000

Bruno Gervais is absolute garbage. He’s been playing like crap for a couple of months and last night was the end for me.I did’nt look at the scoresheet but he must have been at least a minus 4 last night. I haven’t yelled at one player so much while at a game since Janne Ninnima (who the hell can spell his name anyway) was with the team

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:32:33 +0000

I’m gonna try and look on the brightside of things here…if you’re committed to a complete rebuild of this team then you can probably make a reasonable comparison of this team to the 74-75 team that finished 33-25-22 (88pts)….aside from the playoff magic that year against the rangers and pens, the team was very similar coming off an awful sophmore NHL season and having a good part of the dynasty nucleus just breaking into the league at 20-21 years old. ’75 was the year the playoffs were expanded from 8 to 12 teams, otherwise the 8th seed islanders would have made it in by the skin of their teeth in the last spot…a likely outcome for this season. That team was very similar in that they showed some incredible heart and talent for a few games in a row and then would lose 2 or 3 in a row in poor fashion. Much like this team they were young, talented, but needed experience, and occasionally messed up big time…and we all know what happened with that ’75 group for the next decade or so.

By: Ryan Sweeney

Ryan Sweeney — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:41:30 +0000

Too bad for Hillen. I hope he gets back soon. As for Gervais, I hope he gets off the ice soon. He has to be held accountable for the way he’s been playing this year. He is our Redden, you only notice him when he really F’s up.

By: beachchica

beachchica — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:24:53 +0000

Bad kharma having a Rangers announcer calling the Islanders game!!! Jack Hillen get back to the ice soon!!!!!

By: Joey303

Joey303 — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:24:40 +0000

Plus: # 78 Examiner!! Well said

Plus: Still in the playoff hunt

Minus: Need size, size and more size. Did I say size as well?

By: orgaNYIzation

orgaNYIzation — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:23:33 +0000

Brian from ‘Pequa: are you implying that CB has follicle envy?

By: RobC

RobC — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:59:22 +0000

Plus: KO never stops working and pushing the pace no matter what the score.

Plus: JT made some confident moves last night. He just needs to get bigger and it will lift his game to new hights.

Minus: our young inexperienced team didn’t play with the confidence they exuded in the games against, buffalo, Detroit and the NJ.

By: Vincent

Vincent — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:48:25 +0000

I still feel that the Caps have the all- star mentality, and that the teams with the hard fought experience will be in the Cup. Flashy Russians have shown they fall apart in those situations..Game 7 Pens vs. Caps.

By: JtorBust

JtorBust — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:45:19 +0000

It all comes down to we are not physical. We have four Centers who do not check , at all. I am hoping that this is part of Garths master plan , just boggles my mind how we don t have anyone who the opposing team should be worried about. I am not talking about a 4 minte a player goon, just a guy that can knock you down and will not back down. Sutton is good for one hit a game but thats it, you would have to do something drastic to lure him into a fight. We have too many of the same players , need a nice blend of skill , speed and toughness, size to win. We have one or two players over 6 feet and 200 lbs. What is Garth doing ? Do ticket sales not matter to these guys ?

By: JP

JP — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:40:28 +0000

A few guys hit the nail on the head with this stinker. A lack luster effort by the usual cast of characters led to this Washington route. Bruno needs to go WEST along with Bergenheim, Park and Meyers. We are rebuilding and we have to nurture a team for the long term but when guys like Park are playing and Tambellini is sitting I have a problem with that. Bring up Joensuu, Trevor Smith, or Kohn. I bet they will give 110% I understand we are in year 12 of our 5 year plan but we need to move small guys who play small games on a nightly basis and aren’t leading to the offensive of defensive effort.

I remember reading an article awhile back where Bill Torre said he built 4 teams when he was the architect of the Island. Guys on those teams played 2 or 3 styles of hockey. This team is a 1 dimensional skating team. The reason they played so well from Dec 29th till last week was because they met Western teams that were not used to their run and gun offense, and they caught a Devil team that seemed to be in la la land in that blowout. Snowy it’s time to pull the trigger and move the dead wood along for a few role players.

Lastly I don’t know if there is a standing order in that locker room but maybe someone can fill me in, is there a rule saying no fighting, or hard hitting except for Andy Sutton ? It’s disgusting to watch the liberties teams are taking with the OTB line and no one has to answer for their actions. Go get a 4th line guy that will have other teams looking around but has some offensive skills. Hmmm Eric Nystrom maybe, Brandon Prust, Cam Janssen?

Well thats just my 2 cents, and Im keeping positive for the road trip. Lets see what happens

By: Boss12

Boss12 — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:33:29 +0000

Can Witt be fitted with a Bionic knee by the next game? I don’t think I can watch Gervais…Even if some guys made it past Witt he would at the very least give them a shove Gervais is like a traffic cone out there. They were just out played and out talented, in a few years hopefully we will be giving the beatings not receiving them.