Comments on: ANAHEIM 5 ISLANDERS 4 (OT)Another third period fold; Gordon bolts interview

By: Cary

Cary — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:47:26 +0000

CB - is the Chef the worst player in the NHL?

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:17:39 +0000

The fans that want this team to tank should be ashamed of themselves. Biron has 3 guys in front of him on the tying goal, trying to blame him for the loss makes you look ridiculous. You can thank the great GM Garth Snow for the brilliance that is Bruno Gervais. If he did what he was supposed to do last summer, ie. get defensive and/or offensive help the team might be in a playoff spot. I’m glad Gordon walked away from him, first he already answered it, and second it’s better than saying something he’ll regret.

By: nyislanders93

nyislanders93 — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:22:29 +0000

Carolina got the win today in Pittsburgh. Were in 27th right now. Florida is 1 point under us with 2 games more to go. We need the Kings to get us good tonight.

By: Matt S.

Matt S. — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:17:02 +0000

Gordon hated that question because 3rd period power-outages is a glaring sign of poor coaching. the team is not playing 60-65 minutes. not motivated at the right times and seems to run out of gas. after a few of these horrible 3rd periods a good coach would skate the team so hard the next practice they would never dream of phoning it in again. Al Arbour would tell them not even to bring their sticks out.

By: Darren

Darren — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:25:08 +0000

Bruno has got to go now.He single handedly lost this game for Isles.Biron was no better either.If he would have been able to freeze a couple of those pucks,maybe the end result is different.I do question Gordons personnel decisions.Horrible loss!I don’t care about the top 3 pick.I believe finnishing strong and maybe even making playoffs is a better end result.Here’s a question I would ask Gordo…If Frans is your best defensive player how come he is not utilized more in key defensive situations?Another beef I have is the timing of some of these penalties called against Isles and the lack of calls/non calls in their favor.It just seems like if they’re up by 1 or 2 the refs almost guarantee the other teams powerplays.Its a joke.What happened to the days of earning your PP!!

By: TimQ

TimQ — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:23:58 +0000

Gordon has got to grow up. Next thing you know he’ll be picking fights with Larry Brooks.

This team needs a strong finish, lead by consistent efforts from KO and JT. Okposo was back to being the beast last night, and Tavares is finding a way to put up points. Besides the playoffs, their goals should be 8-3 the rest of the way, JT tops all rookies in scoring, and they finish ahead of the Rag$

By: Jimmy O

Jimmy O — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:12:20 +0000

Carlin has been awful all season, but would Gordon have walked out if anyone else asked the same question? I for one, am still waiting for an answer. Now that Gordo has slept on it, I hope he has the cahones to answer it on the air tonight. A more direct question from the fans is “why is your team so ill prepared for the third period in so many games?” a nice follow up would be “Now that you have addressed the awful PK unit, do you have plans to address the dreadful PP unit, or have you considered DECLINING the PP altogether since the opponent usually gains momentum after killing the penalty time after time?”
Wouldnt it be great if he stared into the camera and yelled…”YOU WANT THE TRUTH?>>>YOU CANT HANDLE THE TRUTH!” and then storm off camera. Now that would be fun to watch.

By: IsleofNJ

IsleofNJ — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:52:09 +0000

At least Gordon didn’t almost come to blows with Carlin like our cohorts Torts/Brooks did across town not too long ago. Look, Gordon is human and he had to be frustrated as heck at that moment. OR would any of us rather have a coach with no fire in their belly. Really, the guy deserves a pass once in a while.

By: Marc from Troy

Marc from Troy — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:31:41 +0000

Happy that Gordon has some emotion? Sure. But bolting a reasonable post-game question is indefensible. Coach needs to grow a pair and learn to be able to handle questions in both good moments and bad. If, as CB guessed, Gordon was upset because HE THOUGHT he addressed the point in Carlin’s first question when describing how the Ducks came back, then that’s nonsense. All he did was describe how the Ducks scored 2 goals. How about actually answering the question - the 14-2 shot disparity in the 3rd justifies it plenty. No way the question was BS.

And, not only was it noted on NHL.com, but the entire interview was replayed and discussed on NHL Network’s On the Fly - a show which has been aired/repeated about 10 times now. That’s just more embarrassment for the organization, and, as such, Gordon’s apology is already late.

By: doug f.

doug f. — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:10:49 +0000

Start Roli the rest of the way until we’re eliminated…I looked at the NHL Standing and we’re only 6 points out of a playoff spot. If the Rangers win vs Boston and we win, we cut the margain to four.

By: JD

JD — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:21:51 +0000

Gordon bolting is not that big of a deal. It was yet another late game brutal loss. As far as the team goes, I agree with others in regards to Ricky disrupting this team. If he ever is 100% healthy and can handle the rigors of a full time goaltender again then he should play but he should stay away while we are still kind of in the hunt. This constant joining the team for a few weeks and then getting reinjured again is not doing anything except holding the Isles back.

By: Staten Islander

Staten Islander — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:17:52 +0000

I would have LOVED to have been a fly on the wall in the locker room last night