GDT: f*** You Cancer! - New York Islanders @ 19:00EST

[KIRK]

Sceviour with a tutorial on how to kill a 3 on 2 there.

 

[Pancakes]

Honestly if they keep playing like this, this team really just needs some healthy bodies and healthy scratches.

I still come back as well to the fact that I don't even know what moves we can make. Moving next year's pick does not make sense. Burke has also publicly stated we're not moving our top kids.

So what does that even leave us? Not a lot of options to upgrade when you don't want to move certain assets.

 

[ColePens]

Great play by Pelech on the Isles because Rusty had a REALLY good move there. The old Lemieux flip the puck and chase it.

 

[Andy99]

See how the Isles play the body...like to see us do more of that

 

[K Fleur]

I’d love to talk at lengths about how good Letang is right now but the same thing happens everytime I do.

 

[Pancakes]

Jankowski gives me serious Brandon Sutter vibes in that you just know whenever a 50/50 puck battle is happening that he's going to lose it.

 

[KIRK]

Thank God Mears isn't Edwards

I'll take damning with faint praise for $600, Alex.

 

[Beau Knows]

Lol Rust, worth a try though

 

[Empoleon8771]

Chemistry with a healthier roster is definitely a concern. We need to not lose this vibe we have going right now.

I think Hextall needs to clear out some of this dead weight like JR did, and give a chance for guys like O'Connor, Zohorna and Angello to establish themselves.

JR did that in 2016, the lineup at the start of the year was something like:

Kunitz-Crosby-Kessel
Perron-Malkin-Hornqvist
Plotnikov-Bonino-Bennett
Fehr-Cullen-Sprong

He threw aside Plotnikov, Bennett and Sprong, which gave chances to guys like Rust, Sheary, Kuhnhackl and Wilson. For that to happen again this year, JR needs to start thinning out these bad depth guys to give a chance for the young guys. That means guys like Jankowski, Sceviour, Lafferty (he's in this category at this point IMO) and maybe even ERod (or at least make ERod an extra).

 

[AuroraBorealis]

Nice pressure on Barzal

 

[Gurglesons]

GOAT line is GOAT!

 

[BillPrep]

komarov looks like he might only say "pancakes" when asked what he wants to eat...

 

[HandshakeLine]

I still come back as well to the fact that I don't even know what moves we can make. Moving next year's pick does not make sense. Burke has also publicly stated we're not moving our top kids.

So what does that even leave us? Not a lot of options to upgrade when you don't want to move certain assets.

Ideally, I’d just healthy scratch Jank and Sceviour and let the 4LW rotate/battle it out between what we have.

 

[BoysofWinter66871]

Why is the 4th line playing against the Isles top guys?

 

[Big Poppa Pump]

Huge to go up 2-0

Cmon boys

 

[Andy99]

Letang giveth and taketh

 

[hskey]

Boo

 

[metalan2]

Letang is such a moron.

Edit - no he's not. An awful, awful call.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

I like Rust's game so much right now.

 

[Big Poppa Pump]

Then there's LeDumb........

 

[Miro4Norris]

Idiot Kris..

 

[Empoleon8771]

I sometimes wonder why Letang has an A on his jersey.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Who had “Dumb Letang retaliation penalty” on their bingo card?

 

[The Sodfather]

Eff off, Csikas.

 

[Gurglesons]

What a joke refs.

What an absolute f***ing joke of a call.