GDT: New York Islanders 2, Los Angeles Kings 1 (Final/SO)

[Reclamation Project]

The winger Kopitar has always needed!

 

[Ollie Weeks]

I'm not worrying too much about Nolan skating alongside our best hockey players for very long.

 

[Kevin27NYI]

curious to see how Hickey has evolved with the Isles...

Positionally, guys a beast. Good in transition. An everyday player on every team at this point, when paired with Lubo it's in my opinion he's a number 4, given the chemistry they have. Otherwise, just a solid number 5. Those two get exposed to being pinned against bigger offensive lines in cycle but I've also seen Hickey give Nash hell with his persistence and agility. The pairing also can give slow teams trouble with their speed.

When hickey was paired with Hamonic early in the year (de Haan and Lubo were hurt), they both looked like trash. Now they each have their partners back and look good. Not great, good. EDIT: Actually, I should mention last game the CDH-Hamonic pairing looked great for the first time all year, but that's just one game.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Isles lines tonight according to Arthur Staple:

Arthur Staple ‏@StapeNewsday 2m2 minutes ago
#Isles lines to start tonight: Same top line, Grabovski-Nielsen-Clutterbuck, Lee-Nelson-Strome, Martin-Cizikas-Boulton.

Arthur Staple ‏@StapeNewsday 7m7 minutes ago
Cizkas back in for Conacher. Johnson in goal. #Isles

****! These guys have us all figured out!

 

[Reclamation Project]

Wish we still had Hickey

 

[Bandit]

Wish we still had Hickey

You're granted a wish and THAT is what you ask for? Aim higher!

 

[WESEERED]

Fantasy question. Has Gabby or pearson been playing on top line pp?

 

[kingsholygrail]

I assume whether Williams plays or not depends entirely on the swelling. If it's still an issue, no reason to put him in. Just let him rest up.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Fantasy question. Has Gabby or pearson been playing on top line pp?

They've kept the Carter line with Pearson and Toffoli intact with Kopitar and Doughty on the point.

The second unit recently saw Richards centering Brown and Gaborik with Muzzin and Martinez on the points.

 

[Lelouch]

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1767603

Lol there's a GDT for tonight's game on the Oilers board.

 

[Ron*]

Updated the line changes for the 1,000,000th time for the Islanders.

Think Nolan will go ahead and do well. His skating ability is really underrated.

 

[Winger23]

Updated the line changes for the 1,000,000th time for the Islanders.

Think Nolan will go ahead and do well. His skating ability is really underrated.

I guess Sutter really wants brown playing with Richards. wonder how many shifts nolan actually gets with kopi..

 

[damacles1156]

King/Richards/Brown was good, hope Sutter stays with it awhile.

 

[Ron*]

Will be attending game tonight so score updates will be infrequent.

 

[Reclamation Project]

The Kings don't really score until Ron updates the title. Pending goals.

 

[BigBrown]

Should be a fun game, hopefully the Kings have some jump in their step but who knows with this team. An opportunity for Sutter to match lines in order to get a more favorable matchup for the Carter-line now that they're back home, they seemed to struggle a bit playing against shutdown opposition on the road.

 

[Ron*]

The Kings don't really score until Ron updates the title. Pending goals.

It's my world and you are welcome to it.

 

[kingsholygrail]

Over the laaaaaaaand of the FREEEEEEEEEEEEEE...and the home of the braaaaaavvveeeee.ee.e

 

[Little Psycho]

King/Richards/Brown was good, hope Sutter stays with it awhile.

This.

Kopitar and Gabby can deal with Nolan for a game or two.

 

[KingsCorona]

And we're off!!

 

[Alisa]

Take advantage of being back at home, boys. Go Kings Go!!!

 

[Reclamation Project]

On January 15, 2013, Hickey was claimed off waivers from the Kings by the New York Islanders.

 

[KingsCorona]

LOL, Nolan trucked him good.

 

[King RAZZ]

Cannon!!!!

 

[Alisa]

That Richards King magic ♡♡