All of the above, plus his skates left the ice--that pretty much sealed it for me. A suspension was appropriate.
All of the above, plus his skates left the ice--that pretty much sealed it for me. A suspension was appropriate.
Textbook charge and he made no attempt to play the puck. What is remarkable to me is that this, which one might consider somewhat of a "bang-bang" play, is worth 4 games, yet Reaves gets only 2 for another one of his trademark assaults, an undeniable attempt to injure.
Right? Reaves was intentionally kneeling and digging on Graves head! With this hit I honestly believe that if Scheiffle made a play for the puck and still hit him like that...no suspension. Hockey is so fast and split second. Hope the kid is ok and gets back, but hard lesson learned buddy...keep aware of your surroundings!!
Also, while I'm pleased with the outcome...hated to see Varlamov, who played an incredible game, give up a goal like that in OT.
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Looked to me like the Isles were heavily concentrating on the physical game on Thursday night and probably needed to get more pucks to the net. I would expect Trotz to remedy that tonight.
The Isles entire problem is that they keep looking for the Sportscenter 'highlight' goal vs just putting the fuckin puck on net.
So many plus quality shooting chances passed up to make an unnecessary xtra pass....
Single fucking thing that pisses me off most re Isles
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Yes...Isles lose way too many scoring chances by making that extra pass. Some with wide open nets!! A team without any true goal scorers needs to take the shots when they get em! Am I right Isles fans?! Barzal is the guiltiest of the guilty here which must be maddening.
Colorado/Vegas series is a damn good one!
Montreal/Winnepeg has been a snoozer zzzz
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If another Islander gets between the faceoff circles with a great look and doesn't shoot the puck, they get to run the stairs all night! Unbelievably frustrating. Barzal is always prone to this. Its like he goes thru a loss of confidence every now and then. Bailey is another one. There are no style points in hockey, stop looking for the highlight reel goal.
Been watching the Avs / Golden Knights series and its as good as it gets. Haven't tunes in to Habs/Jets yet. TB/ Canes is a great series.
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Finally, the Islanders didn't get the short straw and have to play the early game. Thanks Bettman.
Nets already took out the Celts. Isles gonna tie the series tonight and as a bonus, the Yanks will win a high scoring game tonight against the Sox. I should go to Vegas!
Barzal was always guilty of this - but its exacerbated by no Anders Lee.
Barzal would shoot more knowing that one of the best front of net players currently, is there to cause havok, redirect shots and feast on scraps.
Leo Komarov - for all his belligerence - really has none of those skill sets.
But Bailey.... never understood why he is so popular with Isles fans I know - and he is definitely even more guilty than Barzal because Bailey consistently makes asinine and ill advised showy passes in the defensive zone to the middle - newsflash, you aint fooling the opponent.
I haven't even had any beer yet today - must have been the lawn work that fired me up!
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Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
Glad I didn't go to Vegas! But if there had to be a split tonight, I'm very happy with an Isles win and Yanks loss.
Barzal really got involved tonight. Its his team and tonight he played like it. Great game, and what I expected from both teams in this series.
Pasta is gonna see that empty net in his sleep for a while.
What a game.
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so stressful
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Nothing shakier than a 3 goal lead in hockey.
Again, Varly is the difference between winning and losing. And while Bailey had a goal - until that exact moment, he was having a god awful game IMO with terrible decision-making on his passing and positional play.
And Habs are first to semis/conf finals? Would have lost that bet.
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...and Isles PP took full advantage of some pretty lame calls I have to say. Other than the stick to Barzal's face that is. This series has been pretty intense and a lot of fun
Habs lulled Winnepeg to sleep and that won't work as well with the Avs or Knights. Plus Winnepeg losing Schieffle was a killer.
Pullin' for Tampa...I'd love to see them up against Boston or Isles
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All my Boston colleagues are bitching about the refs
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Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
The issue with the refs again is that they let a shit-ton of stuff go in the first 10-12 mins of gametime - so to later on call tickytacky shit is poor.
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BOS got 4 penalties. NYI 2. There was one soft call there. Basically the refs have let them play. The first goal Marchand took a 2 hander to Beauvillier behind the Isles goal. “Stole” the puck, pass pass goal. Nobody wants to give that goal back.
It’s been a great series but the whining is not a good look. If Pasta didn’t miss the ocean in game 4 and Marchand didn’t slide one parallel to the goal line in game 5, it might already be over. BOS had all the shots in game 5 and Varly stood on his head most of the game. Isles don’t usually score 3 PP goals in 2 weeks, BOS should be looking at their PK. The Isles didn’t have a ton of shots but they were all real good looks. Can’t wait for game 6.
Agree with the Habs Jets series. I couldn’t get into it and watched very little. I really expected the AVS to make short work of Vegas but the G Knights won in OT tonight to take a series lead. Great series! And TB as expected, dispensed with the Canes.
Before the playoffs I picked TB and AVS with TB drinking from the Cup again. Of course I want the Isles so we shall see. Hockey is awesome!
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Bolts
Getting out my popcorn for Bruins/Isles. Hope they beat the hell out of each other.
Last year, Isles had Crapitals on ropes and took two xtra games to close them out while Bolts rested / recharged in the 2nd bubble.
Isles can't let that happen again....gotta put a bow on this tonight @nassau
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