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What is on the menu?
By Gary Harding at 11 December, 2009, 10:27 am
Home cooking coming….
Time to establish some things during the next 20 days.
1. Who is the home team? Get the last change – get the right person for the face off – hopefully get the right combinations on the ice at the right time…
2. Get a lead. Now that would be a concept instead of this [...]
JT can not do it all…..
By Gary Harding at 10 December, 2009, 7:27 am
JT does it again.
The last five goals that the Islanders have scored have been a result of #91’s composite stick.
0-2-0 in those games, however.
Tavares has been a goal scorer that has been in the right place in the right time. That is a trait of many a top goal maker. And he is less than [...]
Even “Witter Man” could not save the Isles
By Gary Harding at 9 December, 2009, 7:25 am
The invisible cape was on – but the men that needed saving were not saved…..
6-2 loss to a team that had lost 5 in a row, and 8 of 9. Averaging about 1.3 goals over the 9 games…
AND THEY GOT SIX!
What happened?
Silly mistakes in the defensive zone. Bad passes and decisions. Streit and Gervais had, [...]
Brendan Witt – Comic Book Super Hero?
By Gary Harding at 8 December, 2009, 10:56 am
As reported by Katie Strang in Newsday this morning, Brendan Witt was struck by a car this morning, on his way to get a Starbucks this morning on Arch Street in Philadelphia.
He saw the car making an illegal left turn, braced for impact, got hit, fell to the ground, gave the driver a few words [...]
Stinker in Tampa
By Gary Harding at 6 December, 2009, 7:11 pm
For whatever reason, I was snoozing on my couch through most of this game.
Thank goodness that I did not watch this.
It seems that this team just was not up for this game. Or was Tampa just pumped after losing in the last 60 seconds of their game last night in Newark, and had to make [...]
Pens – Isles – BLACK FRIDAY 11/27 – Period 3
By Gary Harding at 27 November, 2009, 12:49 pm
PREGAME thoughts….
Rollie in net – same 18 skaters. Pens in Baby Blues, Isles in White.
My player to watch: Andy Sutton. He has been sch a shut down presence, and the fact that he has been so healthy this season, he has been quite impressive. Especially when he gets to lay the smackdown on his opponents.
FYI [...]
Blogging live at the game today….
By Gary Harding at 27 November, 2009, 8:45 am
Will be reporting at the Isles game today, for a change. I havent doe this in about a month, so it should be fun. I will update my postings after each period.
I expect a much different flow of the game – especially in periods 2 and 3 from what happened on Wednesday night with the [...]
It’s been a while
By Gary Harding at 18 November, 2009, 9:33 am
The “view” has been on work mode – and has been out of action. However, we have been aware of the great things that have been happening in our world of Islanders hockey.
1. The emergence of JT. Since all of the NHL brainiacs want us to fail – they are not even embracing this story [...]
On the road again…
By Gary Harding at 9 November, 2009, 7:29 am
As Willie aptly put it.
12 of 14 on the road. The character test begins. Thankfully, the 7 straight are not all in one shot. There will be some time at home inbetween games 4 and 5.
Obviously it will give the team a chance to ‘bond’ a little more. It will hopefully create some more chemistry [...]
Put that game in the can
By Gary Harding at 5 November, 2009, 8:03 am
Well – the guys in Toronto have those great lenses? Not that it mattered in the final outcome, but no angle shown on TV made any conclusive evidence to the goal actually being scored.
OK – the streak is over, the team laid an egg. Getting a little too high? Perhaps.
Buffalo had players return from the [...]