The Isles have a good top 4, that's for sure, but after that it drops off pretty quick. Cairns can't do anything but take bad penalties and Martinek is average. Timander??? I don't know enough about him to give a fair assessment. To say they are the best defense in the NHL is a bit premature. Yashin and Czerkawski are off to good starts, but do you really believe that Czerkawski will keep up this pace the rest of the season??? Looking at some of the players on the Isles, Blake, Parrish, Peca, Scatchard, Bates, Kvasha, these guys are all good 2nd and 3rd liners, not top-line players that will carry the team all season. Dipietro is off to a good start, but he hasn't convinced nobody yet that he was worth taking ahead of Dany Heatley or Marian Gaborik.jpwjr1199 said:
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about the defence
well I don't exactly know what "proof" I can provide, and yes of course I am biased. This is the Isles page is it not? However, if you look at defence rosters throughout the league I think you will be hard pressed to find a better set of defencemen. Regardless, we did have 13,000 there Thurs. night which is still not incredible, but could be worse. I guess I was gearing my post toward my Islander compatriots, but most of the viewers are Canadian (big surprise there!)
lol - Perhaps attendance will pickup, Wang will decide not to dump anymore salary, and I can live in peace until the playoffs.
PS - Oh yeah, to credit where credit is due, Wang has fixed up the Coliseum within the last 18 months, and it looks a hell of a lot better, and don't make your freakin' trip here, we dont wantcha! :!: >>&: ***
well I don't exactly know what "proof" I can provide, and yes of course I am biased. This is the Isles page is it not? However, if you look at defence rosters throughout the league I think you will be hard pressed to find a better set of defencemen. Regardless, we did have 13,000 there Thurs. night which is still not incredible, but could be worse. I guess I was gearing my post toward my Islander compatriots, but most of the viewers are Canadian (big surprise there!)
lol - Perhaps attendance will pickup, Wang will decide not to dump anymore salary, and I can live in peace until the playoffs.PS - Oh yeah, to credit where credit is due, Wang has fixed up the Coliseum within the last 18 months, and it looks a hell of a lot better, and don't make your freakin' trip here, we dont wantcha! :!: >>&: ***
Re: about the defence
The place looks the same as it did a few years ago.
Better set of Defense, hmm that's pretty easy. How bout the Avs??? Come on, the Islanders are a mediocre team at best. They might make the playoffs, but they don't make it past the first roundjpwjr1199 said:well I don't exactly know what "proof" I can provide, and yes of course I am biased. This is the Isles page is it not? However, if you look at defence rosters throughout the league I think you will be hard pressed to find a better set of defencemen. Regardless, we did have 13,000 there Thurs. night which is still not incredible, but could be worse. I guess I was gearing my post toward my Islander compatriots, but most of the viewers are Canadian (big surprise there!)
How have they changed it? Is it those weird ads in the boards that are a video screen, that flicker all the time and are practically impossible to read? The place looks the same if you ask me. And if you want a rink that looks good on TV. Have the Camera at centre ice, not on the blue line. It just looks really dumb, and its way too far down ice. Maybe its those LED ribbon boards at each end of the rink, and are in the middle of nowhere. Face it, the place is the worst in the League, except for Phoenix, but they are moving next month.jpwjr1199 said:
The place looks the same as it did a few years ago.
Re: about the defence
The top 4 are good, but after that, its get's really sad. Laviolette couldn't even let them play more 2-3 minutes a game in the playoffs last year because they were so useless. Niinimaa and Jonsson leave so much to be desired for its not even funny. Colorado, Ottawa, Detroit, New Jersey and Dallas all have much deeper defense cores then the Isles!!!
New York Islanders defence-Hamrlik, Aucoin, Niinimaa, Jonsson, Martinek, Timander and Cairnsjpwjr1199 said:well I don't exactly know what "proof" I can provide, and yes of course I am biased. This is the Isles page is it not? However, if you look at defence rosters throughout the league I think you will be hard pressed to find a better set of defencemen. Regardless, we did have 13,000 there Thurs. night which is still not incredible, but could be worse. I guess I was gearing my post toward my Islander compatriots, but most of the viewers are Canadian (big surprise there!)
PS - Oh yeah, to credit where credit is due, Wang has fixed up the Coliseum within the last 18 months, and it looks a hell of a lot better, and don't make your freakin' trip here, we dont wantcha! :!: >>&: ***
The top 4 are good, but after that, its get's really sad. Laviolette couldn't even let them play more 2-3 minutes a game in the playoffs last year because they were so useless. Niinimaa and Jonsson leave so much to be desired for its not even funny. Colorado, Ottawa, Detroit, New Jersey and Dallas all have much deeper defense cores then the Isles!!!
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