E.L. wrote:
Isles are running a tight ship under Trotz. He's won 5 series with them since leaving Washington.
Six if you count the qualifying round vs Florida last year, which most people seem to include these days.
I figured last night was going to be a special game when the crowd took over singing the anthem. Props to the singer (whose name escapes me at the moment) for pulling the mic away so the crowd could be heard. At first I thought her mic cut out so the crowd took over, but she realized the whole place was singing along and gave them their moment. That's frigging awesome! Then she finished it strongly, since most people can't hold the note at the end.
I thought the New York Saints chants were pretty funny. I hope Cassidy regretted that whole line of bullshit. Isles called for 3 tonight, the Bruins for 1, giving the overall series penalty win to the Bruins, with
two less penalties over 6 games. Although I wouldn't be surprised if Palmieri heard from DoPS today. I don't know what MacAvoy said to him but it clearly pissed him off and the shoulder to the jaw might get him a call.
But for all the Isles fans who bitched about Lou getting Palmieri and Zajac at the deadline instead of Hall, I hope the crow wings taste good. Palmieri has been everything advertised once the playoffs hit. And Zajac getting the first goal last night was great. So Cassidy was wrong, they aren't the NY Saints- they're the
NY Devils. at times.
Pelech with a beauty of a hip check on I think Kuraly. I love hip checks. Pierre keeps saying that Pelech is a star and nobody knows it... Yeah, we've known it for a while. But I feel like Pierre is now gushing over him now that Pelech is an RFA, trying to drive the price up so the Isles can't keep him. Maybe that's just Islanders fandom; you get paranoid when someone discusses their good players. So many people have said all along they'd lose each round, and I'll admit I didn't know how they'd fare without Lee, and then without Wahlstrom as well. I'd say they're doing alright!
Nelson with 2 huge goals. Trotz said in the post-game presser that Nelson's wife had a baby during Game 4. Who knew? Nobody but their family, apparently. Even the most die-hard Isles fans didn't know they were expecting. Isles were eliminated last year on Sept 17th, so Nelson clearly had a nice welcome home.
I checked the date because I thought they were in the playoffs into Oct.
Isles-Lightning in the Conference (?), err, semi-finals, Round 2.