Ryan Wilson: Islanders Player To Watch Tonight + Brooks Orpik 2.0 Islanders Player To Watch Tonight + Brooks Orpik 2.0

the islanders aren't even in the playoffs I'm not worried.

(disclaimer: i'm well aware of the islanders true standing but I'm so ridiculously bored that i kinda just wanna start a fight so someone argue with me.)

the islanders aren't even in the playoffs I'm not worried.

(disclaimer: i'm well aware of the islanders true standing but I'm so ridiculously bored that i kinda just wanna start a fight so someone argue with me.)
- neilsonnn18

Good write up.

Agree on Staal. Of the 3 in the NHL, he has impressed me the least. At least his bros had playoff moments and Cups on their resume. He hasn't done much other than be a 4th-dman on a good team.

I'd throw Brock Nelson into the Isles under the radar guys as well. Nice player.

Hoping for a good game tonight. Let's Go Pens!!

I don't think Staal's contract is that bad. Definitely bodes well for Martin and Ehrhoff as one less higher end defenseman on the free agency market this offseason.

the islanders aren't even in the playoffs I'm not worried.

(disclaimer: i'm well aware of the islanders true standing but I'm so ridiculously bored that i kinda just wanna start a fight so someone argue with me.)
- neilsonnn18

oh and im just fabuloussss

also this

the islanders aren't even in the playoffs I'm not worried.

(disclaimer: i'm well aware of the islanders true standing but I'm so ridiculously bored that i kinda just wanna start a fight so someone argue with me.)
- neilsonnn18

Don't worry about. If a Penguins player knocks over an Islander we'll have plenty of arguments happening. Those Islander fans are a sensitive bunch.

I always kind of thought Strome was being overrated especially when he was in the OHL and playing for Canada in the WJ's. He just didn't seem to be effective. But he is playing well and proving me wrong. I don't mind being wrong on entertaining NHL players.

Marc Staal sucks and is cheap. I hope at some point this season that Downie puts him through the glass.

Don't worry about. If a Penguins player knocks over an Islander we'll have plenty of arguments happening. Those Islander fans are a sensitive bunch.

I always kind of thought Strome was being overrated especially when he was in the OHL and playing for Canada in the WJ's. He just didn't seem to be effective. But he is playing well and proving me wrong. I don't mind being wrong on entertaining NHL players.

Marc Staal sucks and is cheap. I hope at some point this season that Downie puts him through the glass.
- Ben37

also this
- JLT168

Don't worry about. If a Penguins player knocks over an Islander we'll have plenty of arguments happening. Those Islander fans are a sensitive bunch.

I always kind of thought Strome was being overrated especially when he was in the OHL and playing for Canada in the WJ's. He just didn't seem to be effective. But he is playing well and proving me wrong. I don't mind being wrong on entertaining NHL players.

Marc Staal sucks and is cheap. I hope at some point this season that Downie puts him through the glass.
- Ben37

Wow, pot calling kettle ...........

Don't worry about. If a Penguins player knocks over an Islander we'll have plenty of arguments happening. Those Islander fans are a sensitive bunch.

I always kind of thought Strome was being overrated especially when he was in the OHL and playing for Canada in the WJ's. He just didn't seem to be effective. But he is playing well and proving me wrong. I don't mind being wrong on entertaining NHL players.

Marc Staal sucks and is cheap. I hope at some point this season that Downie puts him through the glass.
- Ben37

Downie is a pos. I wouldn't be surprised if Boychuk goes head hunting tonight for that cheap knee downie gave him. I thought suters elbow was dirty but considering it was downie it was worth a fist bump. Mario continues to be a hypocrite by employing cheap shot artists.

Don't worry about. If a Penguins player knocks over an Islander we'll have plenty of arguments happening. Those Islander fans are a sensitive bunch.

I always kind of thought Strome was being overrated especially when he was in the OHL and playing for Canada in the WJ's. He just didn't seem to be effective. But he is playing well and proving me wrong. I don't mind being wrong on entertaining NHL players.

Marc Staal sucks and is cheap. I hope at some point this season that Downie puts him through the glass.
- Ben37

Some of them are OK, but they have been beat down for so long that their sudden relevance often generates a lack of perspective from a sizeable portion of their group and they tend to trot out the same tired tropes every time we match up with them (see the post directly above this one for an example) That and having to read Dee's blogs would rot anyone's brain.

have to disagree with you assessment of Staal. As shutdown defensemen go, Staal would have easily gotten $6 million as a UFA

Downie is a pos. I wouldn't be surprised if Boychuk goes head hunting tonight for that cheap knee downie gave him. I thought suters elbow was dirty but considering it was downie it was worth a fist bump. Mario continues to be a hypocrite by employing cheap shot artists.
- Isles_since_6

Couple issues here. Lemieux tried to give the league some advice for cleaning it up. The Pens even told Cooke he had to change or he was gone, which to Cooke's credit he did clean up his game and the Pens still didn't bring him back. Then the league proved it didn't care, and in that time when the Pens didn't have "cheap shot artists" they got pushed around and beaten. Why the F should the Pens have to be a shiny example for the rest of the league? F that crap. The NHL doesn't care, no other team cares, so now the Pens don't either. It's not hypocracy when you ask for change, you even lead by example and then nobody follows suit, so you say F it and join the rest of the league.

Some of them are OK, but they have been beat down for so long that their sudden relevance often generates a lack of perspective from a sizeable portion of their group and they tend to trot out the same tired tropes every time we match up with them (see the post directly above this one for an example) That and having to read Dee's blogs would rot anyone's brain.
- Emperor Filonius

Except none of us actually read Dee's blog.

Ryan has gone for the one-two punch today. Not only will the usual slew of gameday troglodyte Islander trolls be coming over, but now we will be also overrun by Ranger fans looking to defend Staal's honor.

Except none of us actually read Dee's blog.
- Cptmjl

You do, its just that none of you admit it.

Ryan has gone for the one-two punch today. Not only will the usual slew of gameday troglodyte Islander trolls be coming over, but now we will be also overrun by Ranger fans looking to defend Staal's honor.
- Emperor Filonius

have to disagree with you assessment of Staal. As shutdown defensemen go, Staal would have easily gotten $6 million as a UFA
- steponmytoe

There is no doubt the Rangers kept Staal for fair market value. Ryan's premise is that by the end of the contract it will be an overpayment based on Staal's likely possession metrics. I don't really have a stance one way or another on the subject of Staal, but this premise if how he chooses to evaluate most players...so he's being consistent at any rate.

- Vukota

Awesome. Its all fun and games until someone gets a shovel to the head.

Awesome. Its all fun and games until someone gets a shovel to the head.
- Emperor Filonius

Ryan has gone for the one-two punch today. Not only will the usual slew of gameday troglodyte Islander trolls be coming over, but now we will be also overrun by Ranger fans looking to defend Staal's honor.
- Emperor Filonius

The one thing Islander fans and Ranger fans do well together is unite against Pens fans

- Vukota

Hey! A Chris Simon sighting!

also this
- JLT168

forever my favorite gif