I might end up just riding Hempstead Tpke all the way back to the Meadowbrook to get back to the Southern
- eichiefs9

You could probably count on 7000 other people to do the same

You could probably count on 7000 other people to do the same
- Cptmjl

Yeah, at least the lights will mitigate some of the nonsense. It'll probably take every bit as long to get on the Cross Island and make it the mile-and-a-half to the Southern

Actually, it would probably be even easier to just take 24 to Peninsula and get to the parkway that route.

Whatever, I'm not gonna care after the circus that the game will be

- eichiefs9

Never been a requirement for anything related to the Mets.

Andrew Gross @AGrossNewsday
2m
Noah Dobson and Ross Johnston the only two #Isles remaining on the ice after optional morning skate for extra work. Barry Trotz said he was thinking of personnel changes for tonight. Dobson has played every game but it could be Sebastian Aho making season's debut tonight.

Can't necessarily say I'd argue with taking Dobson out of the lineup. He's been pretty bad so far this year.

Never been a requirement for anything related to the Mets.
- JohnScammo

In some cases not even for the players, apparently

Andrew Gross @AGrossNewsday
2m
Noah Dobson and Ross Johnston the only two #Isles remaining on the ice after optional morning skate for extra work. Barry Trotz said he was thinking of personnel changes for tonight. Dobson has played every game but it could be Sebastian Aho making season's debut tonight.

Can't necessarily say I'd argue with taking Dobson out of the lineup. He's been pretty bad so far this year.
- eichiefs9

Not as bad as Chara has been.

I’ve been to many, many Belmont Stakes Saturdays and I went to the Breeders Cup one year and those are easily the biggest events there, and that’s a poopshow. 15k plus people leaving the new arena at the same time is going to be cur-razieee

The Islanders are willing to up their offer to Andong Song, Ryan Pilon, and a conditional 1st round pick (top-32 protected) for Tarasenko
- eichiefs9

3-way trade

Bryzgalov to StL
Yashin to Philly
Tarasenko to NYI

St. Louis gets the best goalie in the universe
Philadelphia gets the best player to never play
Islanders get a glass mystery box

3-way trade

Bryzgalov to StL
Yashin to Philly
Tarasenko to NYI

St. Louis gets the best goalie in the universe
Philadelphia gets the best player to never play
Islanders get a glass mystery box
- jmatchett383

Not as bad as Chara has been.
- Isleshockeyman

Not that far off though, if we're being fair. I get it, but we all know vets are going to get a much longer leash. Dobson has probably been the biggest disappointment so far this season for me personally. I was really hoping he took a big step forward this year and, to date, it seems to be the opposite of that.

3-way trade

Bryzgalov to StL
Yashin to Philly
Tarasenko to NYI

St. Louis gets the best goalie in the universe
Philadelphia gets the best player to never play
Islanders get a glass mystery box
- jmatchett383

I don't see how anybody could call this an unfair deal for any of the teams involved

In some cases not even for the players, apparently
- eichiefs9

Legend has it that these guys from 1962 didn't all know to run the bases counter-clockwise.

Bellows in for Cizikas???

Andrew Gross @AGrossNewsday
8s
#Isles in warmups
Lee-Barzal-Parise
Beauvillier-Nelson-Palmieri
Bellows-Pageau-Bailey
Martin-Clutterbuck-Wahlstrom
Chara-Pulock
Pelech-Mayfield
Aho-Greene
Varlamov
Sorokin

Andrew Gross @AGrossNewsday
2m
Noah Dobson and Ross Johnston the only two #Isles remaining on the ice after optional morning skate for extra work. Barry Trotz said he was thinking of personnel changes for tonight. Dobson has played every game but it could be Sebastian Aho making season's debut tonight.

Can't necessarily say I'd argue with taking Dobson out of the lineup. He's been pretty bad so far this year.
- eichiefs9

I don’t care who is in the lineup they just need to win. Team has to start clawing their way back into the middle of the division. I expect some of these teams to start faking off while we catch our stride. Hopefully…

Andrew Gross @AGrossNewsday
8s
#Isles in warmups
Lee-Barzal-Parise
Beauvillier-Nelson-Palmieri
Bellows-Pageau-Bailey
Martin-Clutterbuck-Wahlstrom
Chara-Pulock
Pelech-Mayfield
Aho-Greene
Varlamov
Sorokin


- eichiefs9

- Cptmjl

Clutterbuck centering that line is something

I bet we see Parise and Wahlstrom swapped there at some point tonight, unless Barzal's line is really buzzing

What was that?

Do Chara and Maroon have a history?

Barzy!

Not a great turnover by Aho but I have no idea what Pulock was doing in front

Turnover by Aho

Well, that was short lived.

Not a great turnover by Aho but I have no idea what Pulock was doing in front
- eichiefs9

Neither did he