Brawndo Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 (edited) The new and unfortunately much improved Islanders come to the FNC for their first matchup of the season. Former Sabre Great Jaroslav Halak leads the Isles with new additions on D Leddy and Boychuk. They currently sit in second overall in the Eastern Conference and look to be a near lock for the playoffs. Edited December 27, 2014 by BRAWNDO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 Game time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted December 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 Game time? 7PM EST. 4PM PST Halak was just placed on IR for the Isles. Retroactively to Dec 20. Chad Johnson in goal tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastPommerFan Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 I don't ever wish for injuries, but it would be great if there were several injuries to the Islanders top line tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sicknfla Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 Not as many Garth jokes lately. Seems he has done a decent job of doing what we are trying to do. Added some good veterans to go with some players that they have developed. He may still find a way to screw it up but have to give credit where credit is due. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted December 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 (edited) Moulson, Weber, Kaleta, Mc Cormick, Strachan back on ice this morning. Myers,Gionta, Foligno and Mitchell not on ice. Larsson still up as well. Sabres only have 11 forwards in practice, another call up probable Edited December 27, 2014 by BRAWNDO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 Going to my first game in about 10 years tonight. Section 309. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 Moulson, Weber, Kaleta, Mc Cormick, Strachan back on ice this morning. Myers,Gionta, Foligno and Mitchell not on ice. Larsson still up as well. Sabres only have 11 forwards in practice, another call up probable Grigs or Armia would be my guess. It'll be interesting to see which one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 No Halak for the Isles tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 Have always liked him @BillHoppeNHL: Islanders star John Tavares is still a Bills fan: "That was a tough loss last week." Logan Couture is a HUGE Bills fan, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 Yeah I had a few mentions of Couture last year, hoping for the Bills and SJ mediocrity to pull him to the Sabres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 I honestly had no idea Tavares was a Bills fan. I guess it makes sense though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 Make a trade for Tavares! It only makes sense! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 @SabresPR: The #Sabres have recalled Mikhail Grigorenko from the Rochester Americans. Full release: http://t.co/nom0EKBBX6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwksndmonster Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 Not as many Garth jokes lately. Seems he has done a decent job of doing what we are trying to do. Added some good veterans to go with some players that they have developed. He may still find a way to screw it up but have to give credit where credit is due. He built a team around Tavares, I'm so impressed. Go Sabres! Beat those Strong Island wanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 I think Garth actually deserves credit for building a solid team this time around. He started with the star draftee (ahem) and then slowly let the prospects build up around him before making a few solid moves this offseason to solidify the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 Forget me not Lest we forget How do we forget? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 I think Garth actually deserves credit for building a solid team this time around. He started with the star draftee (ahem) and then slowly let the prospects build up around him before making a few solid moves this offseason to solidify the team. I agree. He's had a solid team built for three years running, just last year the goaltending was historically bad and then Tavares went down for half the season...and they were still only the 5th worst team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 Well let's not go overboard, Garth is still a horrible GM, but this is a much better team that's not going to be giving the sabres a top 10 puck this year. They found Goalie and brought in some good fAs to build off of some of the years of many high picks. Love the comment Boutique building a a team around Tavares, especially coming from a fan of a team intentionally trying to be bad enough to get McDavid to build around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 The islanders don't suck? Huh I feel like someone said they wouldn't at the beginning of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 The islanders don't suck? Huh I feel like someone said they wouldn't at the beginning of the season. A lot of people? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 A lot of people? Not here, that's for sure. I'd take a bow, but it's still only December. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunomatic Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 Not everyone feels the need to state the obvious. I think with the changes Snow made this offseason it was more than apparent that they would be better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 Not here, that's for sure. I'd take a bow, but it's still only December. I think the prevailing thought here was that they would be better but that Garth would figure out a way to screw it up. Still has time to do it. The Isles being better was a pretty obvious thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 I think the prevailing thought here was that they would be better but that Garth would figure out a way to screw it up. Still has time to do it. The Isles being better was a pretty obvious thought. They didn't last long in the CHL, that's for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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