Post Game: Tavares 4 point Night Leads Isles to 5-2 Victory!!

Tonight, our New York Islanders defeated the Carolina Hurricanes by a score of 5-2 in their return from the All Star Break. Here are some of my notes from the game:

-I don't think there are enough superlatives in the dictionary to describe the play of John Tavares!! He is just phenomenal!! At one point tonight I saw him single get away from three guys by himself. Also that pass to Moulson at the end of the second from behind the goal line that Moulson couldn't connect on was right on the tape, like always!

-With his four points Tavares is also pending the results of other games on the schedule tied for 4th in the league in points. Can someone tell me the last time we had someone in the top 10 in the league in points? Let alone the top 5?

-Poulin played well! Better then the afternoon game versus Nashville. I have to think that Nabby will be back between the pipes Friday in Ottawa.

-PA Parenteau continues to rack up the points!! With two more tonight he now he has 45 in 49 games. Raise your hand if you thought Parenteau would produce like this, I doubt many will raise because I don't think anyone expected him to produce at nearly a ppg (point per game)clip. The big question is will he be traded? Or will we sign him to an extension? With points like this the Islanders need to decide if they think he is capable of making it a consistent thing, or if he will be a one year wonder. Should be interesting as the trade deadline draws nearer.

-Nice to see them get a few powerplay goals tonight!

-Rhett looked good in his first game!! I more then welcome his addition to the lineup over Brian Rolston! My feelings on Rolston have been long documented in these post game posts, so I will be more then happy if we don't see Rolston in uniform for a while!

-Playing Staios over Dylan Reese confused me!! Reese had been playing pretty well so I didn't understand why they sat him down.

This is how we wanted to get back into things after the break! Now hopefully were able to continue this as we go into Ottawa on Friday.

Next Game: Friday 7:30PM @ Ottawa

Isles to Play in Brooklyn 10/2 VS the Devils!

It was posted on the Islanders website about two hours ago that the Islanders would be playing a preseason game against the Devils at the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn on October 2nd.

The Barclays Center officially opens on September 28th with concerts by Jay Z. If you dont know Jay Z is a minority owner of the Nets who are the primary tennant in the building.

This reminds me of when the Isles played the preseason game in KC VS the Kings in 2009. I have a strange hunch though that this game will be much better attended then that game was though. Hopefully if executed correctly this can give a much better message and do more then the game in KC did at the time, since that did very little if anything.

New Sites on the sidebar!!

If you hadn't noticed, over the last few months we have added two new sites to the side bar of the site.

Hockeyholic confessions as well as Isles Style.

First, hockeyholic confessions is a site ran by a very good friend of mine and one of their friends. They talk about hockey in general plus their lives.

Second, is Isles Style! This site is ran by a new friend of a mine and she talks about the ups and downs of the Isles season.

Both sites are run by good people, and I hope you guys give them the awesome support you have given us over the last nine months because they definitely deserve it!

Mangano: "Expect "Hub" New Soon"!!

Since the referendum failed on August first the topic of the Nassau Coliseum and what to do with it has been largely dormant.

However a few days ago on twitter, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano tweeted someone and told them that they are working on "the hub" daily and to expect news soon. Now you all know when a politician says soon, it may not be so soon.

However, in this case its sooner then we all probably thought. Coming home from school today on the side of Hempstead Turnpike by Meadowbrook Parkway, I saw a flashing sign about a "Hub" meeting on January 31st at the Legislature Office at 1550 Franklin Avenue in Mineola. Now I would think it would be logical to assume some sorta of news to come out of this meeting, however when dealing with Politicians using logic isn't always the best idea since they rarely do.

Lets hope there is, because we could certainly use some news, especially of the good variety!

Little Help Please?

For our Isles this season, John Tavares, Matt Moulson, Michael Grabner, Kyle Okposo, and Pa Parenteau have 77 of our teams 112 goals. So that means the other 20 people on the roster have a combined 35 goals.

Can we get some secondary scoring? Getting some secondary scoring would sure help us be able to make great play like last week a much more consistent thing.

A team shouldn't be able to beat us like Toronto did the other night by just shutting down our top line. The fact they did that is a problem!! The fact that the line was shut down but was still the line to get most of our offensive chances is very telling, at least to me!

Lets hope it picks up, because if it doesn't we will be in trouble before we know it!