You can use all the cliches in the world:
Good effort
Solid play in all 3 zones
Decent Goaltending
Outshot opponent
Outhit opponent
Did not lose key faceoffs
All of that is good. But when the number under your team on the scoreboard is less than the opponent, it is a loss, no matter what happens.
Sign Dunny to a contract – you are back in the game, dude!
I am sure that there will be calls to other teams looking for a goaltender, if Joey’s injury is as bad as it sounded. From people I know in security at the Coli, he was crying in pain. That is not a good sign.
Glad to see Campy off the schneid. His game needs to lift up, and he looked a little better last night.
Good to see Nate and Franz back. Nielsen at times, did not look like he was injured in the way he was. He was not that timid, and played ok.
Danis did a nice job. The second goal – his defense did not help him on the odd man rush. His skills were much better than the previous time he was in net (remember that 9-2 flubbing in Pittsburgh?).
Again – a nice effort – but we will continue now to see the youngins in a lot more situations as the weeks go by. However, I still believe you need veteran leadership to be here, and if Guerin and Weight want to stay here, they should! Do you believe that, mister GM?
Posted under Islanders 08-09
This post was written by Gary Harding on January 14, 2009
It just seems that th fortunes of this team continue to be amazingly horrible. Yes, close isn’t “good enough”, and it’s quite frustrating. They played a solid game, for what it’s worth. And, I agree that trading any of the experienced players would only be an impact on the salary of the team in a business “positive”, but would be a big mistake from a team perspective.
Hey Gary, I finally get my chanc in goal. After all I have more playing time in the last week than Dunny has in the past 2 years!