"The power play was awful."
That's Sean Bergenheim's assessment of the Islanders' brutal 1-for-9 performance with the man advantage Tuesday night against the Penguins, and Sean, thousands of Islanders fans agree with you. Awful, awful, awful.
This was a huge opportunity to take down the Penguins, who played shorthanded for half the game and are still without Sidney Crosby. Instead, they failed to capitalize on the power play, and while Ty Conklin made 50 saves, this was a case of quantity having nothing to do with quality.
Conklin himself said, "Sometimes shot clocks aren't indicative of the game necessarily." You got it, pal.
The Isles outshot the Pens 23-6 in the first period and were down 2-0. Frans Nielsen cut the gap to one in the second period, but the Pens scored the next two in the third to put it away.
Just a horrible, horrible loss at home with plenty to gain. The Isles visit the Hossa-less Thrashers Thursday before hosting the Flyers Saturday afternoon in a crucial conference battle.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
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What I love most is Sean's honesty. And I think Davison will work out just fine.
I said it yesterday on another site. They have to be chuckers. Throw the puck at the net and hope someone follows up and pokes it home. Sean is going to be a good one, but please stop passing on a breakaway.
Pretty happy about the deadline stuff as well. In the words of the immortal Coach Pitino. Mike Bossy ain't walking through that door, Pat LaFontaine either. Let the kids play, and build for the future. Oh, and please approve the building modifications so it doesnt take half a period to use the restroom and get a beer.
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