Tonight, Tonight: Wherein We...Well We Just Fly Over the Island
by Bettman's Nightmare on Nov 3, 2011 8:00 AM EDT
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This could be an interesting contest for us; an anemic offence versus a leaky defence. The Islanders are 14th in the East...you know, right behind us. So I guess we've got the advantage there, but in all seriousness we simply cannot afford to give up the shots and chances we have so far, and even more importantly we can't afford to go on the penalty kill all the time. I rail against fighting sometimes, but I'd trade some fights for a few less minor penalties if I had to.
My biggest concern tonight is we will be without the services of one Tobias Enstrom, otherwise known as Pepto Bismol to Dustin Byfuglien's diarrheal defence. Toby eats ups a ridiculous amount of minutes, and it's a real question how we're going to fill the void. Could you believe that our defence could potentially be worse this game?
Jets
Forwards
#8 Alexander Burmistrov -- #80 Nik Antropov -- #9 Evander Kane
#16 Andrew Ladd -- #18 Bryan Little -- #26 Blake Wheeler
#23 Kenndal McArdle -- #13 Kyle Wellwood -- #14 Tim Stapleton
#15 Tanner Glass -- #19 Jim Slater -- #22 Chris Thorburn
Defencemen
#12 Randy Jones -- #39 Dustin Byfuglien
#53 Brett Festerling -- #4 Zach Bogosian
#29 Johnny Oduya -- #36 Mark Flood
Goaltender
#31 Ondrej Pavelec
Observation: Welp, Stu's out. Get ready for 23 minutes of Raja (see "New Player Nickname" below).
Islanders
Forwards
#26 Matt Moulson -- #9 John Tavares -- #15 P.A. Parenteau
#40 Michael Grabner -- #51 Frans Nielsen -- #21 Kyle Okposo
#11 Brian Rolston -- #12 Josh Bailey -- #57 Blake Comeau
#29 Jay Pandolfo -- #16 Marty Reasoner -- #17 Matt Martin
Defencemen
#2 Mark Streit -- #24 Steve Staios
#47 Andrew MacDonald -- #3 Travis Hamonic
#4 Mark Eaton -- #27 Milan Jurcina
Goaltender
#39 Rick DiPietro
New Player Nickname: Randy "Raja" Jones
What To Do if You're Going to the Game: Wear an old-timey hat from Goodwill or other secondhand store and whip that sucker out there for a hat trick. In the case of no hat trick, continue to wear it to games until it happens.
Prediction: Islanders 26 to 2. Milan Jurcina with 4 goals because we can't - stop the rock, can't stop the rock.
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Festerling and Flood get the call
while Zach Redmond was the third guy in the mix. Interesting, especially when we have Postma and Kulda down on the farm…
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Never really expected Kulda
The two guys we called up have experience at the pro level that the other 3 just don’t, so at this time I think the move makes sense
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Err Not sure why you have DiPi in goal for sure already.
Montoya is more likely though no official decision has come down yet. Nabakov is unlikely due to him just being cleared from a day to day injury.
Still with Montoya missing the last 3 games and seemingly still the best performer we have, he’s likely in net.
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I don't have him in "for sure"
I put him in because he was the last starter; I change it when I learn otherwise (i.e. Montoya is the confirmed starter).
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by Bettman's Nightmare on Nov 3, 2011 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions
Ah okay. Well, turns out you're right.
And I have no idea why. He should not be starting.
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The Toby injury really sucks, but on the bright side we will get Hainsey back soon.
He make up for all that we lose in Toby, but he will help cover up some of the loss.
It was straightforward against Toronto
But that didn’t seem to help
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by canadian texan on Nov 3, 2011 11:20 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Their top line is world-class
Few players have the upside of Tavares, few players have the skating ability of Grabner, and few players have the skill for creating chances and being in the right place at the right time that Moulson does. I don’t think you shut them down as much as hope they don’t have a good day. Unfortunately, they’ve had a number of bad days early on, so here’s hoping we aren’t a springboard.
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by Bettman's Nightmare on Nov 3, 2011 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Let me re-phrase that
Their top line is world-class, plus PA Parenteau. I forgot Grabner isn’t top line.
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by Bettman's Nightmare on Nov 3, 2011 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Ouch. Meanie. (But yes our top line is good, and then Grabner's good, and then there's a heavy scoring drop off)
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re: Festerling
Postma has the gaudy numbers right now, but if McCambridge felt he had to bench him for his lackluster d-zone coverage then he isn’t the guy to call up.
Festerling would be the more defensive of the two, which the Jets value more right now.
by TJCAPS on Nov 3, 2011 11:44 AM EDT via iPhone app reply actions
The Internetz are speaking...
According to @WFPEdTait, D-pairings vs Isles tonight will be Byfuglien/Jones, Flood/Oduya, Festerling/Bogosian.
What in the wide wide world of sports
are those pairings. Does this mean we’re going to see about 23 minutes of Randy Jones?
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by Bettman's Nightmare on Nov 3, 2011 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Not sure. They really need to find a partner for Buff.
It sounds like Enstrom will be out for at least a month with a broken collar bone.
Jones / Oduya haven’t been terrible together. I am surprised they are breaking that pairing up.
Opposing Fan Viewpoint
Just to give you guys an idea of what the Isles are (Cuz the media misrepresents it constantly):
The Isles are a team right now whose problem as you’ve noted has been scoring goals at even strength (I count 11 EV Goals atm, in 9 games. Kind of a problem). The first line is dangerous in the opposing zone, though it’s not a great two way line at all and can be a problem in the defensive end. The second line (Kyle Okposo – Frans Nielsen – Michael Grabner) actually is a good 2-way line, but has had issues scoring goals this year.
The other two lines present basically zero scoring threat, and while the fourth line could be a decent defensive line, our 3rd line (Comeau-Bailey-Rolston) is an absolute mess. Opposing teams have exploited this line quite well, and the Jets should as well.
Goaltending has not been a problem for the Isles this year – The Isles have a .919 SV% as a team so far – but with DiPietro starting, it’s a huge question mark. He’s kind of bad. We have no idea why he’s starting.
Overall the team is young and has talent, but simply hasn’t been able to figure out how to play consistently so far this year.
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Josh Bailey
I can’t believe how quickly he deadpanned. I feel bad for him because I feel his career has been mismanaged, from jumping straight into the NHL to being a yo-yo between NYI and Bridgeport’s roster last year.
He is still young and has time to turn it around but his window is closing.
At least it seems the Islanders aren’t intent on making the same mistakes with Ryan Strome.
by TJCAPS on Nov 3, 2011 2:04 PM EDT via iPhone app up reply actions
I give you guys credit
for sending down Trevor Gillies.
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by Bettman's Nightmare on Nov 3, 2011 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Ha, he's down because of a technicality atm.
We just took Nino Niederreiter, one of our best prospects (though he probably projects to be an average or above average 2nd liner at best), off IR, and used a loophole in the NHL-CHL agreement to send him to the AHL on a conditioning stint. But doing so requires keeping him on the “Active” Roster, so someone had to go down.
So down went Gillies.
Mind you, Gillies played a bunch of games, and then was scratched for both games against Pittsburgh, which was odd considering last year.
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Those defensive pairings are going to get us killed.
Byfuglien and Oduya are my least favourite defensemen.
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by WinnipegTitanFan13 on Nov 3, 2011 1:07 PM EDT reply actions
Oduya has played extremely well in 3 games and extremely really super duper bad in another 2
The other games he didn’t stand out in either direction. Fingers crossed that today isn’t a bad day.
I don’t have big issues with Big Buff either. He can be a liability but I also think he can become a solid offensive defenceman. His biggest issue seems to be awareness and he is still somewhat new to the position. It isn’t like he has been playing D his whole life.
so...
You have your own Mike Mottau, except that we’re still waiting for the three “extremely well” games.
I just made myself sad.
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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Both have had their moments and will need to eat up big minutes and play mistake free for the Jets to stay competitive.
Forward lines can help them out by playing sound two ways tonight.
by TJCAPS on Nov 3, 2011 2:06 PM EDT via iPhone app up reply actions
NOOOOO!!!
Enstrom has a broken collar bone!
https://twitter.com/#!/JetsVoice1290/status/132160612968054784
Fail for Nail
Well, this gives the “Fail for Nail” campaign a legitimate boost. Get well soon, Toby!
by TJCAPS on Nov 3, 2011 3:01 PM EDT via iPhone app up reply actions
As long as the Nashville scorekeeper overcounts
he might just be able to look like a good deal!
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by Bettman's Nightmare on Nov 3, 2011 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions
"Hey look! Rinne made 73 saves on 24 shots!"
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by canadian texan on Nov 3, 2011 3:30 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Bold signing, but I like it.
After the Weber debacle this off-season, NSH needed to get serious about locking up their assets and this was the first step.
I think that Poile’s strategy will emulate that of Jay Feaster in his time in Tampa Bay, signing his three best players (the tripod) to huge deals. If they can keep Rinne, Weber and Suter, that will be a huge boost to a team that almost cracked 100 points last year.
Nashville has always been able to draft gems and plug cheap, relatively unknown players that overproduce, so I think they can make this work.
Why spend that kind of money on a goalie?
Crazy coming from a team operating near the salary floor. Decent goalies are a cheap commodity in the NHL
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