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1. HotDog8GT wrote:

   One penalty does not a game make, but I wanted to drink the Kool-Aid last night. From the first game any fan can see that we’re watching the same PP as last year’s. Pass the puck around the boards, kill some time. I fondly recall the days when Gonchar would sneak in from the point and backdoor a goal. And the last blueliner with a big point shot didn’t stay around long (Mathieu Biron). Erskine scored by shooting the puck - a novel idea.

   Friday, October 19, 2007 at 10:56 am | Permalink
2. CapsChick wrote:

   I see what you’re saying about that penalty, but I’m still inclined to say the game hinged on Olie’s strange inability to keep weak shots out of the net. And let’s not forget that it was an undisciplined penalty by Kolzig earlier in the game that led to a 5-on-3 and a soft Islanders goal.

   Rough night for Olie - it’s okay, everyone has bad nights and I fully expect him to bounce back tomorrow night. At least…I hope so.

   Friday, October 19, 2007 at 11:33 am | Permalink
3. B.ORR4 wrote:

   When Hanlon says the penalty kill was fine that’s about as close to a shot at Olie that Glen is going to take. Olie flat out lost that game not some late penalty on Clark.

   Friday, October 19, 2007 at 12:35 pm | Permalink
4. pepper wrote:

   Focus has to be on our 5-3 play, and the personnel decisions that made up that PP unit last night. Motzko at the point? 3 games is no time to fret about the power play - how about 6? And the set up, whatever the personnel, is hopelessly predictable right now.

   It used to be often that, not unlike Clark’s penalty, failing to convert a 5 on 3 would spell the end of a comeback or the beginning of the opponents.’ They happen a bit too often these days to have quite the same game-changing significance, but still — well, the Isles scored on theirs, and they won the game.

   Ovechkin continued to make jaw dropping individual plays. Too bad there was no finisher nearby. Like, for example, Ovie getting by three defenders, passing to himself off the back of the net, to get it to . . . Motzko, who dented nothing but the Islanders crest on DiP’s jersey.

   All that said, if you told me at 3-0 that we would lose the next three but smoke the Pens at home, I’d take it. And I’m still taking it, riding that train down the Northest Corridor tomorrow.

   Friday, October 19, 2007 at 1:02 pm | Permalink
5. Capsaholic wrote:

   I think all this would be moot if we could have buried a couple of chances in the first period. Did anyone think we would only have 13 goals after 6 games?

   Friday, October 19, 2007 at 9:49 pm | Permalink

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