Good Morning, Islanders Country.
It's a Quick Fix featuring Joe Buono (@IslesFix) and former VP of Communications for the Islanders, Chris Botta (@ChrisBottaNHL).
Cal Clutterbuck called it a “Monday-nighter,” a stale and somewhat uneventful game where neither team got much going all night.
There’s no excuse for that at this point of the season, and certainly no excuse when playing your rival with playoff position on the line after they drubbed you 5-1 on home ice less than a week ago. But alas, that’s what happened to the Islanders in their 4-0 defeat at MSG last night.
Chris and Joe provide their perspective after the team gave GM Lou Lamoriello the latest indication that, no matter how resilient the team has been, the right thing to do for the organization is to sell, and perhaps sell big.
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📚 SOUND SMART: Per Eric Hornick in The Skinny, The Isles have lost three straight in regulation to the Rangers for the first time since January 12, 2019 – January 16, 2020; it is the first time it has happened in a single season since November 15-December 26, 2011. All three losses have been by at least three goals; the Isles last lost three straight by that margin from December 28, 2005, to March 29, 2006.
🎥 ISLES REWIND: On March 4, 2006, the Islanders celebrated the 1980 Stanley Cup Championship team ahead of a 4-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers, the franchise the Isles beat in six games to hoist their first Stanley Cup. Jason Blake and Mark Parrish had second-period goals, and Chris Campoli broke a 2-2 tie at 11:21 of the third period on the power-play in the win. Rick DiPietro stopped 19 of 21 shots for the win. You can watch the entire ceremony HERE.
🔗 MSG Analyst and Former Islander Thomas Hickey Discusses Islanders’ Rumors: by Russ Macias, NYIHockeyNow “Hickey discussed his deadline experience as a player before he pivoted and spoke specifically about the Islanders and Brock Nelson. He also offered some mild insight into what he may do if he were Team President and General Manager Lou Lamoriello.”
🔗 Rangers move into tie for wild-card spot after shutting out Islanders in lopsided rivalry win by Mollie Walker, New York Post “There haven’t been many Battles of New York in recent memory with as many playoff implications as the last couple games between the Rangers and Islanders. And for the second time in a week, the Blueshirts asserted themselves in the Eastern Conference postseason race with a definitive 4-0 victory over the Islanders.”
And we leave you with this ….Meet Isles Alumni at Verizon Stores this month.
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