[ThePundit]

Huge game as the Islanders are 2 pts behind the Rangers with 1 game in hand.

After the Islanders held on to beat the Flyers, I turned to the Ranger game. The Bruins were winning 1-0 with 1:40 left, when Zdeno Charra for some ungodly reason made a blind pass from the corner to the front of his net where there was only a Ranger who scored. Then the Rangers won in a shootout!

Boy, was I cranky !

[blueandwhite]

Of course, it had to go to OT and you BOTH had to get a point.
It's just no fair.
Lots of penalties, eh?

[ThePundit]

Originally Posted by blueandwhite

Of course, it had to go to OT and you BOTH had to get a point.
It's just no fair.
Lots of penalties, eh?

Yes. Including the penalty in OT that the ref should have swallowed his whistle on. Jagr was in the corner with the puck and Hill accidentally got his stick caught between jagr's legs. Hill dropped the stick as not to draw a penalty:

In today's Newsday:

Defenseman Sean Hill was called for hooking Rangers star Jaromir Jagr when his stick caught between Jagr's legs as Hill steered him past Islanders goaltender Rick DiPietro. Hill dropped his stick to show it wasn't intentional, but the Rangers got a four-on-three advantage.

Brendan Shanahan's left wing shot was directed in by Nylander off the right post 24 seconds later. As the Rangers celebrated, Hill stepped out of the penalty box and just stared at referees Paul Devorski and Chris Rooney as they skated away."I wouldn't want to be in that position to decide the game after two teams have played hard like that for almost 65 minutes," Hill said. "I just feel like it's a situation where it's below the goal line. It's not a scoring area. The stick accidentally gets in there, and I dropped it to alleviate the situation.

"I could see if the guy was on a breakaway or getting a chance to get a great shot off, but it was behind the net. It wasn't anything crucial."

I also thought Ted Nolan made a crucial mistake at that point. Because Sillinger had just been on the ice and he shadows Jagr, Nolan called time out. But in doing that, he also gave, Jagr a chance to rest. The Rangers had already burned their timeout. I'd rather have both Sillinger and Jagr off the ice or a tired Jagr against another Islanders defensive center like Richard Park.

I can't believe I'm saying this but I'm going to have to root for the Rangers when they play Toronto and Montreal. The rest of the Islanders schedule is absolutely brutal:

2 vs. Devils, Ottawa, Buffalo, Toronto, Rangers and @ Philly.

[blueandwhite]

our schedule is pretty brutal too - althouhg weve lasted through the worst of it, i think - including you guys, carolina, montreal, atlanta. really, though, these are teams we can win against - we play philly too.
I felt bad when you said the You can't root for us, but then i understood. honestly, i've been rooting against you guys too - it's you guys, us and the Habs it seems constantly shifting, with carolina dipping their toes in every now and then.

[ThePundit]

Believe me, Blue - it hurts me more than it hurts you to root for the Rangers.

[mervinout]

i was worried about the rangers schedule they play alot of teams fighting for a playoff spot, but damn the islanders have a horrible schedule. Its a shame there really isnt a good tv station covering hockey in America, NBC can only carry it on sunday, and Versus just doesnt catch enough eyes, tho i do love the product they put on tv. I just tune into it cause im already a die hard fan, most people dont even know the channel exists at my school

[ThePundit]

The NHL has a huge problem in that regard. The opening Arena Football game did better in the ratings than the NHL that day. They've got to allow players to take their helmets off if they so choose. Then maybe fans will start to like personalities.