[ThePundit]

I went to the Islanders - Thrashers game last night and I didn't recognize the team wearing the Islanders uniforms. About halfway through the 3rd period, the Isles were outshooting the Atlanta 43-6.....

This was undoubtedly their best game of the year.

This team drives me crazy.I had all but counted them out of the playoff race. Now they have my hopes again. Let's see what they can do against San Jose and Tampa at home this week.

[Lefty Noob]

43-6? Holy Toledo, that's insane. Were the Isles looking that good or were the Thrashers that bad last night?

[blueandwhite]

at the risk of echoing Lefty - 43-6?!?
that's some shutdown by the defense.

[blueandwhite]

final shots - 49-10. Good God.
The score was 4-1 - that's kind of impressive for 10 shots and just blowing.
nice game to go to, eh, Pundit?

[Isles2279]

Ssshhhhhhhhh!!! They'll hear you...pretend like it's still a losing streak and complain or else we might stop winning!

[ThePundit]

It was a combination of the Isles playing good and Atlanta absolutely not playing at all.

But the Isles were down 2-0 in the 3rd today against San Jose and scored 3 third period goals.

4 in a row!! This is like a different team. Even Satan looks like he has a pulse. He had a fight in the 3rd period.

[Isles2279]

The Isles played well in the 3rd period...a little listless before that, but the Sharks have stellar defense so that may have been part of the problem...more worried about Sutton now due to massive defensive injuries to our team...still, this is the game we needed to win to get back into it and we did....now we better beat Tampa!

[ThePundit]

The more players that get injured - the better they seem to play. Especially on D. They're on this mini-streak without Campoli Gervais Witt and Sillinger.

[Isles2279]

We are finished now though...sutton is out with a torn hammy...thats not 6 weeks, it's 12....Witt's injury looks to have him sidelined at least 2 more weeks...Gervais, who knows when he'll play again...Ricky will now routinely face 40-50 shots a night....he can stop em all, but he'd have to play the best hockey of his career to do it...if I were GM I would HAVE to think of our long term future and sell sell sell...he's in a tough spot because we are winning but the odds are seriously stacked against us now and I want to win consistently and compete for the Cup annually someday....we are not going to get there with this group and I firmly believe that and only want what is best for our team.

[ThePundit]

You never know. Sutton stinks, anyway.