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Predators @ Islanders 3rd Period Game Thread

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dangit

gotta be quick on the draw

Cinco?

Muy bien, muchacho!

Entrégueme una Corona, amigo.

All I understand is Corona. Si!

That sounds like Mexican for , “beer me!”

“Hand me a Corna, friend.”

So Smith sick or doghouse?

Sick, I believe.
sick.
i say sick ...

but if it is doghouse hopefully he comes back with the fury that klein did after his flu

he better not be in the doghouse. he’s been playing great. and he’s the honey badger; he just takes what he wants

Trotz loves Smithson...there's no way.
Let's finish this up
Lets go pred-a-tors

clap clap clapclapclap

Working nights and noon games dont go well together missed all of the scoring

Common guys get your O-on

Thats what she said…

come on road frosties!!
i was hoping for a road goo-goo
a road donut would be nice as well

NASCAR approves.

I could go for a pizza slice.

That’s what they should give whenever Spaling scores a goal.

HUSH!!!!

i just want to see the mythical goo-goo goal
Weber love from the Isles commentators.
weber gets love from all opposing commentators

Because they don’t want to get a puck shot at them from the ice!

anyone else getting the feeling that they just love our team?

Yeah, exactly haha!
i'm sure they would trade teams

is it just me, or is Grabner everywhere?

its not just you.

He just showed up here at my desk… Wait he’s gone.

don't know if it's been said but he's pretty fast

He’s THAT FAST!

Ladies

Did he bring you some Jimmy John's?
is this crowd dead or what

Ill bet the guys at the public skate are louder

sad....

but probably true…

There's probably only ~7000 of them.
And that's what you get for scheduling a game at 1pm on a Monday.

I don’t care if it’s a holiday, most people still have to work.

Oh yeah… this might sound weird, but I keep forgetting it’s only 2 o’clock…

Nah..

That’s average attendance for them.

This game might actually have less than that due to the time.

Looks like all Preds fans and a couple of third grade classes

aww, poor islanders.

i wouldn't play hard either if noone came to watch me play

No mercy, davisca! (not until we win at least)

yeah feel bad for them after we destroy their will
fair enough, haha.

even the security guards are wearing Preds colors

I figured half of them left after the first.

My son said the crowd here at Brewhouse South is better (and there aren’t many here).

They need a new stadium. I’d really hope they don’t end up leaving New York.

oh yeah! the whistle KINDA like a Clint Eastwood movie.

yeh reminds me of an old western

I believe the movie was The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly. Fitting.

That's a fantastic movie.
that it is

a classic

That one is probably my favorite Spaghetti Western

Yeah, I really enjoyed it.

AND THERE’S THE WHISTLE AGAIN!

think it's before every commercial break

Yeah, that’s the conclusion I’ve come to as well.

beast

He had beautiful eyes.

gotta love the trademark scowl too
It's a honey badger look.

he don’t give a damn.

Had? I thought he was still alive.

Er, has, haha!

yeah he’s still alive and kicking

klein has been playing great lately

maybe the flu altered his brain
SHHHHHHHHHHHH

Watch your mouth this is a family thread

so….that means honey badger will get going again once he gets better

Once he gets to tearing up that kleinflu he has

That lazy f***.

yeah

I know but he will be back ready to badger everyone

What is that whistling noise they keep playing???

Anyone else hearing this, or is it just me?

maybe someone brought some tootoo whistles?

no, it’s not a tootoo whistle… I don’t know what it is! It seems to be right before each commercial break.

maybe it's like the whistle for like old cowboy movie shootouts

i’ve heard it a time or two also

yeah, that’s it!!

Reading the GDT without watching the game. Awkward. But you guys and gals are still funny.

Hahaha, I can only imagine.

Ellis with the puck to the foot
OUCH.

That hurts SO badly.

Bet you’d like to take care of him while he recovers.

Always the assumptions that I like the young, attractive Predators who are almost precisely my age…

(But sure, I would be glad to hold his ankle for him.)

Shoot, I’m not TJ

...sorry?

I’ll be TJ tomorrow. If it’s televised. Which it better be.

NBC Sports.

Yep, we get to listen to Pierre McGuire :/

He looks like a turtle. An awkward turtle.

What’s TJ? Sorry, I missed something somewhere.

He/she won the watch and win contest

is it just me or are we playing a "conserve the win and your energy" style atm
Seems like it at little, yeah.

not just you

I know we have a game tomorrow against a really good team so maybe we're trying to take it easy
The last two periods have basically been the Preds taking a knee
We used up our goal quota in the first period.
punt it and make them try to run it back each time

has anyone found out why he needs a ride yet?

huh?

I think creeping death is reading another thread and writing on this one. :-)

can we just get one more goal to crush their will?
The Leggy!

Muller!!¡

What if we

simply poisoned their wells. And withered their crops.

how about scorched earth?

torches and pitchforks!?

Melted Ice.
melt their icecubes and then how will they have cold drinks

*BWAHAHAHAHAH

Hahaha, that makes me think of Eddie Izzard!

An evil herbivore giraffe… I will eat all of the leaves on the trees so that other giraffes may die… muahaha.

“this is how a fish walks if he’s English”

YES!

I’M COVERED IN BEES!

Cake or death?

Death! No, cake!

I got to see him live. He was fantastic. He wasn’t dressed up though. I was slightly disappointed.

He doesn’t do that so much any more. Which was kind of the point all along, so it’s all good.

Yeah…. I liked seeing his earlier stuff when he was made up and everything though. It was just such an integral part of who he was/is!

executive transvestite

There was a guy living in a cave…. like ya do… Weirdo transvestive… eeeexecutive transvestite!

running, jumping, climbing trees putting on makeup while you’re up there.

I love all his history stuff. I think that’s my favorite.

As a historian, I have to agree. I even use “Do you have a flag?” in class.

Very nice!! I love history. The “do you have a flag” bit is GREAT for class – I would totally use that if I hadn’t done elementary education, haha.

You said death first.

Oh alright. You’re lucky I’m Church of England [and have no bones in my arms]

we would have too many men on the ice when lindy jumps in to go swimming.

CLEAR THE PUCK
i just want to see some shots on goal, i haven't seen any offense by us this period..
Tootoo launches pucks INTO SPACE

tried to get an assist on a moon goal

to destroy the willpower

follow up the shock and awe of the 1st with one final scored earth slap shot from the cannon.

a weber cannon goal from the half ice

Then a goal on the moon

That's Ryan Ellis' job
Hey everyone

Came home about twenty minutes ago, been watching the game since. It’s on the NHL-Net here in Canada. Wish they’d show a more entertaining Preds game like the one against Philly right? But good to see Preds gettin’ some Canadian publicity.

And I'm actually multi-tasking here....

Trying to watch the soccer game at the same time but hockey is more important :D

didnt know there was a choice...

:D

it was a good beginning we've just been taking a knee ever since

YAY! Sorry you missed the first. We actually played during that period.

We jumped out to a quick 3 goal lead and have been playing Trotz style hockey ever since.

All goals in the first?

Yep. We scored on our first 2 shots.

no donut. dang

iceing on the cake

would be an assist from Rinne to Weber

Speaking of Rinne

Why is he playing?

he's been very active today

i gather for the garunteed win

I'd rather Anders start.

We need rested Rinne for tomorrow. Needs to look good for NBC.

Because… um… we can be guaranteed the two points, but he doesn’t have to work very hard before the next game?

That’s my thought, at least.

With a goal by Linders.

Or anders…

so who thinks MIN self destructs with the lose of Kiovu?
not funny...

not funny at all :(

opps... replied to wrong comment...
still applicable!

I like Minny… I hope they can pull themselves together!

they've been in a downward spiral this last month
I hate to see it

but I don’t know if they can keep it going without Koivu. He’s awesome. I hate that he’s injured

Yeah, I know. That must really suck.

I wonder

If Suter actually was traded mid-game. Maybe he’s not actually hurt….

no there would be news everywhere

SUTER IS HURT?????

THIS TEAM WILL FALL APART

yeh was questionable for the game but left after we had a comfy lead
He hasn't played since 1stperiod.

I tihnk they’re justresting him since we got a big lead.

Ugh, sorry, I’m using my boyfriend’s computer, and it sucks at typing things corerctly.

If Suter isn't playing tomorrow

Bench Weber too LOL

Or we could have a Cammalleri situation.

Boo and there goes the shutout
Just downloaded NHL Gamecenter Premium today

Now I can at least listen to the radio feeds for the game, and not a bad game to do it for.

(BTW, just heard Skillet playing in the background in the arena. Nice…)

Of course, the problem with it...

Delay means people are posting what happens in the game before I hear what happens.

happens to me on every Bolts game. it’s worst when you see things like “crap.” because then you just want to turn your head and hide your eyes, but you can’t. O.O

There goes the shut out...

dang it…we can’t give a rinne a shutout to save our lives

pekka looked like a sad panda after that goal
stupid stupid

Stupid

Awww maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan.
ALRIGHT

who said “donut”? I told you. I TOLD you not to do that.

So now we might get a leggy...

nah…they won’t pull the goalie when they’re down by two

Here's where the whistle comes from according to @JoshuaCooper btw

http://youtu.be/MtyM_cg6iGA

Listen to the last few seconds.

uggg...

how non catchy

muller

Needs his first goal

Ko-stitch-in.

Interesting pronunciation.

wilson! no!!

so close to an EMPTY NET

the post blocks the eng
3 misses on the ENG!!!!
can't hit the empty net to save our lives

lol so many chances at the empty net

lol 3 missed ENGs now.

HB should feel better ;)

lol

how many times can the preds miss an EMPTY NET!

3... thats it, next one goes in
Did Leggy try?
nope

just proof that leggy is the best pred. he’s the only one that can score an ENG

Come on, I wanted a goal.
haha, well they made it interesting.
hands

They go up

And there they stay.
^ this while at work waving my preds flag
HANDS GO UUUUUUUPPPPPP
No shut out

But I’ll certainly take the two points!

Hands go up!

Hands go up!
Can someone explain to me this statement?

Is it just because the players raise their hands after a victory?

I’m not from around here, but my guess is it’s from “All I do is win” “everybody hands go up!” but I have no idea

preds victory song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYC1k9MEK48

why can't it be "never gonna give you up"
Isn't that considered the most annoying song of all time?

Especially since it started getting used on YouTube to fake people out with videos?

I dunno… I honestly really like it.

i personally do as well

it’s only annoying b/c people turned it into “rick rolling”

I haven’t experienced that. I’m not usually a fan of this type of music, but this is one really great.

OH, wait I misunderstood and misread.

Never mind. Sorry to abandon you, but I actually am annoyed by that song. I don’t hate it though… it just annoys me. Mostly because of the Rick Rolling. Haha.

Nope, it’s a song – All I do is win. Here: all i do is win

Pekka did good today
Make it 6 tomorrow!

rinne deserved the shutout…that’s like four times the last couple of games we should’ve had one

Hey guys

congrats on the two points, but is Suter hurt? What happened?

he was a game time descision and left the game after we secured a 3 point lead

Bad hit last game. UBI. I don’t know anything else like particulars.

traded

Suter for hillen on d

Thank you

Great game.

Did the Preds take Empty Net lessons from Craig Smith?
whoa my

did you really have to go there :P

great game

great comments OTF, thanks for the entertainment, maybe now i can be a more productive employee.

Speculation time

Does Lindback start tomorrow?
Does Suter Suit up?
Does HB make a triumphant return?

Hb comes back and goes nuts with a hbht

i'm sure he needed a good break he's not used to this much action
Ok, Back To Work

I guess I can stop streaming video from my desktop now and open up the bandwidth for the rest of the employees.

all night long

In the early afternoon? O.o

Honestly when you sit back the way they did

for the last two periods, it’s not all that surprising to give up a late goal. Annoying, but not surprising.

Gotta save energy for the Rangers, I can’t really blame them I guess

I suppose. The Rangers are certainly the bigger threat.

yeah definitely can't blame them

we could’ve probably walked all over them if we continued to hard press like we did in the first

on another note

we now have the longest winning streak in the NHL

thumbs ^

always a good one to have while it lasts

I have a feeling we lose @CBJ

I’ve thought the same thing.

SHHH, don’t you say the T-word though dangit.

t-word?

“toodle-oo”
“tradition”
“trip”
“Tampa”

I also have a feeling we will finish the season with the second or third best record in 2012 for this season.
I'm hoping

that the Predators take the same attitude to Columbus that Legwand revealed in DonBorvio’s quote.

ahead of the Sens again.

uh…what the heck are they setting up on the rink?

Dunno they do it after the preds games too

2 points in the standings

and the preds are exactly where they started

need detroit to lose tonight to keep a point behind them

I heard Kostitsyn scored another wickid wrister
oh yeah on his first SOG of the night too

well you have to shoot more than once for it to be something other than your first shot of the game.

touche....

he ended the night with only 1 sog too

Oh well

Improvement to his shooting percentage I guess

he doesn't even have enough SOG to be in the running for highest SOG% in the nhl

Oh my god… hahahaha.

What if some guy had 20 goals on 20 shots?

Would he be in the running for highest shooting percentage?

there's a minimum amount of SOG in order to qualify that way...

it doesn’t include people that just play a few games and get a lucky shot or two

tits must have heard that I was pissed off at him...

now he’s being productive!

Should you chanbel that to hb so he scores everytime?

He scored recently!

Yeah but not enough to fet back to #1

Nah, he's just shooting the puck for some odd reason.

hopefully st. louis and redwings lose

Pekka's on with Pete and Crispy
all our centers did well on the FO today

58% overall

that's a welcome change

Mueller took 8 draws today, won 5 of them – 63%
Carrie may be happy, because Mike won 69% of his draws
and 56% for Leggy and 55% for Spals

Maybe not… he’s on the road.

she’ll remind him when he gets home probably

rinne, hustlechuck, and tavares three stars

how'd tavares get in there?
goal

in his home arena, spoiled the shutout

he scored the goal

nhl.com headline: pek-ing order

that’s right, defer to the Pekka

atleast it wasn't along the lines of

rinne stands tall

I think that might actually be better!

They haven’t done that yet, have they?

i think they did for one game

if they haven’t they should ….nothing like an obligatory tall goalie comment

Exactly.
his height is really the only thing most people know about him
I think we should trade for AK47 (SK74's brother)

Trotz could knock a lot into him. Montreal is making trades anyways, so let’s get to them.

could probably get him for cheap too
Maybe just a 3rd rounder could do?
i think they're heading towards rebuild mode could probably get him for a few draft picks
Sad to see teams going into that mode.

Some teams seem to take centuries to get out of re-build

NHL.com 3 stars

1.legwand
2.rinne
3. sk

they must have really liked that tic-tac-toe

Those Preds tic-tac-toes come around twice a year
that was so beautiful though
Halischuk's goal tonight

was his first GWG since Opening night in Columbus. and he now joins the Preds with more than 1 GWG club

Oh geez... haha, poor NYI...
The Predators showed up on time for Monday’s holiday matinee at Nassau Coliseum. The Islanders forgot they weren’t allowed to take Martin Luther King Day off until it was too late.
Haha where's that from?

nhl.com

yeh they are a lil harsh
What?

I never knew NHL.com throws trash talk into their articles

There are now 5 Predators

with 10+ goals on the season

not too bad we're on schedule to have more Points than last years team
I'm out, see you all here tomorrow

National broadcast in Canada today, national broadcast in the U.S. tomorrow.

just watching that tic-tac-toe goal and it sure was a beauty
the hustlechuck and SK goals were just sick sniping

those, too. Tits is finally showing up!

yeh he's still cherry picking his shots but shew does he have a good shot
Yeah, that was goregous.

Passing for the win (FINALLY!).

with the pass into the goal as well

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