Series Projection: Carolina In Five

#NYC #NYI #isles Honestly despite season series wins (under Lambert) I can't see Carolina not winning 4-5 games. Not last year they are healthy, and their goaltending is 10x better with Andersen (not Raanta) red hot + special teams huge mismatch + no Dobson/40+shots against plan.

— X-New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) April 18, 2024

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Sorry, add to it no rest, maybe Lee/Pageau unavailable, what happens when unbeaten streak ends because we see big winning steaks followed by big losing streaks with Varlamov inploding.

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Saturday 5pm Game One: Reg Season Ends 5-4 win vs Pens

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A lot of long-term scratches played very well. 17-1 outshot after fast start, but Pens faded. Pitch and putt with nine iron for 15 goals/23 games made me look bad. Keep doing it. Ping pong left injured early. Wahlstrom looked very good, Holmstrom scoring hands goal. Too much pressure when Pens put Crosby/Malkin out there, but their team had breakdowns. Hardly a soft game 82 a lot of wear/tear. Now they get least rest in NHL and play Saturday at 5pm. Sorokin was much better then score, and faced many prime chances.

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Have not been optimistic wrote go win 10/12 and they did, but name of the game is win the Stanley Cup, and they must do that regardless of who or where. Not like they did not beat top teams this season or down the stretch to qualify. They need Dobson (he's skating) but we'll see. Failed experiment looked half empty, and was a morgue. Goodbye Arizona, felt like Long Island politicians out there.

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New York Signs Marshall Warren Two Year ELC

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The prospect is updated to reflect all changes/RFA.

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#Isles Transaction: The New York Islanders have signed Laurel Hollow, NY native, Marshall Warren to a two-year, entry-level contract that begins in 2024-25.

— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) April 16, 2024

Marshall Warren has signed an amateur tryout agreement (ATO) with Bridgeport for the remainder of the 2023-24 season. #Isles | @umichhockey pic.twitter.com/ZuGKoTSFEj

— Bridgeport Islanders (@AHLIslanders) April 16, 2024

X-New York Qualifies Again With 7th seed. Carolina part III

Hear from the #Isles following tonight's playoff-clinching win.

— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) April 16, 2024

#NYC #NYI #isles Against all odds, with all the weaknesses and downside in every area, they not only earned a playoff spot but the third seed. Every team chasing them got two points. Only 19 shots, the ping pong player finally gave them one, even a powerplay goal. EARNED SPOT.

— X-New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) April 16, 2024

#NYC #NYI #Isles Anyone who said they were going to go 7-0-1 and get the third seed is lying to you. It would have been 8-0 if NHL did not give Knicks hockey another review or their powerplay did anything. We did not even get 5-1 call tonight.

— X-New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) April 16, 2024

#NYC #NYI #isles Never wrote I did not want this team to win. Just that it was a bad team in so many area's, and it is. Anyone telling you otherwise is lying, but here they are, against all odds. 7th again. One game off last seasons 12 over.

— X-New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) April 16, 2024

Projecting out the season 5:

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Tonight, a team they blew a 4-1 lead against at New Jersey and lost 5-4. (one point would have clinched a spot) A second 5-4 overtime loss at the failed Belmont experiment, followed by Patrick Roy NYI outclassed with a 4-0 shutout. No Hughes, nothing to play for tonight but Devils final home game. New York will wear blue. Roy going back to Varlamov over the teams best goaltender.

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The @NYIslanders have scenarios Monday to secure both a #StanleyCup Playoffs spot and the No. 3 seed in the Metropolitan Division. The simplest is to win their game against the Devils (7 p.m. ET on MSGSN, MSGSN2).#NHLStats: https://t.co/X2F5cuM56t pic.twitter.com/LjNIjoHaUB

— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) April 15, 2024

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Any kind of win=third seed. Carolina, Boston, Florida, Knicks hockey or see you at Barclay's in September are the menu.

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