You mean shot in Kucherov's ribs?

@@etozhedexcore Kucherov will be back for next year’s playoffs, don’t you worry. He might miss the regular season due to injury tho

@@wadewilson3296 Totally. The cap dodge has been the biggest scam of the playoffs, right after the referees in the Vegas games. Bettman is desperate for a sun belt team to win a cup.

@@wadewilson3296 Islanders are 7 million over cap with LTIR but people only want to talk about one side.

@@johnny2003 I didn’t say anything about cap space lol. Also not a fan of either team, but I dislike the Lightning

That's who most want to see I think.

That’s what I’m hoping for. A completely new and fresh final.

I do hope for it! 2 my fav teams!

Vegas and islanders final and islanders are champs

montreal ain't there yet either. Vegas is still a hell of a strong team

Winning in OT after being down 2-0 on home ice in an elimination game, that's a good feeling.

All Barry Trotz

Tampa scored 10 in a row...

@ctmike1 - cell phone concert videos u are right it's not 10 but 11... wow what a come back. Now its 3 in a row for isles... momentum.swing hopefully...

@@belledorris1973 12

Yeah, no kidding!

And they lost 1-0 but a good fight

LMFAO wow I love looking back at comments like this...don't count your eggs before they hatch...

@@christianstokes1468 I didn't see any predictions of victory or arrogance/cockiness, it was exactly what it stated, winning game 6 instead of losing it like in the bubble allowed the Isles a chance to win a game and go to the Cup (Which they would have won had they won the semis). Tampa hasn't lost two straight games during their last two runs and it's an impressive accomplishment. They really remind me of the Islanders dynasty I grew up watching as a child. I guess, in the end, the Lightning true final was against the Islanders who for the second year in a row were the only team to even test the Bolts. The series was as close as could be outside of a game 7 overtime. I tip my cap to a great team in the Tampa Lightning. May they meet again in next year's ECF.

@@christianstokes1468 LMFAO wow I love looking back at comments like this... don’t try to look smart bro🥱

Us New York Saints fans appreciate the support

It must be hard....do appreciate.👍

hear hear!

Except for the fact that Barzil got away with a hook that led to NYIs first goal

@@r3_wastaken Crosscheck on Kooch. Right in front of a zebra with red stripes. Kooch has to leave game because of injury. Stamose boarded showing blood. Hope that they were well paid by the Vegas odds makers. Tampa's defense went back to Jr level. Can't wait until the full Hanson Brothers come out with the crooked refs.

This aged well LMFAO...btw how'd the blues do???...

Habs gonna win for sure against new York

@@ii-timousse-ii8015 that's what Pittsburgh thought, and Boston, and Tampa..

Chill out, one game at a time, still need to win against Vegas, wont be easy

@V P I mean if you watch NHL players train, they can definitely choose where their shots go. Sure in the heat of a game adrenaline will cause you to miss more but it’s not like these players are firing a shotgun. They can choose where they aim.

@V P try ice hockey and get back with us.

@V P Yeah but it's not like he hacked at it. He very clearly meant to elevate that puck...he wanted the puck to go right where it went. Will he hit that shot every time? No, but it's definitely a snipe.

i doubt bossy watched this game, guy has too big of an ego to watch modern day hockey

@V P Hitting a Tennis ball is fairly easy compared to shooting a puck in hockey. I'm not saying tennis is easy as a sport whatsoever but wrist shots, snap shots, all have different speeds and uses. Definitely suggest you try it out and I think you'll understand, hell you might love it just as much as tennis (which is a great sport to play with friends honestly, most my friends can't ice-skate)

He's still soft, He's become a more complete player over the years. He' still pots 20 goals a year and has a fair cap #!

Peter chiarelli was such a bad gm. Congrats to Eberle.

respect

Cheering for Eberle too from a oilers fan

Eberle, Schultz, Perron, Talbot, Petry and Hall. Hall was traded for Larsson, the rest were just squandered.

Its harder for them without Kucherov. They were a much worse team in the regular season without him. Less guys to drive play without him out there.

100%

It still is an all important first goal. You want to play ahead. Especially against teams like these 2. Very lucky to win when trailing which is shown by 5/6 games winner scored first

@DecrepitOrigin888 yeah, the way that I realize how meaningless those stats are is thinking how stupid it would be for a player to go “we scored the first goal! Every game the team that scored the first goal won therefore we should win!”

This whole conversation is flawed because the entire point of stats like that is to avoid talking about it as a binary thing. The proper comment is "those stats usually 'matter' but not always as in accordance with their percentages." One would prefer to score the first goal, and every goal, but it doesn't end the game either.

Guys it's not how it works It's statistics

@@GMFan That thought is effectively what keeps bookies in business. It's amazing (and quite sad!) how many people think stats are predictive. It's like...guys...don't you think if stats could consistently predict the future, everyone and their neighbor would be pro at betting sports? 🤦‍♂️

Yeah

Yes it was great fun watching them get 8 scored on them

He's in the locker room

@@OvieSnips8 right because that's what happens every game and isn't an outlier

@@OvieSnips8 8-0 means nothing........ your probably the jackass at the viewing game taking off his islander jersey and throwing it on the ground and quitting on his team

Habs fan Oh yea, go Isl go

I hope they crash and burn after they beat tampa 😁

Should they pull this Miracle out of their ass...then they put off the new Arena at Belmont Park for a little while longer...and play at Nassau County Veterans Coliseum in the first Stanley Cup Finals since 1984

@@joshw6993 Im ok with that Close out Nassau colosseum vs habs for cup finals. That would be a great ending of the arena. Go Isl Go Habs fan

Yeah ok lmao, everyone's on the Habs wagon

Roger that. There are a few teams in the NHL I'm not fond of, and TB is one of them.

Lmfao pretty sad you have to live vigorously through another teams fanbase😂😂 now tell me how satisfying was it to see them go back to back??...it makes looking back at these comments that much better.

If you call heart cheapshotting every player on the other team then yes I agree

@@hunterd1127 damn, just curious, who’s your team?

It’s not hard to see all the cross checks and dirty hits bud

@@r3_wastaken from both teams?

@@hunterd1127 yes we do.......... lol

Why not ?🤔I rooted for the. Rangers when there were only 6 teams in the league,till 1972 now I root for them against all but the. Islanders🗽🗽🗽

because you loyal and not bitter. i give you respect.

I'd pull for Russia in the 1980 Olympics before I pulled for ANY NY/NJ hockey, football, or baseball team. Most obnoxious, entitled fans ever! You guys suck dog water. Always and forever. Shove your Madison Square Garden, your Nassau Coliseum, your Big Apple bluster, and your Long Island accent in your keister! Return the cup to it's rightful place. Go Habs!

@@SultanofSpey have you heard of Boston?

@@neptunepriest No I think he means the utter trash that the city of philadelphia produces

I also dont want TB against the habs, that match up happened way to often in the past years while almost every regular matches against the NYI were good but we never had them in playoffs since 1993!

ok but let's not let this be the finals ok? yeah !

no.. that would be stupid east team vs east team? that is stupid that should be conference final not stanley cup

Isles or Tampa would wipe Montreal

@@benson4484 No, it's the best team against the best team, regions has nothing to do with the stanley cup. You dont give freebies to teams for being in specific region.

Could still be. Let’s hope not but y’know

Nope

@@charlesbullee7215 it could. If the islanders lose game 7 it will be the last game.

i love that arena. low ceiling, noise has nowhere to go.

A good way to go out if it is the last game

by taking out our best player with an intentional cross check right next to a ref who didn’t do anything about it? garbage refs rigged game.

Yeah anybody but the lightning

@@sarahmcgrath576 lol anybody but nyi they have the worst fans

@@benson4484 and half of Tampa bay fans are fake, I still remember all the hate they got when lecavalier was still on the team, now look at all these fake fans on social media

zWatermelon lol they have the best fans in the NHL. Definitely the loudest, that’s for sure

and the most annoying

You mean game 5?...

@@ThinnerCrayon005 I hate rushing my comments. >_

tampax blew 2-0 lead let's go!

And Barzil hooked a defenseman leading to the first goal terrible reffing the entire series

@@r3_wastaken 🧐

@@r3_wastaken this is the new excuse aye

You knew they were going to get a lot of power plays in their building on a night like that

Dude, that was a heatseeker! Eberle!! Hes only 30. Got a few more good years in him. He is one of my favorite Isles.

Hope so always wanted to see a Islanders Habs Stanley Cup

@@ericavogardo4784 100%

😆😆

Yeah kudos for headhunting top line lightning players, dirty hits led to kucherov getting hurt and others, it’s sad that the refs were blind all game

Да, отлично Нью-Йорк отработал.

Chris Lee

refs have been a complete joke throughout the entire postseason, kind of goes without saying at this point lol

I feel your pain coming from a habs fan can’t believe this Chris Lee isn’t fired yet I’m cheering for the Isles against Tampa but that crosscheck against Kucherov right in front of Chris Lee and no penalty call just threw me back to that punch on Suzuki right in front of Chris Lee and no penalty as well just fire this dummy for gosh sakes!

@@royalflushqc9933 or the freaking high stick on Corey perry that should have been a 4 minute double minor

Chris Lee was ref, so yeah

Shouldn’t you be rooting for your boy maroon?

I want it

Yeah it will

And we don’t have to hear the annoying islander fans

@@Mattoilers97 we can hear the silent lightning fans lol

@@Mattoilers97 man ur an oilers fan you shouldn't trash talk

MG 😂

Pittsburgh fan here, but its fantastic watching the Islanders historic March thru the playoffs. What a special team

could be* a great final. don't jynx the Habs please.

kinda suprised the habs even made it into it this far its stupid bc the canada division was a joke

@@benson4484 That ain't true. Don't listen to dumb people online

@@benson4484 apparently not, especially if the Habs go in the finals 😅

@@mikeamber2528 oh really so your saying if they were in a normal division the habs would have gotten this far? no shot.

How I felt as a pens fan in the first round. They just ALWAYS find a way. Special stuff, really.

Apparently, win game seven 1-0 on a shorthanded goal. Ugh. Yes, I’m still bitter.

@@sparkyshore3543 Regardless of who won at the end, and evident only to those who closely followed or witnessed the series, the difference between the teams was less than a strand of hair. It certainly could’ve gone the other way, and it was the real Stanley cup final. I think the Isles have shown in the last two years that they are actually the better team as they achieved that hairsplitting difference versus the Allstar collection of well paid Bolts.

Why

i don’t get why all of a sudden every other team wants to bandwagon the isles 🤣 yall suck

You are so wrong

That is Trotz' style of hockey, focuses on the defensive side of the game and only take the shots from the most dangerous areas. That's why you see the Islanders getting out shot most games, but they are always in it until the end.