Islanders refuse to lay down on playoff chase as hot streak continues with win over Flyers
NY Post
Is this going to matter?
That’s the big question right now for the Islanders, who are doubling down on this season on twin tracks — finding their game on ice while the front office continues to send signals that it is not going to lie down, play dead and sell off parts.
This was the message on a Friday night when the Islanders won a third straight game to make it six of eight, beating the Flyers, 3-1, at UBS Arena mere hours after the team brought in Tony DeAngelo as its Noah Dobson replacement, Dobson having suffered what looked like a serious right-leg injury Monday night.
Depending where you sit, the move read somewhere between desperation and pragmatism, but what it said loud and clear was that Lou Lamoriello’s position has not changed from earlier this month — he’s not yet thinking about selling.
The Islanders, at 20-20-7, are back at NHL .500 for the first time since Dec. 12, with a chance to get over the mark for the first time since Nov. 14 when they face the Hurricanes on Saturday.
For the first time all season, they are playing like a team with an identity, sustaining their level from game to game and working through adversity on the fly.
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Victor Robles put his body on the line to make an impressive catch on Sunday, but had to be carted off the field because of it.
It’s not every day that someone is chirping at the baby-faced assassin – let alone an opposing coach.
There will be enough time to obsess over the things the Knicks don’t have, and why they don’t do well. Bank on that. There will be acres of space and hours of conversation devoted to the vast chasm between where the Knicks are and where they want to be — and, perhaps more tellingly, where they were expected to be. That’s coming, don’t worry.
Peter Laviolette chuckled as a grin started to spread across his face.
David Peterson bent over behind the mound in Sunday’s fifth inning, giving the appearance of perhaps a back ailment.
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He will be tempting, of course, because by the time all is said and done, Kevin Durant will be on the short list of the greatest players in NBA history. Top 10? Maybe. Top 20? For sure.
So, another game like this winds up in the void column, with a void of scoring accompanied by a void of emotion, and you can select which is the chicken and which is the egg in this scenario.
Carlos Mendoza thought about it.
ATLANTA — Clearly upset that he was pulled before he could get a triple-double, Josh Hart stormed off the court with 90 seconds remaining, but both he and coach Tom Thibodeau took the flare-up in stride.