This is why Ken Hitchcock said playing the Islanders is death by a thousand cuts.They are going to need to come up big again this series. They did their job wearing down the Bruins defence. They are going to need to do the same for TB's D.
I say in GDT, at times, this may go over people's heads. Isles are the Cape Hunting Dogs of the NHL. We won't be as fast as most teams, but we will eventually catch up to you, and then like a Wild Dog. The pack mentality will eat you.This is why Ken Hitchcock said playing the Islanders is death by a thousand cuts.
It’s not that we outplay you in a game, it’s the cumulative effect of all the hits and checks. Hockey players don’t like getting hit.
We wear teams down, and in Bruce Cassidy’s case, get in their heads.
We’ll never win a skills contest but this is a team you want to go to war with.I say in GDT, at times, this may go over people's heads. Isles are the Cape Hunting Dogs of the NHL. We won't be as fast as most teams, but we will eventually catch up to you, and then like a Wild Dog. The pack mentality will eat you.
Komarov is the personification of that description. He rarely has the thunderous - knock someone out/through the boards hit, but he also never passes up on taking the body whenever he can. And he hits hard. Those hits add up over a game and a series. Defenseman don't want to go back as hard - when they go to dig out the puck, they are tentative and are waiting to get hit. And of course, they are f***ing sore. After a while those hits accumulate.This is why Ken Hitchcock said playing the Islanders is death by a thousand cuts.
It’s not that we outplay you in a game, it’s the cumulative effect of all the hits and checks. Hockey players don’t like getting hit.
We wear teams down, and in Bruce Cassidy’s case, get in their heads.
Matt Barzal, fastest skater, ehWe’ll never win a skills contest but this is a team you want to go to war with.
One. One skill.Matt Barzal, fastest skater, eh
At least we got that going for us, which is nice.One. One skill.