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I look at the Islanders roster and I say to myself... how does this team have a winning record? Can anyone explain it to me?
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Funny you should ask that.....
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Good, now I can sleep at night.
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Okay you have 43 GF and 37 GA for the Rangers and 43 GF and 44 GA for the Islanders. I'll take 3 wins and 0 losses vs the Rangers and I guess we're both happy.
Seriously though, those stats don't mean a whole lot. The season is too young. One loss they had was 8-1 vs Toronto while starting Doobie and the other was 8-3 to a very good Carolina team. Other than those games they have been playing well.
triumph, do you really think this is a bad defense?
campoli, bergeron, berard, witt, sutton, martinek. i would say that it's fairly solid.
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bergeron and berard barely belong in the NHL - they are absolutely terrible at defending. bruno gervais has been playing over MA Bergeron.
andy sutton is decent but takes a lot of penalties. i've always liked radek martinek but he is inconsistent. campoli is meh. bruno gervais isn't very good. brendan witt has done a good job remaking his game - he still takes a lot of penalties.
really, it's not that good.