5 BOROUGH SPORTS

This really sucks. I hate the Flyers. I don’t hate them as much as the blue-shirted d-bags, but it’s close.  And even worse, the Isles have lost 14 straight to Philly. That means it’s been two years since the Isles won against the Flyers. Two weeks ago, I thought this team had promise to make a surge and storm into serious playoff contention. Even though,  the Isles still have a very realistic of making the postseason, the team is going in the wrong direction. For the past three games, the Isles have done a phenomenal impression of last year’s abysmal team. They’ve been outscored 13-4 and are showing no signs of improvement. What the team needs right now is a few days off and to regroup. Too bad that as we speak, the team is headed to Coral Springs to play the Panthers tomorrow nigh at 4pm.

Just like every young, promising team, the Isles will show signs of greatness and even more signs of inexperience. When there are 19, 20, and 21 year olds on the front line, there will be times of ugly hockey. Hopefully the Isles can snap out of this horrendous play and perform like they were in the beginning of the month. Isles at Panthers tomorrow at 4pm.

You know it’s a bad night when my favorite moment of the game was when I noticed the NC State banner of former Fordham basketball coach Derek Whittenberg. Last night, the Islanders played arguably their worst game of the season. With some of the poorest puck handling I’ve seen in a very long time, the Isles couldn’t put any pressure on the Canes all night. Even though Carolina is one of the hottest teams in the NHL right now, there is no excuse for losing this badly to the team with the lowest point total in the league. I don’t know. Maybe I curse the Isles everytime I go to a game. Back in December I went to the Coliseum to see them play the Rangers and the Isles got man handled 5-2. So in the games I’ve attended, the Islanders have been outscored 8-3. Luckily for these guys, I’m not going to be able to attend any more games this season.

All the Isles can do now is look forward. It continues to baffle me how the Isles are in 13th place in the Eastern Conference, yet only a point away from Seventh. Luckily, in this conference, all a team needs is a spark in order to find themselves back in the mix. The Isles will need that spark tomorrow when they take on the 7th place Flyers in Philly. Like always, post-game coverage will be here following the game.

Here’s a little video about the Islanders this season to pump you guys up for tonight. If you see a dude going crazy in a John Tavares jersey during tonight’s game- that’s me.