Kyle Okposo (they nicknamed him "Okie" ... is the K silent there, too?) makes an impressive NHL debut, Rob Davison scores from near his own goal line, and the 6,000 fans in attendance cheered loud enough so that the echos bounced off the empty seats.
C'mon, Long Island. Buy a $19 ticket, move down to the good seats, but a delicious pretzel twist, and chant "DP stands for Double Penetration!"
One bright spot: If the New York Sound Islanders are this bad next year, they can draft Johnny Tavares a #1 overall in June 2009. Tavares broke Wayne Gretzky's junior league record of 70 goals with 72, although it took him 3 more games than The Great One.
Coming tomorrow: To Dubie or Not to Dubie.
P.S. In regards to Bryan's post earlier today, I distinctly remember what he has dubbed the "Miracle of '93," and although I don't think you could call winning two series (what's the plural of series) a capitalized Miracle, I do regret to admit that I was an Islander fan that year.
The Rangers missed the playoffs that year, and somehow I got caught up in the Moment. Dale Hunter is still a punk in my book for his slash on a celebrating Pierre Turgeon, and I thought David Volek was some sort of demi-god when he borrowed Turgeon's stick to beat the Penguins in Game 7.
Then they lost to Montreal, the Rangers made the playoffs in 1994... and, well, you know the rest.
"Do you believe it!"
No, the 1993 playoffs do not really qualify as a capitalized Miracle. But that's how it's known to a number of Islander fans, believe it or not. The NHL Network is in love with that series - they called it the biggest upset of the 90's, and they also considered Game 7 as the best Game 7 of the 90's. The '93 Islanders really were an underrated team, and Pittsburgh had a better team than they did when they won the Cup. I would have LOVED an Islanders-Kings final, but it wasn't to be.
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