2019 NBA Finals Preview

We started this back in October. A 32 team chase for the biggest prize in all of basketball. the Larry O'Brien Trophy is up for grabs. We now have two teams left standing. One team is in the finals for the first time ever. The other is trying to add to its legacy and build up its dynasty. Its West Coast against East Coast. Lets get right into it.

It's the Western Conference Champion Golden State Warriors taking on the Eastern Conference Champion Toronto Raptors. Golden State is in it's fifth straight finals, after finishing the regular season with a 57-25. When the playoffs started, Golden State bounced the Los Angeles Clippers in six games, following it up with a six game win over the Houston Rockets in the second round. Golden State capped it off by sweeping the Portland Trail Blazers to reach the finals. The Toronto Raptors are playing in the finals for the first time ever, after finishing the regular season with a 58-24 record. When the playoffs started, Toronto beat the Orlando Magic in five in the opening round, the Philadelphia 76ers in seven games and closing out the Eastern Conference with a six game win over the Milwaukee Bucks. Toronto won both meetings during the regular season. This will be the first meeting in the NBA Finals between these two teams.

Here are the date and times for every game in this series:
May 30 9:00 pm Golden State Warriors vs. Toronto Raptors Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario
June 2 8:00 pm Golden State Warriors vs. Toronto Raptors Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario
June 5 9:00 pm Toronto Raptors vs. Golden State Warriors Oracle Arena, Oakland, California
June 7 9:00 pm Toronto Raptors vs. Golden State Warriors Oracle Arena, Oakland, California
June 10 9:00pm Golden State Warriors vs. Toronto Raptors Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario
June 13 9:00pm Toronto Raptors vs. Golden State Warriors Oracle Arena, Oakland, California
June 16 8:00pm Golden State Warriors vs. Toronto Raptors Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

Going into this series, Kawai Leonard is playing at a completely different level. Don't believe me? Ask Giannis Antetokounmpo, who Kawai outplayed in the six game win in the East Finals. It's not just Kawai, he's got some support. Pascal Siakam has really stepped his game up as the year went along. Siakan is starting to look like a two-way future All-Star. Marc Gasol remains that guy you always want on your team, can still bring something to the table every night. Kyle Lowry has chipped in as the playoffs went along. Toronto is being lead by Kawai, sure, but they also do have some of their role players stepping up and contributing when the time calls for it. From the other side of the ball, Toronto is built to give the Warriors difficulties. They have an outstanding defensive front line that features three Defensive Player of the Year award winners plus a second-place finish spread among three players. Toronto can be a handful for the Warriors to handle.

But Golden State is a balanced team, even without Kevin Durant in uniform. The champs showed in the last round against Portland that they can play without KD. But Toronto is a different animal. It's going to be a tough challenge. Steph Curry is still the best shooter in iall of basketball. He does have a fantastic support staff. Klay Thompson can still be dangerous, so can Draymond Green. Andre Iguodala can still be a strong force. Golden State is balanced, can shoot from anywhere and can play against anybody and any system. They can press the attack and do it without Kevin Durant. When, and if, KD comes back in this series, that takes the Warriors to an entirely different level.

There's not much more that can be said about Golden State that hasn't already been said. Toronto is a good team, but they're going up against the best. Its different going from the Bucks to the Warriors. Toronto may get a game or two at home but the Warriors are just too good.

Prediction: Warriors in 6!

2019 Stanley Cup Finals Preview

The time has arrived. We started this journey back in October with 32 teams. After a long regular season and three rounds of playoffs, we have two teams left standing. Over the next two weeks, we will determine who is the best team in hockey for the 2018-19 season. One team has been in the thick of things all year long. The other had to claw, scratch and fight out of the depth of their conference to walk away as the best team in it. Its a cup finals rematch from a previous finals as well. Here's what we got going down over the next two weeks.

This year's finals pits the Western Conference Champion St Louis Blues going against the Eastern Conference Champion Boston Bruins. Boston got here after knocking off the Toronto Maple Leafs in the opening round in seven games, then dispatched the Columbus Blue Jackets in six games, and finally sweeping the Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference Finals. This will mark the 20th Finals appearance for the Bruins. As for the Blues, they got here by dispatching the Winnipeg Jets in six games, followed that up with a win over the Dallas Stars in seven games, and finally eliminating the San Jose Sharks in the Western Conference Finals in six games. This marks the fourth appearance in the Finals for the Blues, who have yet to win a game in Cup Finals play.

This will be the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with Boston winning both previous series. They last met in the 1972 Stanley Cup Semifinals which Boston won in a four-game sweep. St. Louis will be making their fourth appearance in the Finals. They last advanced to the Finals in 1970, which they lost in four games to the Boston Bruins. Boston will be making their twentieth Finals appearance. They last advanced to the Finals in 2013, which they lost in six games to the Chicago Blackhawks. These teams split the two games in this year's regular season series.

Here's the dates and times for every game in the finals:
May 27 St. Louis Blues 8:00 p.m. Boston Bruins TD Garden NBC
May 29 St. Louis Blues 8:00 p.m. Boston Bruins TD Garden NBCSN
June 1 Boston Bruins 8:00 p.m. St. Louis Blues Enterprise Center NBCSN
June 3 Boston Bruins 8:00 p.m. St. Louis Blues Enterprise Center NBC
June 6 St. Louis Blues 8:00 p.m. Boston Bruins TD Garden NBC
June 9 Boston Bruins 8:00 p.m. St. Louis Blues Enterprise Center NBC
June 12 St. Louis Blues 8:00 p.m. Boston Bruins TD Garden NBC

St Louis is hoping for a better result than what happened the last time they faced Boston in the Finals. In order for that to happen, Jordan Binnington, who's had a few setbacks in the playoffs but, overall, has played pretty well in this post season. He is the fifth rookie goalie in NHL history to earn his team's first 12 wins in a single postseason. In that conferences finals against the Sharks, he stopped 75 of 77 shots in the final three wins in that series. So he knows he can handle himself in those big moments. St Louis is getting balanced scoring in the playoffs, as they have had 18 players score playoff goals.The guy who's been carrying the Blues in the goal department in this playoffs has been Jaden Schwartz, who is second in the playoffs with 12 goals in 19 games. And at this time of year, the best players always start to pick their game up. Case in point, Vladimir Tarasenko had at least one point in each of the six games in the conference final.

While the Blues numbers have been impressive, so too has that of Boston. Tuukka Rask has gone 12-5 in the playoffs with an NHL-best 1.84 goals-against average and .942 save percentage. He's also on a five game winning streak, so yeah, there's nobody hotter than Tuukka right now. He stonewalled the Canes in the Conference finals to get here. And he's not the only one heating up at the right time. Boston's big line has been playing like it.The line of Brad Marchand (seven goals, 11 assists), Patrice Bergeron (eight goals, five assists) and David Pastrnak (seven goals, eight assists) has scored 38.6 percent of Boston's goals in the playoffs. When you got your big boys going, you ride them for as long as you can, which is what Boston is doing. And for further proof that Boston is getting scoring from everybody, nineteen players have scored in the postseason, tying the Bruins record. This Bruins team can pretty much do it all right now.

St Louis, to me, is the feel good story of the post season. The fact that they went from a last place team to a team that's now in the finals is amazing. But they are running into a red hot hockey club. Boston has been beating everybody and Rask is playing out of his mind right now. Boston is in a prime position to take the crown.

Prediction: Bruins in 6!

JD Could Save Broadway

Building a hockey team isn't exactly an easy thing to do. You have to know what kind of system you want to have run, know the talent pool that's out there, and what's already in the locker room. And just as important, you have to know what city your dealing with. When it comes to New York, and the sports teams that play here, winning means a lot. The Rangers are one of those teams and they just brought back a familiar figure to run the franchise. John Davidson is back with the club as team president.

Davidson has plenty of experience dealing with New York. He spent eight years tending goal on Broadway, going 93-90-25 during regular season play. Once his playing career finished in 1983, Davidson went to the broadcast booth, joining MSG's hockey coverage staff in 1983, and was the color commentator for Rangers games from 1986–87 to 2005–06. During that time he also did color work on National coverage for ABC and NBC. So he knows the market and how Rangers fans can react when the team isn't doing so well.

Many wondered when Davidson took over as President of the St Louis Blues in 2006 if JD was really cut out for that job. Well, after six years as President , he oversaw a major turnaround in the team, getting them going back in the right direction and helping see the Blues become a steady force in the Playoffs. Same thing he did when he joined the Blue Jackets in Columbus. He helped build that team into what we see on the ice now, or did in this year's playoffs.

He can do it again here in New York. Davidson has the track record as President in both St. Louis and Columbus that he can build a team that can make noise in the playoffs. he's taking over a rebuilding Rangers team that went 32-36-14 last season.t's not going to be easy, but JD is your guy. He can put this thing together and he knows how to handle Rangers fans and this market. he'll be just fine.

Boneheaded Cano, Don't Ya Know

Lets face it, for as many good moments the New York Mets have had in the team's 58 year history, they've had as many bad and boneheaded moments. From bad ownership and general management decisions, to boneheaded plays on the field, Mets fans have seen it all. What happened to Robinson Cano against the Marlins on both Friday and Sunday, may have taken it to another step. Lets take a look at it.

First there was Friday, in an 8-6 loss to Miami. Cano was up in the top of the seventh with one out, two on and his team down 7-3. He hit into a 6-4-3 double play that ended the inning and killed the Mets’ rally. The worst part is he didn’t run the grounder out to first. Rather than blame his lack of hustle on laziness, Cano told his manager Mickey Callaway after the game that he didn’t run out the ball because he thought there were already two outs due to a scoreboard error (Yardbreaker).

I'm sorry Robbie, but that falls all on you. How the hell do you not pay attention during the course of a game to know how many outs there are? In an inning when you are due up, you need to know the game situation so you have an idea of what you might be dealing with when you get to the plate. It gave me a headache thinking about it when I read about it Saturday morning, but whatever it was a passing thing.

Now we look at what he did in the 3-0 loss to Miami on Sunday. This is one of the worst sins in all of baseball. Here's the play from Sunday, see for yourself:


When asked about it during the post game interview, Cano said "I thought it was a foul ball.” He went on to further add that the ball is foul in such instances “99 percent of the time” and blamed plate umpire Jordan Baker for not immediately informing him the ball was fair. It’s not clear if Baker said anything, but he signaled a fair ball as soon as Wallach touched the ball in fair territory (New York Post).

I'm sorry Robbie I don't care what your BS excuse is YOU RUN OUT OF THE DAMN BATTERS BOX. No matter what, unless you hear the umpire yell foul ball, you run. Stop being lazy and move your damn feat. RUN!

You're getting paid a lot of money and your here for another four years, you need to give me something here. The numbers at the plate that your putting up this year are pathetic and that's putting it nicely. He's not hitting, his power and run production are both way down, its almost embarrassing. He needs to be benched a lot more than he is, the two plays in Miami should have been more than enough evidence for a guy to get benched.

I really hope that Cano starts to play better and gets his game going again, because what we are seeing now is pathetic

Mickey's Days Numbered?

Every team in Baseball has problems. Injuries happen. Bad or inconsistent play happens. Slumps happen for players and teams. Everybody goes through it, it's just part of the game. When a team looks like it has no life, it does fall on the players, but it also falls on the manager. Mickey Callaway has tried to make things work with the roster that was given to him by ownership and new general manager Bride Van Wagenen. The way things have gone the last few days, it looks like Mickey's days are running low here in New York.

New York just got swept in a three game series by the Miami Marlins, the worst team in baseball. Not only did they get swept but the team has had a total of three hits over the last two games. If it was against a team with a really good pitching staff, then OK, it happens. But the team that just beat them over the last three days doesn't have a good pitching staff. Its the Marlins the worst team in baseball. The Mets just made them look like a respectable baseball club.

This was a portion of the schedule they just hit where they could have made a lot of noise. They dropped the final two games to the Nats at the end of the week, and just got swept by the Marlins, two teams who aren't going that great this year. Now the Mets return home for a four game set with the Nats and three with the Tigers, before the schedule starts ramping up against good teams. New York had a chance to set themselves up to be in good shape going into a tough trip at the start of next month that included playing the Dodgers, Rockies, Cards, Giants and Yankees, all early in June. But they fell flat against a horrible team.

To make this even worse, the Manager Mickey Callaway had said in an interview early in the day that he can't be worried about job security. Following the loss yesterday, a 2-0 win by the Marlins in which the Mets had only one hit, Callaway had this to say:

"I'm coming in tomorrow to manage the New York Mets and I'm going to be enthusiastic about it and I'm going to continue to lead this team to something special," Callaway said. "As a leader, you can't ever worry about yourself. I'm here. One of the things I told them when I got hired was selfless service is very important to me, and my goal every day is to improve that room, be consistent, and make sure our players continue to improve."

Well Mickey, the sentiment and the attitude are awesome, but the results sure as hell aren't there. You want the players to improve? well getting a grand total of three hits off the worst team in baseball sure as hell isn't improving. The team has been in a downhill slide for the better part of the month and you ain't doing a damn thing to try and stop it Mickey. I know you can't go out there and have Robinson Cano make contact with the ball, but maybe you can light a fire under his butt so he can run out a ground ball and not lack the hustle on inning ending double plays in back to back innings. It's just stuff like that, that drives me nuts as a fan. Not getting the best out of the players, that duty falls on the manager.

I'd love to have this guy be a success and have him be the one to lead the Mets to the promise land and get us a World Championship. But it doesn't look its going to happen for Mickey here in New York!

Kawhi's Crazy Winner

Toronto had a lot riding on Game Seven Sunday night. The Raptors haven't played a game seven since 2016, one in which they beat the Miami Heat to reach the Eastern Conference Finals. Now they have the same scenario. They have a game seven Sunday with a shot to go to the East Finals, all they have to do is knock off the Philadelphia 76ers. The best players step up in the biggest moments, and that's what Kawhi Leonard did.

Toronto and Philadelphia went back and forth in this final game of the series. This epic battle included 10 lead changes and six ties leading up to the final seconds of the series. Then Kawhi took an inbound pass and did this:



Now when the ball first left his hands, it looked like it might have been good enough. the first bounce made it look like it was gonna miss and we'd be heading to overtime. But it didn't and manged to bounce Toronto's way. That couple of seconds where everybody held there breath to see if the ball would fall, and the reaction afterwards from both crowd and players, was one of pure joy at the end of it.

Shots like this don't happen very often. When they do, they seem to happen at the biggest moments. For Philadelphia, it ends in heartache. For Toronto, it means a conference finals appearance for the first time in three years. It also means another step closer to something that the Raptors have never had:P an NBA finals appearance. Its amazing to think about, that for a team that's been in the NBA since 1995-96, they've never made the finals. They've reached round three now twice, 2016 and this year.

Can the magic from that Leonard shot power the Raptors further? We shall find out in a couple of weeks.

Conference Finals Preview

We are down to four. It has been a crazy last few weeks in the Stanley Cup Playoffs but we now have four teams left standing for the chase for the championship. Both teams in the East have tasted glory before, six times in Boston and once in Carolina. Meanwhile, both teams in the West have made it to the finals but never finished the job. St Louis made it in each of its first three years in existence, but haven't been back since. As for San Jose, they've only made it once, falling to the Pens in 2016. So that's where we stand, that's who we got left. Lets break it all down right now.

We will start with the East as it's pitting the Carolina Hurricanes against the Boston Bruins. Boston got here by beating the Toronto Maple Leafs in the opening round in seven games, following that up with a six game series win over the Columbus Blue Jackets. As for the Carolina Hurricanes, they got here by beating the Washington Capitals in seven games, then sweeping the New York Islanders in four straight. This will be the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams with Boston winning three of the four previous series. They last met in the 2009 Eastern Conference Semifinals which Carolina won in seven games. This will be Boston's eighth appearance in the Conference Finals. They last went to the Conference Finals in 2013, which they won against the Pittsburgh Penguins in a four-game sweep. This will be Carolina's fourth Conference Finals appearance. They last went to the Conference Finals in 2009; they lost in a four-game sweep to Pittsburgh. Boston won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.

Here's the dates and times for every game in this series:
May 9 Carolina Hurricanes 8:00 p.m. Boston Bruins TD Garden
May 12 Carolina Hurricanes 3:00 p.m. Boston Bruins TD Garden
May 14 Boston Bruins 8:00 p.m. Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena
May 16 Boston Bruins 8:00 p.m. Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena
May 18 Carolina Hurricanes 7:15 p.m. Boston Bruins TD Garden
May 20 Boston Bruins 8:00 p.m. Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena
May 22 Carolina Hurricanes 8:00 p.m. Boston Bruins TD Garden

this looks like it could be a pretty even match on paper. Boston's big three of Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron, and David Pastrnak have made a major impact in this year's playoffs and I expect this round to be no different. But with that being said, even when that top line isn't always on its game, the Bruins have a deep enough offense to be able to support their big boys. David Krejci and Charlie Coyle are finding nice chemistry with Marcus Johansson on the third line, and Sean Kuraly‘s been able to pitch in some offense, too. So they have the weapons to be able to find the back of the net. That's not the only aspect of the Boston game that's on point. The Bruins’ blueline, as a unit, has made life easier for Tuukka Rask in this year's postseason. Torey Krug has been a threat from the point on the man advantage and has been solid overall this spring. Charlie McAvoy and Zdeno Chara enjoy an effective, symbiotic relationship when paired together. Sure, Chara is getting up there in years, and isn't as fast as he once was, but he still a solid enough defender to hang around.

Carolina is a fast team that will try and take it to Boston. Sebastian Aho and Teuvo Teravainen have been very much a dynamic duo in their own right. Meanwhile, Jordan Staal is getting his game back and becoming a force again in the playoffs, along with Justin Williams, who's done this a time or two. If Carolina wants to make it past Boston, they're going to need guys like Nino Niederreiter, Andrei Svechnikov and Micheal Ferland to find the back of the net with a little more regularity. From the back end, Jaccob Slavin is starting to get attention on a larger scale for his excellent play, while Dougie Hamilton and Justin Faulk have kept up there level of excellence. Calvin de Haan and Brett Pesce are rounding out this well balanced core. Petr Mrazek missed the latter portion of Round 2 against the Islanders, making way for Curtis McElhinney, who has taken the reigns and run with it , playing very well so far. He's going to make things tough on the Boston shooters.

This is going to be a hard fought series and its going to be evenly matched. At the end of the day I think the experience factor comes into play and Boston has that edge. The Bruins just seem to have that extra mojo working for them right now. Carolina is going to make it a tough series, but at the end of the day, Boston gets the nod.

Prediction: Bruins in 6!

Over in the Western Conference, we have the San Jose Sharks taking on the St Louis Blues. St Louis got here with a six game win over the Winnipeg Jets, following that up with a seven game win over the Dallas Stars. As for the Sharks, they got here with back to back seven game series wins, first over the Vegas Golden Knights and then over the Colorado Avalanche. This will be the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams with San Jose winning three of the five previous series. This will be St. Louis' fourth Conference Finals appearance and San Jose's fifth appearance in the Conference Finals. The teams' last appearance in the Conference Final was against each other in 2016, which San Jose won in six games. San Jose won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.

Here's the dates and times for every game in this series:
May 11 St. Louis Blues 8:00 p.m. San Jose Sharks SAP Center
May 13 St. Louis Blues 9:00 p.m. San Jose Sharks SAP Center
May 15 San Jose Sharks 8:00 p.m. St. Louis Blues Enterprise Center
May 17 San Jose Sharks 8:00 p.m. St. Louis Blues Enterprise Center
May 19 St. Louis Blues 3:00 p.m. San Jose Sharks SAP Center
May 21 San Jose Sharks 8:00 p.m. St. Louis Blues Enterprise Center
May 23 St. Louis Blues 9:00 p.m. San Jose Sharks SAP Center

This is going to be a pretty evenly played series in the West. San Jose just got fully healthy with the return of Joe Pavelski. He gives another element of depth and adds an emotional boost to this lineup. Thomas Hertl and Logan Couture are tied with Brent Burns for the team lead in scoring with 14 points. Hertl and Couture are tied for the team lead in goals with nine each. A lot of eyes are going to be focused on the big boys in the Sharks lineup, guys like, Burns, Erik Karlsson, Joe Thorton, Pavelski, Hertl and Couture. Look out for Evander Kane and Timo Meier. San Jose has no trouble finding the back of the net and keeping it out too. They do a good job defending in front of Martin Jones. He's been brilliant since, turning in a .928 SP across his past 10 games including a series-sealing 29-save performance in Game 7 against the Avalanche. San Jose is the highest scoring team in the West and they can't defend pretty well too.

So too can the Blues. Jordan Bennington has been solid in the playoffs. Not as good as he was during the regular season, which got him a nod as the finalist for the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year. Never the less, Bennington hasn't peaked at that level in the playoffs but he has been good enough to get the Blues this far.Though they don't operate at the same level as the Sharks, St. Louis has no trouble putting the puck in the back of the net. Jaden Schwartz is leading the way with eight goals, and tying him for the team lead in points is Alex Pietrangelo, each with eleven points. Alex Pietrangelo is leading the offensive charge from the blueline, but Colton Parayko could make the biggest impact in the conference final. Both guys know how to shut down the opposition and make noise at the other end of the rink.

Its going to be a tough series to pick. San Jose has no problem scoring, and St Louis might have a little trouble trying to match that punch. The difference here is in net and in this series I feel Bennington makes the bigger saves than Jones does.

Prediction: Blues in 7

A Season To Remember

When hockey fans will look back on the 2018-19 New York Islanders season, it will be one that should, hopefully, make fans smile a little. When the season began back in July of 2018, all looked bleak. John Tavares had just bolted for the Maple Leafs. A lot of fans wondered how things would work out for the team. But thanks to new Head Coach Barry Trotz and new General Manager Lou Lamoriello, the faith they had in the system that was being put in place, a lot turned in the favor of the Blue and Orange as the season went along.

After missing the playoffs each of the last two season, and winning only 35 games last year, things weren't looking too good for the Islanders. Tavares had just left and there was a change in management. All signs pointed to the Islanders possibly finishing in last place in the East this year. But when they gave up 40 shots against and still walked away with a 2-1 overtime win in Carolina (where ironically enough the season came to an end), it looked like it would be a sign of things to come. With three long win streaks in the first game of the year, a five game win streak at the end of October, a six game streak at the end of 2018 and start of 2019, and another five game streak in the middle of January, it looked like this team had something to prove. Hell they spent a good part of the year near the end of the season in first place in the Metro division, before slipping behind Washington for the division crown.

With the Isles finishing in 2nd place this year, its the highest they've placed in their division since a 2nd place finish (behind only the Flyers) during the 2001-02 season. New York's longest losing streak on the year was three games and it happened 16 games into the year, they were 8-6-2 at the time of the streak ending. When all was said and done, there were some big highlights to look at. How about the two wins over Toronto, the first being Barzal's hat trick there in December, followed up the 6-1 spanking at the Coliseum in JT's first game back here in New York. Barzal's hat trick against Toronto was one of two scored by an Islanders player this year, av had the other one in the middle of November in a home game against the Rangers. Six of New York's wins came in Overtime this year, with Josh Bailey, Matt Barzal, Devon Toews (first NHL goal beat the Hawks), Valtteri Filppula, Ryan Pulock and Brock Nelson all scored winners in the extra frame this year. It was more than just those moments that made this year so special.

The Islanders managed to pull a one eighty in the goals against department, Last year they had allowed the most goals in the league, this year they allowed the fewest. Robin Lehner was spectacular in net this year with 25 wins, a 2.13 goals against, a .930 save percentage and six shutouts. And after what he's gone through with his off ice issues, it really is the best feel good story in not only hockey but maybe all of sports. You really had to be rooting for the guy. His performance was so good this year, he was named a finalist for the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's best goalie. Same goes for Barry Trotz, who was named a finalist for the Jack Adams Award for coach of the year.

It ended on a sour note, getting swept out of the playoffs in round two by the Hurricanes. In the same building, ironically enough, where the season started with Greiss making 40 saves and Bailey winning the opener in overtime. But with that being said, nobody had them getting that far. They shocked the hockey world this year, and I have a feeling its only the beginning. It's a small sign of things to come in the future for the Blue and Orange. There's some players that need to be re-signed over the summer, there's a few weapons on the offensive front that need to be added, like a big goal scorer. But with what's in place right here and now, and with how good management is and the system that's in place, there's a lot to look forward to this summer. This a lot to be proud of for what the team managed to do this year.

Thanks for a hell of a ride this season fellas. It was a lot of fun.

Until October.......LETS GO ISLANDERS!!!!!!