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From: lincoln@eosp1.UUCP (Dick Lincoln)
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Subject: Re: Islanders-Rangers/Islanders-Caps
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Date: Mon, 16-Apr-84 17:34:29 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 16 17:34:29 1984
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The Islanders were mighty lucky to win the Ranger series, and mighty
lucky to be ahead of the Caps right now.  Their defense, other than
Billy Smith, is nowhere near what it was last year.  Dennis Potvin has
been very shaky, and the whole team has made a slew of serious
defensive mistakes in their own end.  They have been outplayed and
outshot in almost all of the playoff games to date, and only Smitty has
kept them in it.  The debatable Maloney goal was certainly offset by
the incredibly fortunate Bossy semi-break-away goal earlier in the
series, without which the Isles wouldn't have gotten to Game 5.

It's hard to believe they can go all the way this year on mostly luck,
and certainly *this* team has no chance of six in a row, even with
probably better years from Flatly and LaFontaine.