FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 27 YEARS THE ISLANDERS ADVANCE TO THE EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS! WE'RE GOING TO BORRELLIS!
HOLY FUCKING SHIT! THE NEW YORK ISLANDERS WIN THE GODDAMN HOCKEY GAME! WE'RE GOING TO BORRELLI'S! TEAM OF DESTINY!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok, I'll try and keep my voice down. For the first time in 27 years…literally since 1993, the New York Islanders have advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals. My entire life of watching this team… section 221, row A, seat 5&6…. this is quite literally the best one yet. The Isles played well enough to win all 7 games they played in during this series. They lost 3 heart breakers in overtime but to come out here, with the backup goalie in net and shutout the fucking Flyers like that in game 7…that's big boy hockey. That's a team that knows they are better and they proved it.
Thomas Greiss stepping in and shutting out the Flyers tonight is so beyond heroic. The whole fanbase was split between who should be in net and this guy just shows up and dominates.
Greisser will have fans on the Island for the rest of time after what he's done for this organization the past few seasons.
I could go on and and but really what I want to talk about is how much fun I've had watching this team in these playoffs. Being able to watch the games with my pops has been a blessing. It should be no surprise to you when I say COVID has been an absolute nightmare for our restaurant. For 65 years we've flourished across the street from the Nassau Coliseum and then all of a sudden it all comes to a complete stop. This has been the most stressful time of my dad's life but even in the midst of all of that he's still sat down and watched every game with me and we've been able to share this crazy ride together. I know it's just a hockey game but fuck, It's been a great escape from all the horrible stuff happening in the world
These 2 videos are the definition of what it's like to be a sports fan…the highs and the lows…and I wouldn't wanna share those with anyone else
In the end it's just a win to get us to the Conference Finals. That's not good enough. We need to keep this thing rolling. Tampa is gonna be an absolute problem but if this year has taught me anything it's that anything can fucking happen. LET'S GO ISLANDERS! LET'S GO BORRELLI'S!
PS: Kevin Hayes?! hahahahahahahahahahah "The Best One". Fuck outta here. Thanks for comin.