Islanders vs Rangers

Tonight marks the last time the Islanders and the hated Rangers will meet this season and this one means more for both teams than could have ever been anticipated. In a month where the Rangers went from a top seated playoff contender to a team just trying to keep their playoff hopes alive. Going 3-6-4, and all overtimes resulting in losses, with one of the three wins coming against the Islanders. After a busy trade deadline aquiring Nik Antropov and Derek Morris and picking up NHL thug Sean Avery, the Rangers look to come into the coliseum and play a tough and agressive game. On the flip side, the young and enthusiastic Islanders look to be the spoilers tonight and push their archrivals further toward an early offseason. Dannis who has had oustanding outings against the Rangers, except for an easy goal that got by him, but came back that Saturday to shutout the Devils. Okposo, Bergenheim, Bailey and others must put forward a tough effort against the new look of the Rangers.Last time the two met a hard fought effort was put up by the Islanders in a very physical action packed game which i hope will be the case again tonight.Of course the coliseum will be packed with Islander fans, but it is always over-run by fans of the Rangers (always makes for interesting interaction between the opposing fans and a game I will enjoy being at). LETS GO ISLANDERS!!!!!

Sidenote- Sim was sent back down to bridgeport and excpet to see Jesse Joensuu and maybe Mitch Fritz on the ice tonight.