Sir Sid on the Isles

"They take chances. They pinch their [defensemen]. When they're keeping puck alive, they're going to generate things. But if you get pucks by them, you saw we got a number of odd-man rushes because of that. We just can't get sucked into making high-risk plays because they are. We get an odd-man rush, we've got to take advantage of it. I think if you look at a typical tight checking game, you get an odd-man rush, if you don't put it in, sometimes you lose that game. You don't expect to get five or six and sometimes you take it for granted. I think we just get a little too crazy on offense to get those odd-man rushes because we know they're available."

From Seth Rorabaugh's @EmptyNetters blog : http://blogs.post-gazette.com/sports/2013-06-20-18-51-15/empty-netters/39864-islanders-at-penguins-11-22-13

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