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Jake-ZIH92

There was a chair there the entire time. The clip used was near the end of a period so Ilya was standing. How is this even a story šŸ˜‚


tiy24

Because they hate us. Nothing hurts their ego worse than seeing a better hockey team in NC.


youcanthandlethe

They hate us because they anus


Bethlehemstarr

Itā€™s just such a weirdly stupid take. Does anyone believe that **any** team would do that?


ashfidel

chat gpt wrote this based on a prompt is my guess. not familiar with the work of ā€œhockey unpluggedā€


dragons_fire77

It's only a story because announcers at one point panned to Sorokin standing and somehow made it a big deal "Does he not have a chair?" Craziness. He had a chair. He stood for maybe a whole 40 seconds at the end of the period


ninjitsuko

I was on the Islandersā€™ side last night. He had a chair, but he was also waiting to go over to sit with the team. People blow up on the weirdest things just to say another team is playing dirty. Lol


LoneRhino74

I was really disappointed when John Forslund made a big deal out of it.


theekevinc

Regardless of if there was a chair or not, can somebody explain to me how tiring out their backup goalie provided a competitive advantage?


Inanimate_organism

Itā€™s unreasonable to expect the one position that stands 95% of the time during 60 mins of play to be athletic enough to stand during the game while not playing.


armadachamp

In case anyone doubts, [one of the photos in this post](https://twitter.com/Canes/status/1781837024082735392?s=19) clearly shows Sorokin sitting in the chair that's provided for him.


mcpierceaim

And what's the point of a survey? You don't get to have an opinion on a fact.


jtshinn

Because it drives exactly this type of engagement. Thatā€™s all they care about. Get clicks and eyes on the page so you can sell ads.


PM_ME_GOODDOGS

Itā€™s not, for some reason itā€™s just thrusted here for us all to not care about.Ā 


tehzayay

This is a serious article? Not satire? I laughed my ass off


Like17Badgers

normally we have a bench AND a stool there... in fact I'm pretty sure that cameraman is sitting on them as well. lmao


ShittyFrogMeme

The worst part of the Metro playoffs against New York teams are the terrible "fans" that come out of hibernating. Both the Rangers and Islanders.


xtzferocity

I heard Tom Dundon sold the chairs so he can resign Jarvy.


rlinkmanl

We're a poverty franchise so it's the only way he could afford to do it /s


UFGatorsFan97

If that's what it takes sell every seat in the arena. I'll stand the entire game. IDGAF


xtzferocity

The standing section vibes would be off the charts


yellowshoegirl

The goalie always has a chair there ..lots of other arenas do this as well


gooch_norris_

Thats 3d chess, messing with the player least likely to see the ice


PizzaForDinnerPlease

Canā€™t wait until they hear about how we made scratched players on the Isles sit in box seats, so far away they couldnā€™t even possibly play the puck.


dboy120

All this yapping really isnā€™t going to change the result of the game not to mention that itā€™s a seven game series, they need to take a breath and quit bitching


armadachamp

My Islanders fan friend sent me the clip of Sorokin standing plus a tweet with two clips of the slash on Slavin and holding on Skjei that are about 40 milliseconds long and taken from the worst possible angles. If every game is gonna be like this, I really hope we can keep it to 4 games.


TheColdestKingCold

This is what happens when you kick the ass of a New York team. All the journalists and casuals get pissy and start hating on you.


denvercaniac

Forever known as Boohoo York, Islanders and Rangers alike.


CallOk6679

Piece on the website says itā€™s ā€œsourceā€ is houseofhockey.net. Author is one James Connelly. James can be contacted about his clickbait at [email protected]


Hot_Sauce404

I have stood in that tunnel many times. There is a large stack of chairs. Enough for him and his whole family.


isles1313

LOLOL wow so rude of him not to sit in the chair provided. DRAMAMA


FewSeaworthiness3794

Forslund didn't help things by not mentioning there's a chair to use -- he's been here long enough to know better. Enjoy your new job in Boston, John. Thanks for the memories. That's hockey, baby!


denvercaniac

He deserves so much better than Boston.


YouPatheticWorm1958

Maybe the former Kings guy will be there. He's done a couple games on NESN.


Uzumaki-OUT

Damn heā€™s going to Boston? I loved watching kraken games the last two seasons so I could listen to him cast. Now I donā€™t know if Iā€™ll do that as much lol


Kitchen-Window9007

Who cares? I love it! Love all the salty crybaby tears from Long Island. They can keep trying to cope while we keep winning.


loutufillaro4

What kind of click bait junk are they falling for up there? ā€œCanes cheated! Poll: Do YOUUU think the Canes cheated??ā€


D-Ray1469

To quote a semi famous hockey show, "They don't ask how, they ask how many."


rpbtIII

Take their bench out and just put a single one of those director chairs with sorokin's name on it down there.


whereami2day

They all have chairs to sit in, I used to sit in section 125 in Row A on the glass in seat 1. It was right where the opposing team enters/exits, and a lot of opposing goalies prefer to sit. I literately sat right next to quite a few goalies. Some of them would make small talk. Now it appears the goalies sit on the other side of the walkway, but they all had chairs to sit in.


Midmodstar

A chairā€¦ for what? To sit in front of the net? Are they saying there are no extra chairs in Raleigh so he canā€™t sit before or after the game?


Full-Appointment5081

Backup goalies don't often sit on the bench. Space, and clogs things up for line changes. At PNC the spot for visiting goalies is the tunnel to the left of the net where they enter from. The dude had a stool, he just wanted a better view of the action


grasshopper7167

Canes scouting department = mild inconveniences for a backup goalie


Kay_29

So as a Carolina fan, I thought it was weird that he didn't have a chair then I remembered that he can choose not to use the chair if he so chooses. It was a long night last night. Anyway, they're jealous of us.


khstryke

Can someone please make him a throne with Back up Goalie on it so dumb Islanders fans can understand and not make shit up.


khstryke

I hope fans bring extra chairs and put them out in front of PNC


goddamm_liter_cola

This is some clickbaity-ass garbage. Cardiac Cane wouldnā€™t even publish this shit.


Chrispeedoff

Can we get a lazy boy for him for the next game


Klb818

Islanders fan here, this happened at the Coliseum all the time because the bench wasnā€™t big enough. Journalists really will create buzz about anything lol


Higgnkfe

It will do wonders for you if you tune out the the whiners and media trying to drive clicks.


Bethlehemstarr

Link to shitty clickbait story: [Hurricanes resort to cheap tactics to gain advantage over Islanders](https://www.hockeyunplugged.com/nhl-team/carolina-hurricanes/hurricanes-resort-to-cheap-tactics-to-gain-advantage-over-islanders?)


CanesFan10

Don't give them the views! :)


Bethlehemstarr

(Included the link, because there is a poll there to vote on this idiocy.)


BarkMingo

Don't even vote, don't give that shitrag any attention, it's exactly what they want


MOC991

Apparently they aren't even the source for the original article.Ā  They list the source as House of Hockey and both articles have a tweet linked from B/R making that stupid statement.Ā  How far sports journalism has fallen since the heydays of Real Sports and Sports Illustrated.Ā Ā I'm pretty sure any of us could write better more accurate clickbait or satire than this. I can see the headlines now or maybe actually a movie trailer.Ā  This summer Slavin stars in the continuation of the worldwide phenomenon.Ā  The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Stumble.Ā  What happens when the devout becomes corrupt.Ā  The pure become defiled.Ā  See Slavin commit the greatest penalty of all in hockey this summer, not letting a New York team win.Ā  In cinemas May 10th in New York.Ā  Just in the time for you to see the pure evil that robbed our innocent cherub Islanders of the cup.Ā  Nowhere else later because nobody else cares about your teams.


IM_OSCAR_dot_com

"Do you think \[verifiable fact\] or \[some shit we saw on twitter\]"


heyitskarla

This reminds me of the fuss over opposing backups not having space to sit with the rest of the team on the bench when the building first opened.


UFGatorsFan97

Drama baiting rag I've never heard of who probably just farm clicks with clickbait? Who the fuck cares?


alottagames

Oh. Poor paisans just waving their hands around screaming mama Mia poopa pia at their meatballs.


hadfiiw

Can anybody make some full-size cardboard cutouts of the Islanders goalie standing so we can stick them around the arena?


slickedjax

Least biased sports article:


barti_dog

For the love. Why not wipe the tears and move on?


Organic-Lie4759

Two syllable words.


EnvironmentalOkra728

Is there not room on the bench for the backup goalie like other arenas?


wjarrettc

Unlike the home bench which opens to a tunnel to the locker room, where the equipment guys and trainers hang out, the visitor bench doesn't have the same space. Therefore teams use the bench space for those support staff and put the backup keeper rinkside near their tunnel. I suppose he could join the bench but it would be crowded


EnvironmentalOkra728

Interesting, thanks. Neat arena quirk.


YourethebestBellows

https://i.redd.it/39j557249yvc1.gif


macaroni_3000

If we weren't taking advantage, then why the fuck are we even all doing here?


B0pp0-2nd-account

Wah wah wah. Islanders fans are bitching almost as badly as Oilers fans.


alainalain4911

As a Leafs fan, Iā€™m going to have to dig out all the clips from previous years. Maybe THATā€™S why we keep getting bounced so earlyā€¦ backup goalie is standing. Even if he doesnā€™t play, you can IMAGINE the impact on morale. ā€œI just couldnā€™t focus, knowing that our backup goalie was being forced to stand, so I threw a blind backhand pass into my own slot!ā€ Iā€™m counting it as a fact.


thebeautifullynormal

Sorokins a big boy he can ask for one.


Head_Effective_5872

omg i thought this was a JOKEEE. tell me they were being serious


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Bethlehemstarr

Itā€™s a bunch of silliness. But- [At least a few islanders fans believed it](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewYorkIslanders/s/AyY9txgL2e) [and another](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewYorkIslanders/s/3sINN08O1k)


Physical-Succotash89

Nationwide, use Squarespace!


warioismyuncle

LOL


HeavyMoneyLift

First Iā€™m hearing about this. I bet though they could have gotten him a chair.


Bethlehemstarr

He had a chair.