Hey all and here’s a video on the Islanders. I don’t view their situation in the same light as with other New York based teams.
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they need a retool/rebuild too many old guys
"Dobson their best forward." Freudian slip there…
Still think the islanders make the playoffs they ain’t fare out. But if Ottawa keeps winning they might not make it.
Let's go Isles! Retool needed and not a full blown rebuild. Imjuries have killed them. 2/3 of top line injured majority of the season so far.
Need Lou and his son both to leave after the summer so we can stop being directionless and get something else going on in Bridgeport. Think everyone should be on the table for the right offer. Would love to hear any kind of statement from either of our owners but especially Malkin to prove they're actually paying attention.
They’re a good team that met father time. They’re old and burnt out. They need a retool. After nelson, pageau, palmieri, lee contracts end I think its time we let them go.
Thst is such a bizarre upcoming schedule.
Kyle Palemeri is this teams best player(besides Sorokin), it's rediculous how underrated he is. Hot take, this team is fine; not to say there great, god no, but im just waiting for Sorokin to go on a heater and for this team to get back to playoff contender status. I predict they'll end the season with about 85 points and miss.
Patrick Roy's job is safe because Lou didn't hire him. Take a look at all the HC's Lou has hired and fired over the last..Let's call it 40 years…give or take, does Roy share anything…in terms of personality or philosophy with any of the others…NO! Scott Malkin has some sort of plan for this franchise going forward but Lamoriello has really kneecapped the Islanders, I'm not sure I would want to be the next GM of the Islanders because rebuilding Bridgeport and the main club at the same time…is one helluva an ask!😮
Scoring has been an issue for years. But they're also not the defensive juggernaut they were hailed as during the bubble playoffs. The two games against Chicago are perfect examples. Leading 5-1 and only winning 5-4 is sure to give fans heart attacks. Then losing a 3-3 tie with less than a minute to go is the epitome of 'here we go again' moments. They can't hold leads, even when they have it. And this has been a problem that's been getting worse for a couple years, too (6-5 OT loss to the Sharks, anyone?). The only good news is that the rest of the Metro is also floundering (aside from the Penguins heating up) so if they can just string more than two wins together they could maybe still have a shot. As an Isles fan, there's my Christmas wish.
Shannon’s friend Michael Bublé could give good advice to the Islanders
I think the team is getting really old and the only players left worth much value is Barzel and Sorokin. Trade them both for 1st round picks and rebuild. Poor Sorokin is getting the Carey price treatment.
I think you talked about this a LONG time ago, but a video where you look at how many roster players were drafted by their team/ went through their farm system. I'm looking at the islanders on Elite Prospects cuz they've been kinda mid for so long. It's hard to say good/bad, but for a team that needs offense, they don't look like they've got a guy that's nearly ready for the NHL.
Imagine playing for a GM who won't let you grow a freaking beard.
I wish pager was still in Ottawa!
As a NJ diehard, I love what Lou did for most his career.
At the end with NJ , Lou set the franchise back a decade with bust picks and garbage contracts.
Sorry to say, his time as the premier NHL executive is at an end.
Time for Lou to find a rocking chair & enjoy the twilight.
take a chance on trade for Zegras from Anaheim? other? San Jose has offense talent could trade for? Buffalo?
puck carrier with goal scoring would most help team scoring?
We have needed a retool if not a rebuild since the end of 2021. Lou has absolutely doomed us with bad contracts that are mostly immovable. I always said he never deserved those GM of the year awards, he got credit for Barry Trotz over-achieving massively with a mediocre group of players on ridiculous deals. We’re seeing the price of it now, 2 new coaches and the same problems persist since Trotz and his style was made the scapegoat. I actually wouldn’t mind seeing Roy as our GM after his front office success in the juniors, he’s a modern hockey mind in all the ways Lou isn’t. And Lou’s ego and stubbornness has us looking at a dismal few years ahead
Flame me if you must, but if the Isles fire Lou and go into a rebuild by 2026 – could Sorokin become available (even with a lot of term left on that 8 year deal)?
The Rangers and Buffalo are tire fires. The Islanders are more of a "check engine" light being on for a really long time kind of franchise.
Relatively healthy????? Very hard to compare years when 2/3 of your top line has played a combined 17 games and see how many games Cholowski and Hutton had to play with Pelech and Reilly hurt. Barzal is their playmaker. 80 points last year and no doubt his career stats are increased 20% if he has any other coaches besides Trotz and Lambert. This year is impossible to judge with the amount of injuries they had. The fact that they actually had 3rd period leads to blow with Barzal, Duclair and Pelech out is a testament to Roy. This season will be judged by the 2nd half of the season. And by the way, most of the Lou detractors are 35 and under and have little memory of Snow and no memory of Milbury.
They definitely need an injection of youth in their lineup
You forgot Nelson is over 30