My issue is I wish we knew the owners had a plan, had a someone( a GM in waiting) ready to advise LOU to make sure we get the appropriate assets and move on from several players who are just done as islanders and need a new home.
Lou should have retired after winning 3 cups with the Devils. He would have gone down as one of the best GM’s in history. By hanging on he’s proven that those cups had very little to do with Lou. He couldn’t rebuild the leafs, and he couldn’t take a team ready to make the next step to the cup.
If he can move Lee, Palmieri, Mayfield, Pageau, Nelson, and Dobson and at the same time, free up cap space and bring back prospects and/or more picks we can turbocharge our rebuild. We finally have some good prospects in the pipeline plus we're probably going to get a top 5 pick this year. If we make the right selections, the rebuild can take 2-3 years instead of 4-5.
Whatever happens, the Isles absolutely 100% cannot run back the same crew next year. Attendance will nosedive. Already, we are seeing attendance figures in the mid 15k to 16K area, that's about 2,500 short of a sellout. And those are just tickets sold. There are thousands of more empty seats from people who purchased and decided not to show…..like me.
For all his faults, some of the trades Lou made were really solid… Horvat, Romanov, Palms/Zajac (for that run. it was good.) The Toews trade was fucking trash… I think he will do well this deadline, Nelson is gonna command a lot.
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My issue is I wish we knew the owners had a plan, had a someone( a GM in waiting) ready to advise LOU to make sure we get the appropriate assets and move on from several players who are just done as islanders and need a new home.
dude get that old pants pooper outta here dudes fr stinking up the place why is louzer still here????? tell him to take martin and engvall with him
many years too late. He screwed up this team for the next 5-7 years
Lou should have retired after winning 3 cups with the Devils. He would have gone down as one of the best GM’s in history. By hanging on he’s proven that those cups had very little to do with Lou. He couldn’t rebuild the leafs, and he couldn’t take a team ready to make the next step to the cup.
Smelly Lou isn't a good gm. We need a new gm and young scorers and young prospects who can score at that
If he can move Lee, Palmieri, Mayfield, Pageau, Nelson, and Dobson and at the same time, free up cap space and bring back prospects and/or more picks we can turbocharge our rebuild. We finally have some good prospects in the pipeline plus we're probably going to get a top 5 pick this year. If we make the right selections, the rebuild can take 2-3 years instead of 4-5.
Whatever happens, the Isles absolutely 100% cannot run back the same crew next year. Attendance will nosedive. Already, we are seeing attendance figures in the mid 15k to 16K area, that's about 2,500 short of a sellout. And those are just tickets sold. There are thousands of more empty seats from people who purchased and decided not to show…..like me.
For all his faults, some of the trades Lou made were really solid… Horvat, Romanov, Palms/Zajac (for that run. it was good.) The Toews trade was fucking trash… I think he will do well this deadline, Nelson is gonna command a lot.
BRING BACK ( DECKHANDS CHANNELL) DURING TEARDOWN. THERES NO PRESS ON PROSPECTS
The islanders flipped the roster when they dealt lafontaine to the sabres and brent sutter and flatley to chicago
It went fast. We received turgeon / benoit houge/ mclawaine/ adam creighton/ ewey krupp/ etc
It was a turn of the page. Shortly after we had the 93 run
If lou jr is the next gm , i bet lou is a magician at the deadline and summer
Hope lou cashes in on lifelong favors upon his exit
Lou caught some bad breaks with covid years. Roy is a bad decision though
Thank you God 🙏