New York Islanders’ playoff hopes take a hit after a shocking 7-6 overtime loss to the Nashville Predators. Can the Islanders bounce back from this setback?
With star player Simon Holmstrom’s standout performance overshadowed by defensive lapses, the team’s inconsistency is under the spotlight. Host Gil Martin breaks down the Islanders’ defensive struggles, Ilya Sorokin’s injury concerns, and the Bridgeport Islanders’ challenges in the AHL.
Discover how these factors could reshape the Islanders’ season and impact their playoff chances. Will the Islanders find their footing before facing the New York Rangers? Tune in for an in-depth analysis and insider insights.
All this and more on today’s Locked On Islanders Podcast with Gil Martin.
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33 Comments
After Mayfield scored the short handed goal I turned to my wife and said they are going to lose this game you watch. Sure enough they didn't fail me.
FIRE LOU AND SELL THE TEAM TO NEW OWNERS NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ITS ALMOST OVER BABY! Habs put wings out of their misery with a 4-1 w. 4 teams all at 79 pts., 8 pts. out, and 4-5 games left meaning once habs now at 87 pts. hit 90 pts. its GAME OVER. Isles/rags can begin the elimination process next game. 0-5 still possible for a fall down east standings, better lottery position, and sabres moving up with another way too late end of season surge only 3 pts. back.
Meanwhile isles fk away a 6 g effort with yet another 2 g third period blown lead leading to ot L and well deserved loser pt. Those loser pts. add up and cost isles now. Goaltending shitty by both, pk gives up 2 more g's. Amazing this team even has a playoff sniff left with 5 games left. This game shows once again why playoff team and isles do not go together.
As isles lose to trotz led team i sometimes contemplate what would have happened had trotz not dropped into louzer's lap in '18 and took louzer's undermanned average team to back to back c f's what would have happened? Would the trajectory of isles have changed? Would louzer have made the needed changes that need to be made by now? Or would louzer still have kept this roster together as it fossilized to current state? Better yet would louzer have been shown the door by now with no miracle worker behind bench to buy him 5 undeserved extra seasons?
Weekly farm report = its all eirerman at frozen four and ritchie in ohl second round. ahl b'port report nauseates me
McCarron did interfere w/Sorokin & the dumb Isles d-man pushed McCarron into his goalie.after the goal. It's STUPID. Still any other teams would have gone after a guy in the same situation. Not these soft guys. They aren't a bunch of high character guys. They are a bun h of soft & harmless guys but that makes them dangerous. It will be a mercy to not need to.watch this.team for a bit.
Boston sind at deadline & that helped them climb to 4th in draft order. Boston much wiser than Lou.
They could care less about the playoffs, team can’t wait for the season to end, thank you Gil !!! Lamarillo leave your not a General Manager anymore !!! Just a Burden!!!
Gil, I’m still upset Illya gets run over and NO response? With the mayor and mayfield both in the lineup! Smfh As a guy who’s had two back surgeries I can’t believe the way he’s being overused. But I can’t say I’m surprised. Of course without illya we’d be easily in the running for the first overall pick. Sadly this is the hogberg that we saw in Bridgeport. I’d still have the hog play out the last few games. Obviously he’ll b back next year especially if varly is done. Time to go for the better pick now. Fire senile Lou!
We need to have a serious discussion about who is the core. I don't believe Given the limitation defensively and his inability to drive the play or offense that Dobson is going to be a 75-85+ point player notwithstanding last year. I don't believe his production offsets his liabilities. We need to trade him . Do we really want to pay him 9 or 9.5 million for 8 years. Then we have romanov who a lot of people like. However if you ask people around the league the response is size, physicality and smooth skating D with speed. However a very low iq player. His play of the puck specifically his positioning is weak bc he is always looking for the big hit to make. Signing romanov to 8 years I believe the contract will resemble mayfield. Mayfield is an interesting player because of injuries the speed and skating I gone and he doesn't fit into the new scheme. Pelech and puloch unfortunately injuries have greatly dismissed their game. Lastly jpg at 41 believe it or not he once again value in the trade market this off season
On a positive note, Simon Holmstrom has become a very good player
We just witnessed Cliffs Notes summary of the entire season
Why are the Islanders still trying to win? Just ridiculous.
I didn’t see the game. I did look at game stats. I have two words for last night and the season
Special Teams
Also playoff hopes were gone after that 6 game slide a few weeks ago
We are not a playoff team. Even when healthy we are a first round exit. Eyes must be on the future or we will be in mediocrity for ever.
It's over! Canadians are playing way to good. They deserve to get in. Time to sit back and enjoy some good playoff hockey. Gonna be some awesome first round match ups! And isles fans don't forget to tune into the frozen 4 on Thursday and root on Cole Eiserman!!
This was the Nail in the coffin! ⚰️ not like I want them to win as they really need a pick in the top 10! Sorokin needs to be shut down for the rest of the season! It is time to bring up some players from Bridgeport to see what they got! You can’t trade JGP when he has chemistry with Holmstrom! Liking the Holmstrom, JGP, Sippy line! Lee has fallen asleep 😴 again! Hopefully the off season changes Lou mentioned starts with Lou retiring! Unfortunately I think I could be a better GM than Lou! We must get younger, bigger, stronger, skilled! We have zero identity besides being a Softie! Simply horrible! I want George up! I want to see Jesse the Hulk! Gleb! Beckman! Where is Ritchie in his season at the moment? Totally a run n gun zero defense game.
Good 🌄, Gil. How are you? UGLY, UGLY, 🌙. I knew this would happen. They blew a 3rd period lead and lost IN OT, resulting in a loser point. I also knew Ilya Sorokin would get hurt if he didn't get a rest. Hero, Simon Holmstrom got 2 goals, and he had 2 assists. 🐐, COMMUNITY EFFORT ON DEFENSE. If RADAR could 👀 this, he'd jump up out of grave and give them ONE 🔥 OF A TONGUE LASHING. Everything is still the same at Bridgeport. HAPPY 🎂, TREVOR LINDEN. He scored 2 goals in 7-2 over the 🐧. Hear from you later, but before I go, 2 things. 1. I hope they ruin it for the dreaded Rangers tomorrow, and 2. ⏲️ to ⌚️ some more of Game 3 of the 80 Finals. WTAF Ch. 29 in Philadelphia televised the gsne, and for old ⏲️ sake, they showed Kate Smith before the Flyers bullied and terrorized the Bruins to win the Stanley Cup in 1974. Now, LET'S GO, ISLANDERS.
Tank tank tank also how funny is it the last 3 big contracts Lou has made are top 3 buyout options lol
And thrvoff seqson golfing will beginnin earnest after next week rather than practice and hone hockey skills . Next year is going to be the same. We have Sorokin,Barzal,Pelech, and DuClaire all injured commodities that will not be yhr ssme as they were before going down . A mux of okd players and damaged goods players, wonderful mix setting us up for a crap season
Wanna bet Barzal and DuClair arevinjured commodities that may not return to their game time health as well as Sorokin who I believe has been hurting due to his back surgery last off-season. I believe we rushed him back to fast only to wear him to thr ground once again , this time while injured . Poor GM and Management on this team . I keep saying Roy to GM and bring in a hockey sense type of coach and HIS STAFF and let them have a go . Coach cannot be a friend type but a disiplinarian
Gm Gil. 7 goals given up to the lowest scoring team in the NHL? Turnovers and defensive players out of position. Blown lead with 3 min left. The question I have is who is leading this team and who is accountable for this disastrous performance?
Hope the owners saw that game and take a good stock of the situation. The Lou run is over, owners have to bring in new personnel to run the org. Powerplay, rebuild d core with younger, faster more skilled players must be a priority going forward. I dont think wont or cant do it. He is too attached to this group and his bias is getting in the way of what everyone else sees. Its o the owners to do exactly what their job is. Take Ownership of this and fix it!
Also rebuild 4 line need skill and toughness there they get no prod from them except gatcomb the other day its a wasted shift evey night
obviously happened when giant goon mccaron fell on him and his knee bent backwards….this season is a wrap…onto looking to offseason to see our pick and to see what moves loy does
What went wrong? They plain suck and so does their idiot GM and owners!
Felt like so many other isles games before it. You just knew they were going to blow it
Nothing new here, blowing 3rd period leads for 3 seasons now. Nothing changes. LGI
This team needs a reckoning
Hey Gil – Lou has got to be FIRED – he has turned this team into a laughing stock and we are no longer respected.
It's over gill. The team needs to pick up a young scorer in free agency, plus hope they get a pick between 8 to 11 and get a scorer with speed. This team is one of the worst in the league. Lou must be fired!!! Also we need to get a younger goal tender to back up sorokin. Not sold on hogberg.
It's over gill. The team needs to pick up a young scorer in free agency, plus hope they get a pick between 8 to 11 and get a scorer with speed. This team is one of the worst in the league. Lou must be fired!!! Also we need to get a younger goal tender to back up sorokin. Not sold on hogberg.
It's over gill. The team needs to pick up a young scorer in free agency, plus hope they get a pick between 8 to 11 and get a scorer with speed. This team is one of the worst in the league. Lou must be fired!!! Also we need to get a younger goal tender to back up sorokin. Not sold on hogberg.
There's really no point in letting Ilya Sorokin play anymore games this season.
Whether he was injured or not,the Islanders are not making the playoffs.
Who knows if he was even at 100% coming off the back surgery that hardly anyone knew about during this past off-season.
As I've said constantly, changes in the Islanders front office need to……No,MUST be made.
Let's go into the off-season hope the Islanders get a decent draft pick or picks.
This is a good thing. They need a Washington style retool. The D and goaltending are ok. Need some scoring. And not another journeyman signing up front. Maybe they get a good draft pick.