What are your goals for the rest of the Islander’s season?

[doublechili]

I’ll add Trouba catching an accidental elbow headshot from Clutter in the last Rags game.

IDK, I might prefer to see Rempe try to elbow Clutterbuck and miss, catching Trouba instead. A fine distinction I realize, but we may as well go all in.

 

[Throttle]

These last three seasons will seem like the dynasty years in comparison if they embark on a complete tear down.

Buffalo has a dynasty! (Probably not the one people were hoping for when it started 10 years ago).

 

[attilatheislander]

I'd like the pp to return to competency like it was earlier in the year. I'm not greedy and expecting us to rival Tampa's pp. But, I'd like to enter the offseason knowing that our current drought was the exception, not the rule.

 

[Sparksrus3]

Lose, Lose , or Loser point just show some

 

[scottywiper]

I hope Sorokin pulls a Binnington. I understand this is highly unlikely.

 

[LAIslanderFan]

I think this is the annual rite of passage post for 30 years.

Just imagine if they had one pick and used it on Wally vs the two and got Wally and Dobson. Wowzer, DaColle special worthy of rebuilding

I think this is the annual rite of passage post for 30 years.

Just imagine if they had one pick and used it on Wally vs the two and got Wally and Dobson. Wowzer, DaColle special worthy of rebuilding.

The Islanders haven't had a first round pick since 2019 (in 2018 they drafted Noah Dobson in the first round) and that pick was at 23. In 2020 they didn't have a first or second round pick. That starts to add up. It seems every game I watch lately there's one or two prospects breaking into other teams rosters and making a difference. The Islanders have nobody and I don't see that changing next year. It's the same tired group and they'll add a free agent or two.

Next year you'll see Buffalo, Detroit, Columbus, Montreal and the Flyers all improve as their younger players mature and their prospects make the leap to the NHL. The Islanders will either remain stagnant or fall back. You can't build a contender without developing your own through the draft.

I'm 63 years old, that last thing I would want is a rebuild. I have high school friends that have passed away at my age, but I know there's no other way then a rebuild. If you look at my history I was calling for this 2 years ago. It's unfortunate, but the Islanders have to be patient and spend the next 2-3 years rebuilding the team. Again I'll use my age (by the way, I'm very healthy)if they don't start sooner, it will take that much longer and I'm not getting any younger.

I hope I didn't put anybody off by referencing mortality. I just need to make the point that I care deeply about the Islanders and the time it takes for a rebuild isn't in someone my age's best interest. I just don't see any other way and they can't keep putting off the inevitable.

 

[The Real JT]

delete (the season)

 

[Throttle]

The Islanders haven't had a first round pick since 2019 (in 2018 they drafted Noah Dobson in the first round) and that pick was at 23. In 2020 they didn't have a first or second round pick. That starts to add up. It seems every game I watch lately there's one or two prospects breaking into other teams rosters and making a difference. The Islanders have nobody and I don't see that changing next year. It's the same tired group and they'll add a free agent or two.

Next year you'll see Buffalo, Detroit, Columbus, Montreal and the Flyers all improve as their younger players mature and their prospects make the leap to the NHL. The Islanders will either remain stagnant or fall back. You can't build a contender without developing your own through the draft.

I'm 63 years old, that last thing I would want is a rebuild. I have high school friends that have passed away at my age, but I know there's no other way then a rebuild. If you look at my history I was calling for this 2 years ago. It's unfortunate, but the Islanders have to be patient and spend the next 2-3 years rebuilding the team. Again I'll use my age (by the way, I'm very healthy)if they don't start sooner, it will take that much longer and I'm not getting any younger.

I hope I didn't put anybody off by referencing mortality. I just need to make the point that I care deeply about the Islanders and the time it takes for a rebuild isn't in someone my age's best interest. I just don't see any other way and they can't keep putting off the inevitable.

I think it’s been 5 years running on your second paragraph w/o much progress.

 

[Green]

Who cares, team had to have started the rebuild this year or last year, they are playing meaningless hockey now and for the next decade I am sure

 

[Green]

The same people who are hoping for a complete rebuild, and chastising anyone that supports the current team as having low expectations, are also the same ones actively hoping the team loses and devolves into a perennial loser. Interesting.


"Thank you sir may I have another..."

I will never root against the Islanders and even as weak as this team is I am still hoping they will get in the playoffs but I am not blind to how this team is structured, there is almost no chance to win a cup with how they are and there is no GM who can turn it into a contender in the next few years, when you have that as your team you destroy it and hope you can rebuild it into something better

 

[BelovedIsles]

I still want them to make the playoffs, but that's not happening.

With that out of the way, I suppose use this period as an evaluation to assess who stays and who goes. Also, assess BP's prospects, e.g. Isk, Maggio, Dufour.

To see Patrick Roy have another candid moment with the media after a game and say that the team lacks the type of players he needs to play his system.

Did he actually say this!?

 

[MikeyMike01]

I don’t have any goals, I gave up on life a while back

 

[Lame Lambert]

I don’t have any goals, I gave up on life a while back

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

 

[JBHockey]

For today's game how about No Goals!

 

[PK Cronin]

I won't root for the Islanders to lose but I'm going to take every opportunity to disparage and shit all over anyone who is optimistic or hopeful about the team is quite the take.

 

[MJF]

I still want them to make the playoffs, but that's not happening.

With that out of the way, I suppose use this period as an evaluation to assess who stays and who goes. Also, assess BP's prospects, e.g. Isk, Maggio, Dufour.



Did he actually say this!?

No, but Roy recently has spoken more freely when talking about Ilya
Sorokin and Pierre Engvall. I would expect as Roy gets more frustrated with the team Lou handed him he will let something slip during a presser.

 

[saintunspecified]

The same people who are hoping for a complete rebuild, and chastising anyone that supports the current team as having low expectations, are also the same ones actively hoping the team loses and devolves into a perennial loser. Interesting.


"Thank you sir may I have another..."

I think there's a complete lack of understanding that even if one assumes 12 teams are retooling/rebuilding, there remains 20 trying to win. And of those 20, more than half are as well resourced as the Islanders. And then the only likely scenario for a rebuild is once again becoming one of the 10-12 teams who are resourced, and who are competing as hard as they can for a cup.

The fact that the Islanders are still overwhelmingly unlikely to score a major UFA signing is a major factor. If, in the future, the Islanders get to a certain point, the likelihood will be that they'll have to empty their bank of futures to obtain missing pieces.

I don't have any goals for the remainder of the season - wtf can I do towards a goal anyway. I really don't know what the Islanders can do before the offseason. NYI need to have a good draft, shed some dead money, and rebuild the bottom 6 with short contracts. And, yeah, that's a lot like building a bullpen in baseball - a crap shoot.

In all likelihood, NYI aren't going anywhere if Pelech-Pulock have another year like this one. I think Pelech, in particular, should focus on getting healthy.

 

[Nizami Ganjavi]

I think there's a complete lack of understanding that even if one assumes 12 teams are retooling/rebuilding, there remains 20 trying to win. And of those 20, more than half are as well resourced as the Islanders. And then the only likely scenario for a rebuild is once again becoming one of the 10-12 teams who are resourced, and who are competing as hard as they can for a cup.

The fact that the Islanders are still overwhelmingly unlikely to score a major UFA signing is a major factor. If, in the future, the Islanders get to a certain point, the likelihood will be that they'll have to empty their bank of futures to obtain missing pieces.

I don't have any goals for the remainder of the season - wtf can I do towards a goal anyway. I really don't know what the Islanders can do before the offseason. NYI need to have a good draft, shed some dead money, and rebuild the bottom 6 with short contracts. And, yeah, that's a lot like building a bullpen in baseball - a crap shoot.

In all likelihood, NYI aren't going anywhere if Pelech-Pulock have another year like this one. I think Pelech, in particular, should focus on getting healthy.

Good points. Especially the bolded. I feel the same way LOL. Though some here truly feel they can and DO influence things.

Regarding UFA signings, it's important to remember that even if we were a popular destination, the majority of those signings are not cheap. People get heartburn about offering a lot of term and $ and that's precisely what it takes. For guys entering the 2nd half of the careers...

I won't root for the Islanders to lose but I'm going to take every opportunity to disparage and shit all over anyone who is optimistic or hopeful about the team is quite the take.

"I won't root for them to lose but I really don't want them to win any more games."

 

[Osakahaus]

Barzal to 82 points

Ilya 2 more shutouts

Martin stays benched

More of Fasching and MacLean showing off

Nelson reaches 35 goals

 

[beach]

The same people who are hoping for a complete rebuild, and chastising anyone that supports the current team as having low expectations, are also the same ones actively hoping the team loses and devolves into a perennial loser. Interesting.


"Thank you sir may I have another..."

Are you trying to be this board's Fox News? None of what you said is true.

 

[Throttle]

Barzal to 82 points

Ilya 2 more shutouts

Martin stays benched

More of Fasching and MacLean showing off

Nelson reaches 35 goals

The only time Sorokin is getting a shutout from here on out is by riding the bench.

 

[Chockey22]

I will never cheer for the Isles to lose; so hope they win as many games as possible and hope it's the last 13 games I have to see a lot of these guys in Islanders sweaters.

 

[Glorydays22]

My goal is for us to get a top 10 1st round pick for the 2024 draft

 

[doublechili]

Play like weenies for Celebrini!!

 

[RWWallpaper]

Goals? To watch as little Islander hockey as possible until the season mercifully ends.