GDT: #15 New York Islanders @ Washington Capitals | November 5th | 7:00PM | F/L 6-2
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leeroggy
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What exactly makes Nelson untouchable? He is not Strome or Reinhart yet as far as being off limits in my book. Would we really not trade for a Yandle if the price were Nelson? Come on. Or if Nelson and our 1st last draft netted us Schneider or Bernier? Maybe his reduced TOI was because he wasn't as effective in the early games as some made him out to be?
Not that I'm happy with Capuano's use of him either, but even when playing more in the first five games he didn't show THAT much.
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I would have liked the Isles to trade for Eric Gryba, he would add size to the defense and is a right-handed shot. He wouldn't cost that much to give up either. Unfortunately the Sens defense hasn't been good at all and most likely wouldn't trade him.
Yeah if we can get something amazing I'd do it. But Nelson is one of our top prospects. He dominated the AHL last year and now he's playing on our 4th line. What's the point of him being up than? Cap sure knows how to help our young guys...
How is he suppose to prove himself on the 4th line. Haven't we learned from nino
stranger34
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PMB and PR taking spots from Nelson, strome and whoever else might warrant a look is dumb. I supported it in camp but they've gotten a dedicated look for a month and aren't adding anything to the present or future of this club.
stranger34
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So you are worried about poulin getting destroyed by the caps but not the bruins? Unfortunately this coach has the same lame thought process you do. There was no excuse for starting nabby. Capuano doesn't trust youth. For that reason alone he should be fired.
We are not trading nelson. Don't be a bonehead. Capuano is mismanaging talent on this team and that shouldn't make you eager to trade it away. Hope for a replacement for cappy to come along
How true. It seems like Capuano has completely lost the teams respect and they dont trust his decision making. Its over for him.
It may seem like that to you but I doubt the players have lost respect for Cap. He's a players coach and that may be his downfall.
Depending on the deal, none of the prospects are untouchable including Strome or Reinhart. We all think are propsects are unbelievable talents but if we got a young top 3 forward or top 2 defenseman and they wanted either Strome or Reinhart, I would have to consider it. Young (or fairly young) and proven in the NHL trumps "promise" of a prospect.
Not even for someone like Keith Yandle? I don't see them actually moving him, but if the right deal came along I wouldn't be completely opposed to it. That said it would have to be a VERY good deal for us.
The only prospects I would consider to be completely untouchable are Strome and Reinhart.
Didn't get to post this last night, but Jack's postgame comments killed me--- he didn't think they played that poorly??? It just came down to special teams??? Cappy, did you ever stop and think that the reason for most of the penalties that are called against a team are due to laziness, and poor play???
And Peter--- if you are going to interview him, be a man, and ask how he felt about his goaltending!!!
And Peter--- if you are going to interview him, be a man, and ask how he felt about his goaltending!!!
Great post RedBull!
Me too, there is plenty of things that infuriates me. Why is Grabner never play on the power play? And why a coach can be stupid enough to use Regin or Clutterbuck instead of him?? What Regin has done to deserve time on the power play? The guy has 1 goal in his last 42 games!! And you use him on the power play?? Instead of Grabner who had scored 72 goals since he's an islander (for an average of 28 goals a season)
It has zero sense!
Another thing that bothers me: his inability to develop youngsters. He is simply incapable of instilling confidence, being himself a coward coach! He's always seem afraid. Afraid to play his youth, Afraid to play Poulin, Afraid to make line change, Afraid to take a time out and so on!
A good coach will among other things, instil in his players to be fearless. Can we really imagine Capuano teach them that?
To me Brock Nelson is a fine example of mismanagement by JacK Capuano. Again. Just like David Ullstrom last year.
And than I look at the Habs. I see Michael Bournival, who is less talented than Nelson, but already has four goals and played an average of 16 minutes per game. Go figure.
Therrien is not afraid to play the youngsters. Last season it was Gallagher. That is to develop young players: it's to play them and especially do not be afraid to do it!
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I'll take it a step further and say Cappy is even holding back JT.
2 seasons ago JT was a dominant force that made things happen literally everytime he stepped on the ice. He played loose and was brimming with confidence. He was the best player on the ice in 99.9% of the games he played in that 2011-2012 season.
I wanna know what happened to that player.
I know JT is still great. And I know he was a Heart trophy nominee last year. But to me, he hasn't been the same player from 2 years ago, fresh into Cappy's tenure.
Maybe he just had a good year?
Maybe I'm overreacting and should shut up lol? I dunno?
Or maybe it's all part of the Crapuano effect?
I wouldn't doubt it. He really doesn't seem like much of a motivator.
It's already obvious he isn't getting the best out of Grabner, Bailey and most of the other guys....so would it be wrong to assume Cappy is why JT hasn't been able to hit that extra gear?
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What we need more is for management to own up to not having defensive prospects ready to support the forwards, and go out and fix the defense so the loss of one defenseman doesn't cripple the entire blue line. That is what we need more than anything else.
