I'm just mocking Thompson, who i wish we would move on from.
This is the one area where Lou has been disappointing IMO. It would be nice for our prospects to play for a competitive team before transitioning to the show.
trotz did say something about how "You have to play in bridgeport first before making the NHL", which isn't a bad quote at all: the problem is that the sound tigers are not a good way to start as a player compared to the islanders who are a completely different team.
It really seems like he is starting to take off.
He's also a center, so im keeping an eye on him. If the isles need a replacement for zeeker, it could be him or koivula
I get what your saying but neither of those guys are replacing Cizikas as they aren’t that type of player. Ishakov and albeit I’ve seen maybe a couple games when he was at UConn maybe has chance to be 3rd liner who plays on power play, lack of size and skating is going to hold him back. Koivula is going to be playing pro in Finland soon as he isn’t an NHLer IMO.
Agreed, but I hope ishakov can be an islander long term. They do need to keep zeeker around and i'm basically hoping we don't lose him at all as an RFA
UPDATE: He added an assist also. 2 point game for this kid. He just keeps chugging along
I think I partially agree with you here. If you look up a little I admitted I was being somewhat facetious. That said, I think with at least some of our prospects, their development seems to stall at the AHL. More than anything I don't think Thompson is a BAD coach so much as I think the tigers have desperately needed a change of scenery. I also wish Chris Lam / Ownership would try and ice a more competitive roster for our young players to learn how to win from.
| PLAYER | POS | ACQUIRED | HFB RANK | TEAM | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | +/- |
| Noah Dobson | D | 2018 round 1 #12 | 1 | New York Islanders / NHL | 25 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 8 |
| Oliver Wahlstrom | RW/LW | 2018 round 1 #11 | 3 | AIK / HockeyAllsvenskan | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -2 |
| * New York Islanders / NHL | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Simon Holmstrom | RW | 2019 round 1 #23 | 8 | HC Vita Hasten / HockeyAllsvenskan | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| * Bridgeport / AHL | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | -5 | ||||
| Sweden U20 Team | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Josh Ho-Sang | RW | 2014 round 1 #28 | GRAD | Orebro HK / SHL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
| * Linkoping HC / SHL | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | -2 | ||||
| Kieffer Bellows | LW | 2016 round 1 #19 | 4 | New York Islanders / NHL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Bode Wilde | D | 2018 round 2 #41 | 5 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers / AHL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 |
| Arnaud Durandeau | LW | 2017 round 6 #165 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers / AHL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -3 | |
| A.J. Greer | LW | Trade | Bridgeport Sound Tigers / AHL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -7 | |
| Cole Coskey | RW | 2019 round 7 #209 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers / AHL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Robert Carpenter | LW/C | FA | Bridgeport Sound Tigers / AHL | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | |
| Parker Wotherspoon | D | 2015 round 4 #112 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers / AHL | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | -1 | |
| Felix Bibeau | C | 2019 round 6 #178 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers / AHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | |
| Mitchell Vande Sompel | D | 2015 round 3 #82 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers / AHL | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -6 | |
| Samuel Bolduc | D | 2019 round 2 #57 | 7 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers / AHL | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Sebastian Aho | D | 2017 round 5 #139 | 9 | New York Islanders / NHL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grant Hutton | D | FA | 11 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers / AHL | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Blade Jenkins | LW/C | 2018 round 5 #134 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers / AHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | |
| Anatoli Golyshev | LW/RW | 2016 round 4 #95 | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg / KHL | 53 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 28 | 1 | |
| * Playoffs / KHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Ruslan Iskhakov | C/RW | 2018 round 2 #43 | TPS / Liiga | 39 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 16 | 6 | |
| Robin Salo | D | 2017 round 2 #46 | 10 | Orebro HK / SHL | 45 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 14 | 17 |
| William Dufour | RW | 2020 round 5 #152 | Drummondville Voltigeurs / QMJHL | 23 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 32 | 0 | |
| Alexander Ljungkrantz | LW | 2020 round 3 #90 | Brynas IF J20 / J20 Nationell | 16 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 7 | |
| Brynas IF / SHL | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| * Stromsbro IF / Ettan | 13 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Matias Rajaniemi | D | 2020 round 6 #183 | * Pelicans / Liiga | 39 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 0 | |
| Finland U20 Team | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Otto Koivula | C/LW | 2016 round 4 #120 | 6 | HIFK / Liiga | 14 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
| * Bridgeport Sound Tigers / AHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -5 | ||||
| Reece Newkirk | C | 2019 round 5 #147 | 13 | * Portland / WHL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Melville Millionaires / SJHL | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | - | ||||
| Jacob Pivonka | C | 2018 round 4 #103 | Univ. of Notre Dame / NCAA | 28 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | -3 | |
| Collin Adams | LW | 2016 round 6 #170 | Univ. of North Dakota / NCAA | 24 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 11 | |
| Logan Cockerill | LW/RW | 2016 round 7 #201 | Boston Univ. ("C") / NCAA | 10 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 9 | |
| Christian Krygier | D | 2018 round 7 #196 | Michigan State Univ. / NCAA | 25 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 50 | -2 | |
| Benjamin Mirageas | D | 2017 round 3 #77 | Providence College / NCAA | 23 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 7 | |
| + Alex Jefferies | LW | 2019 round 4 #121 | 12 | Merrimack College / NCAA | 12 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | -4 |
| GOALIES | GP | GAA | SV% | SO | W-L-T | |||||
| Ilya Sorokin | G | 2014 round 3 #78 | 1 | New York Islanders / NHL | 7 | 2.14 | .911 | 2 | 2-2-1 | |
| Henrik Tikkanen | G | 2020 round 7 #214 | IPK / Mestis | 11 | 3.26 | .878 | 0 | 6-4-1 | ||
| * Kalpa / Liiga | 5 | 1.91 | .929 | 0 | 2-1-2 | |||||
| Jakub Skarek | G | 2018 round 3 #72 | Pelitat / Mestis | 4 | 4.44 | .833 | 0 | 0-3-1 | ||
| * Bridgeport / AHL | 5 | 3.25 | .895 | 0 | 1-4-0 |
I could see the Isles developing D and then trading some off for forwards. Nashville used to do that. Who was their coach again?
Tikkanen and skarek are good (for now), but one more? I don't get that logic.
Wilde, koivula, holmstrom, MVS, and kuhnackl (not a prospect but BPT option) all can be available.
