Yes, the Islanders can again be the Center of the NHL. This is a unique opportunity and the timing is right. Keep stacking wins off the ice.
1. Solidify talented Front Office
2. Resign RFA to long term deals at good AAV if possible
Holmstrom Tsyplakov Romanov Dobson are pillars.
3. Draft Matthew Schaffer
4. Find creative ways to Dump Salary from now until FA.
5. Get Mitch Marner if at all possible. If not move forward shaping the team for the influx of Young Talent.
6. Patrick is your guy stick with him Stability!
7. Marner can go anywhere he wants to, explore a deal for his rights with Leafs. It’s a low cost move a third rounder, or you can expand it and the Leafs can possibly help you shed salary. If he had any interest in the Islanders that ability to offer that eighth year may push it over the top before he becomes a free agent. Marner is not only for this year’s team but for the rest of the decade.
8. This team’s lack of scoring has always been the issue. You have a tremendous uptick in offensive in Marner Eiserman Ritchie Schaffer the next two seasons.
9. Shanahan + Roy + Ownership + UBS and Practice Facility + Close to NYC and all that offers+ players and families ability to live a normal life on the Island + the locker room dynamics Yes this can become a destination for NHL talent.
Shanahan to me is the guy! I would slide him into Lou’s role President and GM. I think he has had his full of GM high jinx with Dubas etc. I am 100% comfortable with Shanny and Patrick at the top, and build out organization from there. If he wants a GM no problem I would give him one. Personally it’s your kitchen why not do the cooking this time, instead of having a hired cook stab you in the back. You think Shanny and Patrick want to win a Cup as management ? Maybe more at this point than during their playing days, it’s just who they are Ultimate Competitors! This Islanders situation is looking brighter and brighter! Some Islanders fans have a chronic problem they think everything is going to turn to shit. Yes, this franchise has been a complete disaster outside the Cup Years, really Bad. However the rubicon shifted the minute Malkin bought the team. Yes, he is super patient and gave Lou a couple of years more than he deserved. However hiring Lou was a stabilizing force. The hiring of Shanahan will bring a Cup. Ledecky and Collins are valuable minority owners also, they each bring something to the table. Islanders fans accept that we are in the process of leaving the Dark Ages. I appreciate this ownership group and their commitment to the team. LGI
Darche seems very very good! Excellent match with Roy both French Canidians.
Yes, the Islanders can again be the Center of the NHL. This is a unique opportunity and the timing is right. Keep stacking wins off the ice.
1. Solidify talented Front Office
2. Resign RFA to long term deals at good AAV if possible
Holmstrom Tsyplakov Romanov Dobson are pillars.
3. Draft Matthew Schaffer
4. Find creative ways to Dump Salary from now until FA.
5. Get Mitch Marner if at all possible. If not move forward shaping the team for the influx of Young Talent.
6. Patrick is your guy stick with him Stability!
7. Marner can go anywhere he wants to, explore a deal for his rights with Leafs. It’s a low cost move a third rounder, or you can expand it and the Leafs can possibly help you shed salary. If he had any interest in the Islanders that ability to offer that eighth year may push it over the top before he becomes a free agent. Marner is not only for this year’s team but for the rest of the decade.
8. This team’s lack of scoring has always been the issue. You have a tremendous uptick in offensive in Marner Eiserman Ritchie Schaffer the next two seasons.
9. Shanahan + Roy + Ownership + UBS and Practice Facility + Close to NYC and all that offers+ players and families ability to live a normal life on the Island + the locker room dynamics Yes this can become a destination for NHL talent.
Shanahan to me is the guy! I would slide him into Lou’s role President and GM. I think he has had his full of GM high jinx with Dubas etc. I am 100% comfortable with Shanny and Patrick at the top, and build out organization from there. If he wants a GM no problem I would give him one. Personally it’s your kitchen why not do the cooking this time, instead of having a hired cook stab you in the back. You think Shanny and Patrick want to win a Cup as management ? Maybe more at this point than during their playing days, it’s just who they are Ultimate Competitors! This Islanders situation is looking brighter and brighter! Some Islanders fans have a chronic problem they think everything is going to turn to shit. Yes, this franchise has been a complete disaster outside the Cup Years, really Bad. However the rubicon shifted the minute Malkin bought the team. Yes, he is super patient and gave Lou a couple of years more than he deserved. However hiring Lou was a stabilizing force. The hiring of Shanahan will bring a Cup. Ledecky and Collins are valuable minority owners also, they each bring something to the table. Islanders fans accept that we are in the process of leaving the Dark Ages. I appreciate this ownership group and their commitment to the team. LGI