Hard to mask the play without a goalie standing on his head, which we just take for granted. Not all on him just too loose Defensively, Forwards and Defenseman. Panthers dominated the small defenseman along the boards. Considering everything a split on Florida trip is okay. These next three are tough games, against very good teams. Gotta find a way to scrap out two wins. Going down to your fourth Goalie, and picking up an entire Right side of the defense in last ten days is not a formula for success. Add Barzel to that it’s understandable, especially on a back to back. Hope they get everyone back quickly, it’s going to be much harder to make the playoffs this year than the previous two. Just a mess of teams. Lou and Patrick have to ring up wins on the trade front, while shedding salary. I think that is their focus. The Cup is 100% up for grabs this year, which makes the Islander’s position in the trade market excellent. One thing we have is proven playoff performers. Nelson JG especially valuable. Palmeri Lee have a market. Moving Pulock for a haul might make sense. Winnipeg needs a Pulock badly. They have some talented young forwards. Yager and Lambert would be a good return for Pulock. Nelson would bring you back an excellent prospect ie Trevor Connelly from Knights plus ( No shortage of packages for Nelson) JG would also bring you back a nice prospect. We also can retain a little if needed, only increasing our return. If I had to call it I think the trade route is the correct way to go, regardless of winning. This team’s ceiling is a Gentleman’s Sweep against a quality opponent. This winning is important for us, especially when Lou can act reluctant to squeeze more value out of trade partners. It’s going to be a feeding frenzy with so many teams feeling they can win. Funny we thought the value would decrease on this group of players, but it has actually peaked. Time to cash in the chips Lou. Don’t hang around the craps table too long!
Drafting high is another plus of trading. It’s time!
The biggest thing is Physicality punish the Panthers drag them into a rough game. Florida slapped the Islanders around at UBS and laughed about it. They crashed Varley and out hit us. I expect the Islanders to be beyond physical. It’s the only route to success these last four games before the break.
It’s really getting thin. Somehow Someway they have to continue to steal points. They have to make it to the break. They really need to make a heroic stand against superior teams in this last four games to keep this playoff run possible. They have left zero wiggle room and that’s just reality. The goal cannot be the Wild Card it’s got to be chasing down the Devils. It doesn’t get any easier coming out of the Break. Hopefully Mayfield and Barzel are no more serious than horrible swelling and bruising. You worry about a fracture when you slam the knee down or block a shot around the knee area. Sometime the team is galvanized and plays above their abilities.
Hard to mask the play without a goalie standing on his head, which we just take for granted. Not all on him just too loose Defensively, Forwards and Defenseman. Panthers dominated the small defenseman along the boards. Considering everything a split on Florida trip is okay. These next three are tough games, against very good teams. Gotta find a way to scrap out two wins. Going down to your fourth Goalie, and picking up an entire Right side of the defense in last ten days is not a formula for success. Add Barzel to that it’s understandable, especially on a back to back. Hope they get everyone back quickly, it’s going to be much harder to make the playoffs this year than the previous two. Just a mess of teams. Lou and Patrick have to ring up wins on the trade front, while shedding salary. I think that is their focus. The Cup is 100% up for grabs this year, which makes the Islander’s position in the trade market excellent. One thing we have is proven playoff performers. Nelson JG especially valuable. Palmeri Lee have a market. Moving Pulock for a haul might make sense. Winnipeg needs a Pulock badly. They have some talented young forwards. Yager and Lambert would be a good return for Pulock. Nelson would bring you back an excellent prospect ie Trevor Connelly from Knights plus ( No shortage of packages for Nelson) JG would also bring you back a nice prospect. We also can retain a little if needed, only increasing our return. If I had to call it I think the trade route is the correct way to go, regardless of winning. This team’s ceiling is a Gentleman’s Sweep against a quality opponent. This winning is important for us, especially when Lou can act reluctant to squeeze more value out of trade partners. It’s going to be a feeding frenzy with so many teams feeling they can win. Funny we thought the value would decrease on this group of players, but it has actually peaked. Time to cash in the chips Lou. Don’t hang around the craps table too long!
Drafting high is another plus of trading. It’s time!
Knight can be had in the third period. 4-3 gotta like going into third period only down one.
Knight looks very shaky throw everything on net, get some traffic they maybe able to ring a 5 spot
Gotta get the goals from Mac Gatcomb DuClair Homstrom and yes Engvall!
This means everyone in the lineup playing physical no exceptions
The biggest thing is Physicality punish the Panthers drag them into a rough game. Florida slapped the Islanders around at UBS and laughed about it. They crashed Varley and out hit us. I expect the Islanders to be beyond physical. It’s the only route to success these last four games before the break.
It’s really getting thin. Somehow Someway they have to continue to steal points. They have to make it to the break. They really need to make a heroic stand against superior teams in this last four games to keep this playoff run possible. They have left zero wiggle room and that’s just reality. The goal cannot be the Wild Card it’s got to be chasing down the Devils. It doesn’t get any easier coming out of the Break. Hopefully Mayfield and Barzel are no more serious than horrible swelling and bruising. You worry about a fracture when you slam the knee down or block a shot around the knee area. Sometime the team is galvanized and plays above their abilities.