Official 2011-2012 New York Islanders Thread

[nyislesfan45]

****in great article.

http://www.lighthousehockey.com/2012...ders#storyjump

Obviously the cap floor will figure into those decisions (unfortunately), and there will be little to no value for any of the players deemed expendable. Evgeni Nabokov would probably fetch the best (and only) ransom, and the rest (Rolston, Reasoner, Pandolfo, Staois, Jurcina, Eaton, Mott...my fingers are getting tired from typing, but there's a lot of guys) wouldn't even fetch us a $25 gift card to Sizzler.

And if sending a gaggle of veterans the way of Jon Sim, and releasing them, helps free up time for the team's future players, then it must be done.

Nice to see some reasonable stuff written about the Isles.

[BobNystromOwnsU]

Rolston, Reasoner, Pandolfo, Staois, Jurcina, Eaton, Mott

That's the opposite of murderers row. I will give Pandalfo and Staios a pass, because Staois actually seems to give a crap, and Pandalfo has some pk ability. Staois might be a good 6 or 7 d-man, but like most of our players, is being asked to do more than they are able. Rolston is horrible, selfish, and useless. We score 5 goals against the Wings, and I noticed him once all night.

Garth and Cappy or whoever's fault it is should be ashamed of himself letting Rolston have 2nd line minutes and top PP minutes all year. Does he have dirt on the people who run the team?

And the fact Reasoner and Pandalfo play over Haley (or Dibo or somebody, anybody?) makes me sick.

But our first line is rocking.

[NJDevils17]

Originally Posted by Isles4life

And the Red Wings continue to be our bitches.

I loved that Capuano called a timeout with like a minute left when they were up by 4.

[BobNystromOwnsU]

Originally Posted by NJDevils17

I loved that Capuano called a timeout with like a minute left when they were up by 4.

Yeah, and they bitched. He should've bitched at his goalie for not touching the puck and letting icing happen. If you want to quit, go ahead, don't expect the other team to. These ain't 8 year olds .

Even Babcock said it wasn't his finest moment. He probably can't believe our patheric asses own him.

[Two-Four]

And here we are again. I don't care how well they seem to play. Point is, only the first line can score. We're not going to win many games that way. And let's face it, teams are hardly even showing up to play us. And still getting the win.

And for the life of me, I am still bewildered that they do not have any type of pretection/deterant for John Tavares. It boggles my mind. Can You imagine if JT got hurt? It's actually scary to think about. Not too long ago Andy Sutton took a blatant run at JT putting him down for a minute. And no response. Not from the team nor did Howie or Butch make much of a deal about. Players are consistantly overly rough with Johnny and no one so mach at glares at the other players. Sometimes he is left to handle his own physical battles as well. This is unacceptable in my eyes. Every time Tavares goes down in pain, i get extremely worried. Because all of this would get significantly worse if he was not in the line up. If the coaching staff allowed him to get hurt because they never adressed the fact that he needs protection being our best player (by far), it would be tragic because he is certainly capable of being protected. If it was me, I'd just park Trevor Gillies on the bench. If anyone starting getting too phisical with JT, I'd just send Gillies on the ice to skate past their bench, yelling at the whole team. Or something. Say what you want about Gillies, but the man has quite a reputation at this point. The other team has to at least have to think twice about trying to bully Tavares. Because right now they don't.

[BobNystromOwnsU]

Poulin to start today, and Rolston moved to 3rd line.

[nyislesfan45]

I don't see any way they can continue with this current set up. The fourth line is a trainwreck, especially because Pandolfo can't win a faceoff, time for him to be waived. Rolston should've been moved to the fourth line and maybe Nino moved up. The Martin line has been good with him, Bailey and Grabner...so much for that.

As I type that...Rolston blows two consectutive chances to do something in the offensive zone.

[IhateLindros]

Poulin was sent down after the game, Montoya will be activated.

[nyislesfan45]

Man, I really hope they call up Haley or Gillies again soon. It finally seems like Rolston is falling from grace with the coaching staff and Pandolfo can't manage to win faceoff so someone has to at least be brought up to bring a physical element to this team. Like two four pointed out, JT has been getting manhandled with no response at some point in almost every game.

[BobNystromOwnsU]

Originally Posted by nyislesfan45

Man, I really hope they call up Haley or Gillies again soon. It finally seems like Rolston is falling from grace with the coaching staff and Pandolfo can't manage to win faceoff so someone has to at least be brought up to bring a physical element to this team. Like two four pointed out, JT has been getting manhandled with no response at some point in almost every game.

[nyislesfan45]

Nice to see Nabby get his first SO, the team really dominated Washington. Now, if only they'd remove Brian Rolston and put a player that would add some physicality. He looked awful tonight and Nino looked good. Move him up a line and add Haley or Gillies to the fourth already!!!

[scrapper62]

Tavares has really picked up his game. We haven't had a guy like this on the Isles in decades. I hope he can stay healthy. Blooming into a superstar who will be worth the price of admission.

[nyislesfan45]

Tavares could've had 5 points tonight, he's really unreal now. They've looked great the last two games.

I'd like to think Haley will get a recall for next game. The Flyers really seem to hate PAP and I have a feeling he might get a beating for running his mouth at the end of the game.

Thank you, Dylan Reese. Two fights for the Isles in a week, they are really playing physical now .

[BobNystromOwnsU]

Originally Posted by scrapper62

Tavares has really picked up his game. We haven't had a guy like this on the Isles in decades. I hope he can stay healthy. Blooming into a superstar who will be worth the price of admission.

I think he and Hamonic are going to end up very special players in Islander history.

[IhateLindros]

Classic Howie

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