It was discovered during his concussion protocol testing that Mike Reilly has a heart condition that will require surgery. He'll be out indefinitely, which translates to several months. https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/42475547/new-york-islanders-d-mike-reilly-heart-procedure
Islanders have blown third period leads in four of their last five games. Patrick Roy's reaction to this? "We need to continue to do exactly what we've been doing." There's a joke about the definition of insanity that seems particularly apropos in this circumstance.
I think he wants to blow up like a suicide bomber but he’s playing it as cool as he can right now because it’s too early in season. If he starts to detonate he will lose the team very quickly.
Coming soon. Attendance at UBS. This team is not only bad but boring. I am rooting for losses now to get Lou fired.
The problem with that strategy is that at this rate the team could be beyond any reasonable playoff hopes by New Year's Day. And as @GREG alluded to above, by that time they might be drawing fewer than 10,000 people a game. In my view Ledecky and Malkin are letting Lamoriello run the team into the ground. Roy is at best an unhelpful innocent bystander, and at worst an enabler of the destruction.
Lou already ran the team into the ground; we’re now simply seeing the inevitable results of his decisions. the best thing for the organization is that there is no prolonged hope of this being a playoff team this season so they do what should have been done last year — start trading off players with any value for assets and cap relief and start the rebuild. Other than Sorokin, all vets should be on the trading block. If Brock Nelson, Palmieri and Pageau are still on the team after the trade deadline than we know Lou is still in charge and will be for the foreseeable future.
The latest meltdown. Have 4-2 lead after two periods in Washington. Lose 5-4 in OT. This POS team sucks. Fuck the owners, fuck Lou, blow this thing up and rebuild.
I have a friend with season tickets at UBS, and he asked me yesterday if I wanted to go to a game with him (for free, offering me several possible dates, although I would have to get there on my own). I thanked him, but said no thanks. Cablevision dropped MSG today, so I currently have no way to see Islanders games. It doesn't bother me in the slightest. It's amazing how this team has completely beaten me into "I don't give a shit about you" mode. The me who camped outside the Nassau Coliseum to get playoff tickets in 1975 and was a season ticket holder for four Stanley Cups never would have believed it.
Until Lou starts clearing cap space and committing to the rebuild that was needed two years ago, there is no reason to watch a team that lacks any direction off the ice and is going nowhere on it.
We all know this team sucks and will not make the playoffs. It's time to tank for Hagens. Born on LI and grew up an Isles fan. I don't know anything about the NHL draft and these young players coming up. Many hockey "experts" say Hagens will be the #1 pick. Highly skilled player who can produce offense. We all know the Isles desperately need that. So, keep losing Isles and try to get that #1 pick. James Hagens - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
