GDT: #58| Columbus Blue jackets @ New York Islanders | February 13th | 7:00 PM | F/L 4-1

[majormet]

Darryl Sutter + Jason Demers + Jason Pomminville + Chris Gibson -
Doug Weight - Aho (minors) - Chimera - Greiss

Our only hope

 

[Barz1]

Weight - "I don't know" - nuff said

 

[Reijo29]

I’m missing something. Were the Islanders supposed to be good? What’s all the outrage? They didn’t make the playoffs last year. Other then this page, who says they’re supposed to be good? Are we pretending again they should be in the playoffs?

 

[Satan'sIsland81]

Weight is a clueless fool.

 

[Satan'sIsland81]

The coach doesnt know what to do. He doesnt have answers. thats the basic theme of this press conference.

 

[majormet]

Press Conference

Stan: What was wrong the the Isles tonight:
Weight: well some nights you have chicken salad and other nights there isn't chicken in the salad.

Reporter: going to bench Chimera any time soon
Weight: Jason is a veteran hockey player, he will be fine

Reporter: Why do teams get 40 shots plus per night against the Isles
Weight: Well you heard butch on the broadcast there weren't many good shots

 

[xIsle]

Sleeper issue no one wants to touch . . . JT is not a captain, he's a #2 follower. Too nice for the role that needs to be played right now. Think Shea Weber would not be hoarse right now?

Shea Weber ??? He's kind of quiet too ...

 

[Satan'sIsland81]

Doug Weight: "The shots against dont matter"

 

[majormet]

The coach doesnt know what to do. He doesnt have answers. thats the basic theme of this press conference.

he is in way over his head, a guy like Tortorella can counter Weight's strategy in less than 5 shifts

I will take a conference where the coach says:

Puck had eyes
Battle level was low
Boys played hahd
There were passenjuhs

 

[Reijo29]

Maybe they should get Weight 5 more defensemen and a third and fourth line. Then we can pretend he should be winning.

 

[Satan'sIsland81]

Cal Clutterbuck doesnt know either. At least the theme is pretty consistent throughout the team. Nobody knows, nobody has any answers.

 

[IslandersGER]

I feel bad for Halak. 40+ shots nightly with multiple 2 on 1s and breakaways thrown in. Snow and Weight May accomplish having the worst defensive team of the 2000 era

maybe not the defensive worst team in all these years, but definitely the team with top offense most games and utterly weak defense so it's the difference between good and ugly that stands out so much with that team

 

[bronxirish]

They should show the fans respect by bringing in hockey people to run the show instead of a failed GMs and coaches buddies.

They landed themselves a real estate deal. Belmont is about money not us

I'm sure you would have loved the alternative.

 

[CupHolders]

Definitely. He played very well his first season here, not so great after that though. I liked him mostly because he used to surf in Long Beach when he played for the Isles.

Yeah, by his second season on the Islanders the NHL really started to move towards a no-clutch speed game. But he would’ve been terrific in that Toronto series.

 

[periferal]

JT too timid for a players only meeting?

The players only meeting won't bring in 2 top-4 defenders.

 

[majormet]

Maybe they should get Weight 5 more defensemen and a third and fourth line. Then we can pretend he should be winning.

We can add Karlsson, Burns, Subban, Hedman, Stralman and have a bottom 6 of Crosby, Kucherov, Malkin, Kopitar, mcKinnon and Tarasenko and Bridgeport still gets 48 shots on Halak with this system

 

[Islesfan22]

Lot's i don't know in the post game. The best is Weight down playing the shots. When you can't get out of your zone and the other team gets out of there's so easily of course your going to get outshot badly you clueless fool.

 

[leeroggy]

Shea Weber ??? He's kind of quiet too ...

No, he really isn't, he's a bad ass . . . which this team needs now

 

[BrockLobster]

Toniught was the nail in the coffin. It's over. After all this the fact that garf has done nothing completely baffles the mind

 

[Big L]

Pretty sure weight blamed the crowd.

 

[xIsle]

Cal Clutterbuck doesnt know either. At least the theme is pretty consistent throughout the team. Nobody knows, nobody has any answers.

You think Cal Clutterbuck will make coaches look bad? No chance.

 

[Barz1]

Never thought anyone could be as clueless as Capuano, but weight has proved me wrong

 

[majormet]

You think Cal Clutterbuck will make coaches look bad? No chance.

No he can't put down anything in the organization, he gets 3.5 a year to throw one unnecessary hit after another and look like an extra in Boogie Nights

 

[Islesfan22]

Don't worry the savior Seidenburg will be in the lineup next game.

 

[majormet]

Never thought anyone could be as clueless as Capuano, but weight has proved me wrong

At least Cappy would have some battle level, and he might call out a Ladd by name