Barzal unhappy with Fan Support/Attendance at UBS Arena

[The Hanging Jowl]

Sorry Matt but if you expect people to pay $100 for a ticket, 8 bucks for a hotdog and 20 bucks for a beer all so you can make $9M/year, you need to do a little better than last in your division. People not spending their hard-earned money on crap is kind of, you know, how it works.

 

[Coach Reggie Dunlop]

Someone in here said they spent 500 for tickets, that is absurd for 1 game, for some people that’s their whole after taxes take for a weeks worth of work. I love the sport of hockey, I love other sports too, but if this is how the prices keep going I almost hope these leagues fail. This is absolutely no way to treat the working and middle classes. I saw Stevie wonder in concert with relatively good tickets for just under 150. If you think I’m spending 200+ dollars to watch some bum ass players who are overpaid mail it in all season you got another thing coming.

 

[ewfwgfwahbger]

He said it on the bench not knowing that he was on camera. It's not as if it was a postgame interview, it's not a big deal.

Keep your negative comments to yourself or to the owner. You don't want to hear your best player talking shit on the bench.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

I’m a bit skeptical that everyone would say Barzal was saying this if they were shown the clip without seeing the alleged quotes first.

But maybe most people are way more effective at lip reading than I am and I’m just missing it.

Might be confusing because the tweet in the OP is actually wrong, but it does get the gist of what he’s saying

“This place is f***ing empty, [something]”
*dude next to him leans in likely bc he didn’t hear him*
“This place is empty.” (Long pause) “it’s a f***ing joke”

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Yep, we had Stanley Cup expectations this season...oh wait..that's that other team.

Honest mistake, Isles haven't had those since the 80s, I could see why you would get confused.

 

[Rob]

14,000 doesn't sound that empty.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

 

[VivaLasVegas]

14,000 doesn't sound that empty.

Is that seats sold or actual warm-body attendance?

 

[Suntouchable13]

We can’t have guys go to war against the fans. Last night Matthews was criticizing the fans for not showing more life after the Reaves-Olivier fight. Stop it!

 

[Mez]

The NYI have been playing boring hockey and been mediocre for a loooooong time...not really surprised

 

[Rehabguy]

Home game for Barzal and Isles.

"This place is empty, " F-ing Joke Bro"


Reported attendance last night was around 14k.

Islanders are reporting as the 5th worst team in attendance this season

No he did not say that at all. This has got to be a joke. As I said on the Isles boards I am able to read lips and had a part time job teaching the partially deaf how to read lips at a day youth center. I was quite good actually as I was bilingual at reading lips though not a native spanish speaker. What he actually said was, "I even bought her season tickets at club level. Now she won't return my calls. It's an F-ing joke", but the video was a little fuzzy so he could have said, "I bought a hot dog on the second floor concession stand and they ran out of mustard. Can you believe that shit? It's a F-king joke" So there is some room for interpretation. I would say the closest interpretation is "Lambert would have us on our heels playing basketball defense at this point in the game. We're leading by 1 goal. It's a F-ing joke".

 

[King In The North]

You can't see shit lol it's sad people can't even be bothered to watch a 10 second clip.

 

[Bouboumaster]

Montréal should trade for him, if NYI is ok with that

 

[Kegs]

If drury was his gm he would be traded for a fifth after that comment

 

[Rehabguy]

Montréal should trade for him, if NYI is ok with that

Yeah he can supposedly hate on us all he wants. He ain't going nowhere. All the dreamers out there- keep dreaming.

 

[miscs75]

We can’t have guys go to war against the fans. Last night Matthews was criticizing the fans for not showing more life after the Reaves-Olivier fight. Stop it!

The common denominator here is Columbus…

 

[Rob]

Is that seats sold or actual warm-body attendance?

Good point. Sometimes the house is "papered".

 

[Oilslick941611]

It’s just you. Now at 57 I watched my Islanders win 19 straight playoff series and 4 Stanley Cups while producing several hall of fame legends. Not many of us fans left unfortunately. Too many current Islander fans at least on these boards go as far back is Milbury running the show and many even more recent which is unfortunate. I guess I’m lucky and already had my share of Cup celebrations as an Islander fan.

There are MANY fans under 57 that have never seen the Isles do anything of any importance except for that one covid bubble playoff.

The 4 cups were a looooooong time ago.

To most people the isles are the very picture of a poor franchise.

 

[BoNeS42]

NHL tickets today are too expensive for me to criticize fans for not showing up to watch a bad/mediocre team.

Like people have bills to pay and going to a game with your family is likely going to cost around like $200.

200$ for 1 ticket here

 

[MattMartin]

Honest mistake, Isles haven't had those since the 80s, I could see why you would get confused.

Yeah, confusing. All those Stanley cups in the last 84 years, you would think I would have known better. I'm really poor at math, can you tell me how many is that in said 84 years?

There are MANY fans under 57 that have never seen the Isles do anything of any importance except for that one covid bubble playoff.

The 4 cups were a looooooong time ago.

To most people the isles are the very picture of a poor franchise.

1990 was a loooooooooong time ago also, you would think by this comment you're team would have 5 in the last 20 or so. Keep up the good work! Also, this doesn't hurt to have....

List of first overall NHL draft picks​

2010 Edmonton Oilers	Taylor Hall	Canada	Forward	Windsor Spitfires
2011 Edmonton Oilers	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	Canada	Forward	Red Deer Rebels
2012 Edmonton Oilers	Nail Yakupov	Russia	Forward	Sarnia Sting
2015 Edmonton Oilers	Connor McDavid	Canada	Forward	Erie Otters

The Islanders have had the 1st OA pick four times since 1972, you had four in six years lol.

 

[Oddbob]

Near the bottom of the conference and being mad that fans don't show up is kinda weird, no?

 

[Oilslick941611]

Yeah, confusing. All those Stanley cups in the last 84 years, you would think I would have known better. I'm really poor at math, can you tell me how many is that in said 84 years?


1990 was a loooooooooong time ago also, you would think by this comment you're team would have 5 in the last 20 or so. Keep up the good work! Also, this doesn't hurt to have....

List of first overall NHL draft picks​

2010 Edmonton Oilers	Taylor Hall	Canada	Forward	Windsor Spitfires
2011 Edmonton Oilers	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	Canada	Forward	Red Deer Rebels
2012 Edmonton Oilers	Nail Yakupov	Russia	Forward	Sarnia Sting
2015 Edmonton Oilers	Connor McDavid	Canada	Forward	Erie Otters

The Islanders have had the 1st OA pick four times since 1972, you had four in six years lol.

I wasn’t one who said “it’s just you” to someone who said the islanders have been a boring team for basically is whole life.

The oilers have nothing to do with this thread btw, in case you missed that. But since you brought them at least they’ve been to the finals twice this millennium.

This isn’t a pissing contest because honestly… the islanders are a boring franchise that haven’t done anything in 40 years. So saying “it’s just you” and to someone who hasn’t seen the islanders do one relevant thing in his life is funny to me, especially when you talk about events in 1983 like it was a yesterday, then go off the deep end talking about draft picks. I wasn’t around for the oilers dynasty either. At least not as a conscious person and I don’t really care those teams or talk about them.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Just had the first small snow storm of the year in the area, National College Championship, Inauguration Day, ohh and the team has the last place ranked PP and PK and is at the near bottom of the conference.


Thats some context of why maybe the building isn’t packed.


The economy sucks right now and New York is expensive as shit. Not easy to justify taking the family to a game when you’re sucking.

When the team is good or at least excited the building will be packed.

Bandwagon jumper.

 

[Rehabguy]

There are MANY fans under 57 that have never seen the Isles do anything of any importance except for that one covid bubble playoff.

The 4 cups were a looooooong time ago.

To most people the isles are the very picture of a poor franchise.

1990 was a looooooong time ago (apparently).

 

[Rehabguy]

I wasn’t one who said “it’s just you” to someone who said the islanders have been a boring team for basically is whole life.

The oilers have nothing to do with this thread btw, in case you missed that. But since you brought them at least they’ve been to the finals twice this millennium.

This isn’t a pissing contest because honestly… the islanders are a boring franchise that haven’t done anything in 40 years. So saying “it’s just you” and to someone who hasn’t seen the islanders do one relevant thing in his life is funny to me, especially when you talk about events in 1983 like it was a yesterday, then go off the deep end talking about draft picks. I wasn’t around for the oilers dynasty either. At least not as a conscious person and I don’t really care those teams or talk about them.

Oiler fans should not be talking about the futility of another NHL team. Most Islander fans are already aware of the issues the organization faces today. But please Oiler fans- not ones to judge.