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Bridgeport Islanders Discussion 2021-22: Playoffs Start May 2

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Olliemets said:
Think LL's next project is to get this AHL house in order.
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doesn't bode well for us if Chris is the heir apparent..

maybe Lou's got a Fredo ?

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I'm sure some things will be done once the AHL is playing a real season again, one with a full schedule and an ECHL team for a number of the fray prospects.

This little circus show just isn't the year to be worrying about much and with Bolduc basically being the best player, ex-Dman Thompson seems to once again be fostering a future blueliner for us in the organization's desired manner.
 
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No offense to anyone who support Thompson but this is how I see it.

If one or more prospects do well in Bridgeport and then in the NHL, even though the team is without fail one of the worst in the AHL, then Thompson gets the credit. Shouldn't the scouts and the player get a sizable amount of the credit?

If theoretically the Bridgeport team did well, he'd also get the credit.

If the team sucks, it's the organization's fault for not signing AHL vets. It's not Thompson's fault.

The only way Thompson might be criticized by some would be if Bridgeport sucked and no prospects showed promise there. If that were to happen we'd be lottery bound. I suppose some might even then say, "If only we drafted better. It's really not his fault".
 
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The Real JT said:
No offense to anyone who support Thompson but this is how I see it.

If one or more prospects do well in Bridgeport and then in the NHL, even though the team is without fail one of the worst in the AHL, then Thompson gets the credit. Shouldn't the scouts and the player get a sizable amount of the credit?

If theoretically the Bridgeport team did well, he'd also get the credit.

If the team sucks, it's the organization's fault for not signing AHL vets. It's not Thompson's fault.

The only way Thompson might be criticized by some would be if Bridgeport sucked and no prospects showed promise there. If that were to happen we'd be lottery bound. I suppose some might even then say, "If only we drafted better. It's really not his fault".
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Judge Brent Thompson by how many players he's graduated to the NHL. Not by his won-loss record.

Thompson knows the organization inside-out. 90% of the guys who have come up from Bridgeport over the years have been NHL ready and stuck with the Islanders for more than 1 year.
 
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Judge Brent Thompson by how many players he's graduated to the NHL. Not by his won-loss record.

Thompson knows the organization inside-out. 90% of the guys who have come up from Bridgeport over the years have been NHL ready and stuck with the Islanders for more than 1 year.
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While your assessment may be right, why can't we give the majority of the credit to the player and the scouts that recommended him to be drafted?

One would think that even with blind luck, he would've iced an AHL team by now that was at least mediocre.

Even Captain Jack got us into the playoffs.
 
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While your assessment may be right, why can't we give the majority of the credit to the player and the scouts that recommended him to be drafted?

One would think that even with blind luck, he would've iced an AHL team by now that was at least mediocre.

Even Captain Jack got us into the playoffs.
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Because there’s a difference between amateur life and playing for pay.

Practices, road trips, managing your time, living on your own instead of with a billet family or in a college dorm. Playing the game with and against some AHL lifers who want to make you miserable. It’s a different life in the pros.

Canadian juniors at least play a schedule that resembles the AHL grind. College players play half as many games in a season.
 
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MJF said:
Because there’s a difference between amateur life and playing for pay.

Practices, road trips, managing your time, living on your own instead of with a billet family or in a college dorm. Playing the game with and against some AHL lifers who want to make you miserable. It’s a different life in the pros.

Canadian juniors at least play a schedule that resembles the AHL grind. College players play half as many games in a season.
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The core of my argument is that some players progress to the NHL primarily because of their innate talent. Hopefully Bolduc is one of those players.

In any event, we've exhausted this topic. I hope you're right.
 
The Real JT said:
While your assessment may be right, why can't we give the majority of the credit to the player and the scouts that recommended him to be drafted?

One would think that even with blind luck, he would've iced an AHL team by now that was at least mediocre.

Even Captain Jack got us into the playoffs.
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You can give credit to the players and scouts too. However, if you don't give any credit to the coach, there's not really much of value left to judge him on, since his primary goal is to prepare his players for the NHL.
 
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