Great cool I dont care. I was just saying its funny how things work out for the better..... Islanders fans were so upset even crying on video and now so happy Tavares left.
Whatever "run" they went on obviously wasn't because Tavares left, and Tavares was the exact kind of piece that would have helped them a lot on that "run".
Also because they had a group of defensemen in the organization (Pulock, Pelech, Toews, etc.) start hitting their prime and really breaking out.
Sure, and maybe if they had a piece like Tavares, they could have squeaked out a win. I could understand how that would be tough for an Islander fan, especially when they're now facing a rocky future.
Now do Malgin....
His last season there he and his wingers were the three worst +/- forwards (combined -57).
Depends on how many other pieces they might have lost with tavares at 13 million
Maybe or maybe they wouldn’t have gotten that far. Impossible to know.
Not likely as he hasn’t done anything like that for us.
I mean, at least you are consistent in your dislike of Tavares, Dubas etc.
My dislike is losing not Tavares. I don’t dislike Tavares but when another poster continually says he was what the islanders needed to put them over the hump I have to respond because as we all know he had years there and years here with no success. I have been consistent in saying that he was the last person this team needed at that time.
The mess Dubas has made of the Leafs right now!!!
That may be the case but the team was garbage in 2017/18. They went from 31st in GA to 1st. Does it seem more likely that the reason for that is the reasons I mentioned or subtracting 1 player who is a PPG player and was a top 10 C in the league at the time?
You might think that a couple of players who were the worst under one coach would still be bad under another. Still among the worst on the team, even if the team was generally better.
I hope I am wrong but let’s wait until we see the team with this years hi risk goalie tandem.
I’ve never seen a GM garner such blanket approval, it makes it impossible to even have an intelligent debate, like arguing with a cult. It’s just weird, I get do no wrong ”fans” of a team, but a freaking GM, that’s just bizarre to me.
Even if we this version of the team never succeeds in the playoffs, it wasn’t a mess. It was a very good team, with some star players, who could succeed when it matters. Buffalo has been a mess. Arizona is a mess. We are nothing like that. A mess is a perennially bottom of the league team.
But you're not waiting. You just called the team a mess and you've been taking dumps all over the team for months now.
I know. It’s my frustration level getting the better of me. I’m just sick of losing and have yet to see anything out of Dubas that says things will be different this year just the same dabbling with the fringe players. One large gamble after another.
Maybe mess is a bit to strong but they are far from successful and very good teams are measured by playoff success
I think everyone here can agree on that. This team hasn’t had the success we want as fans. The differences between the fans, is how much time they are willing to give the current group to figure it out. (Players and mgmt) Some fans have it one or two playoffs and, some three or four and some still remain patient with the process. At some point, everyone involved in failing to reach goals will be accountable.
Terrible teams are generally that way as a result of their roster choices.
