Patrick Roy destroys Anthony Duclair after Islanders’ loss: ‘He was god-awful’

[The Crypto Guy]

Patrick Roy destroys Anthony Duclair after Islanders’ loss: ‘He was god-awful’

A terrible night for the Islanders ended with Patrick Roy laying into Anthony Duclair, questioning the winger’s effort level.

nypost.com

“He was god-awful,” Roy said of Duclair, the Islanders’ marquee free agent signing last summer, after the club lost 4-1 to the Lightning and fell five points back of a playoff spot. “He was god-awful.

“He had a bad game. That’s why I didn’t play him a lot. And he’s lucky to be in the lineup. Sorry if I lose it on him right now, but that’s how I feel.”

Just signed him to a 4 year deal last summer 3.5M.

11 points this season, full NTC this year and next, another Lou special.


Always had high hopes for him when he came into the league, had that one good season in FL but has been pretty terrible since.

 

[NVious]

Lou and 3rd/4th line plugs

Name a better love story

 

[Victoire HuGo]

Roy is a terrible coach. Total diva.

 

[Andre Palot]

Lou and 3rd/4th line plugs

Name a better love story

Lou and contracts that age like skim milk

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

Lou and contracts that age like skim milk

In that they don't even start out good?

 

[Mattb124]

Patrick Roy destroys Anthony Duclair after Islanders’ loss: ‘He was god-awful’

A terrible night for the Islanders ended with Patrick Roy laying into Anthony Duclair, questioning the winger’s effort level.

nypost.com

Just signed him to a 4 year deal last summer 3.5M.

11 points this season, full NTC this year and next, another Lou special.


Always had high hopes for him when he came into the league, had that one good season in FL but has been pretty terrible since.

Scored at a .5 ppg pace since his best year in FLA. not sure that’s pretty terrible. Admittedly he doesn’t contribute in many other ways when not scoring.

 

[Andre Palot]

In that they don't even start out good?

Yes.

 

[bov]

9th team in 10 years. Don't let point totals fool you, Roy is not being unfair here.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

“He had a bad game. That’s why I didn’t play him a lot. And he’s lucky to be in the lineup. Sorry if I lose it on him right now, but that’s how I feel.”

“He’s not skating. He’s not competing. He’s not moving his feet,” Roy said. “He’s not playing up to what we expect from him.”

Roy was asked whether he believed effort was a factor.

“I think it’s an effort thing,” he said.

Isles signed Duclair to a 4 yr deal with $3.5M AAV in offseason

Duclair season with Isles

44 GP
7 goals
4 assists
11 pts
-15

There is a clear reason Duclair is on his 9th NHL team at age 29

That contract was mistake by Lou

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

What a dysfunctional organization.

 

[Khelandros]

Lou and 3rd/4th line plugs

Name a better love story

Lou and faces that don't grow hair?

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Blunt, but not wrong.

Duclair's MO his entire time he's been in the league, he's not team swapping because he's consistently valuable. He's still in the league because he has a tantalizing skillset for 10 games, gets a contract and security, then disappears.

 

[Voight]

Lou and contracts that age like skim milk

Duclair even has a NTC.....

 

[Dr Pepper]

Blunt, but not wrong.

Duclair's MO his entire time he's been in the league, he's not team swapping because he's consistently valuable. He's still in the league because he has a tantalizing skillset for 10 games, gets a contract and security, then disappears.

Lou's been around for a long, long time.

You'd think, with knowledge like what's bolded above, he wouldn't go and sign that same player to a multi-year deal.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Lou's been around for a long, long time.

You'd think, with knowledge like what's bolded above, he wouldn't go and sign that same player to a multi-year deal.

I don't think it's a coincidence that the older GMs of the league don't tend to have a pulse on the modern game and players. (See: Ken Holland)

 

[miscs75]

Lou and 3rd/4th line plugs

Name a better love story

Buffalo Sabres and mid season implosion

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Duclair even has a NTC.....

For first two years he had full NTC

Then modified NTC for final 2 years

 

[JungleBeat]

Duclair is pretty much done after his ruptured Achilles.

Roy is a shit coach anyways.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Duclair isn't that good of a player. He had a career year playing with Barkov in his last year with FLA and became overrated, otherwise he's barely a top 6 player in his career.

 

[Oilslick941611]

Roy is a terrible coach. Total diva.

I am always shocked when i relearn that Roy coaches the Islanders, i always forget, the Islanders are such an irrelevant organization and as a fan of a western team who doesnt follow the east much, they are easy to forget.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Lou and 3rd/4th line plugs

Name a better love story

Lou and a razor

 

[The Hockey Tonk Man]

I dunno, looking at his game logs it looks like he's doing absolutely nothing out there.
Seems warranted, especially in a playoff wild card race.

 

[GhostfaceWu]

Seems like a lot of players have regresed under Roy. Just look at Dobson from almost 80 last year to maybe 40 this year l.

 

[majormajor]

Duclair has had several runs, and not that long ago, where he does produce like a top six player. That's what sells him, not just the speed and skill. But he often disappears and he doesn't have the well rounded game that will keep him useful. This year he had an achilles injury in the Fall and has barely scored since. I don't know if that is exactly why, since he has never been the type to have a consistent track record.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

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