Now that announcement wasn’t so hard, was it Lou?
Wanna bet Sorokin was playing hurt last season? The next question should be did management know Sorokin playing hurt and if so why didn’t they shut him down?
I guess Sorokin’s back was weaker than his mind.
Explains why he looked like he did last year, I don't see how you can have f***ing BACK SURGERY and be ok day 1 of the season but have to trust that the team wouldn't be stupid enough to jeopardize his career.
They just committed to paying him a lot of money for a long time, I doubt they’d do anything to jeopardize their investment.
"But sometimes, there’s a moment where you don’t want to give in to someone: ‘Why is he skating into the middle to try and get around me? Has he lost his mind? This is my zone – my house, damn it. He’s come in with dirty feet, leaving a mess. What does he think he’s doing? If he tries to cut through the center – that’s it, goodbye.’ Well, relatively speaking. If you think about it this way, why should any player – whether it’s [Connor] McDavid or not – be skating freely around my zone? If I have a chance, I’ll hit him. End of story.”And while we're at it, I've just published a translated interview with Romanov, where he talks Lamoriello, Roy, Montreal...and much more.
Have a good read!
Islanders' Romanov Talks Lamoriello, Roy, Montreal in Russian Interview - The Hockey Writers New York Islanders Latest News, Analysis & More
Alexander Romanov talks about working with a video coach, his ties with Lamoriello, his move from Montreal to NY, and his head coach Roy.thehockeywriters.com
Yeah I don’t know why people are talking about the impact on last season. Pretty sure LL mentioned that he suffered an injury during offseason training when he was talking in regards to Sorokin’s situation.Do we know for a fact Sorokin was playing hurt last year? Isn’t it possible he hurt his back training in the offseason? I come to this board to get away from the conspiracy theories and not read more.
Nope. And no one last year mentioned his mediocre play was due to an injury or overcompensating for one.Do we know for a fact Sorokin was playing hurt last year? Isn’t it possible he hurt his back training in the offseason? I come to this board to get away from the conspiracy theories and not read more.
That interview was funny. First Romanov talks about how he doesn't need to go for hits, and then he's like, "but if you cut to the middle I'll kill you".
You’ve been here since 2012 and haven’t learned yet?I come to this board to get away from the conspiracy theories and not read more.
I'm trying to stay cautious, but I have sneaky cautious optimism that they can surprise even me this season. They proved they could score a little more last season. If they can get a healthy Sorokin post-back surgery locked in and get contributions from Tsyp and Duke, along with literally any improvement to a monumentally bad PK, they could surprise.
With last years team and a capable team defense/PK, they’re atleast 10 wins higher (conservatively) then they were. That right there would put them at 104 points vs the 94 they finished with. Easily a playoff team this year. Duclair fills a top 6 wing spot they’ve been lacking while trying to bandaid it with bottom 6/AHL forwards the past couple seasons.
I'd rather they shut him down for a few months than rush him to be ready for the beginning of the season. He's in year one of an eight year deal as the team's third highest paid (but arguably most important) player.
Well, if the Islanders still lost to Carolina after a Duclair trade, the rhetoric would have been, why the f*** did we give up a third for this guy when we could have had him for a free in a few weeks. You really can't win.
Ok. We’ll see how he does this year. Hopefully there’s some chemistry with Bo, and Barzal. No way to go back and see what could’ve been. At least Lou actually did something this summer.
