Roster/Rumors/Speculation/Trade Talk - 2024-25: Re-Tool, Re-Group, Re-Mix, Re-Build

[periferal]

Malkin is not dumping Lou - he brought him in for stability.

Ha. Good one.


"Hi Mr. Malkin. It's Lou. Just wanted to check in. I know you wanted stability when you hired me, so thought I would point out that under my watch the team is getting consistently worse. Based on that level of stability I was wondering if we could talk about a contract extension..."

 

[Throttle]

All fan views from the bottom up.

 

[duster19]

Now Barzal out. Maybe this is what they need. A complete collapse. Might spur ownership into change. Very little in the system that can help…

 

[Throttle]

Now Barzal out. Maybe this is what they need. A complete collapse. Might spur ownership into change. Very little in the system that can help…

Bc him in the lineup was propping things up? Yeah, no.

 

[periferal]

Now Barzal out. Maybe this is what they need. A complete collapse. Might spur ownership into change. Very little in the system that can help…

I agree with your theory, but concerned that Malkin will be like, "Well Barzal was out - Of course we couldn't expect to be good. Let's give Lou at least another year."

This team stinks (and is light years from a Cup) when all their "best" players are playing. I hope Malkin knows this, because some fans don't.

 

[duster19]

I agree with your theory, but concerned that Malkin will be like, "Well Barzal was out - Of course we couldn't expect to be good. Let's give Lou at least another year."

Could very well happen…Lou is more of a politician than a GM. He will spin it to his advantage.

Bc him in the lineup was propping things up? Yeah, no.

He’s pretty instrumental to the teams success. If they want to get going he is a big piece. Taking Barzal out and adding Fasching or Martin doesn’t help the situation. Worlds a weird place though..:who knows.

 

[Throttle]

Could very well happen…Lou is more of a politician than a GM. He will spin it to his advantage.


He’s pretty instrumental to the teams success. If they want to get going he is a big piece. Taking Barzal out and adding Fasching or Martin doesn’t help the situation. Worlds a weird place though..:who knows.

Pretty instrumental in the teams LACK of success is more like it.

 

[eoin92]

Lou is actually playing 4D Chess

Are you sure he’s not playing D4 chess?

 

[MarsTBOW]

More like the perfect excuse to keep Lou around longer.

100% built in excuse

 

[Sparksrus3]

Pretty soon Engvall will be on the top line ….. OMFG this team is poopytown

 

[IslesNorway]

The funny thing is that the final roster was supposed to show a bit of accountability with the likes of Engvall and Fasching demoted, only to have them back on the team within two weeks, and with no improvement at all. One step forward and one step back. It's Islanders hockey guys.

 

[Osakahaus]

A very annoying poster just got his wish, so I hope the team suffers more

"9M figure skater" my ass when the team has become softer than baby cakes.

The funny thing is that the final roster was supposed to show a bit of accountability with the likes of Engvall and Fasching demoted, only to have them back on the team within two weeks, and with no improvement at all. One step forward and one step back. It's Islanders hockey guys.

reminder Lamoriello could've absolutely made changes to this roster yet we got too loyal to these players who haven't produced since 2021.

 

[mm11]

Pretty instrumental in the teams LACK of success is more like it.

A very annoying poster just got his wish, so I hope the team suffers more

"9M figure skater" my ass when the team has become softer than baby cakes.


reminder Lamoriello could've absolutely made changes to this roster yet we got too loyal to these players who haven't produced since 2021.

so, its beat the rags for our stanley cup this year. LGI

 

[Osakahaus]

100% built in excuse

the team should not collapse this badly because Florida was able to play insanely good hockey down BARKOV and with Bob being garbage. The islanders are both mentally weak and have become what they feared: a soft team with one line

 

[Richie Daggers Crime]

All fan views from the bottom up.

Well, the real problem is that valid, sane, rational criticism, of which there is plenty to be had, is lost in the sea of mindless emotional static like, "sell everything with value" and "Snow was a good GM."

That's how people roll, though.