What I want to see in the last month of 09-10
by Rickfansince76 on Mar 8, 2010 9:40 AM EST
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PrintI am a little disappointed that the Isles have fallen off and will more than likely miss the playoffs(dropping to 14th in the standings). That said I am happy we had some success this year. I am very happy with Roloson. I think Bailey has improved abd hope to see similar from JT next season. I am overall happy with JT, it is tough that he hasn't scored in 20 games, but atthe start of the season I would have been happy knowing he could put in 15+ goals.
Now, what I hope to see in the last 17 games:
John Taveras scoring a couple of goals. I think it is very important he has a positive last few games in order to come back next season confident. I fear that if he ends the season at 17 goals it may mess with his head. I would like to see him break 20 goals
Matt Moulson- Lets see him put in #25, if he gets hot could we see 30?
Kyle Okposo- hope he can break 50 points, and that could start with a goal. Last time he went without a goal for awhile, when he finally tallied a score he had a great couple of weeks after.
Josh Bailey and Rob Schremp- I think they have both been the bright spots of the season. I see them constantly making plays, so I just want to see more of the same, and hopefully luck is on their side and they tally a few scores.
Frans Nielsen- I just want to see his name consistently on the score sheet. He seems so talented but doesn't have the numbers, except in the shootout.
Trent Hunter- He came back strong from his early season injury, and since has done very little. Maybe he can do the same when he gets back in the lineup. He needs to be a lot more consistent next season
Jon Sim- he has been scrappy all season long, he can score on occasion but maybe Matt Martin can take his role, or take Tim Jackman's role. We need Martin's energy im the lineup, I thought he brought a lot to the games before the break. Tim isn't the player we need when he can't be physical.
Blake Comeau- well he has been hot, can he do more of the same, he has proven that he can play. Lets hope it is more consistent. I hope he is back from the hit and scoring a few more times. maybe he needs some PP time.
Richard Park- I would like to see him get less TOI. I would like to see some other guys get PK time, just to find guys who can play next season. Park is good at the PK, but now is the time to experiment and find the next generation of PK. what can it hurt, we are what 78%.
Doug Weight- I like this guy, but he has very poor numbers. I would find it hard to warrant him coming back. 1/16/17 just doesn't cut it. I like his locker room presence though so if he can put a few points up at the end of this season, and we resign him, that isn't the worst thing.
Bergy- I have lost my confidence in him, I would rather he was a scratch and Tamby got the TOI. tamby has 7g/6a/13points in 27 games, Bergy 5g/8a/13points in 47 games. Both feature some speed, and tamby is much better in a shootout.
Mark Streit- he has been the most consistent D we have, and even after playing during the olympics he seems to be strong. I hope he can put a few PP goals in here to end the season, break 45 points.
Bruno Gervais- how about a + the last part of the season,
Freddy Meyer- shoot more, some PP time on point, he seems to have a better shot than previously shown
Jack Hillen- just stay healthy, he hasnt been the same since the shot to the face, but he is playing decent. He was playing very good before hand, and as long as we get him back healthy next season he is a good player
Dustin Kohn- just log some TOI, give him different tests, PK, PP 4 on 4, lets see what he can learn for next season
Andy MacDonald- I think we have to wait until next season to see him again, just get healthy.
Dylan Reese- also just log some TOI, shoot some, lets see that offensive you have.
PP- we are better since the break, keep it up
PK do something, how about 85% the rest of the way
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Man I hope JT gets to 20 goals, and Okposo to 50 points at least. Would like to see their minus come down a bit, too.
I agree Bailey and Schremp have been two of the bright spots. Schremp is putting up some points (even at even strength) and mostly playing smart. Pleasant surprise.
Lighthouse Hockey: Under contract through 2021, knees and hips be damned.
I'll add one:
Islanders beat the Rangers when I attend my first Islanders-Rangers game at the coliseum!!!
If there's ever a riot at Citi Field and Oliver Perez was the starter, I started the riot.
I am going to be in LA next week
so I am going to try and get to the game. I was told at work I was going, and immediately remember the Isles would be in town. Hope to see 2 points
by Rickfansince76 on Mar 8, 2010 2:42 PM EST up reply actions
Addendum
10 Game (ATLEAST) Preview of 2010-11
At least two of these (Smith/Mauldin/Joensuu/Martin replace Sim/Park/Weight/Jackman) .
Can we get 5 starts out of somebody who might be the third goaltender (Munroe or Lawson)next year so Snow doesn’t sign two goalies and call it a summer?
You’re absolutely right about JT breaking out of his slump, but I just want to see the guy finish the season with all the teeth he brushed last night.
I’d like to see the Tyson Chicken people come in and inject the Islanders defense with whatever gets their chicks from 3 oz to 15lbs in 16 weeks. Maybe they just need to start the Paula Dean diet.
It would be nice to see Kyle get to 50 points, but I’d be happy if somebody stepped on his xBox and he kicked the living crap out of him. Kyle is one of my favorites, but he needs some mean in his game. The same goes for Comeau… Jesus would probably turn the other cheek too… but in a league where everybody walks on water I bet you couldn’t get a third rounder for the lord at the deadline.
Scott Gordon reads Henry V… and gets a few ideas about how to send JT into Prongerland with the passion of a wounded ferret.
Isles win Sunday so my daughter enjoys her first NHL game.
I like your ideas that are young guys get in there for the stretch run. Similar to what they did for Okposo last year to get him a taste of the NHL. I not a proponent in any way of throwing games to get a better draft pick but having guys like Weight Sim and Park who may be playing their last year’s as Islanders to play minutes for the team at the end of the year shouldn’t be a part of any rebuild. And even if we don’t get the same results a higher draft pick ain’t too shabby since we have a roughly 10% chance of a 1st overal pick right now.
good points
I agree with a lot of what you are saying.
It would be great to see aLawson or Munroe in net for 2-3 games and see if they can play behind Rollie.
I also agree Okposo could use to become a little meaner, maybe 5-8 lbs bigger for next year..maybe JT also. i think he needs a little more muscle to come in out of the corner more aggressively
and most of all agree with we need to replace at least 2 of the 4 Park/Weight/Sim/Jackman. I would like to see Martin in for either Sim/Jackman and then Smith/Joensuu/#1 pick in for Park/weight. I would say Park goes instead of Weight but he has been more reliable as far as dressing for games than Weight, but Weight seems like more of a leader.
by Rickfansince76 on Mar 9, 2010 9:19 AM EST up reply actions
Aw heck
formatting error – can’t figure out what I did wrong – short version, Trevor Gillies is getting called up again to play against Philly tomorrow – so we can have him come out on the ice for 5 minutes and hamstring the offense.
Wow.
That’s just surreal.
“I ask him, ‘Who own da Chiefs?’”
Lighthouse Hockey: Under contract through 2021, knees and hips be damned.
bring Martin instead
he seems to offer more hockey talent
by Rickfansince76 on Mar 9, 2010 9:20 AM EST up reply actions
Missed one...
17 straight wins wouldn’t be too shabby either. We can always hope!
Please NBC, Fire Milbury, Hire Roenick Full time!!!
just to show the impossibility of a playoff berth
that would give us 94 points which would probably be barely enough for an 8th seeded team. Even a .500 record for Boston, currently the 8th seed, gives them 87. So tying the NHL’s longest winning streak in history at 17 would still just barely get us in.
“So you’re saying there’s a chance!”
Lighthouse Hockey: Under contract through 2021, knees and hips be damned.
by Dominik on Mar 9, 2010 9:59 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
yeah
about the same chance as De Donald growing hair!!! Or getting a conscience and becoming a missionary!!!
he was messing BC, that’s a quote from the one of my fav’s Dumb and Dumber,
when lloyd is told by mary that the chances of them being together is about 1 in a million, he triumphantly screams out what Dom quoted
NY Islanders Hockey: Where MRI's are addictive
From the goodness of his heart, as long as they can make it a reality show.
Lighthouse Hockey: Under contract through 2021, knees and hips be damned.
probably have to put him in charge
of who got their development projects approved. Or keeping folks who are starving in suspense as to who will be denied food aid.
a couple of things crossd of for 1 game
well JT scored
Okposo got a point
Gervais was a +2 with 2 assists
Bergy was on the PK for goals 2 and got called for a high stick too, bench him already for Tamby or bring up someone
Good Points
You have some good points on the list but you missed one thing. That elephant in the room named DP. I would like to see the Isles front office make the move to buy out his contract and move on from this debacle. I was excited for him in the beginning but how long are we going to pin our hopes on his health? In order for the franchise to really move foward we need to cut that cord!
I would like to see the Isles front office make the move to buy out his contract and move on from this debacle
If the guy cant play he will retire, and its gonna take another year or two to find that out. Youd rather this team have him on the buyout payroll for the next TWENTY FRICKIN YEARS? Im not saying this to insult you, but that would be the most ridiculous, foolish thing for them to possibly do under these circumstances.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Mar 29, 2010 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Just re-read this post. JT and Moulson have given you what you asked for. (and still 11 games to go) Now I’m hoping that Okposo can reach 50! 6pts in 11 games is definitely realistic.
yeah I have to be happy with that
yeah I was away on vacation, but it was good to see the boxscores from the beginning of the western games. we put some goals in..and JT with a 5 pt game.
do you think it has to do with the better ice out west that everyone talks about.
by Rickfansince76 on Mar 29, 2010 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions
JT
I think its a lot of things with JT. When you think about it, here’s a 19 year old kid playing in a league full of men who are bigger and faster than him. As good as John is, he just has no wheels. And yet incredibly this kid find ways to score. When you look at someone like Bergenheim, here’s a guys with decent size/strength, speed, some fancy moves and yet he is probably at best a third line checking forward who may never crack the 20 goal mark. There are hundreds of guys like him between the NHL/AHL. But John has that thing you can’t quantify that really good scorers have that you just can’t teach. I’m not surprised that JT has had his struggles this year but I think there’s a whole lot of positive and he’s given us a lot to look forward to. If he came into the NHL 20 years ago I think we would have seen a pretty incredible rookie year but its a different game now but I am fully confident he will find what works and what doesn’t at this level and find ways to get the puck in the net. And one of the most encouraging things I’ve seen with him which isn’t talked about as much is his playmaking. I’ve seen a lot of nifty creative passes from him, especially when he is behind the opponents net. His numbers don’t reflect his playmaking skills yet because he is playing with other developing players still finding there game. I predict we see a pretty elevated game from John next year after a good summer of conditioning. Some guys (Ovechkin, Crosby) come into the league from juniors NHL ready physically. I think with JT his game will improve a whole lot as he gets bigger and stronger but we have already seen flashes of the kind of game he can bring.
This, this, all of this. Thank god he’s both a passer and a sniper. That’s going to make him more valuable than most sometime 35/40-goal scorers.
Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.
I agree
he has made a lot of passes from behind the net and no one has been there to put it home. Crosby is great, but he became greater when Malkin came. He had someone to put it in. I believe this guy is Moulson, but he keeps getting put on different lines, so we need someone else to step up comsisently.
I see Bailey and Schremp and better passer than scorers also, both very creative with occasional touch to put it in net, Nielsen the same.
Comeau needs to be a scorer
Kind of got off topic, JT. I was just wondering because of the bad ice ton Long Island if that is part of the problem, if it wears out our players.
by Rickfansince76 on Mar 30, 2010 9:00 AM EDT up reply actions
Great point about JT being constantly put on different lines. I’d really like to see more consistency with Gordon’s line combinations. Moulson has looked good with Tavares and seemed to be getting some good chemistry when Gordon started tinkering mid-season. Then I thought JT looked good with Kyle and Bailey but again right when they started to seem to find some chemistry Gordon started shaking things up. I really liked Nielsen flanked by Hunter and Bergenheim as our checking line. I understand with injuries you are forced to tweak your lines and with the young guys its smart to try them with different combos to get an idea of how they play together…but it will be smart for the long haul to keep the lines pretty consistent so the players can develop some long term chemistry with each other.
plus
Gervais is +5 since post, 1g 3a
Streit is 3 points from 45
Okposo 4 points from 50
by Rickfansince76 on Mar 29, 2010 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions
We'll have to keep an eye on this post till the end
If it gets bumped off the front page, you can still find it via the FanPosts tab. (And if it gets bumped, I’ll try to remember to bring it back to the front if possible.)
Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.
Yeah, I think what we can take from this season is improved play from key guys the organization is planning on building this team around and an overall (in my opinion) encouraging rookie year from Tavares. I know a lot of people were expecting a 40+ goal rooking year from John but with all due respect I think anyone who can’t be happy with 20+ goals from a rookie with no minor league experience had there expectations set to high (and to be fair we’ve been spoiled recently by guys like Crosby who come into league at that age already as dominating players) But for every Sidney there are the Turgeons, Nashs, Thorntons, Stamkos and E. Staals, guys who were drafted high but still took a few years to find there game. For the reasons stated in the post I wrote above he gave a lot of reasons to be excited this year. Add that to a vastly improved Bailey and improvements from Kyle and Comeau, as well as the pleasant suprises from Moulson and Schremp; and we have a whole lot of good hockey to look forward to on the Island in upcoming years
Exactly. I’m quite thrilled with his rookie year. I never would have expected his totals to be achieved in quite this way (so hot so early, so cold in the middle), but his end totals look like right on the mark. And he keeps learning, which is the most important thing at this point.
Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.
I’d almost rather see the streakiness in his rookie year. If he got a goal here and an assist there for forty some odd points, fine. But he has shown that he dominate games (Vancouver) and score at forty goal pace over extended periods of time (like through the first 35 games). He’s also been invisible in some games but I think his consistently will improve as he gets more conditioned.
overall happy
looks like we will be 15-20 points beter than last year, that is a good step. If we could match that next year we are easily in the playoffs.
like to see 2 pts against PHL, even 1 pt for a change
it will do wonders for the Islanders mental state in the off season
got some wishes...wish I would have asked for good health too
JT, Kyle and Streit get 50 points,
JT 20+ goals
Matt gets 30
Frans 11 points in 20 games
Sim surprised me with 5/6/11
Comeau was red hot 8/8/16 in 16 games
Park 3/9/12 and a +10…proved me wrong
Gervais almost got a +, -1 in 15 games
Meyer shot more in March, 15 times with 2 goals, but then stopped in April He stepped up after Sutton trade nicely
Hillen stayed healthy
Reese looked decent
MacDonald proved to be worth the contract by getting back and playing very well
PP played better 20.3% after break
Unfortunately Bailey and Schremp didn’t get to finish their season healthy, and bailey switch to C seemed to slow his scoring
Hunter only got 2/3/5 in 14 games
Kohn got hurt so we didn’t get to see him at the end, Flood took his spot and I need to see more of him still to decide who is better
Weight went down, playing days might be behind him, woul dlove him behind the bench next season as assistant
PK was horrible still
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