Final Islanders Report Cards: 2009-10 Edition
by Dominik on Sep 18, 2010 7:30 AM EDT
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To pass the long hockey-less months and stir reflection on the season that was, each year we sprinkle "report cards" throughout the summer for major Islanders players, soliciting the votes of readers and drifters here to compile the official grade. Now that training camp is kicking off a new season this weekend, we present the final class grades from 2009-10 and the grades they took home.
Before your jaw drops at the spectrum of scores (Meyer graded higher than Tavares?!), remember that voters are instructed to grade how a player did relative to your preseason expectations. So while everyone brings their own rubric to these grades, most are grading on a curve. So obviously no one expected 30 goals from Matt Moulson, and he tops the class based on this curve. (Also keep that in mind for next summer, by thinking this month about what expectations you have for players in 2010-11.)
What follows is the full and final tally. The numeric grade for each player links to that player's write-up and poll. These will be sent home to each player's parent and to Garth Snow, to sign and send back to me...er, us...er, you know, we several hundred graders at Lighthouse Hockey.
2009-10 New York Islanders Final Grades
While we had fun with the words behind each number, on every poll* 10 was the highest -- exceeded expectations as much as possible -- while 5 and 6 equaled the middle, essentially "met my expectations." Any 1 votes meant you thought a player was a Hall of Famer when in fact he was a 2009 Islanders (or, you just hated him so much you didn't care about the rules).
| Pupil |
# of Votes |
Ave. Grade |
| Matt Moulson | 403 |
9.23 |
| Frans Nielsen |
478 |
8.19* |
| Andrew MacDonald |
293 |
7.85 |
| Dwayne Roloson |
473 |
7.64 |
| Mark Streit |
436 |
7.59 |
| Jack Hillen |
283 |
7.58 |
| Freddy Meyer |
330 |
7.18 |
| John Tavares | 634 | 7.09 |
| Blake Comeau | 332 | 6.98 |
| Rob Schremp Hockey | 517 | 6.78 |
| Trevor Gillies | 205 | 6.73 |
| Kyle Okposo |
427 | 6.46 |
| Josh Bailey | 428 | 6.33 |
| Richard Park | 597 | 5.85 |
| Dustin Kohn | 277 | 5.68 |
| Jon Sim | 331 | 5.47 |
| Tim Jackman | 231 | 5.23 |
| Martin Biron | 263 | 5.07 |
| Sean Bergenheim | 338 | 4.55 |
| Trent Hunter | 260 | 4.40 |
| Bruno Gervais | 232 | 3.27 |
*Due to popular demand and subliminal incantation, Frans Nielsen's scale actually "went up to 11." To adjust for that, I just assumed everyone who gave him an 11 would have given him a 10 on a scale that hadn't been adjusted for Frans' sheer Danish awesomeness.
**Andy Sutton, Rick DiPietro, Joel Rechlicz and...anyone I forgot were given Incompletes.
Any big surprises? Reading by the book, you sure expected more of Isles vets Bergenheim, Hunter and Gervais, while Freddy Meyer and Trevor Gillies played out above their paygrade and Matt Moulson, of course, took you all by surprise.
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Ahaah!!!!
These will be sent home to each player’s parent and to Garth Snow, to sign and send back
I knew it. This was just a plot to get everybody’s parents’ autographs.
There seems, however, to be a disconnect between the grades given to individual players and the grade to be given to the entire team. Even if we ignore the effects that Frans-man-love and Bruno-hate (seems pretty apparent we ignored the rules there), the averae grade is somewhere between 6.25 and 6.5, which would suggest that the team slightly outperformed expectations, according to the scale.
Seems like the whole is not equal to the sum of the parts.
I think it is important for next year’s exercise that we all think carefully about what we EXPECT from this year’s team.
by Nova Scotia Isles Fan on Sep 18, 2010 8:59 AM EDT reply actions
That or…everyone expected even worse?
Maybe we need some “home team love” coefficient. Take everyone down a full 1.0, like a 24% salary rollback? Seems inevitable for everyone to boost their faves a little bit.
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Hunter
Is one of those guys that no one is going to appreciate until he’s gone.
Also, what the hell happened that Richard Park managed to attract almost 600 Votes? JT and Rob Schremp being close to that makes sense, but Park?
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Might have been the case up till last year
but I think he had a pretty big drop off in 09-10. Maybe it was just an off year, but it was also a final realization that he is never going to step up and become what we hoped.
He had 3 less points then last season while only playing 6 more games. But really, I meant his defensive game is under appreciated. Everyone wants him to get 50 points, and it would be nice, but he’s a 3rd liner playing tough minutes. We all know Neilsen can score if he can get breakaways or in alone with the Goalie, but given what we expect and want him to do we know the reality is he won’t get many chances like that.
Trevor Gillies: Giving an all new meaning to "Mustache Ride"
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by Mark D on Sep 18, 2010 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Agreed on his defensive side. His contract and 25-goal rookie year seem to forever haunt him.
The Park thing, I wondered that too but didn’t check — some of them must’ve gotten a boost from a particularly big traffic day or a day where Puck Daddy linked to us. (Which of course begs whether different polls were influenced by an influx of non-Isles watchers.
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I just want to see
Hunter throw his body around a little more this season. He’s a good hitter, when he does it.
Just saw it
Did anyone get the new sporting news hockey yearbook? The tri state area one had NO islanders on the cover. They had a Stranger a devil and even a sabre but no isles. What’s with this. ?
by Torch7 on Sep 18, 2010 11:21 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Memory is Hazy
But didn’t that happen last year too?
Trevor Gillies: Giving an all new meaning to "Mustache Ride"
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Guess people didnt complain so they are doing it again.
The way I see it, the only way it wont happen again is if you give them a piece of your mind.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Sep 18, 2010 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I confess I didn’t know The Sporting News even had a hockey yearbook. :D
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Yeah- me either, actually!
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Sep 20, 2010 12:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Polls Polls and more Polls
We expected a lot from Hunter and Bergenheim it seems, but I wonder how realistic those expectations were. This was supposed to be a poll how they met expectations not how well they actually played. I’m surprised so many expected anything out of Poor old Bruno. However, recalling comments about Moulson and Roloson before last season I think it shows they realy did surprise a lot of people. Moulson certainly was a non-factor to me prior to camp and Roloson I felt was being way under estimated.
Now we need a poll on what we expect out of each Islander before the season starts so that we can accurately gauge what we really expect for the end of season poll. Hold us as a fanbase accountable for what we expect out of these guys. I personally think Okposo should hit upwards of 23 goals, Tavares closer to 33, Matt Moulson down to 24 (which is not a knock) , Nielsen 16 to 18 (not including Shoot outs), Hunter to hit 13 to 15 and Weight to at least double his goal out put this season. At least those are my expectations as ill founded as they may be. What will it take to lead the Islanders in goals, assists, PIMS?
PS
How will shoot-out wins not being include in win totals as a tie breaker affect the Islander playoff chances?
by Hockey1919 on Sep 20, 2010 11:41 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Preseason projections
They’re coming…soon.
I think the shootout win thing may very well be a dealbreaker for mediocre teams that fall into some luck (see Phoenix, last year). Might hurt the Islanders this season, but in the end I love it. Like the breakaway drill or not, I simply can’t get past that winning that contest amounts to the same value as actually winning a game in open play.
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