This season was Doug Weight’s first as head coach where he was able to install his own system. This singular sentence really answers how the 2017-18 season blew-out. Yes, there are other factors, but in the end, the one constant above all others is that this system failed. Furthermore, Doug Weight’s first year as coach was a succession ... Read More »
I see some myopic views floating around on NY Islanders issues. Which is kind of weird when the team is 3-3-1, and looking like a team that is rising. So let us apply some reality to some melodrama that is being lobbed… As I have been citing on Twitter, the team has actually played analytically better than most ... Read More »
Let’s first talk about the OTHER NY Islanders need. It is a need I have been writing about for TWO seasons. Isles still need a top pairing defenseman who is an elite-level puck mover and power play threat. Of course, we hope that Ryan Pulock fulfills that role. Problem is… it takes years to develop to the level the Isles ... Read More »
Dismiss any name you have heard rumored to the NY Islanders. Every time a player “appears” available, invariably, they are somehow connected to the Isles. This is just pure fan or writer fiction. Fans have a tendency to create their own scenarios… sadly, some actually blog about them… and then they become somehow then the expectation. Purely hypothetical fan-created ... Read More »
The good and bad in the Isles coach hires New NHL vs old NHL is very clear on the Isles handing the yoke to Doug Weight and the subsequent assistant coaching hires of Luke Richardson and Scott Gomez. Richardson has upside. Richardson is someone with a long relationship with Doug Weight as a player and has been in the ... Read More »
How did we get here? Did we take a wrong left turn at Albuquerque? The Isles season with Jack Capuano at the tiller should have been finished shortly after late October. The Isles had just blown another 3rd period, allowing the Penguins 3 goals and take the game. It was a text book Capuano fixture to his tenure, where a lack of ... Read More »
A GM who builds his team based on analytics best practices and drafts conducted by their Director of Analytics since 2006 is bound to piss off an old-time coach eventually. When the pressure built last season there were rumblings of a discord between Capuano and internal staff. There was also blowback from players on Capuano’s methods. Overall, most veteran ... Read More »
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