There are two New York Islanders players who are in danger of fatigue from overuse and the Isles will need both of them down the stretch if they hope to make a playoff run. The first is Noah Dobson, who has played a lot of minutes with all of the injuries on the blue line. The other is Ilya Sorokin who has played the last eight games and will almost certainly play more with Semyon Varlamov on IR.
We also discuss what the Isles options are if they have to play without Casey Cizikas for any length of time after Zeke was injured against Vancouver.
And we have a full preview of tonight’s home game against John Tavares and the Toronto Maple Leafs.
All this and more on today’s Locked On Islanders Podcast with Gil Martin.
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This is all on louzer. He has capped the isles thin, has no good system depth, or call-ups worth a damn isles can plug in. 8 will get relief with 3 back and 6 probably soon. Isles are fkd if 30 goes down before 40 returns. He has to take the full load of minutes until 40 returns. Appleby sucks and should be nowhere near an nhl crease. Lame-0 coach at least has sense to keep him out of isle net. Once again capped out louzer has no nhl reliable goalie on roster/in system once you get past 30 and 40. Too bad lennox isn't getting ahl experience. Sacrificed to echl so bums appleby and skarek take the crease in ahl. Another louzer failure-mishandling his prospects. Louzer can't even pluck a goalie off of waivers like he did two d men. I guess $134,784 in cap space can't buy isles a goalie off of waivers. Thanks louzer. Isles, with det., pens, caps, nj, and tb two pts. behind, have no margin for error or lackadasical lame-0 efforts the rest of the way. Next up-pj judas and laffs fresh off of 7-1 blasting of sj.
Gil….like..when you said…..some guy named Tavares…..ooooo
I hear ya about Dobson, but I disagree. He still needs to learn a lot in his D-zone and everyone is going to have minus ➖ games regardless of how good they are and at 24 yrs old he needs to play as much as possible. Dobson and Romanov who’s 23 yrs old just need to left alone and just play a lot of hockey together and learn how to play with off of each other better. So the more minutes, the better in my opinion. However, I totally agree Ilya Sorokin breaking down physically, but more importantly I really worry about him breaking down mentally because he’s such an emotional player; that is concerning.
I agree, Iskhakov can’t play on the 4th line! He does deserve a look for sure 👍 However, Bedard broke his jaw by that little love tap. The NHL can change all the rules they want so smaller guys can play but unless they make it into a non-contact sport (which I’m not totally against) it will be hard for guys that small stature like a Bedard (who’s supposed to be a generational talent) to not get hurt so easily. Put him on the 2nd line and see how he goes? Again, there’s not much more the NHL can legislate out of the game for these speed and undersized guys etc.
Lous system….the end…
Gm Gil. Sorokin doesn't look particularly sharp this year. Maybe he dis demoralized by how poor the team is in front of him. I would not be surprised if he asked to be traded as he will likely never win a title on the Isles. I think there are 3 player on this team that a top team would want on their roster. I could see another bunch being league journeyman. The rest are likely on their stop in the NHL. The Isles have played, so far, most of their games at home so they should be in better shape, rest wise, than many other clubs. I will reiterate that I think that its time to look to the future and start evaluating the minor league talent, draft picks, and be a major seller at the trade deadline.
sorokin and dobson…read title ad didn't even have to watch! But i did anyway!!! agree as always gil
The Isles cannot afford another January swoon and yet the schedule is at it's. hardest as we enter mid-January. Will Lambert revert to a defensive system again if they fall out of playoff position? I can't take any of this seriously until Lou awakens from his slumber and I don't mean trading next year's No 1 to double down on a talented team with a terrible coach.
Good morning team. Ya know, looking for brighter days to come very soon, this mini trip we were on, I would have liked to get some loser points for those losses we had. We definitely need to find a way to play consistent good hockey. I certainly don't want to bash the team when they're down. Would much rather think things will turn for the better soon. Reality being what it is, I'm not happy with their play right now. It seems nobody has chemistry with anyone. Team chemistry is what's needed above all else. Time to shuffle the lines around. Just for an example, who cares if Barzy is on the 3rd line, just as long as we start scoring again. That's all I have to say. Bring on the Toronto so I can booo each time Tavares plays the puck. Have a great day all. Gil, thanks again for what you do. We'll talk again tomorrow. Until then.. Let's Go Islanders!!
He can play many games ,but with Swiss cheese deafence in front of him facing high numbers of shots every game ….sometimes he look bad and he is not….
Hi Gil! To me, this is a must “Win emotionally”! We know they are resilient but losing to this team tonight—and again at home could send them spiraling. Guys are coming back and we’re losing again. Lose tonight should spell the end of the Count on paper once and for all —but Louless is hard headed and won’t admit the wrong fit. Sorro? Only so much any excellent netminder could do. Put Rags star in our net—-let me know how things will go. Simply too many games, too many high danger chances and too many pressure games!! If Apples is the best we can do down there—mamma Mia, are we in trouble!! Gil, we can beat anyone on a given night but can lose to anyone on a given night. This has been simply real bad coaching. Still in a race—not worth trading a #1 pick for, unless they do what Florida is doing. Lastly, what gets my goat is that this guy did the same thing last year. Traded defense for offense and when Barzie got hurt—-back to defense. He’s no different than Louless—-hard headed to a fault. Take care Gil!!
Ha ha this Guy Lambert he’s a real piece of work, I guess at this point he’s showing desperation, Wow he shuffled up the lines, looks like he put everybody’s name in a hat and just started to pick lines, the answer isn’t the players it’s a huge coaching issue, Let’s go Islanders we don’t want John Tavares leaving with a Win, thank you Gil great show 💪🏼
Big game tonight I hope they can get two points before they go on this 4 Game Rd. trip they’re gonna need it. Thanks Gil.
I'm not worried about Sorokin. He played even more in the final stretch last year. I hope Appleby is ready. It's a tough assignment tonight.
Sorokin has clearly NOT been anywhere near his level of last year. I dont think they are overplaying him because they played him just as much the second half of last soon. I DO STRONGLY disagree with not putting in gauthier every game.The element of his incredible speed gives us far more offensive chances and also shores up our defense whenever he is on the ice because he can aso get back fast if need be and back check. Gauthier also CLEARLY has a lot skill he can put the puck in the net. GIVE the kind a chance he will shine.