In a major case of deja vu, the New York Islanders allowed five goals in the final six minutes of the game, blew a 4-1 third period lead and lost 6-4 to the New York Rangers in their second preseason game. We’ll discuss why it matters and in what ways it doesn’t. The important thing is how do Patrick Roy and the players respond to this?
We’ll also discuss Anthony Duclair’s preseason debut with the Isles and how he looked out there with Bo Horvat and Mathew Barzal for the first time. We’ll also discuss our highlights and lowlights of the game.
And Thomas Hickey gets a new broadcast job that won’t take him away from Isles broadcasts full time.
All this and more on today’s Locked On Islanders Podcast with Gil Martin.
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23 Comments
You never want to get in the habit of losing but the lost doesn’t bother me considering the fact you had a Ahl goaltender who looked shaky from the start, but on a positive note ours first line completely dominated the game
Relax it's preseason.
mayfields gotta hit the hay
Holy fk i know its only pre-season but that looked like a lame-0 type of collapse. The back-up goalie brought in after 40 left tikkanan-5 g on 13 shots. .615 sv. %. brutal. You think louzer is getting a little nervous about back-up goaltending if 30 is out for a long stretch? Foudy another no hands guy-5 sog, 0 g. Useless 18 skated around to a -3. On a bright note 11 duclair 2 assts. playing with 13, 14. The early favourite for winger on that line. 24 continues to regress. ahl players or not this was a common theme last season-too many blow leads, many of the 3-4 goal variety including blown 3-1 gm. 5 lead vs. canes.
That was terrible! Tikkanen shouldn’t see the ice unless it’s the minors. The guys is 6’8” and he played like he was 3’8”. Horrible. PP looked like Lamberts ghosts was in there. I’m just glad it was preseason but that still is very very concerning.
the biggest psychological hit is how long is Sorokin out and are we going to be on pins on needles all season because varly is not gonna handle full time goaltending at his age ….needs a backup and at most start 70% of games
Irony, the isles up by 5 goals in a preseason game with a top nhl goalie in net, fans jumping for joy, isles blow the lead and the fans cry when an ahl goalie is swiss cheese !
Memories of the stadium game lol it’s preseason so it’s great and Roy will address the situation, thank you Gil, LGI !!!
Wait so all these games were road games? no home preseason games this year?
After cooling off and watching you Gil I agree that if they learn and take positives away from this loss and if it finally clicks, because it left a bad taste reminding me of last year, then this game was worth it!
I'm not worried. We had 9 subs on the roster, and the goalie clearly isn't ready for prime time. I saw enough good to be upbeat about the coming season.
1) The top line showed some juice.
2) The PP was moving the puck and creating chances.
3) We showed depth with 3 or4 prospects and signings playing very well.
Nobody noticed Lindgren leaking on to the ice after his fight with Mayfield. He had no facial cuts or nosebleed, and that usually means a broken jaw.
Engvall was his usual Mr. Softie, refusing to use his big body to win puck battles or disrupt the puck carrier.
these late collapses is because this team is too soft, they lack toughness.
Good 🌄, Gil, how are you? Good thing this Garden Party doesn't count cause they just proved that they've got to work on holding on to a lead, especially when it counts. Patrick Roy needs to give them a good long talking to, or when Al Arbour taught Denis Potvin a lesson when it was just Al, Denny, and the whistle for an hour. Even though it's a preseason game, WELCOME TO THE ISLANDERS, ANTHONY DUCLAIR. The Duke, Barzy, and Bo looked good for the first time together. Even thou it's preseason, THIS IS ONE SYING THEY HOPE NEVER FADES. Now they've got to get ready for Philly tomorrow, and as a certain Islander was told by his late father, don't do a job to get it done, do a job to get it right. Thomas Hickey will be broadcasting for Amazon Prime Video. HAPPY 🎂, DALE HENRY. Hear from you later, Gil, and LET'S GO ISLANDERS .
Any word on Sorokin I mean was suppose to miss couple days and now it’s a week and how does nobody on beat ask has Lou told them they aren’t allowed lol
While it does feel like de ja vu all over again because of last year, im not gonna get to down on them. And im not gonna get down on the keeper either. All the goals he let in woulda been tough for any goalie. An unfortunate deflection, a one on one break away thats always 50-50, a puck that landed right in front of net for a easy tap in. A perfect placement top corner rope that you just gotta tip ur hat to. And maybe he coulda taken a better angle on that last goal? But still that was a 6 on 5 executed by beautiful puck control and passing. I hope he keeps his head up and is told as much by the coaching staff!
Sorry that was embarrassing preseason or not it literally felt like the Rangers could have pulled the goalie with 10 min left and still Islanders wouldn't have scored an empty net goal.. It was not being able to gain possession of the puck for even a clear that was unacceptable even for preseason..
Mayfield is problematic he continues to have the most penalties every game! Just like last year! Ridiculous in my opinion
This is what happens when you pick a goalie just because he’s huge.
It makes sense if your blind and you can't see who's in net our main did really really well and seeing duclair link up with barzy it's gonna awesome what they can do during the year
Gil I really don't think that this will be an ongoing issue but I will say this they controlled that puck really well when our top guys were out there I was very happy with thier performance
Seems to me: Cholowski was facing the wrong way on goal # 3 though Tikkanen should have stopped it. Goal #4 there’s no excuse for that one getting past Tikkanen, goal # 5 Tikkanen probably should’ve stopped, there were a lot players in front of him, but he definitely slowed it down so he should have stopped it. He probably doesn’t need to be Varly’s backup but I haven’t seen Kincaid at all & only a little bit of Hogeberg
Always on point Gil. LETS GO ISLANDERS!!!
New year. Same issues. Very upsetting. Disappointing. Who is to blame? Thankfully it’s just pre season, but still concerning.