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Great show as usual Gil. See ya tomorrow and as always. Let’s Go Islanders!
Just blow it up. This team isn't strong enough to overcome injuries as they pile up mid season. Getting two key d men back only made isles more of a plodding slow team. Lousy depth. Prospect rankings-zilch. Just blow it the fk up. The chase for eighth will fail this season. No pen type choke job for isles to save them.
Trade jpg to b's who need another center. Trade lee to hawks with all that cap room on ltir. They will need some cap $$$'s down the line. Trade martin back to laffs for playoff grit/experience. Should throw 40 in deal.
And once again isles can move the deck chairs around all they want. Not gonna do much to fix this mess. Only move to save season is to get a scorer to go with 13/14. 27 aint the answer. 10 has cooled. 26, just move on from mr. healthy scratch. He aint the answer either.
JUST BLOW iT THE FK UP. Can lame-0 coach after the season and hope louzer walks out knowing this roster as constructed is finished and there is no hope for immediate future. Isles need a new modern gm running things by the june draft, a very important draft. And scouts love the mem. cup where isle 5th round pick j. gill may be there. They can also get a good look at pareyk and misa and dream about how good they would look on isle or their team's roster. Louzer with isles probably out of playoffs by tdl will probably choose not to do anything just like at '22 tdl. Will just re-sign 15/17, maybe sign c.perry to add more age, and call it a day.
Great Show Spot on Gil thank you, I really don’t have much to say, just repeating my self, always and forever an islanders fan, it’s not fun watching the games, I watch other teams, New Arena, Lou As a New GM, Lambert is beyond Sickening and us fans with our hands in our pockets………..
Good morning team. Gil, I'm in agreement with the other fans, excellent episode today! Everyone, please understand I do hate to say this but, I think we were playing better as a unit when Pulock and Pelech were out of the line up. On the bright side, we didn't lose a game last night. Not much more to say. Everyone have a great day. Talk to everyone again tomorrow. Until then.. Let's Go Islanders!!
"Lou Lamorillo has traded four consecutive 1st round picks, in the attempt to chase 7th or 8th place in eastern conference." Hands down the greatest summation of what Lou has done as our GM. We have no prospects and an aging roster. I'm genuinely concerned for the next few years of this team. He did the same thing to Devils before he left them in turmoil.
Gm Gil … The Isles need to look after the few valuable assets they have and their goaltenders are two of them. Sorokin looks worn down. Its clear that the Isles have reverted and they could very well end up at the bottom of the division by the end of Feb. As its clear what happens on ice is not really a function of coaching, will be interesting to see what happens in the coming months. As always, thanks for all your hard work Gil.
Hi Gil—excellent insightful show! To me, this is the bottom line—-Need a new Gm-coach and a fresh start next year. Bo n Barzie is a given—fact. Lose to Hawks and we all know coach should be gone but Louless likes to stick it to us fans, he just does!! Gee—old slow guys return and we’re slow and losing. It’s not hard to figure out Gil!! Lee, Palmeri and others keep taking awful penalties and keep playing. Gil—-last year we made it after Barzie got hurt because we played defensive Trotz hockey. This jackass did it again. Racing ponies against thoroughbreds!! Will he revert back to D? Maybe but I know he should be gone the day after we don’t make it. We know Lou is finished. He is the old “Kind” Lou. He’s not the Lou that would fire a coach on a whim. Owners? What the hell are you guys thinking allowing an 81 yr old has been Gm to run our team to the ground? You did everything right but get a “State of the Art GM”!!! Can’t beat Hawks—-then throw in the towel—and back to back for Hawks. Lose that one and Lee should give up his captaincy. Penalties? Step behind—-not hard to figure out. So many crap contracts. Varly—-35 and missing major time. Shocker—-take care Gil. It’s burnt out your excellent netminder!!
Kyle McLean any good? They need any spark they can get. He’s 24 …