yave1964 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 (edited) LAST SEASON 42-31-9 93 points, made playoffs. Lost in first round to Hurricanes in six games. plus 21 goal differential ADDITIONS None. Absolutely none to speak of SUBTRACTIONS Long time Islander Josh Bailey was let go. Zach Parise is likely to retire. Thats it. Other than that, the entire team returns TOP PROSPECTS No GM in the NHL in the past twenty plus years has drafted anywhere near as poorly as Lou consistently. None. He took over the team in 2018, five years ago, he drafted Noah dobson when he slipped to him in 2018, other than that not a single Lou player has played significant minutes since he took over the club. The cupboards in the minors are near empty. According to Insidetherink who do a fantastic job of ranking prospects, the Isles top prospects are Matt Maggio and William Dufour who are a couple of former fifth round picks who are considered 'late bloomers' who 'might help in a small role. No GM in history is as overrated as Lou Lamoriello. He won a few cups in Jersey because of two words- Martin Brodeur. He has gotten by on reputation for literally decades. OFFSEASON HEADSHAKERS They signed the entire team to long term contracts essentially crippling any chance of ever getting better or worse. They are a 90ish point team for the forceable future. A good year is nipping someone out for the last playoff spot and losing in the first round. A bad year is missing a playoff spot by a year or two. This offseason signings Horvat signed 8x8.5 million Pullock 8x6.125 million Pelech 8x5.75 million Mayfield 8x3.5 million Varlamov 4x2.75 million Sorokin 8x 8.25 million Engvall 6x3 million Seriously, those were the Islanders moves. a team in desperate need of offense signed a bunch of veterans who are all fine players but other than Sorokin none are what I would call needle movers (maaaaybe Horvat) to long term contracts, half of which will age badly. Meanwhile, they have exactly zero cap space left, ZERO. And looming on the horizon, arguably the teams two top players along with Barzal (who is also signed to an eight year deal) Brock Nelson, the teams only goal scorer and Noah dobson have their own contracts looming over the team in the next year and with these deals at least one will almost certainly have to be traded. This team disgusts me. They are happy being in the middle, nothing will change. They hope that a full season of Horvat will help the offense and it might, a bit, but the cost was a decent winger in Beauvillier, a decent prospect in Raty and a first round pick. I say 90 points, 6th place in the division. If things break right they lose to Jersey in six in the first round and Lou calls it a good season and goes back to sleep. Move along. Nothing to see here. Edited August 7, 2023 by yave1964 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxpin Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 49 minutes ago, yave1964 said: Horvat signed 8x8.5 million This has buyout before it's over written all over it. And that's a lot to write on it. Great write up, yave. Can't disagree with any of it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yave1964 Posted August 7, 2023 Author Share Posted August 7, 2023 11 minutes ago, ruxpin said: This has buyout before it's over written all over it. And that's a lot to write on it. Great write up, yave. Can't disagree with any of it. Well you know what they say about great minds lol.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilldoc Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Talk about wasting the talents of a goaltender. If I was Sorokin I would want out .... Funny ... Oilers have a team and no goaltender. The Isles have the goaltender and no team ....... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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