Milestones/Showcases/.500 Team Going Nowhere

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Not a lot to write, they are what the record is, and what the standings say the 2021-22 New York Islanders are. Not a playoff team or close.

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Chara came here at a bad time, was a nice prospect but hardly a standout at the time of his trade, and returns old/slow, and easily beatable, nice milestone, not the answer. The team at this time is giving Greene a well-needed benching to play Aho, when Salo should be here in Chara's spot.

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Don't care Parise had a moderate uptick in his numbers, his age, struggles, and his stats say it all, same as Palmieri. Lamoriello should be moving almost everyone he can off this roster now short of Sorokin, Barzal, Pelech, Dobson. I'm even taking calls on Nelson, Lee, and Pullock if they brings speed/skill needed. If they go with the same aging core this franchise could be bad for a long, long time. Can they salvage something in moving Pageau, Cizikas, Bailey, Martin, Varlamov, Palmieri as fast as possible with all the pending UFA? The answers are not in Bridgeport, and Walhstrom/Bellows do not see enough ice despite having skills needed. Beauviller's scoring has always been the difference between wins/losses, he's not scoring, and somehow this team became the Devils in shootouts/overtime which they used to dominate in.

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The lack of practices/days off (nothing new for this franchise at the end of seasons), will likely lead to more losing/free fall in standings, they don't seem to have any options beyond Salo to call up, and don't seem interested in Dal Colle playing here anymore. Skarek had a good month, then disappeared & Schneider got the call to sit on the bench. Does Lamoriello & Trotz want to stay for a rebuilt, no one's signing up for Belmont at that isolated location, the money is not there to sustain this payroll & years of living miles above their revenue since Barclay's

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New York On A 41 Game Road To Nowhere

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It is what it is, a team just not close to being good enough.

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And of course Belmont has been a miserable failure.

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Czarnik claimed off waivers

#NYI #isles Surprised a journeyman like Czarnik was claimed, money saved, another spot. I wonder if the last time this happened goes all the way back to Kevin Poulin which became a problem for the team.

— #9 New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) February 8, 2022

Pulock returns/Salo demoted/Chara plays

#Isles Transaction: Robin Salo has been loaned to the taxi squad. Ryan Pulock has been activated off the team’s IR list.

— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) February 1, 2022

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It is what it is at this point, this team is going down playing the vets that put them where they are in the standings to begin with. Standings don't lie, nor did the 13 games before Covid struck. The team was too old, slow, not scoring with declining vets, and it was obvious long before the opener.

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