Something I wrote last year as soon as Roy stopped yelling, and joined the country club, knowing this is his last call as a coach, and better go along if he ever wants a phone to ring again in a league where Rick Bowness is a winning head coach.
Lambert had his team eight over before he was fired at four over, sure shots against are down dramatically even if Pens loss was a very rare forty shot against effort.
I completely get those who write they don't have the talent as I write about the same eight players who should not be here at all. But that does not excuse using Pageau on any penalty kill or Palmieri who set records for allowing goals short-handed off their mistakes like Bossy/Trottier. Go look at the Pens goal on the powerplay, first Pageau turned over the puck, then fell asleep as his man got behind him who finished off the goal as he was drifting behind him. Go all in with Holmstrom, get some speed on the PK, Horvat also struggles. Cizikas is usually beaten or their system is just that horrendous. I like this teams six man unit, and Hogberg was great in goal, the forwards are not NHL-level.
Frankly I'm annoyed because a sub par Pens team raised their game, while New York barely showed up and it took 53 minutes to score against the Pens after pulling the goalie with seven miunutes left against awful goaltending after both teams had six shots in the first. That was a points on the table game, not a no show win or loss by the other team. Where was Roy kicking them in the pants do more, and I know they had 15 shots in the second, he was the one who played the belief card, and both teams had equal rest.
It was nice to see Roy apologize to the smattering of fans at the season ticket holder practice about the teams play, but this is a country club filled with players who don't belong here (or in the NHL) giving them nothing, while Lee is healthy, and having his best season in years.
They should have been better against Pens, go make their goalie be first star. If they are going to lose give Barzal, Horvat, Nelson, Lee every big moment with Duclair. Never Pageau, never Palmieri. How fast did Tsyplakov find himself on the 4th line? How come Pageau was not benched for that effort on Pens powerplay goal, how many more times do we have to watch Palmieri not back-check, he seems to be back in his slump with no open-net scrambles to tap in others hard work.
Yes, Patrick Roy should be better, he's on the hook, even with the shots against down.
#NYC #NYI #isles Pathetic Palmieri and Pageau can't kill a penalty or score a big goal to save their lives with the other dead weight like Cizikas. 20 shots against in second and even Beauvillier scored. As usual lots of talk no wins.
— New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) December 30, 2024
#NYC #NYI #isles Last night goes on bad coaching. Roy had no intensity, expected to lose, where was the guy yelling from that first practice? Instead Pageau, Palmieri are used like Bossy/Trottier with a 60 percent pk. Tsyplakov is demoted but not Pageau for his awful pk?
— New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) December 30, 2024