New York Assistant Coaches

#Isles News: The New York Islanders announced today the hiring of Ray Bennett and Bob Boughner as Assistant Coaches. They will join Head Coach Patrick Roy’s staff, including returning Assistant Coach Benoit Desrosiers and Goaltending Coach Piero Greco.https://t.co/7ly2leNzYs

— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) June 9, 2025

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No real comment here, they have NHL experience which is what Doug Weight's staff did not have that he picked himself entering 2017-18, which had major defensive issues, so what the hockey scoring streak ended, the team dropped like a stone.

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New York Notables: Scouting Staff/Draft

#NYC #NYI #isles I have no problem with New York's amateur scouting staff. Trent Klatt, Vellu Kautonen have been handling draft table for years, with scouts, and have never gone off the boards in the first round, and had a lot of good drafts with Snow/Lou/Milbury.

— New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) June 7, 2025

#NYC #NYI #isles No one cares what Long Island loser people think who won't support this team. Schaefer is by far the best prospect with the highest upside so that's who you take with #1. Anyone else and Darche was the wrong man for this job.

— New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) June 7, 2025

#NYC #NYI #Isles After doing a forensic of Lou's staff now vs the one he inherited in 2018-19 at Barclay's (not counting head coaches/staffs) there have been 3-4 scouting changes max.

— New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) June 7, 2025

#NYC #NYI #isles No, I don't blame staff for Dal Colle, Reinhart, Bellows, or Czerkawski, Sissons. This is where many professional scouting services had them ranked. DiPietro was ranked first by some in a weak draft. No one wanted to wait for Heatley to finish school.

— New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) June 7, 2025

New York Notables: Darche Local Media vs Canadian Media Interviews

#NYC #NYI #isles Folks are not getting like Roy, Darche's comments are what he tells the Canadian media, not the bloggers, and the two beatwriters, who got bare bones compared to his interviews with French Canadian writers: Core, discussions with Lamoriello, that's where value is

— New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) June 3, 2025

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This is what we saw when Roy arrived when his interviews were dominated by Canadian media, who provided the bulk of the questions. And not to pump my own tires but a Canadian writer posted the date of his press conference on 5/25, while the local media were clueless until the morning they were informed it would be at 11am. I just happened to read it on the NHL site before the paid beatwtiters and local bloggers.

Lamoriello/Darche Re-Signs Palmieri/Boqvist

#NYC #NYI #isles Lamoriello signs Pitch and Putt Palmieri in an awful decision and Boqvist who barely played on defense.

— New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) May 30, 2025

#NYC #NYI #isles Pitch and putt Palmieri needs a cab to backcheck is horrible on the walls, bad in the passing lanes, and will go 20-30-50 games without a goal like he did in his first year. Everything this team does not need with coach who played him like Bossy.

— New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) May 30, 2025

#NYC #NYI #isles So the coach who did not play Boqvist in all those big games down the stretch, now has to play him so George, De'Angelo/Riley, others can't play?
If he was the answer he would have played every big game. Roy did not trust him.

— New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) May 30, 2025

Darche Media Conference/Roy Returns As Coach/Staff Changes

Mathieu Darche Press Conference https://t.co/u6OmWqwLgu

— New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) May 29, 2025