Unreal...the man refuses to name names on his "passengers" quote for how long...and the first player he throws under the bus is Grabner??? Please get rid of this coach. If you do nothing else this season, Garth, get this guy out from behind the bench.
- UIF

If you want a real nightmare scenario, chew on this....
Snow remains committed to Cappy for one more season, since stability seems to be so popular here these days. Therefore, Cappy manages to get a very affordable and hot commodity like Grabner booted off the Island naming him as a guy who didn't give consistent efforts. Then we lose a top 6 forward who plays substantial pk time to galvanize the power of our embattled coach who will be gone soon anyway.
I don't think it will happen, but if the Isles don't plan to get rid of Cappy soon, I wouldn't rule it out either.

Arthur Staple ‏@StapeNewsday
#Isles sending F David Ullstrom to Bridgeport.
- jimbro83

wtf?!

I think it was Staple who said the Isles will not make another PA type error at this trade deadline. If Streit truly wants $5 million he should be sent off with laughter echoing in his ears. If Vis truly has interest in hanging around for a year, I'd see just how cheap he could come, but I'm betting he either goes KHL or to a contender. (I'm sure Capt will love that one )
I'd much rather see the Isles find a way to package one of the two with KO or Bailey and bring back an impact prospect but teams searching for players at the deadline are rarely looking to return players in the deal.
- keaner17

Hopefully they learned from that mistake. 5 million is I would think Vish or Streit would have decent value. I would hope in a package they could get a nice prospect.

If you want a real nightmare scenario, chew on this....
Snow remains committed to Cappy for one more season, since stability seems to be so popular here these days. Therefore, Cappy manages to get a very affordable and hot commodity like Grabner booted off the Island naming him as a guy who didn't give consisten efforts. Then we lose a top 6 forward who plays substantial pk time to galvanize the power of our embattled coach who will be gone soon anyway.
I don't think it will happen, but if the Isles don't plan to get rid of Cappy soon, I wouldn't rule it out either.
- keaner17

God no wonder no one wants to sign here forget teh arena look at the clowns they have runnign the asylum. I mean you play well you get called out you play like crap you get promoted. Who wants to work under those circumstances??

Per Staple:
"Capuano singled out Grabner for a soft playe before the Pens 1st goal because he failed to clear the puck and then watched Kunitz fly past him to start the play"


Gee, I've seen Streit do that multiple times this year. Okposo watched Phaneuf skate right around him and score a game winner yet Cappy has never singled those guys out. In those cases we get the generic "Guys battle level isn't good enough, they've got to pick it up".

Despite Grabner's excellent play over the last couple of weeks, we've seen his playing time decrease to under 10 minutes per game and then Cappy singles him out to the media? I'm starting to wonder if we have a personal conflict between player and coach?
- keaner17

I only watched brief parts of the game last night. Decided to watch "Walking Dead" instead. I had this one pegged for the lose column anyway.

I did get to catch the highlights of the game on the NHLNetwork. Twice infact.

To single out one player is just insane. Hamonic was so out of position on one of the goals.

Moulson looked like a rookie on another.

#11 "Loubi Von I wanna spend as much time as possible away from the Islanders" was out muscled and outsmarted on yet another.
And the list can go on.

Awful defensive play from what I saw on the Pittsburgh Highlite reel.

Capt Deep Dish Pizza must have it in for Grabner to single him out.

Grabner's been one of the better Isles (as U said) yet continues to spend more time with his butt parked on the pine then on the ice.

Has me scratching my head when you look at KO TOI!

BTW, AMac -3, Nielsen -3, KO -3, Bailey -2, Hamonic -2 all had more TOI then Grabner.
Not saying Grabner had a good game by any means. Grabner only had one shot on goal and was a -1. But shouldnt those five have been singled out if your pointing fingers at your players!!!!!!!

Pretty much the same old story though. You keep JT off the score sheet and Isles LOSE.

God no wonder no one wants to sign here forget teh arena look at the clowns they have runnign the asylum. I mean you play well you get called out you play like crap you get promoted. Who wants to work under those circumstances??
- kasperrko

We have two very good selling points going into this offseason.
1. Get ready for a state of the art arena in what will be one of the most heavily promoted NHL seasons in the teams history
2. Come play with one of the top 5 players in the game, John Tavares

A guy like Cappy can only take away from these two factors. I'm hoping other NHL players aren't taking notice of just how poorly this guy is as a strategist.

We have two very good selling points going into this offseason.
1. Get ready for a state of the art arena in what will be one of the most heavily promoted NHL seasons in the teams history
2. Come play with one of the top 5 players in the game, John Tavares

A guy like Cappy can only take away from these two factors. I'm hoping other NHL players aren't taking notice of just how poorly this guy is as a strategist.
- keaner17

Trust me they notice what is going on. I am telling you if this team was winning game in and game out free agents would have no problem playing here at all. I am sick of hearing about the arena. Winning solves everything.

I only watched brief parts of the game last night. Decided to watch "Walking Dead" instead. I had this one pegged for the lose column anyway.

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- SCLI

I too watched the barn negotiations and even though it was one of the slowest episodes I've seen in a while, it was far better than watching Cappy's Islanders do their best Keystone Cops impersonation in their own zone.

I only watched brief parts of the game last night. Decided to watch "Walking Dead" instead. I had this one pegged for the lose column anyway.

I did get to catch the highlights of the game on the NHLNetwork. Twice infact.

To single out one player is just insane. Hamonic was so out of position on one of the goals.

Moulson looked like a rookie on another.

#11 "Loubi Von I wanna spend as much time as possible away from the Islanders" was out muscled and outsmarted on yet another.
And the list can go on.

Awful defensive play from what I saw on the Pittsburgh Highlite reel.

Capt Deep Dish Pizza must have it in for Grabner to single him out.

Grabner's been one of the better Isles (as U said) yet continues to spend more time with his butt parked on the pine then on the ice.

Has me scratching my head when you look at KO TOI!

BTW, AMac -3, Nielsen -3, KO -3, Bailey -2, Hamonic -2 all had more TOI then Grabner.
Not saying Grabner had a good game by any means. Grabner only had one shot on goal and was a -1. But shouldnt those five have been singled out if your pointing fingers at your players!!!!!!!

Pretty much the same old story though. You keep JT off the score sheet and Isles LOSE.
- SCLI

SCLI Isles cannot trade Steit and especially Vish fast enough. They also cannot fire Jack fast enough. To call out a guy to the media is just stupid and especailly one of the few guys that scores on this team. I watched The Bible last night on History. Much more entertaining than the Isles.

problems I saw last night (just to name a few)

Nabby's softie taking the wind out of the team after a decent start.

Stupid penalties further compounding the issue

after the Isles scored a goal and started to get a little momentum back, both Streit and LV got caught up ice and Moulson was the only one back on a 3-1. To make that even more embarassing, both LV and Boyes were both back in the play in time to do something about the rebound - if they hadn't stopped skating about 20 feet from the net and coasted back to be just too late to take away the rebound. Lazy lazy lazy.

Making things even worse, defensive coverage in the Isles zone is continually terrible. Opposing teams know if they cycle the puck the communication between the Isles players breaks down and almost every shift I'm watching two Isles go after the puck carrier leaving someone wide open. The lack of understanding defensive zone coverage is entirely on the coaching staff. Simple basic hockey, they have to talk to each other and should know exactly who to cover. I've been keeping an eye on this for the last 10-15 games and have been trying to figure out how they're covering the defensive zone and I do not see any kind of system. It's almost like Jack hasn't given them any kind of system and they're making it up on the fly. No communication between defensemen and forwards, frequently large gaps in the neutral zone where there's a ton of space for the opposing team to work in

It's embarassing. Some nights they get good goaltending and lucky bounces where those open players can't make plays, then you have nights like last night where the opposing team is sharp and takes advantage of those and it looks like it's a simple lack of effort, but it's not. It's lack of a system and crappy coaching.

the talent is there to challenge for a playoff spot, not the cup, but with a coach and a system this team could be sitting in 6th right now.

Until they solve that problem, it won't matter what line combos they use.

sending ullstrom to bridgeport is silly unless they're calling someone up. That means Aucoin or Boulton back in the lineup, likely lining up with grabner and reasoner. How does this make us better?

SCLI Isles cannot trade Steit and especially Vish fast enough. They also cannot fire Jack fast enough. To call out a guy to the media is just stupid and especailly one of the few guys that scores on this team. I watched The Bible last night on History. Much more entertaining than the Isles.
- ses111

I bought my daughter a Victorious CD and even that was more entertaining than the game.

Ullstrom and Grabner were two of our better looking forwards as the season got underway. Hopefully someone's asking Cappy serious questions about why he's having so much trouble finding a role for either of these two to succeed in.

Trust me they notice what is going on. I am telling you if this team was winning game in and game out free agents would have no problem playing here at all. I am sick of hearing about the arena. Winning solves everything.
- kasperrko

I do believe the arena is a huge issue but that can't be an excuse from this point on with Barclay's on the horizon. I've been plenty patient with Snow due to the fact that I truly believe he has the most difficult GM position in possibly all of professional sports, but the kid gloves end here. We have an arena to sell to UFA's now. We have a bonified star in JT. We have prospects galore. Either we get busy living, or get busy dying (to quote Red in Shawshank).

The first and most important step is to have a capable coach there to guide this team to victory, not one who seemingly looks for ways to do the opposite.

I'm tired of seeing Cappy snatch defeat from the clutches of victory.

God no wonder no one wants to sign here forget teh arena look at the clowns they have runnign the asylum. I mean you play well you get called out you play like crap you get promoted. Who wants to work under those circumstances??
- kasperrko

Hey it worked for DP all those years

Ullstrom and Grabner were two of our better looking forwards as the season got underway. Hopefully someone's asking Cappy serious questions about why he's having so much trouble finding a role for either of these two to succeed in.
- UIF

This is perhaps the biggest problem with the Isles flying under the radar of the local media due to their long standing poor reputation. There's no public pressure through the media. Guys like Staple are more like lap dogs for the franchise and don't want to rock the boat and become excluded from any 'valuable info'. So in the end, they get gentile or no coverage at all which allows a guy like Cappy to make a mockery of NHL coaching without any heat.

This is perhaps the biggest problem with the Isles flying under the radar of the local media due to their long standing poor reputation. There's no public pressure through the media. Guys like Staple are more like lap dogs for the franchise and don't want to rock the boat and become excluded from any 'valuable info'. So in the end, they get gentile or no coverage at all which allows a guy like Cappy to make a mockery of NHL coaching without any heat.
- keaner17

How about our GM then? For all the talk about his eye for talent and his drafting, isn't he the slightest bit ticked off that his biggest waiver-wire gem and a nice later-round surprise are being choked into insignificance by this meatball?

I do believe the arena is a huge issue but that can't be an excuse from this point on with Barclay's on the horizon. I've been plenty patient with Snow due to the fact that I truly believe he has the most difficult GM position in possibly all of professional sports, but the kid gloves end here. We have an arena to sell to UFA's now. We have a bonified star in JT. We have prospects galore. Either we get busy living, or get busy dying (to quote Red in Shawshank).

The first and most important step is to have a capable coach there to guide this team to victory, not one who seemingly looks for ways to do the opposite.

I'm tired of seeing Cappy snatch defeat from the clutches of victory.
- keaner17

No excuse not to have a solid coach at this point. Most of us can understand not having a payroll near the top but paying for a solid coach should not be an issue.

I bought my daughter a Victorious CD and even that was more entertaining than the game.
- kasperrko

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- XxNYIxX

How about our GM then? For all the talk about his eye for talent and his drafting, isn't he the slightest bit ticked off that his biggest waiver-wire gem and a nice later-round surprise are being choked into insignificance by this meatball?
- UIF

You would think that UIF. Does Garth not see Jack is a bad reflection on him? Garth keeps saying they have the talent to win then you need to look at the coach.

of course it was ullstrom that responsible for loss last night. Of course it wouldnt be KO or Reasoner whom cappy thought can help lead a comeback.

Was it Grabner who didnt cover Kunitz or was it Viz (twice) and Hamonc (once) that left him untouched in front of the net. what did he want grabner to do, take him out at the blue line and get called for interference?

I feel a big islanders Skid is about to commence again. Just a feeling.
Rest assured come thursday we will help tampa get there confidence back.


If cappy thinks Grabner and Ullstrom are root of isles problems in losses, he really doesnt have any clue.

Dont blame Nielson or Bailey b/c both have played well. If you took KO off tha line and place Grab or Ullstrom you probaly would have 3 good isles lines.

You would think that UIF. Does Garth not see Jack is a bad reflection on him? Garth keeps saying they have the talent to win then you need to look at the coach.
- ses111

Yes but Garth is as clueless as Jack so they fit like a glove. Boyes is teh power Forward that JT needs on his line and during that interview he was getting quite upset. Garth is pompous moron who has no clue hence why Wang hired him

How about our GM then? For all the talk about his eye for talent and his drafting, isn't he the slightest bit ticked off that his biggest waiver-wire gem and a nice later-round surprise are being choked into insignificance by this meatball?
- UIF

I think Wang has learned to take things VERY slow when making decisions concerning this club. It's likely a lesson he learned from everything Milbury did. I'm sure this has been preached to Snow who is taking a 'steady as she goes' approach on this rebuild. They're weathering the storm as a franchise so their decisions are ultimately slower than what seems to make sense. I do think Cappy's time is running out, but as I mentioned in my earlier post, I think the shortened season may have prolonged the Cappy era by 22 games or so.

As for what's said to Cappy by Snow. Good question. I'd like to think he's 'hands on' in this but we haven't seen a change to in approach to what Cappy does thus far, so it at least appears on the exterior that Cappy has full rein.

problems I saw last night (just to name a few)

Nabby's softie taking the wind out of the team after a decent start.

Stupid penalties further compounding the issue

after the Isles scored a goal and started to get a little momentum back, both Streit and LV got caught up ice and Moulson was the only one back on a 3-1. To make that even more embarassing, both LV and Boyes were both back in the play in time to do something about the rebound - if they hadn't stopped skating about 20 feet from the net and coasted back to be just too late to take away the rebound. Lazy lazy lazy.

Making things even worse, defensive coverage in the Isles zone is continually terrible. Opposing teams know if they cycle the puck the communication between the Isles players breaks down and almost every shift I'm watching two Isles go after the puck carrier leaving someone wide open. The lack of understanding defensive zone coverage is entirely on the coaching staff. Simple basic hockey, they have to talk to each other and should know exactly who to cover. I've been keeping an eye on this for the last 10-15 games and have been trying to figure out how they're covering the defensive zone and I do not see any kind of system. It's almost like Jack hasn't given them any kind of system and they're making it up on the fly. No communication between defensemen and forwards, frequently large gaps in the neutral zone where there's a ton of space for the opposing team to work in

It's embarassing. Some nights they get good goaltending and lucky bounces where those open players can't make plays, then you have nights like last night where the opposing team is sharp and takes advantage of those and it looks like it's a simple lack of effort, but it's not. It's lack of a system and crappy coaching.

the talent is there to challenge for a playoff spot, not the cup, but with a coach and a system this team could be sitting in 6th right now.

Until they solve that problem, it won't matter what line combos they use.

sending ullstrom to bridgeport is silly unless they're calling someone up. That means Aucoin or Boulton back in the lineup, likely lining up with grabner and reasoner. How does this make us better?
- Isles_since_6

Just think when Florida made it to the Cup that year. Coaching can make a huge difference. It a lack of coaching and desire more than a lack of talent for the Isles.

You would think that UIF. Does Garth not see Jack is a bad reflection on him? Garth keeps saying they have the talent to win then you need to look at the coach.
- ses111

I rather us not get a new coach now. If we did it would be Weight for the rest of the year and then next year. Lets start fresh next year with a real coach.