Oh I want Cappy fired 3 weeks ago. I just don't think he's the only issue. This organization has issues from top to bottom. He's just a cog in the wheel.
- eichiefs9

He's not the only problem however his refusal to adjust to the curves thrown his way have actually further exposed our glaring weaknesses. The repeated coming out of intermissions flat, collapsing in the final two minutes, failing on the pk highlight a coaching staff that not only fails to have answers but refuses to consider the questions. These players lack focus and they need someone to change that FAST.

and Moulson

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- XxNYIxX

True. It was a trade but still counts as he is not on the team.

Agreed. BTW, when the hell did Katie Strang become a respected authority on X's and O's?
- keaner17

Now keaner, we cannot have you picking on Katie.

I guarantee that if this team is forced to play defense by someone who doesn't coddle them, they'd be light years better than they are, with the same crappy defensemen.
- dcb1

Absolutely. We've seen them play stretches of games where they've executed and done so effectively. Then suddenly they fall apart. It's a poorly devised, chaotic so-called system with players making countless mental errors. These guys fail miserably in basic FUNDAMENTAL, hockey. Take Hamonic, promising kid but his positional play is terrible. He needs better guidance

I guarantee that if this team is forced to play defense by someone who doesn't coddle them, they'd be light years better than they are, with the same crappy defensemen.
- dcb1

You can't force forwards that don't know how to play defense to play defense. You can try and you may have some modest, spotty results. But you can't completely remodel peoples games.

This team is not built to be a defensive team and changing the identity could take years that we really don't have. Any new coach brought on needs to bring this team back to the basics, as pointed out by Keaner. They make stupid fundamental errors and those need to stop. It's some really simple stuff. eg. Josh Bailey drop passes to nobody.

You can't force forwards that don't know how to play defense to play defense. You can try and you may have some modest, spotty results. But you can't completely remodel peoples games.

This team is not built to be a defensive team and changing the identity could take years that we really don't have. Any new coach brought on needs to bring this team back to the basics, as pointed out by Keaner. They make stupid fundamental errors and those need to stop. It's some really simple stuff. eg. Josh Bailey drop passes to nobody.
- eichiefs9

sure you can. just hire torts.

Brian (Long Island)

It's clear that the Islanders, owned by Wang and run by Snow, have no interest in winning nor will anyone be held accountable for repeated failures within the organization. Is a sale of the team the only way out for Islanders fans?
Katie Strang (3:36 PM)

Honestly? Yes, I think so. It's easy to call for Capuano's head or pile onto the players but ultimately, the problems begin at the top and the onus falls on Charles Wang. He's never shown the true commitment to providing the team with the necessary funds and supports necessary to build a franchise in the right way. Snow isn't off the hook, either, for he has mismanaged his fair share and committed some costly gaffes, but he is handcuffed by Wang to a certain degree. I truly believe it will be continue to be Groundhogs Day for this team until ownership switches hands.
- eichiefs9

It's funny how Strang is so opinionated... We never heard a peep when she was on the news day beat

Strang is wrong. Capuano is a major problem. I don't feel like making the long case to support that yet again. Just trust me.
- UIF

Going out on a limb with this or what?

Because PMB sucks & atleast Regin can tie his own skates.


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Source?

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- Cptmjl

Michael Grabner's dog.

It's funny how Strang is so opinionated... We never heard a peep when she was on the news day beat
- Dan Petriw

She is out of Wangs/Snows reach now. Good for her. If Staple ever leaves I'm sure it'll be the same way.

Agreed. BTW, when the hell did Katie Strang become a respected authority on X's and O's?
- keaner17

She has been covering hockey long enough it isn't rocket science. Unless your name is Jack Capuano.

Obviously our defense in struggling, but if the forwards had a defense first mentality, I think we have more wins. We have the offensive power to counter-attack.
- David_Volek

I agree. Contrary to popular belief on here a different system could be installed. Of course it'll take a little time to adjust but changing some little things could go a long way with this team intsead of continually beating this dead horse.

Literally half of the defensemen we went to the playoffs with last year have either been out almost the entire season or are no longer with the team.

Nielsen has regressed to the mean after a hot start this year. Bailey sucks, a lot. Grabner isn't good. McDonald is filler. The offense has flatlined, the defense is injury-riddled and sub-par. There is some hope in the goaltending, but not much. Lavy or anyone else isn't going to change all that. A new coach certainly would make us better, but not significantly.
- eichiefs9

Piss poor coaching. These guys all played good hockey last season. Filled their roles perfectly. Now none of them know where they're supposed to be or what they're supposed to do out there. Players all seem to know their role cold when they play for a guy like Hitchcock. Under Cappy, everyone not named Tavares looks hopelessly lost on most shifts. I don't think that's a coincidence.

Piss poor coaching. These guys all played good hockey last season. Filled their roles perfectly. Now none of them know where they're supposed to be or what they're supposed to do out there. Players all seem to know their role cold when they play for a guy like Hitchcock. Under Cappy, everyone not named Tavares looks hopelessly lost on most shifts. I don't think that's a coincidence.
- UIF

Capuano looks lost too.

Absolutely. We've seen them play stretches of games where they've executed and done so effectively. Then suddenly they fall apart. It's a poorly devised, chaotic so-called system with players making countless mental errors. These guys fail miserably in basic FUNDAMENTAL, hockey. Take Hamonic, promising kid but his positional play is terrible. He needs better guidance
- keaner17

This coach is a disaster, because he fails to grasp the one fundamental idea that separates a bad (or even good- Andy Reid comes to mind) coach from the great ones: you have to coach the team you have, not some other one that can actually do what you're drawing on the board. Last Sunday, I watched my favorite football team look like a bunch of morons in the first half, trying to "do what they do". In the second half, having accepted the fact that six inches of snow on the lawn was hampering their ability to execute their offense, they lined the men up and ran the football, scoring 34 points, after scoring ZERO in the first 30 minutes. THAT'S why the coach IS A LOT of the problem here, regardless of the cheap owner and the timid GM, because that type of realization doesn't seem as if it is EVER forthcoming, never mind making mid-game adjustments.

My favorite example is always Parcells- the 1986 and 1990 Giants were two completely different football teams. In 1990, if Parcells had tried to run the offense and manage the games the way he did in 1986, the Giants would have been 6-10, instead of Super Bowl champions. However, he understood that you have to coach the players that are in YOUR locker room, which is why he had success.

This coach has a system, which they "talk about", over and over again- which the players have "players only meetings" about, over and over again....and yet they still go out on the ice and sh*t the bed, because they keep doing the same things in the same way, like my old cat, who used to repeatedly bash his head off the door to try and open it from the wrong side. It's time for someone to fix that.

Could they pick a worse time to bring up Strome... Team confidence is @an alltime low.

Looking forward to watching him tonight... hopefully he actually gets some icetime.

It's been interesting how Snow is taking the heat off Cappy. Telling the media it's on him.

What's the word on Vis, Strait... are they coming back this year or what????

She admits he's not the ideal coach and things could be better with someone else. But she's completely right in thinking that no coach is going to turn a team with inexperienced goaltending, atrocious defensemen, and a complete lack of secondary scoring, into a winner.
- eichiefs9

You and her made a good point there ...Islanders would fare a little better with a new coach but until they change on how uppper management thinks and spends the results will be the same...

Agreed. BTW, when the hell did Katie Strang become a respected authority on X's and O's?
- keaner17

Yesterday afternoon about 3pm...

She has been covering hockey long enough it isn't rocket science. Unless your name is Jack Capuano.
- Cptmjl

So has Dee....Any questions? Ms. Strang is a novice who knew nothing about hockey before her Islanders beat and likely knows little now. I'm not going to totally discount what she says about the inner workings of the Isles, but when it comes to on-ice causes and effects, you'll get better info here.

Strang is wrong. Capuano is a major problem. I don't feel like making the long case to support that yet again. Just trust me.
- UIF

She may be wrong in your eyes on Cappy (and mine and lots of other sets of eyes too) but she is bang-on in her assessment of Wang and Snow. She couldn't have said it better or more succinctly. She summed up this organization's main problems in one paragraph for everyone to read. Good job Katie!

So has Dee....Any questions? Ms. Strang is a novice who knew nothing about hockey before her Islanders beat and likely knows little now. I'm not going to totally discount what she says about the inner workings of the Isles, but when it comes to on-ice causes and effects, you'll get better info here.
- keaner17

Those are fighting words keaner. Katie is the newsest member of the Wolfpack.

Yesterday afternoon about 3pm...
- kear20

Exactly...the bottom line is if you feed the malcontents what they want during the darkest hour, it becomes gospel. Red meat.

You and her made a good point there ...Islanders would fare a little better with a new coach but until they change on how uppper management thinks and spends the results will be the same...
- kear20

No statement has been more true than this. Cappy goes, fine. Better coach comes in and squeezes a few more wins out of this roster. But regardless of who's coaching, that coach is still stuck relying on Bailey, Grabs, Regin, Clutterbuck, McDonald and Nielsen for all secondary scoring and relying upon Carkner, Ness, Martinek and A-Mac for reliable defense.

Could they pick a worse time to bring up Strome... Team confidence is @an alltime low.

Looking forward to watching him tonight... hopefully he actually gets some icetime.

It's been interesting how Snow is taking the heat off Cappy. Telling the media it's on him.

What's the word on Vis, Strait... are they coming back this year or what????
- jimmc7722

Strome's earned his shot. He can't possibly perform worse than any of the bottom nine forwards have been this year.