With yesterday’s two surprise signings, the Islanders now have many roster decisions to be made before September.
Drive4FiveNYI …@drive4fiveNYI 8h In my opinion #isles cannot afford to part ways with Nielsen or Lee however, need to trim the forward roster by 4 players, need top Dman!!!!
Will it be Ryan Strome, Brock Nelson, Anders Lee, Matt Donovan, Griffin Rheinhart or will it be (God Forbid!) Frans Nielsen, Josh Bailey or Michael Grabner. It could be any combination of two or (again, God Forbid) three of the afore mentioned.
I doubt that Snow would part with Brock Nelson or Anders Lee. I also highly doubt he would part with Frans Nielsen who has been nothing but quietly improving year after year. Certainly teams will be banging on the door asking for Nielsen before moving down the line, but I just don’t see it happening. (Hell, they’ll be asking for JT and Okposo first because that’s what they do.)
I also don’t see him parting with Josh Bailey for two reasons. First, he took too much flack for Bailey’s entire career so far, and secondly, I don’t believe the return for him would be good enough. (Sorry Josh.) Grabner is another story. Greasy fast and streaky performance may do very well in new surroundings. Put him on a team with a good eye doctor and maybe he’ll find the back of the net more often than not and make those awe inspiring break away runs beneficial..
Chris Retzlaff …@islesfreak 45m My #isles D-man shopping list in this order (not for offense) Bogosian, Phaneuf, Yandle, Boychuck, Green, Buffylien, Leddy is 5-11? Egh...
NYI Fan Central …@nyifancentral 8h #isles If Colin McDonald, Casey Cizikas and Eric Boluton have to go on waivers to play in Bridgeport and help vets so be it.
Tom Liodice …@TomLiodice 8h It's refreshing to see that only one of #isles 16 forwards currently on roster is over the age of 30. (I'm looking at you Eric Boulton)
Anthony Camodeo …@ACamodeo 5h I don't care what any of you naysayers have to say, this upcoming season is going to be awesome #isles
After fielding a few negative rants about the “toxic atmosphere… of the NY Islanders, it was refreshing (and surprising) to see these two FA signings pop up late in the day. It proves that there are deals out there to be made and not every player thinks the Islanders are poison. They’re not.