Mayfield is terrible.. God

How on earth is that not interference?

Mayfield is approaching Bruno Gervais territory for 'Islanders defenseman I wish would get struck by a meteor'

3rd pp of the period, they need to capitalize

Aho draws his 2nd penalty.

Hey they killed their own pp with a penalty

Stupid penalty first of all and you don’t even try to feed Nelson a shot when you have the puck comfortably on the PP?

Barzal gonna blame that on lambert too? He should have been plenty rested after sitting in the box for 2 minutes.

Careless giveaway by Barzal.

Barzal with a horrible night

Better effort, same results

Obvious (frank)ing trip just not called.

Tough loss that highlighted some season long issues:

Mayfield: The guy is nothing more than a liability. Awful positioning, terrible clear attempts and dumb penalties. The team should all beat him like 'Pyle' in 'Full Metal Jacket'

Barzal: Not good tonight. Skated himself into trouble. A dumb offensive zone pp penalty killed our last real hope.

Sorokin: Repeating what I said earlier; gets away with poor positioning and rebound control due to his elite athletic ability. He's paid for both a lot more this year. Goal 2 was awful.

Aho: Can someone send this kid to Bridgeport where he belongs?

Otherwise, this was a decent effort undone by their continually struggles with defending anything from the faceoff dots in. They can't cover the slot or clear thw crease. The dmen continually throw weak clear attempts and blind passes to the opponents.
When they shoot and there's a rebound, no one challenges their garbage men. When we do the same, we can't bang home a rebound to save our lives.
Roy has a lot of work to do.

Can the 7-year man join the other 7-year man in the press box, please?

I liked the speed they played with tonight and honestly if they play this way they will win more than not.
Roy still needs to tighten up the D a bit but I think they have made strides in the right direction in a very short period of time.
sOrOkin could use a rest and I think Varly is coming back at the right time. He has played for Roy in the past and if he plays well can grab the reins. Might not be a bad thing. Give sOrOkin a well deserved breather and have him fresh for the POs. Yes I said playoffs. Fire away!

$1.66M until 2036 doesn't sound so bad

https://www.capfriendly.c...calculator/scott-mayfield

Jokes aside, I thought they played a mostly-strong game last night. The turnovers were egregious and terrible, but there was a lot to like too. If they can eliminate those and continue to play like that I think they'll win more games than they lose.

$1.66M until 2036 doesn't sound so bad

https://www.capfriendly.c...calculator/scott-mayfield


- eichiefs9

It’s tempting.

Jokes aside, I thought they played a mostly-strong game last night. The turnovers were egregious and terrible, but there was a lot to like too. If they can eliminate those and continue to play like that I think they'll win more games than they lose.
- eichiefs9

Islanders did look good minus the turnovers and ability to finish. Aho should not be a regular NHL dman.

Islanders did look good minus the turnovers and ability to finish. Aho should not be a regular NHL dman.
- ses111

Nor mayfield.

Nor mayfield.
- Cptmjl

Roy is not going to have any hair left watching Mayfield play.

Roy is not going to have any hair left watching Mayfield play.
- ses111

He keeps playing the way he has Roy will find a way to not have too anymore.

Roy is not going to have any hair left watching Mayfield play.
- ses111

The Isles' Defense has become very thin. Their first pairing (Dobson and Romanov) is solid. But after that, it's a crapshoot. Even Pelech hasn't been the same player he was before his latest injury. Reilly adds a bit of offense, but hasn't been good defensively. Like you said, Aho would be best in the AHL. Mayfield is just saving himself for the playoffs. Is there help in Bridgeport? Hutton? Salo?

Bueller? Bueller??

Jokes aside, I thought they played a mostly-strong game last night. The turnovers were egregious and terrible, but there was a lot to like too. If they can eliminate those and continue to play like that I think they'll win more games than they lose.
- eichiefs9

Most noticeable change to me was the breakout. The headman passes from the D were crispy.

The Isles' Defense has become very thin. Their first pairing (Dobson and Romanov) is solid. But after that, it's a crapshoot. Even Pelech hasn't been the same player he was before his latest injury. Reilly adds a bit of offense, but hasn't been good defensively. Like you said, Aho would be best in the AHL. Mayfield is just saving himself for the playoffs. Is there help in Bridgeport? Hutton? Salo?

Bueller? Bueller??
- JohnScammo

Defense is a challenge even with better coaching. I’ll take Hutton over Aho. I’m not sure if Salo is worth another look? I like Bolduc over Aho as well.