Islanders Never Say Die

Bold prediction: #isles fans will grow to be disappointed that Dobson was signed to 9.5M contract scoring between 50 to 70 points a season when healthy. His contract will be viewed as a great deal in a time period where the cap space will massively increase due to adding games to the regular season and adding two expansion teams. Fans will always have an irrational hatred for him, but it will be unwarranted.

The year is 2033, you're an #isles fan and you just watched Maple Leafs General Manager John Tavares announce this signing what is your initial reaction? credit: @The_OG_Grumpy

Ilya Sorokin with his league-leading 7th shutout last night against the Blue Jackets. The Islanders rank 31st in inner slot shots and high-danger chances against - 28th in expected goals against. They are 4th in actual GAA.

ILYA. SOROKIN. With tonight’s shutout, Sorokin becomes the only goalie in #Isles history with 7 shutouts in two separate seasons.

God awful and playing for meaningless games with 8 or 9 draft picks in the top 100 in a deep draft. Use the picks or trade them to build around Schaefer. Build the team around the generational talent. Don’t trade draft picks to add 35 year olds. Really simple plan #isles

@RTaub_ God awful for 1 last season. Picks for Lee Picks for Pageau. Both of them off the books. 6 picks in the first 2 rds and good night Irene. Off to greener pastures.

@Brandon266946 It’s funny that you refuse to admit that both of those options are miles better than Schenn and JGP. Maybe Pettersson is tired of playing with a loser organization. I would take him in a heartbeat.

@IslanderFansNYI You remember I wanted Thomas. TJ, St. Louis has absolutely 0 interest in moving him. Also, EP40 is a shell of himself.

This is the exact reason that you sell players like JGP and Lee at the deadline instead of adding pieces. Our team was and is not good enough. The assets would have allowed you to build through the draft or add more permanent pieces around Schaefer #isles

@Brandon266946 Plenty of options. You backfill the hole of JGP with a trade like Robert Thomas. You make a move after Elias Pettersson. Literally endless options. Would have had at least four 1st round picks if you traded JGP and Lee and didn’t trade for Schenn.

@IslanderFansNYI Such as who?

Feel free to articulate or substantiate how that is and was a “clown tweet”

@Brandon266946 Trade the picks to add another player in their mid to late 20s. The answer was not, let’s add 35 year olds with term.

@IslanderFansNYI Islanders scouts wouldn't have hit on a late first anyways. That didn't matter. The real issue, the no. 1 issue, was Darche keeping Roy.

This is why we don’t throw parades 25% of the way through the season. Wonder if Rob is still celebrating our mediocre team at this point…only took almost the entire season to affirm that we aren’t a playoff contender. #isles

ILYA. SOROKIN. #Isles

MATTHEW SCHAEFER MAKES HISTORY! 🚨 Schaefer becomes the youngest defenceman in NHL history to record 50 career points (18 years, 195 days).

@ethan_sears Darche 6 weeks ago: Playoff spot, 2 1st rounders, 1 third, Tons of cap space in 26/27 Darche Now: Out of playoffs, 1 1st, no third, no cap space because 17M on guys 33+ If they miss the playoffs he needs to be dragged through concrete naked by a zambini outside UBS

The Playoff Picture Tightens #islanders #isles #NewYorkIslanders x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Just a Sorokin appreciation tweet. Look I don't think all analytics models are perfect, but I'm not sure I've ever seen this. A team be bottom five in their chances against metric, but have the #1 ranked goaltender in the NHL. We are witnessing something special. #Isles

@nonsenseandrew @philzfactz Cute. Feel free to articulate why we are the worst

@philzfactz The real question is who is worse. You or that @IslanderFansNYI guy

Playing him with Reasoner and Pandolfo doesn’t seem to be working.

I’m just glad the Islanders added a 12th player over the age of 30 because without that, how else would Cal Ritchie and Matthew Schaefer learn to really mature?

It’s cute to be facetious but when you actually think about the moves, we added temporary pieces while negatively impacting the ability to add around our generational talent. Maybe first round picks, third round picks, and relatively high-end prospects don’t mean anything to you, but they could’ve been used in the off-season to add a meaningfully tangible piece in their mid to late 20s that would augment Schaefer for years to come.

@IslanderFansNYI I totally agree, he’s already 18 years old. No way islanders can ever bee good with him now since we added palat and scheen. The window is officially closed for the next 15 years. Complete waste having Schaefer now.

He had a golden opportunity to build our franchise around Matthew Schaefer (generational talent) at this year’s deadline and he did the exact opposite #isles