Mark Berner

@stefen_rosner @islanders_takes @TheHockeyNews Some nights are worse than others…he’s not up to good or better yet!

"Any time you have a lower-body injury, it's a pain to work through, and I'm still dealing with it a little bit [...] Some nights are better than others. That's for sure." @TheHockeyNews exclusive with #Isles Scott Mayfield: thehockeynews.com/nhl/new-york-i… thehockeynews.com/nhl/new-york-i…

@poniesNpucks He’s in the mall business!

#Isles Scott Malkin is selling another 10% of his stake in the team. forbes.com/sites/mikeozan…

@Islesallin @islanders_takes Sorry. We were watching different players, too. Thought I was replying to Matt, dunno how that happened.

@MarkoBerner @islanders_takes Good thing the thread is about Bolduc not Mayfield who played poor. I like the line we watched different games especially when I was the one sitting on the blue line for the game.

#isles Bolduc has looked awkward and uncomfortable most of his time up this year. He's very young, though. He also lost an entire year in development to injury. That was a nice pass there. Have to stay patient with big young D.

@Islesallin @islanders_takes We watched different games. Mayfield stinks! Goals on 2 plays when he failed to clear and a third when he gave away the puck from in front of his goal. He chased the play all game, often putting himself out of position.

@islanders_takes He is playing well tonight. Very few mistakes and using his body.

@walsha Bottom line Bettman sees negative ROI.

Anyone get the sense he really doesn’t want NHL players going to the Olympics?

@IslesFix Mayfield stinks! Goals on 2 plays when he failed to clear and a third when he gave away the puck from in front of his goal. Most of the rest of the game he was chasing the play and often that put him out of position.

Isles Fix - Shark Bait and Switch For the full newsletter experience, please subscribe: linktr.ee/IslesFix Equally remarkable as it is unacceptable. That’s what Thomas Hickey said during the MSG Networks postgame after the worst loss of the season. What felt like a fun, easy-going, take-care-of-business type of win turned into a disaster as the Isles allowed three goals in the final 8:05 of regulation against the San Jose Sharks, the league’s worst team, in another disheartening and demoralizing loss. “We had the game under control with eight and a half minutes left. To lose that hockey game is a sin.” - Lane Lambert This wasn’t like the other blown leads. No, this didn’t happen in a game where the Islanders were outshot and out-chanced. As expected against San Jose, they dominated the game flow. This was a game they deserved to win, and then, in a matter of minutes, it became a game they deserved to lose. Any goodwill Lane Lambert earned back with the team’s back-to-back wins over Carolina, and Florida evaporated and calls for him to be fired rushed back from a frustrated fanbase exiting UBS Arena as if they never stopped. These are stats that get a coach replaced: - Allowed three goals in the third period six times (same total as last season) - Blown eight multi-goal leads this season and are 3-1-4 in those games. - Allowed 11 third-period game-tying goals - Outscored 24-9 over last 14 third periods - Outscored 39-18 in the third period and overtime this season - Have led in 20 of 24 games; have won only 10 Lambert continued to talk about how players have to make the right decisions and make plays with the puck on their stick when defending the lead. A lot, if not most of this, is on the players, but GM Lou Lamoriello can’t fire all the players. Something is badly broken. You can call it mental, you can call it bad luck, or whatever else, but nothing is changing, and neither the coach nor the players have any answers that we haven’t heard already. If it were as simple as calling losses like this unacceptable, they would have stopped weeks ago because there have been far too many of them.

Who’s your favorite guitarist of all time? #vanhalen

@islanders_takes @Ajsoti A winning team is made of many puzzle pieces and reading the analytics is just one. Very few win with just one piece of the puzzle.

@Ajsoti Correct. Even the minds that developed analytics have been honest about the limitations of their contributions to the conversation. Something these fucking mouth-breathers conveniently ignore.

Tbh more and more analytics is showing to be useless. It's a tool Orgs developed to bargain down contracts. Now a pocket full of dork fans feel like they see something no one else does.

@StanFischler @hockey_samurai Shinny!

@hockey_samurai Was there hockey before I was born?

If you could go back in time to before you were born and see any hockey game, which one are you going to?

@DrGuitar Jaco!

Who’s your favorite bass player of all time? #bass

@poniesNpucks @StephenM @MexiCaliBlue19 If you didn’t comment on this clickbait I would never see it. He sucked you in to help spread his message!

@StephenM @MexiCaliBlue19 Starting with exiling you, Trumpy, Steve Bannon, and Roger Stone.

See the thread below. There is only one adequate public policy solution: Mass Deportation. Which is why we need to construct large -scale staging grounds for removal. 2025 can’t come fast enough.

@poniesNpucks @stefen_rosner @TheHockeyNews …making owners more money and giving fans hope.

@MarkoBerner @stefen_rosner @TheHockeyNews Thank God for the loser point.

The #Isles were given a test this Thanksgiving week, with the questions getting harder and harder. While the grade wasn't an A+, they certainly passed. My off-day column @TheHockeyNews after a 2-0-1 week: thehockeynews.com/nhl/new-york-i… thehockeynews.com/nhl/new-york-i…

@poniesNpucks @stefen_rosner @TheHockeyNews Losing their way up the standings…only in hockey!

@stefen_rosner @TheHockeyNews If banking points is your thing, the #Isles are doing ok.

@stefen_rosner Lou has more class than half of the fan base combined!

#Isles Lamoriello on the fans booing: "That's part of the profession, and I respect the fans. They have the right to do what they feel. I love their passion. I don't mind." "We're expected to win."

@LegacySporting @islanders_takes Ollie took a hard hit and didn’t look well when he returned to the bench.

@islanders_takes They also put Martin on IR, wonder why they felt they needed that roster spot

#isles I anticipate a trade or signing. They can't afford 10 games of Bolduc and Aho in the top pair.

@rybrz Hope he’s ok after taking a hard hit in the 3rd period last night.

Berate me idc. I think that much like Noah Dobson, we’re starting to see Oliver Wahlstrom grow into his place now.

@AlanFuehring @stefen_rosner Did they have prohibition in Canada?

Almost asked him what the prohibition was like.

@TimK1111 @spafan1 The people who work there like a day off with family, as well!

@spafan1 Idk why they don’t race on Thanksgiving Day anymore. Me and my dad used to go to OTB on Thanksgiving Day to bet the races a little bit and come home and have a nice dinner with the family.

I do miss the traditional #Aqueduct Thanksgiving card. I know they stopped it a few years ago, but it's still missed.

@IslesDen It’s on the players! If you can’t put in three full periods, you don’t belong in the league.

When people hate on the #Isles and say it's a Country Club, I can't really argue that point right now. Lane Lambert being this teams coach, with no changes at all is a joke. Blowing this many leads and being so unprepared as a veteran team... someone needs to held accountable.

@isleschick There’s an overpass on Wantagh Pkwy named for him.