New #Isles Lines
Heineman - Horvat - Barzal
Ritchie - Schenn - Palat
Lee - Pageau - Holmstrom
Duclair - Cizikas - Gatcomb
Extras: MacLean, Shabanov
Schaefer-Pulock
Pelech-DeAngelo
Soucy-Mayfield
PP1
Schaefer
Ritchie-Horvat-Schenn
Barzal
PP2
DeAngelo
Holmstrom-Palat-Heineman
Lee
Simon Holmstrom is now the proud owner of a new Rolex and Land Rover! #Isles
Kinda respect that he recognizes it was a bad move instead of holding onto him out of pride
Fortunately it’s Colorado’s 1st. Good chance that’s like a 30, 31, 32 overall pick
#Isles Deadline Recap:
The Pros: Pageau extension is great value for money with the rising cap. Darche also keeps all of his top prospects.
The Cons: Schenn deal is better with Drouin included, but still a massive overpay with no salary retention.
Expect Duclair to be moved this summer.
I agree. A few will need to play wing now
Mathieu Darche turned COL’s 1st round pick, Jonathan Drouin and Max Tsyplakov into Ondrej Palat, Carson Soucy and Brayden Schenn.
That’s horrendous, by the way.
I’m not writing Darche off by any means, but he’s very lucky that Schaefer, Barzal, Horvat, and Sorokin are having good seasons… #Isles
The #Isles have resigned J.G. Pageau to a 3-year $4.85 M contract extension.
The #Isles have a ton of centers. Horvat, Barzal, Schenn, Pageau, Ritchie, and Cizikas.
The Islanders announced Jean-Gabriel Pageau has agreed to a three-year extension. #NHL #Isles #NHLTrade #NHLTradeDeadline
The 1st rounder is the pick acquired from Colorado last season. #Isles
Johnathan Drouin is included in the Schenn trade. #Isles
Full trade: Schenn for 1st, 3rd, Drouin and Gidlof (goalie prospect)
Something else needs to happen
Had the same thought. Pageau on the move? That said, Pageau is better 🤔
The return is a 1st rounder, 2nd rounder, and a prospect. Holy shit what an overpay. How does this help the team? I’m stunned. #Isles
Year 6 of an 8 year contract worth $6.5 Million. Are we sure Lou isn’t running this team anymore? #Isles
The past few games prove this team is far from ready to be serious Cup contenders. Trading away the future for older guys or rentals is not the key to long term success.
Expect Darche to make a smaller move or two without breaking the bank. #Isles
Sell #Isles
It is genuinely impressive how bad the powerplay has been all these years. #Isles
That was by far the worst period of #Isles hockey this season
Two games in a row the #Isles come out with no legs. Look like absolute dogshit. Unacceptable.
Not exactly a performance that makes you confident this team can compete in the playoffs. Need to be better tomorrow. #Isles
Soucy, Boqvist, and Mayfield are such dogshit. I’m sorry. Don’t understand the logic of keeping George in Bridgeport. #Isles
Very poor start for the #Isles. Very sloppy and the defense is struggling without Pulock.
Can’t spell Islanders without Anders! 4th straight game with a goal for the captain. #Isles
Everyone shut up about the NHL Trade Deadline! Josh Ho-Sang has a new song out.
open.spotify.com/album/42iBuU...
If Darche figures out a way to dump Engvall I will never criticize him again 😂
There is a lot of reporting circulating around that the #Isles and #Canucks are discussing a Connor Garland trade. At 29 years old, he has a 6 x $6M contract extension in place that kicks in next season (NMC for first 3). Thoughts?
Matthew Schaefer named the NHL's 1st star of the week after his 4 goals and 1 assist in the last three games.
He has passed Phil Housley for the most goals by an 18-year old defensemen and is now just 4 goals away from breaking Brian Leetch's all-time goals record for a rookie defensemen. ⭐ #Isles
Definitely! But don’t need to surround him with other players who are struggling
