Now What??
The season is over and the Islanders are on the outside of playoffs... again. It would not be as upsetting if these band of idiots did not go on a win streak in final 2 weeks killing their chance at Hall or Seguin. The Islanders by getting hot after they were essentially eliminated from the playoffs got the 5th pick. So now what do they do? Lets take a look at the team.
Forwards: The young kids played very well and seem to be a real solid core of talent. Garth is going to stay the course with the "build from within" and that means you really have only a couple of spots to fill. How do you add toughness and a veteran goal scorer with only 2 spots? The 9 guys I can not see him sitting or sending down are Tavarez, Bailey, Okposo, Nielsen, Bergenheim, Comau, Moulson, Schrempf and Hunter. These guys are all getting better every game. So you leave 3 spots .. if you sign Jackman, Gillies or riechlits to add toughness you are down to 2 spots. How do you not give the other prospects a chance? (Joensuu, Kirrili Petrov, Trivino, Trevor Smith..etc.).. so say one of them make the team. Now you have one forward spot open to sign a captian (Iginla, Marlau, Kovalchuk, etc.) .. I don't know.. to me it seems we have to many pieces to this puzzle. I would look to make a trade with a few young kids for a top tier stud (Geno Malkin comes to mind).
Defense: Same type of situation. Isles only have 7 spots. Hillen, Streit, MacDonald, Gervais, Martinek, and Witt are all signed. That leaves one spot open for all the prospects or free agent signing (DeHaan, Ness, Hamonic, Sutton, Meyer, 5th pick in draft, etc.). I look at this situation and see the same issue. The Isles have too many kids for too little spots. I would not be surprised to see a big trade once Garth takes a long look at these situations.
I am guessing the Isles grab a big defenseman with the 5th pick. That would not be my pick, but I think that is what Garth will do in that slot. So that is another body you have to factor in to the equation.
Tons of cap room, tons of prospects, and tons of NHL caliber talent. That is a unique situation. Please don't trade for Lecavalier Garth, but listen to other possibilities.
Forwards: The young kids played very well and seem to be a real solid core of talent. Garth is going to stay the course with the "build from within" and that means you really have only a couple of spots to fill. How do you add toughness and a veteran goal scorer with only 2 spots? The 9 guys I can not see him sitting or sending down are Tavarez, Bailey, Okposo, Nielsen, Bergenheim, Comau, Moulson, Schrempf and Hunter. These guys are all getting better every game. So you leave 3 spots .. if you sign Jackman, Gillies or riechlits to add toughness you are down to 2 spots. How do you not give the other prospects a chance? (Joensuu, Kirrili Petrov, Trivino, Trevor Smith..etc.).. so say one of them make the team. Now you have one forward spot open to sign a captian (Iginla, Marlau, Kovalchuk, etc.) .. I don't know.. to me it seems we have to many pieces to this puzzle. I would look to make a trade with a few young kids for a top tier stud (Geno Malkin comes to mind).
Defense: Same type of situation. Isles only have 7 spots. Hillen, Streit, MacDonald, Gervais, Martinek, and Witt are all signed. That leaves one spot open for all the prospects or free agent signing (DeHaan, Ness, Hamonic, Sutton, Meyer, 5th pick in draft, etc.). I look at this situation and see the same issue. The Isles have too many kids for too little spots. I would not be surprised to see a big trade once Garth takes a long look at these situations.
I am guessing the Isles grab a big defenseman with the 5th pick. That would not be my pick, but I think that is what Garth will do in that slot. So that is another body you have to factor in to the equation.
Tons of cap room, tons of prospects, and tons of NHL caliber talent. That is a unique situation. Please don't trade for Lecavalier Garth, but listen to other possibilities.
posted by New York Islander chatter at 8:57 AM
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