I’ll admit that we dodged a bullet by not signing Kadri to a 7 year deal. Sure other fan bases are gonna laugh at us since we apparently have had him signed for the last month, but we would’ve been laughed at if we signed him to a 7 year deal anyway. Other fans just hate the isles ig. Regardless, signing him and actually improving the roster would have been better than nothing.
If Lou walks into next season with the only moves made being a firing of Trotz and the overpay for Romanov, after the catastrophe that was the 2021-2022 season, then he should be fired. Enough with the secretive bs and actually give the fans some insight into the team’s vision (if there even is one).
I guess the only remaining options the Islanders have now is a trade for JT Miller, Patrick Kane, or Vladimir Tarasenko. I highly doubt any of these happen though, because Kane will likely be dealt at the deadline, and we won’t be good enough at the deadline to justify a move, and Tarasenko was probably gonna be moved to accommodate a trade for Tkachuk. Also, if the radioactive ACGM arguments between Canuck and Islander fans are any indication, the two teams aren’t exactly good trade partners for a JT Miller trade.
Idk man. This offseason has just been one kick in the nuts after another. First the firing of Trotz, then missing out on guys like DeBrincat and Fiala, then the questionable trade for Romanov, then whiffing on Gaudreau, and now Kadri? It’s like every time we fail to make a move we’re told the same thing: Isles couldn’t create the cap room to get more seriously involved, i.e., Lou couldn’t stomach trading Bailey, even though it’s his literal job.
My guess? JT Miller gets traded to the Capitals, Kane gets trading to the Rangers at the deadline, Tarasenko stays in St. Louis, and the Isles make zero moves except for a random trade that no one will expect, like the Romanov one. We will roll into the deadline as a team on the outside looking in for a wildcard spot, make no moves, and end the season as a lottery team picking right around where we did this year. Not bad enough for a top talent, but not good enough to contend. Then we’ll roll into the next offseason hearing the same rumors about how the Isles will be involved with every top free agent, and then get no one. It’s a cycle at this point.
I don’t know what the point of this was, but if you read this far, thanks for listening to my TED talk about the Isles.
Sign Dobson and Romanov. Thats all. This is a good team. You can't really blame the Islanders for their poor play last season. Romanov shores up that left side, Dobson has taken steps and is starting to become a dominant RD, and your goalie tandem is insane. Barzal and Nelson are very good top 6 centers
You guys are fine without Kadri. He'll be 32 in a month and a half.
Sure we’re fine without Kadri. But we would’ve been better for at least the next two years WITH Kadri. Signing him to a seven year deal is a huge mistake, hell, a give year deal would’ve been a huge mistake. But I’m just tired of all the Isles rumors amounting to nothing
Sure we’re fine without Kadri. But we would’ve been better for at least the next two years WITH Kadri. Signing him to a seven year deal is a huge mistake, hell, a give year deal would’ve been a huge mistake. But I’m just tired of all the Isles rumors amounting to nothing
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