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Norris has played in 3 games so I won't count him as being anything until he actually suits up for us, Kulich/Malenstyn/Krebs/Kozak are hardly great defensively.

Buffalos forward group seem to be skilled offensively but lack any defensive awareness especially in our own end of the ice. Also our situational awareness is terrible. We still lack players who go in front of the net or that battle hard along the boards, still lack players who can throw their bodies around or drop the gloves when called for and it’s been this way all throughout Adams tenure.

The fact these bum assitants still have a job with us is criminal at this point.

Yeah that's brutal and a rival #55 scored to seal it also.

This game has been amazing considering it's only 1-1, 2 big physical teams laying it all on the line.

He scored the game winner in OT

I wish we had a Sam Bennett/Jamie Benn type on our team.

My eyeballs tell me I watch the games in and games out guys just standing around while pucks are in the back of the net. How many times did we watch Power not take a man in front of the net or our whole defense just allowing guys to park right in front of our goaltender? That's not just a 1 player upgrade and goalie problem, thats a defensive system problem/ a toughness problem etc. imo.

Thompson gets destroyed and not 1 single Sabres player came to his aid, Anyone who even comes close to Barkov almost dies on the ice by everyone. That must be such a nice feeling, maybe 1 day we'll experience that. I felt from the very begining of the playoffs that if the Stars beat the Avalanche they'd win the Stanley Cup and I feel even better about that plus Oettinger looks much better than the Colorado series.

Imagine being in cap hell with a bottom 9 worst roster, the same GM who signed off on those terrible contracts is now allowed to sign off more terrible deals to players. You can't even make this stuff up, this is beyond insanity at this point.

Nobody wants to work under our failed GM? I'm shocked.

Ted Nolan- marriage counselor

I don't even think it was a realistic option ever imo.

I’m trying to think of who this magical top forward is? The only guy I can think of is Elias Pettersson. I know Barzals/Dobsons names have come up but there is no clear indication that they’re actually available or that the Islanders are looking to rebuild. I know Brock Nelson was dealt but he was older and expensive so who knows.

If he keeps them he'll be paying them to do nothing.

Hire the right people, Pegula lucked out with McDermott/Beane of the Bills and needs to find the same luck with the Sabres. Maybe poach up and comers from top notch organizations like the Golden Knights/Wild/Panthers etc., doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is the definition of insanity is it not?

Also how do Bales, Wilford and Ellis still work here?

I'd say Adams is 99.9% chance of making the pick, I mean he doesn't want to block all the talent am I right?

Imagine you have to report to a guy who has been a failure for 5 years, what former GM who isn't incompetent himself is going to take that on? 15 years incoming.

His trade record is decent? How many times have we been to the playoffs in 5 years? Can't be that decent. I do like McLeod and Greenway but other than that I could live without Byram, I thought he was good with Dahlin but pretty average without him. The Josh Norris trade is looking shakey already as he was re-injured 3 games after we traded for him and was already injury prone before that.

I’d be fine dealing Byram if we had a competent GM, the guy traded for him with no plan in place. This is some top level incompetence right there.

Oh great we’ll be seeing another useless boot camp video, remember that gem? We have several useless assistants, a GM that has failed 5 seasons in a row and a HC who is clear past his prime and this is the first guy to go?

Gotta love those conspiracies.

To me this shows it isn't rigged, why in the world would the NHL want the Islanders to win for any reasoning?