The list of boys that no Talk on the day of rupture He said everything.
Anthony Duclair, who did not play the last eight games of the season after Patrick Roy called him in extraordinarily hard terms, did not go to journalists, and a spokesman for the islanders refused to say if Duclair was in the facilities.
Roy didn’t talk either.
Nor is the general manager Lou Lamoriello.
Pierre Engvall was there, his wife is having a baby, an excused absence, to be clear, but one that is beautiful in the nose.
There will be recriminations for This disappointing season of the islandersAnd it would not be a surprise if any or all those four were at their wrong end.
For now, there is a lot of unanswered on how the club will advance after the playoffs.
The themes of those who spoke on Saturday: the islanders felt that they lacked consistency and identity; Failures to close the games at the beginning of the season were mentioned again and again; They were also both special teams after the power game and the penalty of each in the 31st position in the League.
“He is having that confidence in ourselves,” said Casey Cizikas. “I Think it’s Learning and Knowing That We Can Close Out Games When We Need To. Not Giving Up Late Goals or Giving Up Leads and Things Like That, Having That Confidenze In Ourselves and In Our Group That We Can Get The Job Done Done doe to doe to doe to doe to doe to doe to doe to doe to doe to doe to doe to doe to doe to doe to doe to doe doe to doe a doe a doe doe to doe to doe to doe to doe to doe to doe to doe to do to stop.
It does not feel that way, especially for the players themselves, but it has been a long time since the islanders constantly executed the style of game to mounted two final NHL finals under Barry Trotz.
Wheter In the playoffs or notThey have a leg in the soft medium of the league for four seasons now.
Close the games, the penalty, the power game, these are not new problems.
Bo Horvat was supposed to fix the energy game.
That was 2 ½ seasons.
It was supposed to hire Roy should help all the previous ones and Didntern; The fate of the chief coach will have to decide quickly now, with the NHL training carousel seriously on Saturday.
“I want to get out of the camp, we are ready for the season,” said Kyle Palmieri, when he was asked what he did with Roy’s first full season at the bank. “There were some things that we had to adjust on the fly when it arrived last year. We had more time to meet and play with things in pre -season games and things like that, so I think everyone felt a little more comfortable. More complete team.”
It is recently as a month ago, I would have a leg to consult the consultant Roy in the hot seat.
The way in which the islanders crashed from the season, with Roy Esuntialy Exiling Duclair in early April, puts a large question sign there in addition to the leg on Lamoriello’s head throughout the season.
He also does The players’ parade on Saturday Citing projects that, in essence, did not change a year or two years ago.
Roy is obviously far from being the only guilty there and is not the only person whose work is in doubt.
Lamoriello built this list and was behind the nucleus for years when the results are up to it.
Many individual players did not work as expected, and many more were injured.
Who and to what extent is not yet known, but where the last days of rupture mainly one challenging, the environment, the atmosphere on Saturday, the atmosphere from the exchange deadline, plus an acceptance more acceptance of that check.
“You are going to consistency. I think we lack throughout the year,” Anders Lee said. “I think we had moments when we put together good games and did not get results. We had moments when we did not close the games. You can identify some, but begin with those.
“You start playing a constant hockey about and again every night, the results will arrive. We better get to that, but we did it to get to it almost enough.”
And now he The islanders go home.
