GAME NIGHT: Is a NEW era underway for the New York Islanders?

GAME NIGHT: Is a NEW era underway for the New York Islanders?

We take a look at the New York Islanders, their offseason moves, and a new direction for the organization on this offseason edition of Locked On NHL Game Night. When that final horn sounds, you know it’s time for Locked On NHL Game Night. All the postgame reactions to every game across the league, every single night with insights only the hosts at Locked On can provide. Prepare to experience game day reactions like never before. Only on Locked On NHL Game Night. Your team every day. Hey hockey fans, welcome to Locked On NHL Game Night, part of the Locked On Network, your teams every day. Thanks for making Locked on NHL Game Night your place to get a recap of the night in the NHL during the regular season and playoffs. We are available wherever you get your podcast and on YouTube. I’m Eddie Garcia, an LA Kings fan on the West Coast. He is Shukri writes a Boston Bruins fan on the East Coast. Together, we’re normally discussing all the goals, saves, big moments, and stories from the night in the NHL, but of course, it’s the offseason. There are no games to recap, but we’re here to help you get ready for next season by previewing all 32 NHL teams between now and opening night. And before we bring in our local expert, Shu, today we’re going to learn about what’s going on with the New York Islanders. It’s always great to talk about my hometown, but on the island, the New York Islanders. And and in this episode, what I’m most excited to talk about is the big splash. Not the big splash in free agency, but the big splash at the NHL draft for sure. Uh so, let’s get right to it and bring in today’s special guest. Uh we are excited to have the host of Locked on New York Islanders. He is Gil Martin. Going to give us his insights into the team he covers every day. Hey Gil, thanks for joining us. How’s it going? What up Gil? It’s going guys. Good to see you. Uh, thanks for joining us. We appreciate it. And obviously want to know what’s going on with the New York Islanders uh in the offseason and kind of look ahead to next season. But before we do that, we do want to go back to last season. The Islanders did not make the playoffs. Um, just from the expectations going into the season, how things turned out not making the playoffs. What was the overall feel, would you say, about how the Islanders performed last season? I I think it was frustration if I could use just one word to sum it up. Lot of injuries. You know, Matthew Barzal only played 30 games. Uh they had three defenseman out at one point out of the top six. So, uh you know, injuries were definitely a part of it, but at the same time, if the team had stayed totally healthy and everybody played up to expectations, they’re probably still only a wild card team. So it was disappointing but not totally unexpected. You talk about a team that going into the season there was expectation, there was hope, but as an outsider looking in, the thing that I found to be frustrating was their inability to close out games. They allowed 94 goals in the third period alone. Even as a Bruins fan, I have no room to talk. I mean, I’m I’m just going to be self-deprecating at this point, but I’m like, “Holy smokes, this is atrocious.” So, Gail, part of the issue for the Islanders was the third period play allowing the 94 goals, as I mentioned, but then also the penalty kill, which was 31st in the league. Why did the Why did the Islanders struggle so mightily in the third period and is their ability to kill off the penalties? You know, there’s a number of reasons. I I mentioned the fact that they had three defensemen out at one time. So that’s half of your starting six and that definitely doesn’t help in either of those categories. I think there was definitely an issue with uh coaching as far as the special teams were concerned. They were 31st on the penalty kill, 31st on the power play. You’re not going to the playoffs if you’re that bad on special teams. It’s just almost impossible. And I I think age and a lack of depth just had a lot to do with it. The Islanders last year had a lot of players who were on the wrong side of 30, which means they are more likely to get hurt. They are a little bit more likely to get gassed at the end of a game, and it’ll take them longer if they do get hurt to recover and come back into the lineup. So, uh, and and I’ll add one more, uh, sort of point to this. Noah Dobson, who was relatively healthy for the year, he was just bad in his own zone. I mean, I don’t mean to single him out because he was far from alone in that respect, but he was out of position. He turned the puck over a lot, and it it got a little frustrating to to just see such a talented player constantly fumble the puck in his own zone, so to speak. Well, as far as moves made in free agency, there’s not a lot there. Jonathan Drew, two years, $8 million. But you mentioned Noah Dobson no longer a part of the team. big trade ahead of the draft to acquire a couple of first round picks. Um, what was the reaction from you on on making that move? I was pleased with the move. I I mean, I was hoping maybe for uh, you know, a little bit more in the return as far as players who could help right away. They added Amil Heinman, a fourthline grinder, a fourth checker, who I think will help this team. Uh, but the two first round picks are guys who probably won’t even be on the roster for two, three, four years. That being said, I was not comfortable paying the $10 million a year AAV that Noah Dobson was asking for. He ended up signing with Montreal at 9.5 AAV. based on his poor defensive play and his inconsistent offensive play. It just I wasn’t comfortable giving him eight years at 9.5 mil. He may turn out to turn things around and and and make that contract a valuable one for the Canadians, but I don’t know if it would have happened if he stayed on Long Island. As much as we like to talk about injuries in sports, but in the case of the New York Islanders, it was a major point of contention. You talk about Matthew Bzal, he was limited to just 30 games. Um, summary of our Lama season ended after just 10 games. And then on on top of that, Mike Riley missed 64 games. DL Clair missed 38 games. Adam Pel missed 22 games. And for the guys I just mentioned who miss significant time um due to injuries, which player do you look at and you say, I look forward to seeing this guy return back from injury healthy and making a much more of an impact for the Islanders in 2025, 2026. I have to go with the Duke. I I mean, Duclair was brought in to play on the first line with Bo Horvat and Matthew Barzal. Now, Barzal is going back to center according to Patrick Wah. So, that probably won’t be a trio. Although, maybe on the power play all three could be out there. But, here’s a guy who five games into the season hurt his groin. And the strength of Anthony Duclair’s game is his speed and his burst. And even when he came back, it just wasn’t there. So, a lot of Islander fans kind of ruling him out. Trade him, get rid of him, all of that stuff. Got to be patient. I want to see what Anthony Duclair can do if he’s fully healthy and can play a full season. You know, am I expecting him to be, you know, 40 50 goals? No. But if he can give you 20, 25 goals, 50, 60 points and and add some speed to a lineup that needs speed, it could be a big help for the power play. It could be a big help for the top six or even the middle six. We’re going to talk about who’s now in charge of the Islanders, but before we get to that, I do want to ask you about the end of the Lou Lamarillo era on Long Island. Obviously, Lou is knows more about hockey than all of us combined would ever forget. Uh he’s a Hall of Famer. That said, uh how do you look back on the Lou Lamarell era with the Islanders? You know, Lou did some very good things, especially early on in his tenure. the best thing he did hiring Barry Trotz, Hall of Fame coach, uh, uh, one of the all-time great coaches who got this team to back-to-back conference finals in 2020 and 2021. Uh, but over time, Lou kept doubling down on the same roster, and this is a team that hasn’t won a playoff round in four seasons. Two, they missed entirely. Two, they were an easy out in the first round. to keep doubling down on an aging roster to trade away four straight first round picks. Uh to just barely either make or miss the playoffs, you know, eventually you hit a dead end and I I think the Islanders had hit that dead end. So I thank Lu Lamarello for what he accomplished for this team. I think he gave them more stability, more credibility, and those two really great playoff runs. But I think also it was time to move on and look for a fresh approach because, you know, at the trade deadline, the Islanders ended up trading Brock Nelson. Lou wanted to keep Brock Nelson and Brock just basically said, “Hey, I’m not resigning.” So, he had to make a trade. Now, he got good value in the trade, but again, the the idea to keep doubling down on the same roster at this point just didn’t make sense to me. All right, coming up, we’ll talk about the new man that’s in charge. We’ll talk about the big NHL draft for the Islanders as well. We’ll do that next here on Locked on NHL Game Night. You ever check your bank account and wonder where did all my money go? 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Going to talk about uh some uh big moves for the team this off season. Uh and let’s let’s start with the new man in charge, Matthew Dar comes over. Uh former assistant GM of Tampa Bay. It was a guy whose name we heard a lot about those of us that kind of paid attention to the league as the hot one of the hot GM names year after year. Finally gets his chance in New York. What has been the shortterm evaluation of Matthew Dar? I mean, it’s a beginning, right? It’s very difficult to judge a guy on two months of of being the GM. And yet, that being said, I’m happy with the start that we’ve seen under him. I I know Lou would have likely paid the $9.5 million, eight years with a no trade clause for Noah Dobson. two. He handed out no trade clauses like candy on Halloween. And you know, Pierre Angvall, Scott Mayfield, these are guys who should not be getting extensive no trade clauses. No offense to those players. You know, I I’m a big Scott Mayfield fan, for example, but you know, a third pair defenseman who’s 30 should not be getting a seven-year deal with a no trade clause. So, I mean, the difference in that approach to to not falling into some of these bad contracts and then to rebuild the prospect pool, which was rated at or near the bottom of the NHL like a year ago before Cole Eisermanman fell into the Islanders lap in the first round of last year’s draft and raised that standing a little bit. So, I I see him retooling on the fly, trying to stabilize the organization now, but most of the moves he’s made have been more about the future, and I think that’s exactly what the team needed to do. Hey, Gil, a quick followup on Dar. Uh, I know that the LA Kings adviser and former Canadians GM Mark Burjan was reportedly a candidate for the job. Uh, did you like giving a firsttime guy his shot here or would you have liked to seen a more experienced GM take over the reigns? That wasn’t the number one concern for me. I wanted the best candidate. obviously a proven guy has a track record that you could point to, but a new guy who who has a lot of experience as an assistant GM who has worked with the AHL Farm Club for Tampa Bay, who’s paid his dues, so to speak, he could bring a fresh approach with experience of everything except being the guy. So, I I was happy with the decision. I like what I’ve seen so far from Dar. And look, he may flame out spectacularly. This could all blow up in his face. The draft picks he makes could not pan out. But you got to give it a shot. And you know, the the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Lou was kind of going down that road. So when you hire a new coach or a new GM, you always hire the opposite of the person you just let go. So Lou was more experienced than maybe two or three other GMs combined. Now you got a guy who’s starting out and I I welcome the fresh approach. Looking ahead to to to next summer and you talked about how the Islanders right now are in the midst of a retool on the fly, but there’s two guys for me that that that I was thinking about I was like, you know, I wonder about the status of Anders Lee and John Gabriel Bjo after this season. They’re going to be UFAS come next summer. And if you are in the in the chair of of Matthew Dar and you have to pick either one or to to to resign beyond this upcoming season, who are you selecting and why? Out of those two, I would probably be more likely to keep Anders Lee more for his leadership than anything else. He’s the captain. He’s an integral part of the locker room. But that being said, if he’s staying, it’s got to be two, maybe three years at most at a reduced AAV. I’m not giving him more than $5 million a year. And I’ not given him I’d rather do a one or two-year deal. I’d go to three if maybe he knocks a little bit of money off the uh off the AAV, but to me, the long term is more important than this year. And if I had to pick one of them, I guess I’d stick with Lee. But they’re both good players. Well, you talked about Lu Laarel dishing uh out those first round picks like Halloween candy. Well, you were able to keep all the candy in your jacko’lantern this year. Uh three first round picks and four picks in the top 42, including the number one overall selection in defenseman, Matthew Schaefer. He’s only 17. And you know, if you’re the number one overall pick, usually that’s somebody that’s going to come in and contribute right away. What’s the plan with him? What did you think about the pick and and where will he be, do you think, uh, at the start of the season? I like the pick. I I mean, consensus wise, he was the top ranked prospect in this draft by what, 85% of the scouts and publications that had, you know, rankings out there. you get a a a top pair blue liner who could dominate for a decade, you know, that’s that’s the kind of thing you can build the team around. You get a goalie and a and a top defenseman and, you know, you build from the back forward. Uh this year, I think he starts the season in the NHL. I think that they’ll give him the nine games to see whether or not he’s really ready. Worst case scenario is he goes back to juniors for the rest of this year. Uh best case scenario is he probably plays third pair minutes, makes the adjustment to NHL life, probably is on the second power play unit and grows in his role as the season progresses. You talk about Matthew Schaefer and there was pable buzz when he was selected overall like number one overall on in this past June’s NHL draft. But before he was drafted, there was a sense that there was shock that the Islanders land landed the number one overall draft pick. So, so Gail, were you shocked that the Islanders ultimately won the NHL draft lottery? Why or why not? I was shocked they had a three and a half% chance of winning. So, it’s that straightforward, right? I mean, uh, literally they they rolled snake eyes, right? I mean, the odds of doing that are slim, but they rolled the dice and it came out the right way. So, very pleasantly surprised. Uh, I mean, obviously, Schaefer, as good as he is, is not considered a generational talent, and you could put that in air quotes for whatever that may or may not mean. Scouts don’t always get it right. But uh still the Islanders hadn’t had a first overall pick since John Tiveres in 2009 and it was really helpful to start this retool gaining an asset like Matthew Schaefer with the addition and getting the number one overall pick and the excitement of that with a new young fresh general manager coming in. Is there a feeling on the island with Islanders fans that we’re kind of it’s like a breath of fresh air has been breathed into the life of this organization a bit? There is. And and you know the way I put it on locked on Islanders was this. This team under Lamarello has been stuck in the muddy middle for the last four years. They’re either just going to make or just miss the playoffs. And if they make it, it would be a huge upset if they won a round. They’re still in the middle right now. I don’t think they’re a terrible team. I don’t think they’re a really legitimate playoff contender. Like, they’re not going to win the cup this year unless eight or 10 things that are unlikely to happen all happen. But there’s hope now. And like before this year, before they moved on from Lou, two to three years from now, I was looking at a roster that would be mostly the same but older. Now, I’m looking at a roster where there are young players who in two to three, four years should be better than what they’ve got right now. And keep in mind, they also have two first round picks in the 2026 NHL draft thanks to the Brock Nelson trade, and I give Lou credit for acquiring that extra first round pick after Brock forced his hand and and made him make the trade. So there are picks and prospects here. You talked about Anders Lee and JG Pou. I would expect at least one if not both of them to probably be moved on from by the trade deadline. You acquire more picks and prospects. You’ve got Cal Richie who was also part of the Brock Nelson trade who should be in the NHL by the end of the season. There are pieces that are coming together that give this team, yeah, they still may be mediocre at best this year, but you know, 2027, 2028, they could be contending team by then, and you didn’t have that hope going into this past draft. All right, coming up, we’ll look at the projected lineup next season for the Islanders and more. We’ll do that next on Locked on NHL Game Night. All right, we are wrapping it up. Final thoughts from the host of Locked on New York Islanders, Gil Martin. And Gil, uh, for those watching on YouTube, I’m going to throw up a graphic here of the projected lineup for the Islanders. And for those who are listening on the podcast, I I will read it for everyone. Uh, and let’s get our faces. I hope not the first time I’ve done this. There we go. Uh we have uh a top line of Horvat, Palmary, and Druen. A second line of Barzal, Homestrom, and Lee. A third line of Pio, Duclair, and Shabbanov. And a fourth line of Zazikas, Simplicov, and Haniman. Uh defensive pairings of Pollock and Pelish, D’Angelo and Romanov, and Mayfield and Boquist, and a tandem in net of Sroken and Varlamoff. Does that look pretty much obviously we don’t have Matthew Schaefer on here. Does that lineup look fairly complete as far as what you expect? Are there any camp battles that you might expect or or what changes maybe would you would you take away from this projected lineup? The only major change that I would make is Schaefer probably for Bokefist and Bokefist is your seventh defenseman and he’s he also stepped up and played forward for a couple of uh games when injuries hit up front last year. So, you know, he may find his way into the lineup under different circumstances, but you know, the one thing you got to also remember, Patrick W changes his his line combinations midame, you know, all the time. So, yeah, this might be where they start training camp, but these lines are not etched in stone. In the previous segment, you were talking about, you know, some of the young pieces that are developing. And for me, this past season, one of the young players that that that really caught my eye was was Simone Holmstrong. And I want to touch on him a little bit because he’s 24 years old and one of the things that I really liked about watching him play last season was the development. You can see it. It was it was on the ascension. And going into next season, can you tell us why we all should be even more excited to see what Homestöm could potentially do? Let’s say, for example, he does play in the top six. Why his development is such a an important boost for this New York Islander team? I I really like Simon Holmstrom. He he has done a good job. He he got into the lineup because he was responsible defensively and that got him, you know, playing third line minutes for the most part. But he’s got decent speed. He has good hockey sense and he has a very good shot. He just needs a little more confidence in that shot. I mean, he had a team best 20.8% shooting percentage last year, but he only had 96 shots on goal in 75 games. If he can get that number up to closer to two shots on goal a game, just be a little more confident in his shooting. I could see him on the second power play unit. I could see him in the top six. I’d love to see him go from 20 to let’s say 25 27 goals in a year and and really start to have his coming out party. Gil, when you kind of look at the the building of this lineup, obviously everybody wants that topline center, that top pairing defenseman and that goalie in net. Um, you’ve got a couple of centers in Horvat and Barzal that are 30 and under. Um, Siroken I believe is 29 years old. uh and maybe Matthew Schaefer is that guy uh in the next couple years. Do you feel good about the direction as far as those kind of building block pieces going forward for the next few years? I do. I I didn’t a year ago, but I do now. And and I just think there are reasons for hope now where there weren’t before this past off season. Uh you got all these prospects. Cole Eisermanman is a a gifted goal scorer. If he can work out some of the things he needs to do away from the puck, he may join the Islanders at the end of the college season this year or certainly he could join the team next year. The Islanders haven’t had a sniper since Ziggy Paly. I mean, you’re going back more than two decades, right? Uh you know, you know Ziggy Eddie, so from his time with the Kings. So I mean to get another bonafide goal scorer if Eisermanman can pan out. Cal Richie to join this team, Schaefer to join this team. Two first round picks coming up. They have two other first round picks from this year, Victor Ecklund, uh, and and Kashan Hesen, who should be there in two or three years. You start to put this all together, and there is definitely hope for the future. One of the things that I’m looking forward to for the upcoming season for the New York Islanders is is seeing how like if you are looking at IA Sroken, you already know that he is among the the league elites in terms of goalenders. And I’m curious to see because some people would wrongfully blame Siroken for the Islanders troubles, but because it’s not his fault, but in considering that the Islanders had the struggles this season and the way that Sroken has played in net, do you believe that there’s another level that Sroken can can take his game to considering that this is a retooling Islander team and that pretty much a strong Sroken And that is at least going to boost the Islander chances of being a playoff team. Yeah. I mean, look, if you look at the analytics, and I’m not a big analytics guy, but if you look at the analytics, and and you have to double check this, but Siroken faced more high danger chances than either he was either first or in the top three in the entire NHL. So, it wasn’t easy for him. Uh, as far as that goes, the other thing about Siroken, you want to get the best out of Ilia Sroken. Let him start 50 52 games. Don’t don’t use him beyond that. He he had back surgery last off season. He does tend to wear down if you give him more than 55 games in a year or if you play him. You know, when Varlamov was hurt last year, you had Siroken in goal like 14 out of 15 games at one point. That’s not a good long-term solution for this team. Let the guy play 50, 52 games. Get a reliable backup in there who can give you 25, 30 starts and Sroken will be just fine and and maybe just play a little better in front of him. Gil, one more. Um, did want to ask you, obviously we talked about Matthew Dar, your new general manager. He did not hire Patrick Wah as the head coach. Anytime you have that combination, you always wonder uh how much rope does that head coach have. Clearly the Islanders are in a situation where you would think with uh you know kind of in a transition maybe he’s given a little more rope. What do you think about Patrick W’s head coach and and what do you think how secure his job is right now? I would grade it mixed. There are things I really like about Patrick Wah. You obviously have to respect him as a hockey person. I mean uh he’s in the Hall of Fame as a player for a reason. He had a lot of success in the queue uh in juniors as an owner, a coach, a general manager. Uh and he had some success with the Avalanche, with the Islanders. You know, there are things I think he does pretty well. Uh he loves to pull the goalie with five minutes left in a game, down two or three goals. It drives me a little crazy sometimes uh when it backfires. But uh the thing about Wah in his defense under Lu Lamarello, he did not have a team built to the style of hockey he wanted to play. He wants to be aggressive. He wants fast movement. Uh and the Islanders didn’t have a fast team. So, I think if Matthew Dar can give Patrick Wah the kind of roster he needs to play his system, we’ll probably get a fair evaluation of what Wah can do this year, next year. I would say he’s safe as far as his job security is concerned. Unless the bottom falls out, if this team finishes 31st in the league in the standings, and they just don’t seem to be responding to him, I could see Matthew Dar saying, “Yeah, I want to bring in my own guy.” But Matthew Dar when he took the job indicated how much he respected Patrick Wah and even though he didn’t know him well personally, I I just get the feeling he’s going to give him every chance to try to show that he’s the guy. I just have one question before we wrap up. So, the NHL decided that they’re going to cancel the 2026 NHL Allstar game at UBS Arena in response to the success that we saw during the um the four nations faceoff back in February and the league said that they have planned to to create a different type of event to kick off the players as they are heading back to the Olympics this coming February for the Winter Olympics. Gail, I want to get your thoughts on one, the the cancellation of the All-Star game at UBS Arena, and then two, your thoughts on what you think the NHL may do as a substitute to get the players ready as they head off to the Winter Olympics in Milan. Okay. As far as what they’re going to do, I really don’t know. I could see some kind of skills competition uh event being done. I could see some kind of glorified scrimmage or practice. maybe get team USA and team Canada together to have some kind of an event. That would be one possibility. I’m hoping it’s something a little bit more lowkey and that the uh Islanders will be able to host something like the Four Nations tournament maybe in 2027 or 2028 the next time they end up choosing to do it. But I I was disappointed like, okay, I had I had sort of contradictory feelings as an Islander fan and as an Islander member of the media covering them, I was disappointed because the All-Star game was promised and then taken away. But as a hockey fan, I think the All-Star game is Pay at this point. I understand why you wouldn’t just want to have an All-Star game this year, but give Long Island some kind of an event worthy of substituting for it. All right. Well, the New York Islanders will open up their season in Pittsburgh October the 9th, counting down the days. I know Gil Martin certainly is. Uh he is Gil Martin, our local expert for the New York Islanders. And if you are an Islanders fan, you need to subscribe to Locked on New York Islanders for all the latest news and opinions during the offseason and leading up to next season. Gil, always a pleasure. Nice to talk to you on this side of things. Usually you’re kind of moderating things on the squad shows with us, but uh nice to have you on as a guest and really appreciate the insights on the Islanders. Guys, thanks so much. Always a pleasure. All right, thanks Gil. And that’ll do it for this edition of Lockdown NHL game night. We’d love to get your thoughts on the New York Islanders. If you’re watching on YouTube, you can put your comments in the comment section. Please like and subscribe to the show as well. Shu and I along with our friends Cam Stewart and Tyler Feldman will continue these offseason looks at all 32 NHL teams leading up to the 202526 season. If you missed any of our past offseason previews, you can check them out anytime on the podcast or on YouTube. And uh we look forward to learning more about uh more NHL teams from our local experts in our future shows. I’m Eddie Garcia. He is Shukri writes. Thanks for listening and watching Lockdown NHL game night, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network. for teams every day.

Are the New York Islanders starting on a new era? Will Matthew Schaefer start the season in the NHL?

Eddie Garcia and Shukri Wrights discuss the New York Islanders offseason and more with Locked On New York Islanders expert Gil Martin. We talk #1 overall pick Matthew Schaefer, new GM Mathieu Darche and more on this off season episode of Locked on NHL GameNight.

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