- UIF

No, if he didn't get a shot than no. I asked a simple question. You do realize when you make comments like that you are in fact being argumentitive.
- Cptmjl

relax. was just responding to your comment.

What's with you, man? Why not throw Strome and Reinhart at him too, Milbury!
- UIF

I would if I could get Kessel back...this team sucks...plain and simple and these clowns he has in Islanders uniforms are a joke except for Taveras and a few others....

I would if I could get Kessel back...this team sucks...plain and simple and these clowns he has in Islanders uniforms are a joke except for Taveras and a few others....
- kear20

Strome and Reinhart will be the real thing. Both have good heads on their shoulders. Strome's going to be a great 1B to Tavares.

So I'm figuring by the end of the 1st perod, down 3-0. We get one to start the second but Montreal scores their fourth about 20 seconds later. I switch the channel and watch Walking Dead reruns....swtich back to check later and find we are now down 6-1, Weight is yelling at officials, Hamonic is slamming his stick somewhere, DP bit his tongue chewing gum and has been carried back to the lockeroom. Butchie says the Islanders just aren't getting any bounces but are playing good despite the shots on goal being 86-12. Cappy says in the post game show that their battle level wasn't good enough but is encouraged by some guys working hard (Snow nods from behind the curtain) and so on...

Strome and Reinhart will be the real thing. Both have good heads on their shoulders. Strome's going to be a great 1B to Tavares.
- keaner17

Hey Im not trying to troll, but what about Strome do you think makes him so good? I ask because we once drafted a guy named Matt Stajan who had 94pts in his final year in the OHL. Seems to have similar size, speed, and numbers to Strome.

Hey Im not trying to troll, but what about Strome do you think makes him so good? I ask because we once drafted a guy named Matt Stajan who had 94pts in his final year in the OHL. Seems to have similar size, speed, and numbers to Strome.
- Holy_Makinaw99

matt stajan is the anomaly not the norm

how is keith aucoin on the 2nd line? that is mind blowing and ridiculous.

Hey Im not trying to troll, but what about Strome do you think makes him so good? I ask because we once drafted a guy named Matt Stajan who had 94pts in his final year in the OHL. Seems to have similar size, speed, and numbers to Strome.
- Holy_Makinaw99

It's the combination of his skills. He has decent size at 6'1" but needs to add muscle. He has incredible stickhandling skills and playmakers vision. While not really physical, he excells in all facets of the game.

Of course there's always the chance that a player doesn't put it all together in moving to the next level but I'm about as confident in Strome as I have been in any Islanders prospect not named Tavares over the last 15 years.

how is keith aucoin on the 2nd line? that is mind blowing and ridiculous.
- LetsGoIsles

I'll just wait for UIF to respond to that.....wait for it....wait for ittttt....

how is keith aucoin on the 2nd line? that is mind blowing and ridiculous.
- LetsGoIsles

Hello?? Its called the playoff push

how is keith aucoin on the 2nd line? that is mind blowing and ridiculous.
- LetsGoIsles

That's why this team is a joke...

Strome and Reinhart will be the real thing. Both have good heads on their shoulders. Strome's going to be a great 1B to Tavares.
- keaner17

I hope you're right...

Hello?? Its called the playoff push
- Vukota

This team is good enough to win...we've seen how they can play!!!

I'll just wait for UIF to respond to that.....wait for it....wait for ittttt....
- keaner17

That's why this team is a joke...
- kear20

this is the reason why?

Nabokov tonight, I assume?

Nabokov tonight, I assume?
- Pecafan Fan

Correct...DP is having his joints lubed for his next start two weeks from now.

Nabokov tonight, I assume?
- Pecafan Fan

Correct...DP is having his joints lubed for his next start two weeks from now.
- keaner17

Thank you.

Poor DP.

Thank you.

Poor DP.
- Pecafan Fan

He'll be okay...like Vader he's more machine than man now.....

Thank you.

Poor DP.
- Pecafan Fan

4.5 Million a year...definitely not Poor DP.

4.5 Million a year...definitely not Poor DP.
- LetsGoIsles

Yeah, I understand that.

Pretty sure he'd prefer to be healthy and playing, though. Must be getting "heavy" for him.

Not sure why he doesn't simply retire and help the Isles in some other function.

Hey Im not trying to troll, but what about Strome do you think makes him so good? I ask because we once drafted a guy named Matt Stajan who had 94pts in his final year in the OHL. Seems to have similar size, speed, and numbers to Strome.
- Holy_Makinaw99

I never saw Stajan play a game in juniors and have only seen Strome play in the World Juniors and at camp the past two seasons, so I won't pretend to be an expert on either. And I know busts do happen, but I have to believe there was a reason why Strome was considered, if not a top-5 prospect (where the Isles drafted him) then a top-7 in his draft year while Stajan went 57th in his. Again, I know later picks can be gems and early picks can be busts, I'm only saying there must be a reason why many scouts have been and still are very high on Strome, no?

4.5 Million a year...definitely not Poor DP.
- LetsGoIsles

Sure but after medical bills and beard trimming costs.....

cue: Dusty Rhodes "Hard Times" speach