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Tuff one for isles if 30 goes down for any length of time. Isles will get a nice dose of sub par ahl goalies skarek and appleby in that case. Thank louzer once again for leaving no wiggle room cap wise to sign or trade for a goalie (unless 30 is ltir'd) and for leaving his sorry system lacking in nhl ready prospects in goal. Louzer should be ltir'd from gm'ing.

Dobber is still a young developing super star. The ranking is very fair and lets hope he keeps going up from there. LGI

Horrible tragedy for the Gaudreau family. My prayers and deepest sympathy to the Gaudreau family for your unimaginable loss.

No doubt we need to get younger and need to move some of our older players. I would prefer some younger prospects with upside to build for the future. LGI

Retain 50% and trade him to a contender at deadline, Brock Nelson would be a perfect 3C for a contending team. Hes also 32, now would be a good time to get some value out of him.

Comment a little late, he should have been moved at the draft there were teams with really good picks that we could have gotten Youth

What's up with Sorokin? Is he really hurt?

I think if a decent deal is feasible during preseason to trade Nelson Lou should take it. When I say decent I mean an excellent prospect plus maybe a first/2nd round pick. The benefit would be to reduce the cap hit, however the islanders would need a 25+ goal scorer, or someone who is excellent on special teams.

Definitely need to keep moving toward getting younger, Nelson is a rare breed, one of the few guys who has actually gotten better as he has aged. If we are out of it come the deadline they should look to move Nelson, Palms, and possibly Varly. Their return would be significant.

What are you trading Brock for? A late 1st, cap dump and mediocre prospect? Yeah, that’s not going to work one bit. Unless the return properly benefits the Islanders (aka not helping a cap strapped team scapegoat problems), it’s not worth it.

Brock value can’t be replaced, sure he’s getting up there in years but I think he has a few more solid years. Only if we go for full rebuild should we trade him.

If Nelson is traded, let's hope it is a package deal, freeing up 11-13 million in cap space. In return we need a player(s) that are almost done in development. Would rather have Roy have them on the team to finish polishing them, then have the go stale in Bridgeport, kudos to all our draft picks who decide to play college hockey then stagnate in Bridgeport. No player development happens there. Gil thank you for getting us thru the summer, your "Locked On Islanders" is the best around, all the others seem very "amateurish ". (Some are painful to listen to)

Good morning team! Wow Gil, way to throw something like this at us. I admittedly have conflicting thoughts about this. As a huge fan of Nelson, I say, there is no way they should trade him now. We need the potential excellently timed goals he has to push us into the playoffs. The business me says, sadly no player is an Islander forever so, let's see what we can get for him. The trade has to be made a year early vs. a year late. You certainly got some of my emotions fired up during this episode. I enjoyed it immensely. Thank you for what you do. Everyone, have a great day and a wonderful weekend. See you all again on the next one. Until then.. Let's Go Islanders!! P.S. Grandson says, keep Brock Nelson and LGI!!

I’m totally against trading Brock. The simple reason is this guy is in tremendous shape, he carries zero extra weight and has no injury history. I would sign Brock to a low as possible AAV for six years. 6 x 6 stay on the Island. This is a unicorn type player, this isn’t a normal dude. He works at his craft like a Tom Brady. I also expect the team to be very good this year.

Good 🌄, Gil, how are you? Unless The Islanders are out of playoff contention, they shouldn't trade Brock Nelson. The PK needs to get it together, and that goes for The PP, too. HAPPY 🎂 NIKOLAI ODJICK. May he R. I. P. Before I go, Do you remember when The CCCP and The Red Army came to The United States to play some exhibition games back in 76? They made just about every team they played look like they still belonged in Juniors, even The Canadiens who would go on to win The Stanley Cup. The Islanders played The Red Army, and even though they lost 2-1, Trots scored the only Isles only goal, and he looked like a 6 year old who got his first pair of ⛸️ for 🎄. I bring this up because as much as I can't stand The Flyers, they beat them soundly, and with some blackmail from Keith Allen. It felt good to a Flyer fan, even though it was for one night. Hear from you later, Gil, and LET'S GO ISLANDERS.

I would hate for Nelson to be dealt, but it seems like its a necessary evil to do so. Buffalo and Minnesota have a ton of young talent that could use a productive top 6 vet

Dumbest thing I ever heard. The guys who give their all to this mess of an organization they trade????? No sense at all. More bad decisions by the NHL leaders of stupid.

possible but not probable. Unless isles fall off a cliff louzer will hold onto 29 like finer china and give 29 a three year extention. Or louzer will kid himself 29 will re-sign before ufa and watch him walk away for nothing. Either way isles are fkd and fet nothing for their top trade chip by tdl or after season. Louzer better hope 29's production doesn't fall off a cliff as well lessing trade value we know louzer wont explore. And put 18 on full time pk duty. There must be something 18 can do besides skate real fast.

I see the Islanders as a bubble team again this season even with Nelson, so yes, I think at some point if Lou can get back the right assets, Nelson should be traded.

Gil...NO! Josh Bailey was a bum! He had a small period where he produced but was always a liabikity on defense. He often didnt care and was a huge part of Isles problems and inconsistencies. That doesnt deserve a night. There is no scenario where retiring his jersey is a possibility or consideration. Why because he was there for long time, dueing some of worst times? I mean to people celebrate their marriages that ended in divorce that were miserable and long suffering, just because they went on for a long time? Do people celebrate and honor the great depression or the plague?

Isles MUST trade Nelson, Palms, & others by trade deadline. No more letting assets walk for free. Return for these guys will be significant. Team cannot resign 33 year old players. Nelson has been a really good homegrown Isla Der but all things come to an end.

Yes, I think they should trade Nelson We could get a pretty good haul of youth at the trade deadline ( if we are out of the playoff picture) Would be sad to see him go, but I feel it is in the best interest of the team

They better not

Long as there in win now mode this will continue.. Sadly..

They'll be much more structured with roy I think holstrom will be on his game bc he knows it's do or die right now

I really think holstrom comes out strong having roy is a major improvement especially since I felt the he came close to doing something last year

Not just veterans. I remember when barzal touched the puck in the penalty box. Believe he was sent down after that game, but was eventually called up. If that was ho sang, he would have never been called up again.

Hi Gil! I hope all is well with you and your family! I travel in the summer so I’ve been a little out of touch but I strongly support your dedication and hard work Gil! I’ve said it for years. Look at Boston, Detroit in the past, Pens of the past, a few other annual contending teams for many years that did not draft high--their scouts were excellent. Up until recent years, we’ve wasted or traded top talent and drafted many busts. In recent years it’s been much better. Gil, the organization has lacked high end scouting and minor league coaching. It absolutely burns me what they did to Hp Sang, Ishikov and even Whally. Why Wally? Yea he’s had chances, he’s played with the best we could have offered him but some players need different things to get out the best of them. I’m not sure he had that here. In for 2/3 weeks and out for a while. We should have left him alone-I feel we trashed his confidence, that’s just my opinion. We suck at allowing young talent to develop and for what? We allowed our older players to commit mistake after mistake, penalty after penalty and the young kids could not go boo or they were out!! Roy won’t allow that to happen anymore but it’s too late because I feel we’ve ruined some young players confidence. We are doing it to Bolduc I feel. Let the kid play consistently!! He plays on eggshells I feel. I’m hoping with the recent draft picks we’ve made, and I feel pretty good players--they can be given a chance to develop and eventually play. Why and how? These older players have got to go! Time to say goodbye to this core. They had their run and next year it’s time to really bring in our youth!! Lee, Palmeri, JG have got to go!! Nelson? Love the guy but he will fetch us a very nice return to draft with. Trading Nelson is a pure must this deadline--don’t care where we stand. Ok Gil -lol--I’m done. Enjoy your day!! Never Say Die!! LGI!! Wish we could draft another Bret Lindros-that kid could have been so special--could play and fight!

Good morning team! Gil, excellent show. I love the mailbag episode. I agree with everything you said about our drafted players making it to the NHL. Time and time again, even when we don't give away our draft picks, the Islanders absolutely do have a problem getting those players to the NHL level. A simple reason for this may be, even though we do draft a young player with potential, while they spend time at the AHL level, are they getting the kind of coaching required to turn them into NHLers? Perhaps to help with the development of our draft picks, the organization should check if the minor league system is up for the challenge. If it's not, it's real simple. Change that program! Thanks again, Sir. Everyone, have a wonderful day! Looking forward to our next time together. Until then.. Let's Go Islanders!!

Good 🌄, Gil, how are you? If Lou Lamoriello would give the players a chance to develop, instead of turning them into trade bait, they would have a chance to develop. Do The Islanders still have The Black Aces program? Also, Lou Lamoriello needs to handle The Salary Cap much better than he's doing right now. The young players are going to make mistakes, HOW ELSE ARE THEY GOING TO LEARN? Wherever Josh Bailey goes or retire, I wish him well. HAPPY 🎂 BRIAN "SPINNER" SPENCER. The fans ❤ him to death. He was a hustler on the 🧊. May he rest in peace 1949-1988. Before I go, I have to tell you, I was 👀 Game 1of The 81 Finals between The Islanders and The MN North Stars, and even though The North Stars had a team loaded with rookies, especially Dino Ciccarelli, the announcer made our Islanders sound like they were long in the tooth, that particular night, except for Butch Goring and Billy Smith, most of the guys, especially The Dynamic Duo,were in their 20's. You could say that it was a case of the young men against the boys. Hear from you later, Gil, and LET'S GO ISLANDERS.

That's because isles operate as if drafting/development don't exist and ignore it like the plague. Drafting/development is weak as evidenced by bottom tier system and draft picks only needed for trade fodder and to rid isles of bad deals. How many first, second, thirds has louzer dealt away in seven years as gm? That lessens the probability of drafting a player who may actually make nhl and have an impact. And ahl b'port reeks of no talent as well. All a reflection of louzer and his ahl coaches who can't develop average/mediocre prospects, most who will never see nhl thanks to louzer's penchant for keeping his old run it back roster secure every season. The guys louzer does draft are all wait and see reaches from europe or college. And louzer has no eye for talent as seen in his first round draft flubs 10 and 26 and can't manuever up or down the draft to hone in on talent with lack of picks. The obvious solution would be a sell off starting with 29 and 21 to get draft ammo for future. But i wouldn't trust louzer or his scouts to cash in on those picks even if it did happen. Louzer did that in nj too. Took 'reaches' based on conte advise on draft day and hoped. Like i said before isles as structured have absolutely no grade A type prospects ready to push the old lugs for a roster spot who are comfy with their long term security. Coincedence or by design? Pathetic isles have only one prospect in top 130-the dropping talent that fell to them thanks to louzer keeping a first for once in eiserman. A guy who can score goals but has major ? marks as well. When will eiserman get to nhl and can he score goals when he does or will he forget how to score once drafted by isles like bellows and 26 did? At least snow knew how to use the draft finding 27, 30 3, 24, 53 outside the first round and stole barzal first from oil-the core of this roster all snow picks. Snow had his first failures. At least the one first that has worked out for louzer, 8, was gifted to him thanks to snow's hamonic trade. Its pretty bad when fourth, fifth round picks are isles top prospects and outnumber actual firsts in prospect system ranking.

I think adding Duclair and Tsplakov could help as hopefully these new players will mean increased O-zone time for us and less time with our d-men on their heels.

Hi Gil. Hope you had a great summer! A key is going to be the play of Isles forwards and the decision making of Isles defenders. Frequently the Isles get caught up ice without the speed to chase. How many times did a shot fail to go on net leading to a breakout the other way? This is not a real playoff contending team so its going to be a double important to keep the puck in front of the D. Another year older this team is NOT trending in the right direction until this team has cap flexibility ie the departures of Lee and others. The number of 40 shot games will tell you everything about the team.

Im gonna say mayfield comes back super strong and hopefully wipes that oh man i fucked up smile off his face

Remember when Pelech and Pullock played so well in the two conference final runs. That wasn’t that long ago. I know injuries have been part of the drop off but it has been pretty precipitous. I’m still watching from the Philippines Gil, can’t wait for the season, but I don’t think I will see any games this season. They is always WRHU radio, LGI !!!!!

Two new players on the top 6 and two old subtractions from the 4th line changes the team. Younger and faster forwards. I take issue with guys like Neil Smith talking trash when the Isles changed more this offseason then any since Tavares left.

You touched on all of it….Last year Pelli and Pullie were out for first half of season practically…Dobber and Romanov carried them …Mayfield played hurt (who knew) and eventually was out…they changed coaches…they didn’t score (22nd in NHL) ..worst pk in league …Reilly saved them IMO to getting in playoffs…which was truly a miracle they made it …maybe now a rested Sirokin …we are going to make playoffs easily…they better!!!

Good morning team! Gil, with the defensive staff basically being the same as last season, I'm thinking the best way they could be better is two fold. Trust in Patrick Roy's system, and Sorokin returning to his form from two years ago. There is always room for improvement, but having a goalie play like he is capable of playing, he would be able to make up for any lack of defensive play, allowing the team to take more chances defensively. I'm not looking to get into situations where the team needs to score five goals to have a chance at winning games, but I'm looking to see if the team has the talent to skate that open type of play that scoring goals will be more frequent. Having goalies, at the top of their game, makes that a possibility. It would also be nice to know we can buckle down and win those 2-1, 3-2 games as well. Thanks again, Sir. Everyone, have a great day today! Looking forward to seeing everyone again next time. Until then.. Let's Go Islanders!!

Good 🌄, Gil, how are you? If The Islanders stay healthy, and listen to Patrick Roy, they'll be just fine. I understand Scott Mayfield taking one for the team, but not at the expense of his career. The Penalty Kill and The Power Play can be better, too. Condolences are for Johnny Gaudreau, a one time Islander and his brother, . a one time Islander prospect who played for Calgary and Columbus. It was an accident that shouldn't have happened. Robert Bortuzzo signed on with The UT 🏒 team. I wish him the best of luck. HAPPY 🎂 JASON BLAKE. He had a great career in The NHL Before I go, I was listening to the 🎵 Ride Like The Wind, by Christopher Cross. It was his first big hit, and it stayed at #2 for a month behind Another Brick In The Wall. Anyway, at the time it was on the charts, The Islanders were on the verge of winning their first Stanley Cup. Hear from you later, Gil, and LET'S GO ISLANDERS.

What NHL team did Matthew played for, he would've been great for our third line. Sad he's gone.

If the islanders can stay healthy on the blue line which is a big if where pelech and puloch are concerned and if sorokin can bounce back which I belive is probable then the islanders will be much improved

rip johnny hockey. So sad. And after trading laine bj's have no offense now. It is gonna be a tuff season for bj's. Two ways to improve overall team defense would be 1. improve the pk. Quit giving up loads of sh goals would be a start. 2. A better transition game to get puck up ice would help. Isles d as currently structured lacks transition d man/speed with all the offense on back end coming from 8. And there is a so-called pacioretty bidding war going on. Go and get patches louzer. The old side of 34 and broken down should be right up louzer's alley.

1) Fire senile Lou. 2) Fire lil Chrissy, Lou’s son and any other devil holdovers.

He’s only going to get better , hopefully never ever injured, he’s our up and coming Charlie McAvoy , I think now on paper Dobson might have a better shot to goal advantage, not all defenseman have a slap shot on a string he does, great post thank you Gil LGI !!!

He needs to toughen up... Let other players know not only can I skate but if you wack my net minder I'm gonna crack your jaw!!!!

TOO slow

I think Dobson's ranking is fair. He tailed off a lot in the last 1/3 of the season offensively, and that's why he's not higher. There are a couple of guys between 16-20 that I think may be slightly better all around than Dobson, so I'm happy where he's ranked.

Noah is growing into a dominant Defenseman. He is just filling out as a young adult. Tremendous player and person. He will win multiple Norris Trophies. I’m sure his extension will be announced before Camp. He will sign 9.5 x 8 and that’s going to look as a bargain.

U give Matt Martin a call if the isles r hit by the injury bug. Otherwise, it’s time to move on from Martin.