Hello Hockey: David Pagnotta was on the Howdy Hockey podcast with Tom Gazzola and Shawn Belle speaking in regards to the New York Islanders and in the event that they may very well be consumers, sellers or holding pat.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Pagnotta: “They’re slowly getting wholesome once more, which is an efficient factor, since you need to see what this staff can do with the total lineup.
Is also a bit of little bit of a nasty factor, as a result of it could proceed to pour, you recognize, nicely, simply have the staff sporting beer goggles with considering that they’re loads higher than they’re.
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And, you recognize, that’s, that’s the duty that Lou is confronted with. If this staff is, is, you recognize, a degree, two, three factors out of a wild card spot by the commerce deadline. Now, Lou not going to commerce Brock Nelson or Kyle Palmieri.”
Gazzola: “Proper.”
Pagnotta: “He’s gonna, he’s gonna stand agency.”
Belle: “He’s gonna add?”
Pagnotta: “I don’t know if he’ll add. I don’t like, I don’t see him, I don’t see him getting into the rental market on that aspect of issues, on both aspect of the equation. Like, I don’t assume he’s going to be a vendor or a purchaser in the event that they’re in the identical place they’re at proper now, which, if I’m an islander fan, I’m sort of pissed off at.
Like, there’s a chance to commerce Nelson and Fow, excuse me, and Palmieri, and get a first-round choose in a package deal for each of those guys, every. So that you do this, you add two first-round picks, you add a pair different items. As a result of their cabinet is dry, yeah, with respect to the longer term.
So, refill the cabinet. Name the season what it’s, and also you’re gonna have a crap ton of cap house to play with subsequent season. Exit and be a participant and go be energetic and attempt to add some items that manner and get again on the playoff competition subsequent season. Like this is a chance for the islanders to sort of simply hit the E-break for a second and nonetheless have the playoffs in thoughts for subsequent yr and on.
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However that’s not historically what Lou does, and I feel one thing that, that (Patrick) Roy is sort of pushing for. However we’ll see what occurs there, they obtained some choices to make up on the high of that group, quickly.”
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