Hello Hockey: David Pagnotta was on the Hiya Hockey podcast with Tom Gazzola and Shawn Belle speaking concerning the New York Islanders and in the event that they might be patrons, sellers or holding pat.
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Pagnotta: “They’re slowly getting wholesome once more, which is an efficient factor, since you need to see what this group can do with the total lineup.
Is also somewhat little bit of a foul factor, as a result of it could proceed to pour, you understand, properly, simply have the group carrying beer goggles with pondering that they’re lots higher than they’re.
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And, you understand, that’s, that’s the duty that Lou is confronted with. If this group is, is, you understand, 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 suppose 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 type 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 try 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 means and get again on the playoff rivalry subsequent season. Like this is a chance for the islanders to type of simply hit the E-break for a second and nonetheless have the playoffs in thoughts for subsequent 12 months and on.
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However that’s not historically what Lou does, and I believe one thing that, that (Patrick) Roy is type of pushing for. However we’ll see what occurs there, they bought some selections to make up on the prime of that group, quickly.”
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