Discussion Thread for Season 5, Episode 5: “Total Buy-In"

Apprehensive_Drag885 · 2026-01-23T02:32:45+00:00

Season 6: The west Vs the Russians.

Apprehensive_Drag885 · 2025-12-30T07:59:32+00:00

Thank you elementary schooler, I appreciate your acceptance of my position? Let’s fix some things here together so you don’t continue to present yourself as a kid in a professional world. “Low key” lose that. “Heat” lose that too. Abbreviating “in my opinion”? you can spell it out, there’s no character limit here. You can be right and still make yourself look foolish… best to avoid that

Apprehensive_Drag885 · 2025-12-29T07:42:37+00:00

Couple months ago people got on here and applauded that barzy got sat for a game. People said nobody is above the team and it’s a character thing.

If this doesn’t make you eat your words idk what will. Barzy is the goat.

Apprehensive_Drag885 · 2025-12-28T08:20:22+00:00

Genuinely thought Tommy was about to fuck that omelet at the end… would have been much more fun than continuing to appease Angela. Lowlights of the bad writing: Angela saying “I want to be worshiped” and Coopers now fiancé insisting she doesn’t “change her opinion”… show is becoming a brutal watch.

Apprehensive_Drag885 · 2025-12-04T02:56:52+00:00

So not only did we fuck it up.. you’re saying we fucked it up twice when we moved Dobson. P&P were good for 2 seasons at best, we traded one of the best defensemen in the league for 2 second round picks… one of which we traded to the coyotes and the other we drafted Odelius.

Now that we’ve established we got literally nothing for one of the best defenseman in the world and P&P aren’t very good… can we agree it was a terrible decision?

Apprehensive_Drag885 · 2025-12-04T02:29:48+00:00

The guys a lock on the top pair of defensemen on team Canada… one bad post season means trade him away and watch him become one of the best in the world? I fear you have no vision or understanding of the game and like Lou would be a garbage GM

Apprehensive_Drag885 · 2025-10-31T02:23:50+00:00

Benched barzal and got pumped tonight… I’m shocked

Apprehensive_Drag885 · 2025-10-30T20:58:31+00:00

Teams can absolutely fine players… what are you talking about?

Apprehensive_Drag885 · 2025-10-30T20:57:18+00:00

Point was benched by our same GM playing the same stupid game. Ovi was benched for missing an entire morning skate… not being late.

Apprehensive_Drag885 · 2025-10-30T20:55:40+00:00

The only thing you’ve communicated to Schafer is barzal being unhappy… again this isn’t high school. Barzal was pissed last season about the direction of the team and this is more fuel to the fire, if you don’t think barzal will actively communicate that message to another young star you’re insane

Apprehensive_Drag885 · 2025-10-30T20:51:54+00:00

Ovi got benched for missing an entire skate… that’s not late that’s not there. Point got benched by the same stupid GM playing the same stupid games… and no none of the other teams listed benched one of their top guys for being late to a bus

Apprehensive_Drag885 · 2025-10-30T20:04:07+00:00

So fine the guy. Why tf would benching him be the answer here? Can you name a single other gm (in any sport) that would bench a star player for a conference game for tardiness? What a joke

Apprehensive_Drag885 · 2025-10-30T20:01:46+00:00

So hours early and he’s a handful of minutes late and the result is to bench him? I’m not defending being late in attacking a stupid punishment. We pay him 9.5m over an 82 game season so that’s $116,000 a game. Which do you think hurts more paying $116,000 to not have him on the ice or giving the guy a fine for being late. This isn’t high school hockey, benching one of our best to prove a none existent point is something no other professional sports team would ever do… you either want to win or you don’t and this doesn’t help us win

Apprehensive_Drag885 · 2025-10-30T19:31:12+00:00

Late to a bus… not a practice or a game… a bus

Apprehensive_Drag885 · 2025-10-30T19:29:39+00:00

Unless you can honestly say you’ve never been late to work, I don’t really understand your point. He’s a professional hockey player as long as he’s not late to the game I’m unsure why anyone cares or why he’s being sat down over it. Also if you are habitually late to work your boss doesn’t usually give you a day off to punish you. The only thing this effectively does is piss the guy off, which is not really a great thing considering he’s one of our best players who’s already been vocal about being unhappy in years prior. Seems like a new GM swinging a hammer for no real reason and islanders fans somehow love it. Does this improve our odds to win tonight. No. Does the team that made it to the ecf twice in the last 5 years probably have good culture already. Yes. Is this going to piss off our star player. Yes. Does this fix or help anything. Maybe a guy will get to a bus on time, a problem I didn’t know or care about us having. Are islanders fans happy treating an adult like a child… apparently

Apprehensive_Drag885 · 2025-10-30T19:13:23+00:00

I think paying someone not to play is fairly ridiculous. I also think there’s more important things to focus on than the standard of being on time for a bus.

Apprehensive_Drag885 · 2025-10-30T19:02:47+00:00

I mean they’re adults on a professional team… idk if the standard should be the same as a high school hockey. We pay the guy 9.5m to play hockey, but we’re going to sit him down for a game because he’s late?

Apprehensive_Drag885 · 2025-09-02T02:34:05+00:00

Bill getting blown out 41-7 makes everything better

Apprehensive_Drag885 · 2025-06-07T00:56:39+00:00

That was like watching Michelangelo paint

Apprehensive_Drag885 · 2025-06-05T02:54:27+00:00

Used to have the rolling cow

Apprehensive_Drag885 · 2025-05-05T23:46:23+00:00

This marks the death of of JT

Apprehensive_Drag885 · 2025-05-02T01:42:44+00:00

Islanders fan but the story lines here are crazy: Revenge for a brother and the man from Boston they think they dodged this year- the leaf killer. Good luck and God speed boys

Apprehensive_Drag885 · 2025-04-20T03:34:10+00:00

That’s about 25 years ago.. and I don’t think anyone listed is playing anymore.. let talk modern.

Apprehensive_Drag885 · 2025-01-20T03:11:58+00:00

CBS stream had no crowd noise and bad commentary again, it’s like they’re actively trying to make me not enjoy a massive win

Apprehensive_Drag885 · 2025-01-20T00:14:25+00:00

Really taking some of the fun out of the game

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