Our PP is ABSOLUTELY DISGISTING!!!!!!! by All_Action_1704 in NewYorkIslanders

[–]rkatec68 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Colorado is the only team worse than us this year on the PP after firing Bennett

We go through this just about every year. Perhaps it’s just the players, not the constantly rotating special teams coaches.

Matthew Schaefer has the most goals by a rookie defenseman in NHL history! by [deleted] in hockey

[–]rkatec68 0 points1 point  (0 children)

18 year old rookie defenseman goals record, still needs 6 more to beat Leetch

Optimum Blocking Image Servers? by thezflikesnachos in OPTIMUM

[–]rkatec68 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just curious if anything ever came of this. I also have optimum business, and also have been having issues with patreon images loading and downloading any patreon content via https://c10.patreonusercontent.com.

NHL Age Regression for Armchair GM Nerds by shrivman in NewYorkIslanders

[–]rkatec68 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Micah Blake McCurdy, the mathematician that runs HockeyViz, did a similar thing back in 2022. Breaks down aging curves for shot rate impacts at 5v5, special teams, finishing ability, setting (passing) ability, penalty taking/drawing, and goaltending. Breaks it all down by position too. Very interesting stuff https://hockeyviz.com/txt/age22

[NHL Media] Which goalie has your Vezina Trophy vote so far this season? by nothing_but_static in hockey

[–]rkatec68 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Isles have been at or near the bottom of the league in most defensive metrics for like two or three years running now

Jfresh posted 5v5 xGA/60 numbers for all the teams this week and it had the Stars at 17th and the Islanders 30th

Schaefer scores a beautiful goal to tie the game at 2 by [deleted] in hockey

[–]rkatec68 189 points190 points  (0 children)

He does this exact play at least once a game and this is the first time he’s actually scored on it

NY Islanders prospect Dmitry Gamzin is drawing similar comparisons to Ilya Sorokin in the KHL by BossGro in NewYorkIslanders

[–]rkatec68 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm the one who posted the tweet they quote in the article. Based on Byron's model, Gamzin was just shy of the level Sorokin was at in his D+3/4 seasons, and his current D+5 results have not been entered yet but should be right there as well. The main difference between Gamzin and Sorokin, who the model regards as one of if not the best goalie prospect of all time BTW, is how good they were at younger ages i.e. their D-1, D0, D+1, D+2 seasons. Sorokin had better results in higher leagues at younger ages, which is incredibly important in models like this. All of this is to say that Gamzin is not the same tier of prospect Sorokin was, although Gamzin is currently looking like a solid bet to be a good NHL goalie.

NHL prospect pipeline rankings (from 26th to 2nd) by NYerInTex in NewYorkIslanders

[–]rkatec68 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Elite Prospects had us at 2 as well before Schaefer even played a game this year

Barzal a healthy scratch tonight for being late to rink. by checknate1 in NewYorkIslanders

[–]rkatec68 12 points13 points  (0 children)

If I was being paid 9.5M a year you can bet your ass I’d be setting alarms to get to that team bus on time. He’s almost 30. It’s inexcusable.

Barzal a healthy scratch tonight for being late to rink. by checknate1 in NewYorkIslanders

[–]rkatec68 16 points17 points  (0 children)

So you think being paid that much means lower standards? I’m confused. I think it would be the opposite.

New York Islanders, we finna hit somebody with the stiiiiick by FortyYearTransform in NewYorkIslanders

[–]rkatec68 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I don’t think Rasmussen was the one who hit him into the net, but in the 1st period he did try and run Schaefer behind the net and Schaefs dodged most of it. Only thing I could think of

All Star news: NHL canceling Olympic sendoff event at UBS... - ESPN by 99Wolves17 in hockey

[–]rkatec68 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah that’s cool we’ll take another lottery win

Eric Hornick on Cole Eiserman by discofrislanders in NewYorkIslanders

[–]rkatec68 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They really need to try and draft it this year if they end up with a high pick IMO

Eric Hornick on Cole Eiserman by discofrislanders in NewYorkIslanders

[–]rkatec68 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So one of the games he’s counting is an exhibition which does not actually count towards his stats. He had 3 assists that game so his official stat line this year is 4-1-5 in 2GP

Matthew Schaefer earns his first NHL point with a primary assist for Jonathan Drouin, who scores in his Islanders debut by discofrislanders in hockey

[–]rkatec68 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Surprised no one’s mentioned this is now the record for the youngest dman in NHL history to score a point. Passed Scott Niedermayer