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New York’s Plan For Free Agency on 7/1/12
It’s almost fair to ask are the players developing here a better choice than who will make up a very weak UFA market again that opens at noon on Sunday?
But let’s take an outsiders look at how the New York Islanders likely will operate when the market opens.
The More Things Change……..The More They Stay The Same:
When Mike Bossy signed his final NHL contract in October of 1981 for what would be seven years/5.75m, he went into great detail in his book (Boss: “The Mike-Bossy Story page 140-144 “) about the negotiations between himself, agent Pierre Lacroix, and Bill Torrey, which involved Islander alternate governor, William Shehan, who was a senior adviser to the club until 2002.
A lot of basic things still apply in 2012.
In those days newspapers were a little more responcible with information.
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It Does Not Take A Committee:
Let’s have a little fun, pretend we are in the Islanders offices with their charts of UFA players.
It’s meeting time as Snow, Morrow, Weight, Capuano, Klatt, whoever in the scouting department is making a list of who they want to sign/why?
Everyone goes around the table as they discuss each player, then come up with a depth chart which changes often.
No doubt Snow/staff are doing their due diligence, calling x team from gm/coaches/former players/trainers, even current Islanders to see if that player can help this franchise along with why they are becoming a free agent? Many reasons why players are available from salary to performance are well-known.
Charles Wang is likely on a speakerphone from somewhere, asking how much, why will he help the team to the point we should pay that player? Wang’s also had his meetings with Michael Picker, Art McCarthy, Paul Lancey, Howard Saffan to discuss a working budget to operate in New York/Bridgeport.
Everyone has their plan.
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Bottom Line:
It’s not rocket science, the Islanders have their free agent depth chart, top contract figure to offer, the player/agent have done the same.
The market means one player makes a breakthrough salary wise, everyone wants a comparable salary.
Not everyone receives one.
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Ownership:
Let Bill Torrey/William Skehan tell you about former owner John Pickett and how this business can wear on an owner or how much credit they used to receive. I have been hard on Pickett, and apprciate these comments more today.
“I remember once in the early ’80s, one of the few times my dad was ever quoted in the newspaper,” Brett Pickett said. “He was saying, ‘If I had my way, nobody would know who owns the Islanders.’ And that’s just how he preferred it.”
Still there was Charles Wang at the draft meeting the teams selections.
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Brent Thompson Named Assistant/Notables
“Brent did a great job in Bridgeport last year molding our young prospects into a division-winning team,” said Islanders General Manager Garth Snow. “With his coaching experience and defensive expertise, we’re excited for him to join our coaching staff.”
Thompson did an ITV interview.
NYIFC Comments:
You can go in ten different directions with this because many organizations keep assistant coaches through several coaching changes, while others do not.
Is this another potential successor for Jack Capuano if the club does not start well, should he have had the right to pick his own head coaches as many NHL organizations do permit, even thought his experience since 2005 has only been with this organization?
Capuano was sent down to Bridgeport after Steve Stirling’s dismissal.
Bottom line does a rookie AHL coach in 29th place at the end of the calendar year 2011, that takes a team to fifteen games over five hundered/first place deserve a promotion or do you want him teaching prospects in what will largely be a different Bridgeport team?
Is this coach who was a successful ECHL hire a year ago ready to be an NHL assistant?
Despite what happens with the NHL CBA, Bridgeport will need a head coach at some future point.
Unless something changes the Islanders bench will carry one less assistant, but three assistants in many cases were one extra.
On a related note, former assistant, Dean Chynoweth has been named head coach of the Lake Erie Monsters an affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche AHL.com
NYIFC Comments:
Thrilled for Dean Chynoweth, now let’s see if Scott Allen can land a head coaching job.
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Griffin Reinhart did his first interview since draft night.
NYIFC Comments:
Outside of the ITV interview draft night beyond Tsn entertainment interview, we never got to see him get a formal interview on stage during the draft.
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New York Islander Fan Central
Scott Allen and Dean Chynoweth Not Returning For 2012-13
Islanders website: Announced that assistant coaches Scott Allen and Dean Chynoweth will not return for the 2012-13 season.
Scott Allen was named Assistant Coach of the Islanders on July 20, 2009.
Dean Chynoweth was named the Islanders Assistant Coach on June 19, 2009.
NYIFC Comments:
Never a good day to see anyone leaving any job.
Dean Chynoweth is a former player with the Islanders so even worse in that regard.
Jack Capuano has had nothing to say since the season ended.
These were both coaches hired for Scott Gordon’s second season with the Islanders.
If Capuano wanted them to stay this could be an issue for him, but the question moving forward is does Capuano get to pick his own staff, or will it work like in New Jersey with long time assistant coaches, Larry Robinson & Jacques Laperriere, who stayed behind the bench despite several Devils coaching changes?
Laperriere, has had another role with Devils for a few years now.
No folks, I do not believe for one minute Doug Weight would accept a job as an NHL head coach with this little experience or would Garth Snow offer it to him.
Weights’s reaction to this could also be interesting being that he was a full time assistant coach, and part of a staff that has now been significantly changed, as Senior Advisor to the General Manager.
This could take some time to play out depending on what assistant’s or former head coaches become available.
If you are asking this blog if someone who makes decisions based only upon watching games/comments of the assistant coaches if these are the correct moves I would have to say no.
I supported Jack Capuano returning, so I have to do the same for the assistant coaches with the exact same reasons.
Of course, it’s not that simple if contracts end or if management does not feel the same.
New York Islander Fan Central
Jack Capuano’s Return Is The Correct Move
Within seven days, the club announced two new assistant coaches for Steve Stirling after the lockout. Dan Bylsma on 8/18/2005 & Jack Capuano on 8/25/2005.
One left the Islanders, the other stayed, both became head coaches in the American Hockey League, both replaced coaches at different stages in their teams progression/circumstances.
Jack Capuano’s Islanders had success against Dan Bylsma’s Penguins at home last year, Capuano’s team just became the only one to pin back to back losses on the Penguins since Jan 10th-11th.
Capuano’s job status was a subject this blog pondered over several times, as even Mark Streit was called out indirectly by his head coach, and the captain fired back. It was pondered over with Kyle Okposo riding the bench with Josh Bailey, who played a lot of games out of position where the coaching was again questioned here with management.
Michael Grabner has also seen some time in the stands with Nino Niederretier, and several other veterans.
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The Decision Had Been Made Coach Stays:
What Charles Wang said on Sunday was expected regarding his general manager/head coach.
On 2/2/12 (15:08) Garth Snow appeared on Gary Bettman’s NHL Hour, and praised the job his head coach had done in detail. At that time the Islanders were two games under five hundred. (same as 4/1/12)
Garth Snow discussed, Capuano’s great relationship with the players/communication skills, x/o’s second to none. (cue goals off faceoffs as part of that comment)
Mr Snow on 2/2, also employed the rebuilding word which he avoided for years which was blogged about in detail here also.
Is Coaching The Problem?
2010-11:
Capuano inherited a 4-10-3 club that bottomed out at 5-18-5 losing over six hundred man games to injury, his team in Bridgeport was struggling when named the interim coach.
From that point Capuano got his teams overall record to 29-33-12 before a final wave of injuries in mid-March.
This blog documented the thirty plus regulation losses by one goal/open nets. There were signs this team had a deep offense, a defense with some mobility, there were reasons to expect what happened in the second half combined with the return of Streit/Okposo would produce a playoff team with a chance to win a Stanley Cup.
The praise for the hard work shown by the 2010-11 New York Islanders was a theme opposing coaches used often which was not token praise.
Reality:
Then we discovered every year is different, games are not played on paper, and for every player who progresses there is one who takes a step back, the mix changes, and with it things that worked.
2011-12:
The changes altered the chemistry, some of those decisions made upstairs doubled-down on the problems that cost Scott Gordon his job by the same players returning from injury.
Some fair gambles in free agency did not work, they forced Capuano to fall into the trap of his predecessors with Blake Comeau, a notorious poor producer in the first half even when left at one position.
Okposo returned looking as slow, tentative, as the player who was still working his way back from injury, his 2010-11 stats hidden somewhat by the success of Michael Grabner on left wing.
New Captain, Mark Streit, in his thirties, returned from a year injured to find Steve Staios as his opening night partner on defense, who’s trade value in March 2010 equaled former Islander, Aaron Johnson/3rd rounder.
It was a flawed team with obvious weakness from opening night, which looked nothing like the club from the second half of 2010-11.
This club never won more than three games in a row.
Terrible on home ice.
Was one of the worst five on five teams in hockey.
Terrible production on the back-line.
Blocked the most shots in the league as a reflection of the pressure on the slow, low-hitting defense.
Horrible holding leads.
Poor under pressure where games hung in balance.
Almost no easy nights. (5-1 Tampa games)
Despite all those obvious weaknesses. The club basically remained in a box between six under and five hundred after October, to this day never entering serious playoff contention.
As soon as a free-fall seemed apparent, the club rallied.
The clunkers seemed to pace most other clubs, the ugly wins reflected the overall roster’s weaknesses.
Talent, Coaching?
There was individual progress, however players who took steps back. Yes, there were questionable moves by the coach with his pulling of goaltenders at odd times.
Character? Fan blogs are not in locker-rooms, only the people in the room/management can speak to an individuals character in terms of how they play hockey.
Folks who go there on the outside are wasting your time.
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Playing To Your Career Trends Not On Head Coach:
I did not see the weakness incorporated into the lineup or their failure as the fault of Jack Capuano.
Marty Reasoner, was hurt in camp and never got started.. I cannot put what I saw on the head coach, sometimes you discover why a player is a free agent beyond statistics.
Brian Rolston had a very strong second half for the Devils a year ago, he cleared re-entry waivers in Dec 2010, he played to his lesser trend. Capuano cleared positions, power-play minutes to get the best out of his performance. Finally/correctly, he decided it was not going to work.
Staios, Mottau, Jurina, Haley, Pandolfo, Reese, Moulson, Nielsen, (beyond short-handed goals), Bailey all played to their career trends, outside of Frans Nielsen all those players were scratched.
Nieslen’s five on five production was consistent with his career offensive struggles, despite his recent improvement.
Michael Grabner played to his 2010-11 trend before his injury. Andrew MacDonald played to his very early career trends with Travis Hamonic which is good on a team with this many weaknesses.
Tavares progressed as a first overall pick should.
PA Parenteau took a big step forward statistically.
Evgeny Nabokov finally got healthy, and showed his trends from San Jose as a reliable starter. Rick DiPietro’s recent trend of injuries made him a non-factor. Al Montoya played to all his career trends late last season, and as a struggling AHL backup prior to his acquisition.
Matt Martin’s scoring did not progress as you would hope, despite hit totals.
Kevin Poulin, Anders Nilsson both played to the trends you would expect with highs and lows.Calvin deHaan, Mark Katic’s injuries are part of their trends.
David Ullstrom, Casey Cizikas, Rhett Rakhshani, have no NHL trends, they did not seem held back by the coaching of Jack Capuano.
Okposo, Streit looked like players who missed a year or were asked to do too much. Both looked closer to their career trends recently in terms of their impacts on games.
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Ultimately:
Based on what I have written and seen since October, Jack Capuano should return as head coach for 2012-13.
Capuano was as good (or bad) as the talent (and weaknesses) on the roster provided to him.
Those weaknesses should improve with talent/natural progression from inside the organization.
Having written this we wrote that a year ago after Ty Wishart played twenty second half games at a plus five, and seemed very reliable on defense entering his 5th NHL season. The former first round pick never got more than a token look as the veterans struggled badly on the backline.
In 2011-12, I did not see a coach who lost his team, the losing was always met by a team that rebounded with wins which speaks to the coach.
No doubt Jack Capuano was one reason some players wanted to resign here who had options.
Overall I saw nothing long-term that Capuano cannot produce the success Dan Bylsma did when they finally reach that next level.
The 2011-12 roster was not that team from opening night.
The remaining question here is does Jack Capuano want to return?
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For New York The Problem Begins On Defense
If your team defense cannot score, is not very fast or physical, that’s a disadvantage at both ends of the ice and in transition.
It throws off your entire club. The Isles are not a big team up front that are going to dominate the corners to buy the defense more time to join the play.
It’s all a big part of the 2011-12 New York Islander story.
Dylan Reese went from the stands to playing with Mark Streit, that says a great deal about the depth or lack thereof.
Best part of the game on Thursday was watching Andrew MacDonald attempt to play some physical hockey, but that’s not enough. Travis Hamonic cannot be that player at this point in his career much less wearing a cage.
Mark Streit’s beautiful effort to find Tavares for the 3-2 goal was also not enough on one of the lowest scoring defenses in the NHL.
Streit’s looked like he’s played two seasons with all the pressure on him every game, which is why signing Steve Staios was such a mistake because teams key on Streit.
Bottom line this team needs some major changes to it’s defense which obviously begins with Jurcina, Eaton and Staios because they solve none of those flaws on this backline.
No, it’s not their fault, they have played exactly as their career trends would suggest (beyond injuries) as did Mike Mottau.
Obviously the UFA market will only have inconsistent players with a lot of downside available which is why they are on the market. The one or two top defenders available will be front-loaded contract defenders where again even a James Wisniewski will be offered more than Tavares and likely are not going to be available to this team.
In short, the prospects will provide some answers, not all.
That’s where Garth Snow comes in.
29 other clubs want the same upgrades on defense so the price in the trade market will be extremely high.
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Flyer game:
Jack Capuano for as flawed as his team can play at times should feel some pressure watching John Tavares diagramming a play after him.
His team played a ten minute game.
Capuano was correct in his twenty second post-game, the Isles did dominate the early minutes and skate well, but for all that they generated virtually no scoring chances. As soon as Nabokov gave up the opening goal the club did little until Grabner’s goal.
Streit, Capuano and many were correct in the post-game, there is no excuse to play a ten minute game, this also goes on the coach.
The Flyers came in red-hot off three shutouts in a row, having written that they did not have to play very hard after they got the lead and it showed.
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Jay Pandolfo was nominated for the Masterson.
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New Jersey 5, New York 1: Loss Goes Directly On Coach
” We can do something about it, we have to get more players playing with passion and urgency ” -Jack Capuano.
Sorry Mr Capuano, but that was your job before this game over three days.
If your team is not even ready with all this rest, it goes on you/staff because they absolutely should have been.
Urgency was what I saw in Philadelphia, when the Flyers fell behind after Peter Laviolette called timeout. That team was exhausted coming back from the west coast and from there simply dominated.
Urgency was what I saw in Colorado when their player started yelling at the team and from there dominated the Isles coming back down 3-0.
It’s one thing to lose to a good team that outplays you or gets the breaks, this was two points there for the taking.
The New York Islanders competed for ten minutes like this was September or October, not March after plenty of time off to prepare for a desperate effort.
Even worse, the Devils were not that interested in working very hard tonight.
Tonight has to go on the coaching staff with the players.
No one’s going to convince me Michael Grabner should be sitting against a team he exploits in Newark often so Adam Larsson or Elias can outwork Jay Pandolfo or Marty Reasoner for goals.
I wrote about it on twitter before the game.
Steve Staios made his usual costly mistake, he had his man on the fifth goal as John Tavares was not back defending, this goes on the entire team.
Josh Bailey can misfire on shots as a center or a right wing, he should be at his natural position.
As written all season, steps forward/steps backwards.
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Okposo & Bailey vs Coaching/Development/Winning
He did play briefly under Jack Capuano in Bridgeport here and no doubt worked under Capuano in summer or training camps.
The point is Capuano and Okposo were familiar with one another when he returned from his shoulder injury in January 2011.
Kyle Okposo is a young player, he’s had success and shown he has first line potential.
Jack Capuano is in a tough spot here. He’s benched Okposo, put him on the top line where a pick of his potential should thrive with Tavares, however now again is off that line for Parenteau.
Okposo’s been used with Nielsen most of the time since his return in 2011, that produced five goals, but did not get a lot of notice because of Grabner’s success on that line combined with his injury.
Seems the only thing that brought immediate improvement for a short-time was Okposo’s benching this season, and not just the two quick goals against the Flyers, but his dive to the net returned.
Of course the numbers are important, however he’s simply not generating chances, skating well, and visible in games for all the wrong reasons.
There are no easy answer here, this is not the same player before his injury.
The Milbury plan and a trade should not even be a thought.
The only acceptable plan is the staff does everything possible to get Okposo back to the player he used to be.
That’s part of what the staff is paid to do, that’s why the player got a five year contract extension.
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As for Josh Bailey, many have read our 8/25/11 entry about him being mismanaged by the club.
Bailey dismissed returning to play his third forward position (RW) against Washington.
Despite scoring this blog feels players who teams use first round picks to draft, must play their natural position.
Bailey’s been different than Okposo, he’s had very visible games with a lot of unproductive wingers.
The answer is not to make Bailey a full time wing again.
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Coaching:
The facts are the players here all praise this organization, that’s a reflection of the head coach.
Blake Comeau went both ways first crediting his work with Capuano in Bridgeport, then praising Scott Gordon, who picked Nate Thompson over him and played the communication with Capuano card.
Rolston also had some comments that seemed odd considering the minutes and role he was given on the club’s powerplay.
One reason Jack Capuano was given a contract to return in 2011-12 was familiarity with the Isles prospects.
Garth Snow made clear recently he’s very happy with his head coach.
Should he be satisfied getting nothing statistically from most of the veterans, or little aside from the natural progression Tavares has made with Parenteau?
The kind of natural progress you expect from Okposo and Bailey at this point, even without the statistics?
Or is the reality no coach was going to make some of these veterans more productive, and this collectively hurt the ability of many forwards to do better?
Reasoner/Rolston second half numbers a year ago would suggest one thing.
Parenteau, Moulson progress/improvement says that works both ways.
Washington Loss:
Little to add from twitter comments.
Steve Staios does his absolute best in a role he should never have been entrusted with.
This team came out and should have been down four goals in the first period, even if they won 2-0 it was a terrible response to Sunday’s game.
How they won the previous game in Washington is how they needed to play Monday, the scoreboard never reflected the disparity in skating most of that game.
Upcoming Games:
Flyers come limping home after having a very tough trip to the west coast where they should be tired, it will make no difference if the Isles continue to struggle in games.
Will we see the Islander team that went into Philadelphia and earned a 5-2 win with excellent skating or the game where they looked shorthanded for sixty five minutes and Nabokov stole a shootout?
What’s also is clear very soon, someone’s going to have to start a game besides Nabokov.
Our new twitter box has it’s first update on that front.
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New York Notables/Reese Injury
Interesting day for the New York Islanders.
The ITV interviews on Nielsen resigning were very good. Jack Capuano/Nielsen gave a lot of insight on many subjects, including the Coliseum’s future.
Islanders website: Released a summary of the comments.
First time in months/all year ITV had the coach on an off day during practice.
NYIFC Comments:
Seems a lot of players already here want to stay and seemingly took less money than they could make on the open market. It says everything about the ownership and management. Jack Capuano for his part sounded like a coach who has his own job, and that’s not to be the general manager.
Dylan Reese Out:
The Islanders twitter announced Dylan Reese is out 4-6 weeks, his injury looked even worse.
Looking ahead, we know the drill.
Jurcina returns or Mottau returns (no mention of #10 skating), Donovan, Wishart recalled or Garth Snow brings in a player from another organization.
Moving Forward:
This defense as presently constructed has some major challenges moving forward, they are not going to outright steal many games like they did on Tuesday with goaltending. Aaron Ness for the most part was not noticeable in his debut, which is a good thing. He fell once early, but got some shots.
The Flyers had the ability to out-shoot the Devils 24-1 on Saturday and rally down 6-0 to lose 6-4, so give marks to the struggling Flyers, still it was their third game in four days and as that game played out, the Isles faded, Philadelphia dominated, even when the Isles drew powerplays.
Peter Laviolette had a team meeting Monday, he pushed his team and got a good response.
Now Jack Capuano has to get the same response from his team, with a defense that looks badly over-matched. Tavares line is getting chances, but has not produced the last three games, his backcheck in the third period, and move to split the Flyer defense late and draw a pp was incredible during one shift.
Josh Bailey was also very good in Philadelphia, his line had early chances.
Bottom line, NYIFC has been writing about this being an extended pre-season, the standings do not lie on that count, however the team is making things interesting without really closing the gap on the latest 8th seed.
Just getting back to five hundred from five/six under, but only a few points out of fifteenth says a lot about the team/conference.
Trade Deadline:
NYIFC gave our projection of the likely available players the other day. The next set of games/standings will determine which direction Snow goes in ultimately unless a deal comes along now that makes sense.
Nabokov looks like he’s having fun being here, out of the break Poulin got the start in Carolina, Montoya got the Buffalo game after Nabokov did not face huge pressure against Ottawa so that’s telling.
Nabokov’s second half only proves that a goaltender can struggle or be injured for the better part of a year and a half, but when healthy/with the rust off he can return to top forum. Khabibulin did it in Edmonton this year.
Of course every players circumstances are different.
NYIFC Notables:
The archives of past entries since this blog began in 2007 are now easier to find/read on the sidebar with the drop-down menu altered. Regretfully labels were not used in postings after daily/full time entries stopped in April 2009 often.
The good news for our readers has been the Time Warner-Cablevision blackout has forced many to watch games on line. Because of that there have had many twitter updates here (sidebar/twitterpage) during most games.
The tribute header to Kenny Jonsson will be posted on Thursday and be up through Sunday afternoon.
Our twitter name for some reason was New York Islanders long before this blog used twitter here, that’s been changed to NYI Fan Central.
The twitter wallpaper was redone to accommodate their recent changes. At this time there is no need for an App for NYIFC, and do not want folks spending money to read a blog.
The historical sections on the sidebars are always a work in progress, but feel it’s one of the best anywhere, the prospect blog header has also been updated.
The twitter box will be back at 2pm Thursday.
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10/14 Mangano’s Latest Coliseum Plan Announced/NY Notables
Ed Mangano announced his latest plan for the Nassau Coliseum site on 10/14, it could mean a new Coliseum on the Northern part of the Hub constructed, or a renovation of the current facility.
The study, which needs state funding/private investment, was from something called Accelerate-Nassau-Now which had images in rough sketches.
NYIFC Comments:
Page eight, nine, ten, fourteen are the sections on the Coliseum. Twenty, twenty one relied on some Lighthouse background information.
Means nothing unless Charles Wang agrees to a lease extension.
New York Notables:
It’s obvious DiPietro’s concussion will leave him on the sidelines for an undetermined time, as long as, it’s not of the Crosby/Vaske variety, with lingering ramifications, it’s not of consequence.
The key for DiPietro are his knee issues, and game rust.
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Jack Capuano sounded like Scott Gordon at 4-1-2 last October in his post-game, he knows something’s not right with his roster even after a 5-1 win. Staios made a great play on Stamkos, the lack of speed on this defense cannot be hidden for many nights.
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I did not have clear picture against Tampa, it seemed Comeau was back on right wing, loved what I saw from Hamonic, Bailey, and Martin.
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The prospect blog has the updated status for Kabanov.
The long version of what’s happened?
Lewiston folds.
Montreal Junior draft his rights in QMJHL dispersal draft.
Montreal Junior change their name to Blainville-Boisbriand Armada.
Islanders send Kabanov to Blainville-Boisbriand Armada after camp.
Blainville-Boisbriand Armada have no apparent roster spot for Kabanov.
Kabanov signs an eight game tryout contract with Farjestd BK SEL on 10/13.
Blainville-Boisbriand Armada trade his QMJHL rights to Shawinigan Cataractes on 10/14.
NYIFC Comments:
The Kirill Kabanov saga leaves him with either an eight game tryout contract with Farjestd in the SEL, or he reports to Shawinigan. Only questions are does the tryout contract obligate him to play in the SEL before going to Shawinigan?
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New York Notables: Assistant Captains/Comeau Moving To RW
ITV: Released interviews with Head Coach, Jack Capuano, and several of the players. The big news of the day is once again, Blake Comeau, changes postion to open the season as a right wing, despite the fact changing his position in the past has hurt his progression.
NYIFC Comments:
I saw Comeau in the video feed from Bridgeport playing right wing.
That likely means Rolston slides to left wing where he had his forty points in his final forty games a year ago vs a twenty four goal player, who’s production has been very streaky at best over six months. History says, this hurts Comeau, who has struggled with this exact move made by several past coaches.
NYIFC twitter feed has notable moves on Thursday, which include assistant captains named, plus Jeremy Colliton being named Sound Tigers captain, with another menu of goal songs.
NHL.com: Has a recap of many of the ITV interviews Thursday.
Ct Post/Greenwich Times: Has Colliton’s comments along with several players named as assistant captains.
Fort Erie Times: Includes a footnote that Jordan Bailey (brother of Josh Bailey) is the teams early leading scorer.
Here’s NYIFC Official Vote for the permanent goal song—NOTHING BUT THE CLASSIC SIREN:
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