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Forum: Armchair-GMMay 30 at 3:17 p.m.
Thread: 24-25
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>swinny</b></div><div>The one thing that does work for the Isles is that blueline..... One of the better top 4's in the NHL imo.... and that excludes Mayfield. Why the Islanders hang around. Which would make one think Sorokin would be lights out, which last year he was not.

I think that is in large part because last season, beyond the top two lines, the Islanders simply could carry the play. Hemmed in the D zone if you will.

Maybe a more balanced offense helps that? We will see.</div></div>

In hindsight knowing that Mayfield broke his foot on Opening Night definitely makes more sense. I think a full season of Roy's system will improve them for sure. This might be a hot take but a healthy Mayfield and Reilly could be one of the best third pairs in the league. If Pelech/Pulock don't regress then I absolutely agree that they will be in the mix. Tsyplakov is a wild card for now but if he can be a 15-goal 35-point guy then that could be huge. The regular season scapegoats (Lee and Pageau) upped their game against Carolina in the playoffs but the Isles were still pretty considerably outmatched. I'm really interested in seeing what they do with those picks because it seems like the consensus is Lou did really well to add another second in that fashion.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 23 at 11:59 a.m.
Thread: Tkachuk
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Db1899</b></div><div>This is a brutal trade for the islanders.

Dobson is significantly better than chychrun. Tkachuk is great but wingers don’t have nearly as much impact as #1 RD</div></div>

I see your point but Dobson is a player where I need to see it to believe it. Yes the point totals were an improvement but he ran out of gas as the season went on and his bad habit of costly turnovers really started to come up (no bigger example than overtime at Metlife versus the Rangers and against Carolina). I would not pay him anything over 8x8 unless he can really take a step forward next season. Tkachuk-Horvat-Barzal would be a top flight first line that can stack up to almost anyone in the league. It reminds me a lot of Landeskog-MacKinnon-Rantanen or Marchand-Bergeron-Pastrnak