This is unfair 

as an Islanders fan, this was extremely spot on buddy. Had no idea you were so knowledgeable regarding our team - some would say more than some of these "experts" on twitter. THAT BEING SAID, I think it's important to point out that Kyle Palmieri has still been good this year - he's not the best 2nd liner in the world, but his effort never skips a night. Add him to the list of players that aren't why the Islanders are losing. AS FOR ROY vs LAMBERT, most of the analytics have improved. Corsi, Fenwick, Less Shots Against --- the system? Much better. But coaching out some horrendous habits takes time. Like you said, its a wait and see scenario. Its of my belief speaking with Islanders accredited media that Roy will be here for a long time. As in...there's a chance he might be the next General Manager. He has this team playing responsibly in the neutral and defensive zone, something they completely weren't doing under Lambert. Time will tell how this goes, but if they miss the playoffs blaming him would be foolish.

Not to mention, every opposing goalie seems to play their best game knowing Patrick Roy is coaching against them.

Roy about to suit up and go kick some A** in the goal 🤣

As an Islanders fan, I have been frustrated with their recent performance but none of that is on Roy. It is clear that he wants them to play harder and faster which was what had been lacking all season. I think the main criticism that some fans have is that there hasn’t been a change from what the Islanders main problem was: playing a full 60 minutes. As shown in the Stadium Series game, the Islanders can jump out to a lead and be in control through the first two periods but when the third hits, they immediately just stop playing and I honestly don’t know why since it can also happen where they are asleep in the first period and have to play catch-up, as an example the recent Tampa game

Islanders need to rebuild around Barzal, Horvat, Dobson, and Sorokin.

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Islanders fan here, most of us are not frustrated with Roy at all. Our anger is pointed at Lou now because of these contracts he has us tied up in.

Roy is the right coach Lambert was nothing, Lou was making all the decisions This team is still built for Barry Trotz I think this slowly gets solved at the deadline and off season

You nailed it with the roster construction bit. I don’t understand the expectations for the islanders. This was bound to happen with the aging core. Sometimes you got to gamble to get younger. Look at the Panthers, trading away Huberdeau after a 115 point campaign along with Weegar. They got younger and risked a star for a star and it paid off. Can’t just run it back every year

As an islanders fan I’m not mad at Roy at all, this Roster is just unfortunately not good

As an Isles fan, I’m honestly aware of zero fans who are critical of Roy.

That brief highlight of the Colorado player making a drop pass on a clean breakaway is hilarious.

The roster is bad, but some teams take much longer to see coaching bumps later. He’s a more long term hire.

Roy didnt go for the new manager bump he went for a rebuild within the team he has to make them stronger for next year and the years after

Patrick Roy is a great coach if put on the right team

I really appreciate that you calmed your voice, stopped repeating yourself 5 times, and stopped the mimic whining voice.

Roy has the Islanders playing better despite their record since he's taken over. He's at NHL .500 being given a team that was given up almost 40 shots on a nightly basis. He's cleaned that part up a bit. Given the roster he's been given and the short amount of time he's had to work with the team, I'm happy with him. The GM on the other hand is running out of excuses and has depleted the prospect pool to an NHL's worst ranked at #32.

it seems like roy is gonna take the GM spot when lou leaves/gets fired from what were understanding

If it was that easy to fire a coach and get a good bump we would see coaches fired left and right 😅

I think Roy has adjusted his style and adapted to a modern game well, the speed he is seeking to play with is crucial in todays NHL obviously. Roster construction is nightmarish but I think he’s shown enough potential to either keep his job or earn another one elsewhere

Hey JH are You not a Flames fan? How did You not do a video on that glorious BOA on Sat? To watch Edm fall apart was truly tremendous...

“A few days later……..”

I love that you bring in Bednar into this. The guy came in with a team that was in complete tatters, was in the worst season of their history, and never once was he trying to get people to believe in this year. "It's going to take time." He kept saying. And he did. The Avs are one of the best teams in the league, Bednar is one of the longest standing coaches in the NHL for a reason. Roy may have made a mistake in how he and management wanted the team to be for the Avs and parted ways, but it needs time. Tocchet didn't get the Canucks to where they are in one day, or one season. He got the team to buy in when he had the time to work with them. Give Roy the chance, give him an offseason, give him a full season, then you can put him in the fire or not. Until then, he's just doing the best with what he's got.

I am a die hard isles fan. I have my original fisherman jersey of Palffy. Lou is 1000% to blame for this. The two runs to the conf finals were smoke and mirrors. They wouldnt have made the playoffs the first year if they didnt shut the season down. The majority of these guys are Snow picks. Trading all of their first round draft choices has left us with a soft pool of prospects. Doubling down on older role players ruined the team. 7 years for Engvall and Mayfield? That is so bad. Nobody would have given them more than 3. At 81, Lou is not gonna be on board with a youth movement. Another huge problem on this team is Sorokin. Because he is a world class goalie, he masks a ton of their problems. Without him, we are a lotto team. He fires Trotz because they needed a new voice? So they replace him with Lambert who fails quickly. Makes Lou look so bad. Maybe we can bottom out and get McKenna whenever he is eligible.

Excellent perspective!

I like Patrick. Wish the Senators would have had the balls to hire him. I think the Islanders are going to be just fine.

Damn I was just about to make the Jared Bednar comment when you did in the video

Four wins in a row since this vid and 5-0 since Roy shuffled their lines for the first time. They've also been one of the best defensive teams in the league under Roy, with their advanced stats doing a complete 180. So yeah, the haters are looking pretty foolish right now. It was going to take some time, but the signs were there even when the record wasn't great yet that Roy was getting significantly more out of the team than Lambert had.

All those punches from Vernon and Osgood caused brain damage. Go wings go.

Just waiting for Roy to repeat the events of 1995. “This is my last game on Long Island”

I'm a fan of pulling goalie early with 3 goals advances. It basically train your players for delayed penalties when you want to control the puck without giving it to the other team. One of the most basic and best exercise ever.

Totally agree.

Haha. Always an informative video. I remember as a kid he was Montreal’s goalie and I pronounced his name as it is spelled “Roy” lol. Until I finally was paying attention to announcers and figured out it was french canadien dialect lol. To be honest, I was suprised when they brought him in over Lambert. Roy is a little cookoo from what I’ve seen in his playing days. His son followed suit I saw years ago him sprinting down ice to completely assault the opposing team’s soft non violent goalie and celebrating the. beatdown. Ok my bad, that’s besides the point. I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!!!!!

Those complaining about him pulling the goalie early must not be familiar with him. He did that a lot when coacing Colorado. I actually like it and this is coming from a Red Wings fan.

Roster construction was built to win from 2020-2022. Its 2024. Guys out of their prime alongside those deep deep playoff runs we had which in itself is like playing an extra season. Had our chance to win with this team. Tampa was 1 goal better. Nothing Roy can do

im not much an islanders fan but im a huge roy fan. roy and avalanche was wat got me into hockey in mid 90s with my brother. i have high hopes for islanders next year, its just too late for him to do anything YET. have faith in the GOAT. his reasonings are beyond your comprehension. we're playing checkers hes playing chess.

he was a goalie, so i feel like him pulling the goalie so early might be because when he played, he felt like he could've gotten pulled so much earlier than he would, in those cases. just spitballing of course

Roy has two good goalies on this team in Sorokin and Varlamov, that he doesn't have to "back in my day" at, so now he just needs to build the team in front of them.

You should make a playoff prediction vid

Roy is not to blame. I think the Isles need to fix up the team. Keep the core guys, but get rid of the extras. I think Pageau could be a good deadline move for them. Though he has a big contract, he’s a warrior in the playoffs, and could be a big boost for a team that needs more depth. In the offseason, they could trade Clutter, Engvall, Mayfield, and a few other guys to get younger and faster. Then try to get a big scorer like Tarasenko or someone else and improve the defense. With a better defense, Sorokin’s job gets easier, meaning he can return to Vezina caliber form, and with a little more scoring, they can be a real tough team. The pieces are there. Lou just needs to wake up from his nap and do something because this team clearly isn’t going anywhere right now.

Down 3-0 what the hell is wrong with pulling the goalie 10mins 😂

Truth is that it takes at least 2-3 years to build a solid base and first floor… to then branch out to fill in spots is a lotta luck. Skill too but prob 70/30 skill..

Patrick is driven to win, it's up to management to follow up his hiring with player changes.

Lou put together a bad roster. I'm not sure what was expected. They missed the window with Trotz, now it's over.

Not saying I want to see any bad stuff happen, like Roy stumbling and scraping a knee, I just want to see him scrape both knees. He's no hero, he walked out on his teammates not because he got lit up(he wasn't trying anyway) because he hated his coach.

What is unfair is the Islanders boring jerseys. Bring back the 1996-1997 jerseys with the waves and lighthouse 2nd logo and then have the Fisherman logo jersey as 3rd jersey 🏒🥅🏆

I honestly like what Roy has done with this team, but the Islanders won’t be good again without a retool. The core players (barzal, horvat, sorokin, nelson, dobson) have been great (especially considering sorokin has faced the most shots in the nhl), but the production around them has been questionable at best. Theres only so much roy can do with the way the roster is currently constructed (even trotz had better players like toews, leddy, eberle, bailey when he was good, and a lot of these guys when they were younger).

Ok Roy really changed this team at the perfect time and as a ranger fan I do not want to play them first round the way there playing 🤷‍♂️

I agree with most of this, but I do think someone like Engvall is going to benefit from Roy's speedier style because it will allow him to play in transition more often

Let's face it, that old guy at 0:30 would be whining about anything a person did which was left to chance and didn't go the way he wanted it to. Would be probably whispering that he loved Roy through the glass if something worked out. Keep leaving those figurative pot holes for the younger ones to fix, gramps.

"Roy had the Isles net empty with 11 minutes left in the game.... It went exactly how you thought it went" lmao that's hilarious

This didn't age well. Funny thing is, I felt much the same way 3 weeks ago. I thought Roy would be a disaster coaching a team built for the Trotz-trap BS. Now it seems they will make the playoffs, but no way they become a threat to win the cup. I hope I'm wrong again. lol

He taught Joel bouche hard everything he knows

Only 7 points with two games on Tampa. They aren't in a bad spot, it's far from over

The Islanders are 6 points out, BUT they also have 3 games in hand. Their hopes are still realistic.

It's all on Lou. He does not do anything to help the team. Sorry.

Mike Sullivan doesn't take heed for anything, he is the most insulated coach I've ever seen in terms of being absolved from any and all criticism

It gets worse..... Roy has to lead his team into Detroit (We all know the history there) against one of the teams Long Island is chasing and the Wings are on fire to boot.

I bet sorokin is scared as hell to have his coach as Patrick Roy

Go get Ted Nolan, He's a motivational coach, he will make the Islanders great again. I promise

Lee hasn't acted like a Captain in 2 yrs.

Maybe this had something to do with the current streak....

Looks pretty good. 6 win streak.

If they don’t make the playoffs it’s not the end of the world. Roy can not make miracles it’s Lou who has to give him better players and let Roy do what he needs to do to win a Stanley cup. Easy

If you change the coach and the team is still bad, maybe the problem wasn't the coach...

I mean if the play style doesn't fit the current team , maybe don't force that certain style.

Hey, give him a chance - he's got 5 more wins than Mike Babcock did at his last job XD

Grew up with Roy being my idol n big avalanche fan but I DK why the isles hired him as he's 100% a offensive coach. I couldn't stand him him coaching the AVS n perhaps he also had a hand in draft as the picks during his time were all offensive specialist. IDK how he's successful in jrs as watching him coach it's like he thinks he's in net n he thinks guys like foote, Blake etc all sucked at playing defense or what cause his system is the worst defensive system I've ever seen n the isles need better team defense so I'll be honest I'm surprised the record isn't worse.

The islanders just don't have enough a-grade players

Yuah, we’re dat 17 game win streak like the oilers new coach? I heed that guy scored 3 game winners himself. Hahaha

How long must you go on ignoring me please just a short video on the hurricanes

Hopefully Habs can aquire Roy Marty is Soft

Love the Dodgeball referencd

Just because Roy was a good goalie doesnt make him a good coach. 😂

the team blows. not the coaches fault

They aren't very good. They have an excellent goaltender. They have a mediocre defense, 1 excellent forward who is prone to bad defense and lazy penalties. If I was selecting the top 25 forwards in the league and the top 20 defenseman, not sure they have 1. No chance they have 2.

Can’t win with two lines

Roy is not going to impress anyone with his personality. He's French Canadian. Need I say more? But seriously he's loud and kinda a bully at times and just a mean dude at heart. That's not always such a good thing. It may be that he needs 3 seasons to really do what he wants to do. I don't think he'll get 3 seasons yet but maybe he will drag it out with some smoke and Canadian mirrors.

Poor horvat went from one bad team to another

I will say it them long enough to take Wahlstrom out of the lineup He is slow as shit and contributes nothing ( I can miss the net too ) Also keep Aho in when Mayfield

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Wonder how long until Islanders fans chase Roy out of town like Habs fans did.

They don't look any better under wahhh. I prefered their fan friendly style under Lambert..

Roy is an A Hole from day one always thinking about himself. I lost all respect when he played at our golf course and would not sign anything for the kids then leave Montreal in a fit of rage cause he could not do the job anymore ????? You think he is going to fix the world now . What a Joke .

He's a junior coach, not a NHL coach. Will never be able to get going

Yeah… he’s a terrible coach, goalies should never coach players

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Roy sucks. He’s a terrible coach.

Lee palmieri pageau clutterbuck and martin need to go

Its a bold strategy cotton lets see if it works out for him 😆🫡