UNIONDALE, New York, New York Islanders Captain Doug Weight of Nassau Coliseum at the end of an another disappointing season with his arm in a Sling.
But all is not lost to the wounded warrior has 39 years old.He left feeling hopeful for the future of hockey and prospects for a team that signs of improvement.
"I expect of the previous here and play, said weight."I would like to return to this team, and I want to be physically strong for the first time since the first 40 games I've played ' 09. If things work, it would be great."If not, I can certainly take a look in the mirror and soaps that have had great pleasure in my career and see what happens."
Weight this year earned $ 2 million and there is no guarantee that it will be back with the Islanders, who seek to be reasonable, while you are on a tight budget will be unrestricted free agents. Some, such as backup goalkeeper Martin Biron, probably not.
The Islanders payroll does little more that the minimum requirements laid down by the collective agreement between the NHL and the association is a winner by young players and build effective Scouting.
They supplement the timesheet with another project high sampling and perhaps add some free agents during the budgetary responsibility.
"It would not take us if we had some size," said the second year coach Scott Gordon."" The value of time and space, wriggle you will create a best defensive team .it ' is something this year, we've missed in defence. ""
The Islanders had the worst record in the League last season with the smaller fourth points in this campaign, there are concrete hope lights.New York opened 26 WINS and 61 points in the season 2008-09 34 WINS and 79 points this time.
"This year we said that we should be in the playoffs,"weight, which was limited to 36 games and unsigned for next season, "said." "Next year, I expect it to be in the playoffs.This is a little different that we had at the time of the year "."
Or that a realistic objective, or not remains to be vu.Cependant, one thing is for certain.Although only a few, if any, predicted the Islanders to the achievement of the postseason this year, at the heart of young players that they are on to brutal construction feel enough really disappointed that they have fallen short.
Third year before Kyle Okposo finished with a career-best 19 goals and 52 points.Joueur second year Josh Bailey had 16 goals and 35 points.and John Tavares, the global no. 1 on has begun with 24 goals and a concept of 54 points better team last year.
All three were first round picks and form the basis of General Manager Garth snow, and Gordon await a perennial postseason competitor in the coming years.
"It is hard," said Tavares. "."We are not the success that we would have liked to have had a number of improvements, and we can make progress in this year.We want to be that a year.This next major step is the goal of all members of the organization.The loss is without fun.The fans are there for us return to die and good series in series to compete in a coherent manner.
"I want to win the real bad.I reflection Stanley Cup as everyone here.".
Now they are trying to achieve incremental steps.Some more Matt Moulson would certainly help .Moulson signed last summer for the depth of the Organization, but talent showed in the camp.He training has lead the Islanders with 30 goals.
New York is the last of the Atlantic Division, completed in the three years since the last playoff appearance in 2007.The what islanders did not win a postseason since champion defence of the Cup Stanley of Pittsburgh Penguins amazing in 1993 series and is the final Conference.
"I thought that our guys and when he competed against them, they were at a level which is likely to not expect competition,"Gordon said this year."""It is encouraging to see that we have some building blocks in place for next year, and we simply that all."
Gordon measurement point in the past year increased successes, said that it is not really begin until the goalie Rick DiPietro franchise constants moitié.blessures, the club is set in recent years and you will be asked to sign the Islanders Dwayne Roloson veterans von Biron, last summer to the stabilization of the situation.
Roloson, that a year has left on his contract, 41 as the start of next season.
"The first year that I even more or less not existed," Gordon tells his season debut as coach. "."It is as you want to play five card draw with four cards .l's last year, we had some good games, but we had a lot of games that we have no chance to win.
"This year, there are not too many games that we have no chance to win every evening we concurrentiel.de knowledge that we are not too many nights is good, we don't know how to add anything, other than John and two goalies.Nous does and places that you said at the beginning of the year to win the Stanley Cup us in the years to try to create from the players of the previous year and only take our time with it.".
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