2022-23 NHL TEAM PREVIEW: New York Islanders Will the Isles shake off last year's playoff miss and return to contention, or was last year the start of a big decline? scotmaxw's analysis:
The Islanders have rarely been a high-octane team in recent years, averaging just 2.74 goals per game during their three-year playoff streak from 2018-2021. Surprisingly, they slightly improved in that regard last season, scoring 2.79 while tied for 22nd in the league. They also ranked 25th in 5-on-5 shot attempts for per 60 minutes with 50.84 and tied for 17th in 5-on-5 expected goals for per 60 minutes with 2.
It doesn’t help that, as good as their blueline is, it’s made of strong defensive options that you won’t get a lot of production from, even their top pair of Ryan Pulock and Adam Pelech. The lone exception is Noah Dobson, who had a breakout season with 51 points and really settled into that power play quarterback role with 22 points there. The Isles added Romanov in the offseason, but he also isn’t known for scoring, although at 22 a breakout season isn’t out of the question.
The bigger issue is the forward group, who seem to be a bit more like Jekyll and Hyde. When given a good system to work with, they can make the most of it and support that strong blueline, making scoring chances almost impossible. But as was the case last season, when that goes to chaos, you see that they don’t have too many options that can still excel outside of a full-team effort.
This move could either be a really smart one or a really desperate one for Lamoriello. Now, without any NHL head coaching experience, Lambert is a bit of wild card in that we don’t quite know what he brings to the table, but you have to think it’s not that much of a difference from Trotz if he worked with him for so long.
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