What the actual hell are the Fish Sticks thinking with this timing?
Oldmanrich8
Holy shit!
What a shock!
luckypuckers54
I feel bad for Ilya Sorokin
SillyMikey
They lost 4 in a row, so I guess they didn’t like the tendency.
ag-0merta
Hate Roy but I kinda hate DeBoer more.
matthew_sch
So their solution to address the goalie situation where Roy over-relied on Sorokhin is to bring in a guy notorious for fucking over his goalies? Got it
niht_awl
He must’ve really lost the room to get fired like three weeks before the playoffs 😂
fyurious
GODDAMNIT now we’re gonna lose to the Isles in a 7 game SCF aren’t we?
Kriller_Lobot80
They’re doing a Vegas and Lou
Fireinthehole13
The NHL is like the Hotel California of sports for coaches. You can check in but you can never leave.
LordSloth113
Rip
cowboy_code
We all seen this coming
roy217def
I don’t know why an organization would do this. They’ve had a bad stretch but they’re in 3rd. I hope they lose every game from here onwards, this is foolish.
BlackYukonSuckerPunk
Lmao
BillyZoomTheCat
What an incredibly STEW PEED decision by Islanders management.
Wise-Pen8752
Roy to the Leafs lol calling it now
arson714
Firing your coach before the playoffs, so hot right now.
xytlar
Seems a bit harsh to fire a coach of a team that was on the brink of making the playoffs with a fairly average roster … while in the most competitive conference in maybe modern NHL history
Gohanangered
Why do organizations in general, make bad moves ? x. x
kovacro_77
Thought he did a pretty darn good job with that club this season, especially the way he used/worked Schaefer into the system. Seems harsh.
rlb_714
Dallas and Vegas fans are laughing
lilsue93
😳😧
mondayschild9
Yikes!! I think this is a mistake.
Used-Cell0
There goes the season. Disappointing to read this.
RumAndCoco
Ilya Sorokin! Welcome to the trade block and free agency!
Hot-Maintenance409
This is the way… to nowhere
Even_Section5620
On Easter ?
Moghz
Wow did not see this coming! IMO they out performed where everyone thought they would be.
jag0009
LoL. the guy who bitched about his goalie in Minnesota?
PrairieSportsBall
Patrick Roy, you are a Toronto Maple Leaf.
HeShootsHS
We’ve seen worse. In 2006-07, I remember Claude Julien getting fired from the Devils in April with 3 games remaining in the season while being first in their division, because supposedly Lamoriello thought the team was not focused or prepared enough for the playoffs. That was next level crazy.
Also in 2009, Carbonneau was fired march 9 while the habs were fifth in the conference, and finished the season second in their division. The season before habs had finished 1st in the eastern conference under Carbo.
surebudd
Trash organization. Hope Schafer pulls a Tavares.
Aggressive_Low7995
I don’t get all the DeBoer love. After the way he treated Otter when the ship went down in Dallas, I’d be very wary hiring him if I was a GM or Owner.
ayoungmanfromtheuk
Makes sense I love Roy but he sucks as a coach, I was watching the Islanders get beat by the Habs and buddy was a horrible vibe behind the bench, totally silent, furrowed brow, pinching the bridge of his nose like he can’t take it no more
JoeMorgue
This mentality cannot hold forever.
There’s 32 teams and that number is only going to go up. There’s only one Stanley Cup. And even if they mess around with the playoff format there’s a finite amount of playoff spots and most teams aren’t going to make the playoffs.
Even if every team in the league is playing transcendently perfect flawless hockey… a lot of teams aren’t going to make the playoffs and only one is going to win the Cup.
Firing coaches when your team is in a playoff position in a league where any team that makes it into the playoff can make a deep playoff run (we’ve had plenty of « Wildcard team goes on a run » moments in the recent years) is just so silly to me.
And there’s not some unlimited supply of NHL quality coaches we can just burn through, which is why it just seems to be teams swapping coaches around more than anything.
By some people’s logic 31 Coaches should be fired every season.
Luciform444
And round and round we go.
God forbid anyone gives a successful minor league coach a try, lets just keep recycling the trash.
Well Roy has failed at two teams, so who picks him up this offseason?
KzooRichie
Roy and especially Lemieux are two of my most despised players ever.
hockeynoticehockey
I thought Patty was looking awfully tired when they played Montreal. His leadership stye is « passion », and there’s only so long that will motivate a team. He looked like he was doing the coaching version of mailing it in.
seymourbuttz214
Haha so pulling the goalie with 8mins left in the period isn’t the play? Because it worked so well what the 10x I’ve seen him try it, and I never watch the islanders play haha
themerkle657
How does this guy keep getting jobs?!? Ask San Jose, Vegas, and Dallas how this will go…
jeffster1970
Good for the Islanders. He was the coach for the OHL Kitchener Rangers which won the Memorial Cup in 2003. That’s highest trophy in Canadian minor hockey, so very hard to get.
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What the actual hell are the Fish Sticks thinking with this timing?
Holy shit!
What a shock!
I feel bad for Ilya Sorokin
They lost 4 in a row, so I guess they didn’t like the tendency.
Hate Roy but I kinda hate DeBoer more.
So their solution to address the goalie situation where Roy over-relied on Sorokhin is to bring in a guy notorious for fucking over his goalies? Got it
He must’ve really lost the room to get fired like three weeks before the playoffs 😂
GODDAMNIT now we’re gonna lose to the Isles in a 7 game SCF aren’t we?
They’re doing a Vegas and Lou
The NHL is like the Hotel California of sports for coaches. You can check in but you can never leave.
Rip
We all seen this coming
I don’t know why an organization would do this. They’ve had a bad stretch but they’re in 3rd. I hope they lose every game from here onwards, this is foolish.
Lmao
What an incredibly STEW PEED decision by Islanders management.
Roy to the Leafs lol calling it now
Firing your coach before the playoffs, so hot right now.
Seems a bit harsh to fire a coach of a team that was on the brink of making the playoffs with a fairly average roster … while in the most competitive conference in maybe modern NHL history
Why do organizations in general, make bad moves ? x. x
Thought he did a pretty darn good job with that club this season, especially the way he used/worked Schaefer into the system. Seems harsh.
Dallas and Vegas fans are laughing
😳😧
Yikes!! I think this is a mistake.
There goes the season. Disappointing to read this.
Ilya Sorokin! Welcome to the trade block and free agency!
This is the way… to nowhere
On Easter ?
Wow did not see this coming! IMO they out performed where everyone thought they would be.
LoL. the guy who bitched about his goalie in Minnesota?
Patrick Roy, you are a Toronto Maple Leaf.
We’ve seen worse. In 2006-07, I remember Claude Julien getting fired from the Devils in April with 3 games remaining in the season while being first in their division, because supposedly Lamoriello thought the team was not focused or prepared enough for the playoffs. That was next level crazy.
Also in 2009, Carbonneau was fired march 9 while the habs were fifth in the conference, and finished the season second in their division. The season before habs had finished 1st in the eastern conference under Carbo.
Trash organization. Hope Schafer pulls a Tavares.
I don’t get all the DeBoer love. After the way he treated Otter when the ship went down in Dallas, I’d be very wary hiring him if I was a GM or Owner.
Makes sense I love Roy but he sucks as a coach, I was watching the Islanders get beat by the Habs and buddy was a horrible vibe behind the bench, totally silent, furrowed brow, pinching the bridge of his nose like he can’t take it no more
This mentality cannot hold forever.
There’s 32 teams and that number is only going to go up. There’s only one Stanley Cup. And even if they mess around with the playoff format there’s a finite amount of playoff spots and most teams aren’t going to make the playoffs.
Even if every team in the league is playing transcendently perfect flawless hockey… a lot of teams aren’t going to make the playoffs and only one is going to win the Cup.
Firing coaches when your team is in a playoff position in a league where any team that makes it into the playoff can make a deep playoff run (we’ve had plenty of « Wildcard team goes on a run » moments in the recent years) is just so silly to me.
And there’s not some unlimited supply of NHL quality coaches we can just burn through, which is why it just seems to be teams swapping coaches around more than anything.
By some people’s logic 31 Coaches should be fired every season.
And round and round we go.
God forbid anyone gives a successful minor league coach a try, lets just keep recycling the trash.
Well Roy has failed at two teams, so who picks him up this offseason?
Roy and especially Lemieux are two of my most despised players ever.
I thought Patty was looking awfully tired when they played Montreal. His leadership stye is « passion », and there’s only so long that will motivate a team. He looked like he was doing the coaching version of mailing it in.
Haha so pulling the goalie with 8mins left in the period isn’t the play? Because it worked so well what the 10x I’ve seen him try it, and I never watch the islanders play haha
How does this guy keep getting jobs?!? Ask San Jose, Vegas, and Dallas how this will go…
Good for the Islanders. He was the coach for the OHL Kitchener Rangers which won the Memorial Cup in 2003. That’s highest trophy in Canadian minor hockey, so very hard to get.