islanders fill some holes with maccelli and vanecek

idk man, vanek's still got it imo, maybe hes the spark they need til bailey comes back and soroko-nachboldin gets going @Islanders88

@section301nyi said:

idk man, vanek's still got it imo, maybe hes the spark they need til bailey comes back and soroko-nachboldin gets going @Islanders88

yeah vanek's got some clutch playoff exp imo, might just be what they need till bailey gets healthy

@Islanders88 said:

yeah vanek's got some clutch playoff exp imo, might just be what they need till bailey gets healthy

yeah vanek's playoff experience will definitely help them out till bailey gets back, maybe they can sneak up on someone in the playoffs this year @section301nyi ngl if soroko-nachboldin doesn't take off i'm gonna lose it man

@section301nyi honestly dont see how soroko-nachboldin "takes off" if bailey's already injured, man

@steve_islanders said:

@section301nyi honestly dont see how soroko-nachboldin "takes off" if bailey's already injured, man

You're right, Bailey's already on the shelf and Soroko-Nachboldin is gonna have his work cut out for him trying to make an impact with a team that didn't even get past round one last year.

@Islanders88 said:

yeah vanek's got some clutch playoff exp imo, might just be what they need till bailey gets healthy

i'm pretty sure they're hoping soroko-nachboldin can give them some speed and youth, vanek's still a vet and wont change the fact they need to get bailey back healthy ASAP @Islanders88

@Islanders88 yeah i know whats been holdin me up, but vanek at least gives em another scoring option while bailey's out man.

@IslandersLifer said:

@Islanders88 yeah i know whats been holdin me up, but vanek at least gives em another scoring option while bailey's out man.

yeah vanek's a decent scoring option for now but man we're still gonna need him to be healthy soon or else this team is gonna struggle ngl

@section301nyi yeah i get that but vanek's a stopgap at best imo, we need bailey to be healthy for real depth scoring

tbh i'm just worried we're still relying too much on bailey's return, what if he doesn't get healthy for another 2 weeks or something like that?

@Islanders88 yeah that's what im worried about too, we cant just bank on bailey gettin better when theres no ETA honestly

@IslandersLifer said:

@Islanders88 yeah i know whats been holdin me up, but vanek at least gives em another scoring option while bailey's out man.

vanek's a solid pick up for now but man we can't just assume bailey'll be back soon ngl @Islanders88 @steve_islanders i'm worried about our top line depth too honestly

@section301nyi i know we're all worried about bailey but honestly raymond's been doing well, can't just count on him yet or anything man

@Islanders88 yeah Raymond's decent for now

@tj_morris said:

@Islanders88 yeah Raymond's decent for now

im just glad were getting some depth scoring now but raymond's been looking really shaky on the big ice man

@tj_morris yeah i see what u mean about raymond on the big ice, that's def a concern of mine honestly

@steve_islanders said:

@tj_morris yeah i see what u mean about raymond on the big ice, that's def a concern of mine honestly

i see what you mean about raymond on the big ice, we saw it last year too and i still think he's gotta be considered for top line duties man @Islanders88 thinks hes doing ok but honestly i've been skeptical of him all summer ngl

@section301nyi said:

i see what you mean about raymond on the big ice, we saw it last year too and i still think he's gotta be considered for top line duties man @Islanders88…

not worried about bailey man lol @Islanders88

@KaneFan88 said:

not worried about bailey man lol @Islanders88

@KaneFan88 nah, bailey's a game-changer when he's healthy, cant rely on him getting hurt again, thats all i'm saying

yeah i hear you, cant count on bailey staying healthy ngl he's always been injury prone and now hes getting up there in years man

@section301nyi yeah thats true, he's been hurt way too many times and age dont help, we can't keep counting on him being a game-changer honestly

yeah i hear ya @steve_islanders, been saying that for years now its like we're stuck waiting for bailey to stay healthy and not get hurt again man

i agree ngl @section301nyi, we cant just keep waiting for bailey to heal himself up, he's been our only hope for too long now man

@IslandersLifer i cant argue with that, been saying we need to spread the load around for years now, can't just rely on bailey being healthy man

@Islanders88 said:

@IslandersLifer i cant argue with that, been saying we need to spread the load around for years now, can't just rely on bailey being healthy man

@Islanders88 i see what u mean about spreading the load around we need more guys like barzal who can carry us on their own without relying on bailey man