Islanders players back Lane Lambert despite team’s woes
CHICAGO It is not really up for debate that the Islanders need something to change after Fridays 4-3 overtime loss to the Blackhawks made it four defeats in a row and a 2-6-2 record over their past 10 games.
But the team does not sound ready to throw coach Lane Lambert under the bus for a run that has seen the Islanders slide from second to seventh in the Metropolitan Division.
I know what youre probably alluding to, but we dont want that, Matt Martin told The Post, when asked if the team needed a jolt. We want to come out and start playing hockey. At the end of the day, its on us. Its just on us as players.
Coaches, they can give you all the Xs and Os, the game plan, the systems, all the video. If we dont come out and execute and play well enough to win, thats on us.
If social media is any indication, Islanders fans are very much ready to show Lambert the door after the teams record fell to 19-15-11.
And just because there is support for him in the room does not mean his job is safe, if general manager Lou Lamoriello believes a change is necessary.
Islanders head coach Lane Lambert looks on from the bench during Tuesday’s loss at Winnipeg. NHLI via Getty ImagesBut management and players alike have shown themselves to have a higher opinion of Lambert than the fan base already this season when they supported the coach through chants calling for his head at UBS Arena in early November.
After losing seven in a row then, the Islanders managed to turn things around and put together their best four weeks of the season.
Lamoriello was not on the road this week assistant GM Chris Lamoriello took his fathers place on the four-city swing and is not one to make his thinking on such matters public.
Lambert himself, however, agreed with Martin that the onus is on the players to get this fixed.
Theres leadership in that room. Weve got guys that need to play better, he said. The jolt needs to come from within as well as the coaching staff.
Kyle MacLean skated 10:21 in his NHL debut, earning a positive review from the head coach.
He skates well, Lambert said. I can see as we go along here the trust factor and the trust level will be high with him and thats really encouraging to see. I thought he had a good first game.
MacLean played on the fourth line between Martin and Cal Clutterbuck and was credited with a blocked shot and a hit.
I think naturally youre a little nervous, some jitters, he said. I felt better as the game went on. And those guys helped me out a lot.
Semyon Varlamov is now skating on his own daily as he recovers from a lower-body injury, Lambert said.
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