Islanders players taking blame for Lane Lambert firing: ‘Just as accountable’
To the bitter end, the players in the Islanders dressing room were backing Lane Lambert, even as it became clear that a change might become necessary after a four-game trip last week came and went without a victory.
And while Lambert paid the price, it is the players who ultimately feel responsible for Lou Lamoriello making a change behind the bench and hiring Patrick Roy as the teams new head coach.
Were just as accountable as Lane, Anders Lee said before the Isles faced the Stars on Sunday in Roys debut. Were the ones that go out there and play the game. And weve come up short on our end of the bargain in that regard. Its on us to take this opportunity and go with it. And so that responsibility is absolutely shared.
If that was one public-facing message in the dressing room Sunday morning, another was excitement at what Roy brings which came with a tacit admission that something had to change, even if the Islanders did not want to see anyone lose his job.
Anders Lee talks with head coach Patrick Roy during the Islanders’ game against the Stars on Sunday. Getty ImagesWe take a lot of responsibility in the room for that happening, Mat Barzal said. We didnt play well the last four games. Sure, its a full organization that it takes to win and lose, but at the end of the day, were the ones on the ice playing the game. We didnt play well enough, we didnt score, ultimately cost Lane his job.
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Excited that Patricks here. Obviously brings passion, intensity immediately. I think thats exactly what this group needed. You see the lack of, maybe, passion for lack of a better term on the ice. Its been very stagnant the last few games. Part of thats on our group, not as much Lane as it is the boys in the room.
The change in energy was evident even in the morning skate.
Roy, at one point, even stopped line rushes normally a mundane drill to make sure the team was doing it right.
His message on Day 1?
Were gonna have to do this together, Bo Horvat said. It cant be one or two guys going, its gonna have to be everybody. Everybody pulling on the same rope.
The Islanders entered Sunday just two points out of the second wild-card spot, but over the last month, have fallen out of the playoff bracket from as high as second place in the Metropolitan Division.
Patrick Roy, pictured Sunday, has been tasked with guiding the Islanders back to the playoffs. Getty ImagesThat prompted Lamoriello to pull the trigger on a move that has caught the leagues attention.
This is welcomed, Lee said, and we gotta move forward with this and do the best that we can.
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