Islanders’ schedule offers no favors to Patrick Roy’s start
The challenge in front of Patrick Roy over the next week is almost completely unique.
Not only is Roy trying to make changes to the system and very philosophy by which the Islanders play, but hes doing so amid a stretch in which the Islanders are playing every other day until their All-Star break begins on Sunday.
That means on days like Monday, when getting on the ice for practice normally would have been crucial to the Islanders, Roy focused on video and let the team spend time with their families, taking into account their long road trip last week.
Come February, when the Islanders play just four games in the months first 17 days, there will be more room for practice time.
But right now, games are coming as fast and furious as the changes.
I have a different approach, different ways to play the game, Roy said Tuesday before the Isles faced Vegas. I think the guys are buying into it. I was just trying to go baby steps at the beginning second quick and then teach that on the first day. Today we got more into it, we added more to our structure.
3Islanders new head coach Patrick Roy reacts behind the bench during the first period when the New York Islanders played the Dallas Stars. Robert Sabo for NY PostRoys focus so far has been on what he calls second quick adding extra support in the defensive zone to try and force turnovers and cleaning up the teams breakouts. There are bigger changes in store, too.
Roy wants the Islanders, who have generated much of their offense off the rush and rate towards the bottom of the league in puck possession, to get on the cycle and hold the puck more often.
He wants to see them cut down on turnovers as well, having cited multiple times that they allowed 17 shots off turnovers during a 3-2 win over Dallas in his first game.
3Mathew Barzal (13) skates against Dallas Stars center Roope Hintz. APThe defensive zone, where the Isles have been structurally deficient all year, will look different.
He wants us to move, Jean-Gabriel Pageau told The Post. I think the D joins the rush, in the neutral zone, he wants them moving. Skate with that puck. If theres no play, come back and keep the puck. I think its gonna go a long way once were all on the same page to cut down or slim down on the shots were giving up. Since we have the puck, we can shoot it.
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Its not just the circumstance that makes this a big adjustment. Its the fact that Roy is really the first new coach the organization has had since Barry Trotz.
Lane Lambert made some tweaks to Trotzs system, in particular allowing the defensemen more freedom to get u the ice, but as a longtime Trotz deputy, he was working from a similar blueprint.
Roy is putting an imprint on the Islanders that is very much distinctive.
I think just trying to create, Noah Dobson told The Post. Getting more stops in the D zone, getting guys pinned, play stops so we can get the puck out and going in the O-zone. I think at times weve spent too much time in our own end thats an area we gotta keep getting better at. Thats definitely something hes harped on.
By the very nature of this process, the Islanders are not going to have everything fixed overnight.
During Roys first game against Dallas, the Isles looked at times like they didnt quite know where to be because, well, they didnt quite know where to be.
Roy and players alike said they started to see things get better over the course of that game. But it was still far from perfect.
3Islanders had coach Patrick Roy coaches against the Dallas Stars. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters ConAnd the schedule is doing the Islanders no favors. It is imperative for them to take full advantage of every minute of practice time they get.
We need to practice like were gonna play our games especially if youre limited in the number of practices, Roy said. So we want to make sure that the details are perfect.
Like I said today, I dont want them to like the coaching staff because we let them do what they want. I want them to like the coaching staff because they believe were gonna make our team better. And thats what I want.
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