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Jack Capuano; Is he the real deal ?
Topic Started: Feb 16 2011, 10:36 AM (3,435 Views)
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sybo,Mar 24 2011
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Snowman39,Mar 24 2011
03:43 PM
Our powerplay is awful.  After the culture that Cappy has developed here, I wouldn't want him gone just because of that one reason, but obviously the PP is important.  What do you guys think in regards to that?  What is to blame for our ineffective PP, the players, coaches, or both?

Our PP has been weak all season...and If I recall it's one of the assistants who runs those units. Even with that said...the most obvious reason would be that we have no legit PP quarterbacks at the point. Streight and Wiz were supposed to be the guys back there...but we know how that went this year.

Speaking of....Streit is officially out the rest of the year as he will not be cleared by his doctors....that doesn't sound too good :dontknow:

Well yeah I agree totally about our lack of point presence. That is definitely a big issue.

As far as Streit, I think its more so frustrating for him because he's been rehabbing hard in order to return this year. To not return this year has to be upsetting to him. However, definitely not the worst thing in the world. Let him rest all summer and get ready for camp.
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As Hamonic gets better so will our PP. I see him as the all everything on the blueline in years to come. With Streit back and Hamonic a year older, we'll be fine back there. We just have to get a better PP coach than Scott Allen. Cappy's success does not rest on this current PP, nor should a decision to keep him here next season.

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Webb20,Mar 24 2011
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As Hamonic gets better so will our PP. I see him as the all everything on the blueline in years to come. With Streit back and Hamonic a year older, we'll be fine back there. We just have to get a better PP coach than Scott Allen. Cappy's success does not rest on this current PP, nor should a decision to keep him here next season.

I don't understand why he isn't on the PP now instead of Franz. If Cappy can't put MacD or Hamonic on the point instead, he doesn't deserve to be coach next year. Simple as that.

Coaching is putting people in the best position to succeed. Franz cannot succeed as the point on our PP. We've seen this bulls..t for 2 seasons now. Enough is enough.
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Well if Cappy is coming back they'd better bring in an assistant that knows what he's doing in that respect. 4 PPs tonight, zero shots. Unheard of. PP is even worse now than it was when I brought it up this afternoon... new low.
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aries44475,Mar 24 2011
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rst033,Mar 23 2011
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king glorious,Mar 23 2011
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islesfever,Mar 23 2011
12:10 PM
Jack Capuano deserves a two year deal after the season to prove that this winning is no fluke.   :cheers:  :thumbsup:

everybody is so worried about islanders image to attract free agents, and rightfully so. I dont see how you cant bring him back without sending a bad message to free angents and to current players who seem to really like him. The guy has done a superb job since he began. He should certainly be back.

who says you need free agents to win? its the biggest myth in sports that you need high priced all stars on your team to win.

the islanders are are about 12 points out of a playoff spot-that's six wins IF the team would have gone 6-15 during the 0-21 losing streak......that's says allot about the job Capuano has done and he did it without signing or importing talent as a matter of fact the Isles shed players and still performed better

I do....show me one team that's won a Cup with no FA's.....You don't always need the 7mil type free agent but sometimes you do need the 4-5mil free agent. NO team wins a championship with ONLY home grown talent.

What if the Isles did win 6 or 7 during that 21 winless streak....maybe then Gordon doesn't get fired and they DONT have this nice run since Dec 15th. We could still be in the position 12 pts out with people saying its progress cause we were in the hunt for the 8th spot all year.

You don't what would have happened if they won those 6 games...maybe Wiz doesn't get traded or Rolo, which means maybe Grabner doesn't get his chance to shine. You can What if to death....they went winless in 21 games...thats who this team was at that point...cant what if it away....and expect the rest of the season would have gone like it did after that.

who said you only need home grown talent? it's not sign either spend money on fa's or only build with home grown talent. the only way to build a competitive team is to utilize the draft-replenish the system, then "sift the sand" for talent (waivers, free agents), know the league/the players and make efficient trades to get what you need to win.

as far as the late fall early winter disaster my point is the job Caps has done since he got hired is truly incredible. if you noticed Jack Capuano has done two things develop the young players he has and develop a winning attitude/culture on the Islanders.
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I don't want to jinx anything, and please no one get angry at me, but has anyone noticed besides Jurcina, our injuries diminished more and more the longer Cappy's been coach. That's not to say we wont see another injury to one of our players, but it's odd that since the coaching change it's been waning more and more. Style of coaching? Practices?

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Just an observation. I haven't really had to update the Injury scoreboard in quite some time except to take names off.
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Webb20,Mar 25 2011
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I don't want to jinx anything, and please no one get angry at me, but has anyone noticed besides Jurcina, our injuries diminished more and more the longer Cappy's been coach. That's not to say we wont see another injury to one of our players, but it's odd that since the coaching change it's been waning more and more. Style of coaching? Practices?

:dontknow:

Just an observation. I haven't really had to update the Injury scoreboard in quite some time except to take names off.

You can update it now.....

D Andrew MacDonald torn labrum in his hip. Done for season.
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Webb20,Mar 24 2011
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As Hamonic gets better so will our PP. I see him as the all everything on the blueline in years to come. With Streit back and Hamonic a year older, we'll be fine back there. We just have to get a better PP coach than Scott Allen. Cappy's success does not rest on this current PP, nor should a decision to keep him here next season.

I don't think Webby you can pin this on Scott Allen. The fact is our power play has sucked for much of the last several years under a few different assistant coaches.

I think it'll improve only if they get a top notch star to ride shotgun with Taveras.....a big scoring threat.

However, those cost a lot of dough so I wouldn't hold my breath.
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Webb20,Mar 24 2011
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As Hamonic gets better so will our PP.  I see him as the all everything on the blueline in years to come.  With Streit back and Hamonic a year older, we'll be fine back there.  We just have to get a better PP coach than Scott Allen.    Cappy's success does not rest on this current PP, nor should a decision to keep him here next season.

I don't think Webby you can pin this on Scott Allen. The fact is our power play has sucked for much of the last several years under a few different assistant coaches.

I think it'll improve only if they get a top notch star to ride shotgun with Taveras.....a big scoring threat.

However, those cost a lot of dough so I wouldn't hold my breath.

I realize the PP was about as bad as it could possibly last night, and it has been frustrating at several times this year. But we are ranked right in the middle of the pack, i believe howie said 14th last night. of course we can always improve but I would read this thread and think we were in the bottom 3.
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Webb20,Mar 25 2011
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I don't want to jinx anything, and please no one get angry at me, but has anyone noticed besides Jurcina, our injuries diminished more and more the longer Cappy's been coach.  That's not to say we wont see another injury to one of our players, but it's odd that since the coaching change it's been waning more and more.  Style of coaching?  Practices? 

:dontknow:

Just an observation.  I haven't really had to update the Injury scoreboard in quite some time except to take names off.

You can update it now.....

D Andrew MacDonald torn labrum in his hip. Done for season.

Oh crap. That sucks. Goaltending just became that much harder on our team. Get the surgery as soon as possible.
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Webb20,Mar 25 2011
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I don't want to jinx anything, and please no one get angry at me, but has anyone noticed besides Jurcina, our injuries diminished more and more the longer Cappy's been coach. That's not to say we wont see another injury to one of our players, but it's odd that since the coaching change it's been waning more and more. Style of coaching? Practices?

:dontknow:

Just an observation. I haven't really had to update the Injury scoreboard in quite some time except to take names off.

I think that webb should be banned for 1 day from the site. It didnt take but 2 hours for this injury to take place. During your 1 day downtime you can think about what you have done, or go give your powers some good use and go blog on the rangers site about henrik and gaborik
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Webb20,Mar 25 2011
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I don't want to jinx anything, and please no one get angry at me, but has anyone noticed besides Jurcina, our injuries diminished more and more the longer Cappy's been coach.  That's not to say we wont see another injury to one of our players, but it's odd that since the coaching change it's been waning more and more.  Style of coaching?  Practices? 

:dontknow:

Just an observation.  I haven't really had to update the Injury scoreboard in quite some time except to take names off.

I think that webb should be banned for 1 day from the site. It didnt take but 2 hours for this injury to take place. During your 1 day downtime you can think about what you have done, or go give your powers some good use and go blog on the rangers site about henrik and gaborik

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I thought I read this happened in February.
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king glorious,Mar 25 2011
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Webb20,Mar 24 2011
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As Hamonic gets better so will our PP.   I see him as the all everything on the blueline in years to come.   With Streit back and Hamonic a year older, we'll be fine back there.  We just have to get a better PP coach than Scott Allen.     Cappy's success does not rest on this current PP, nor should a decision to keep him here next season.

I don't think Webby you can pin this on Scott Allen. The fact is our power play has sucked for much of the last several years under a few different assistant coaches.

I think it'll improve only if they get a top notch star to ride shotgun with Taveras.....a big scoring threat.

However, those cost a lot of dough so I wouldn't hold my breath.

I realize the PP was about as bad as it could possibly last night, and it has been frustrating at several times this year. But we are ranked right in the middle of the pack, i believe howie said 14th last night. of course we can always improve but I would read this thread and think we were in the bottom 3.

A PP ranking of 14 is average. But average is not good enough if you want to be a playoff team and beyond.

And like I said, if you go back a few years, our PP has really been awful for the better part of the last decade.
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HE HAS TOO MUCH CLASS TO BLOG ANYTHING :yes:

Thank you. :knowitall:
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puckhead,Mar 26 2011
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As Hamonic gets better so will our PP.   I see him as the all everything on the blueline in years to come.   With Streit back and Hamonic a year older, we'll be fine back there.  We just have to get a better PP coach than Scott Allen.     Cappy's success does not rest on this current PP, nor should a decision to keep him here next season.

I don't think Webby you can pin this on Scott Allen. The fact is our power play has sucked for much of the last several years under a few different assistant coaches.

I think it'll improve only if they get a top notch star to ride shotgun with Taveras.....a big scoring threat.

However, those cost a lot of dough so I wouldn't hold my breath.

I realize the PP was about as bad as it could possibly last night, and it has been frustrating at several times this year. But we are ranked right in the middle of the pack, i believe howie said 14th last night. of course we can always improve but I would read this thread and think we were in the bottom 3.

A PP ranking of 14 is average. But average is not good enough if you want to be a playoff team and beyond.

And like I said, if you go back a few years, our PP has really been awful for the better part of the last decade.

But it's been Allen's responsibility these last couple of years, so he gets the critique.
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puckhead,Mar 26 2011
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king glorious,Mar 25 2011
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As Hamonic gets better so will our PP.   I see him as the all everything on the blueline in years to come.   With Streit back and Hamonic a year older, we'll be fine back there.  We just have to get a better PP coach than Scott Allen.     Cappy's success does not rest on this current PP, nor should a decision to keep him here next season.

I don't think Webby you can pin this on Scott Allen. The fact is our power play has sucked for much of the last several years under a few different assistant coaches.

I think it'll improve only if they get a top notch star to ride shotgun with Taveras.....a big scoring threat.

However, those cost a lot of dough so I wouldn't hold my breath.

I realize the PP was about as bad as it could possibly last night, and it has been frustrating at several times this year. But we are ranked right in the middle of the pack, i believe howie said 14th last night. of course we can always improve but I would read this thread and think we were in the bottom 3.

A PP ranking of 14 is average. But average is not good enough if you want to be a playoff team and beyond.

And like I said, if you go back a few years, our PP has really been awful for the better part of the last decade.

Our PP ranks 14th on paper, but anybody who watches this team can see how sloppy and disorganized the PP has been all year long. Hopefully we get a little bit of an upgrade in personnel for next season, and a huge coaching upgrade because the PP is important, especially when you get few PP chances a game like we do :rofl:
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As Hamonic gets better so will our PP.   I see him as the all everything on the blueline in years to come.   With Streit back and Hamonic a year older, we'll be fine back there.  We just have to get a better PP coach than Scott Allen.     Cappy's success does not rest on this current PP, nor should a decision to keep him here next season.

I don't think Webby you can pin this on Scott Allen. The fact is our power play has sucked for much of the last several years under a few different assistant coaches.

I think it'll improve only if they get a top notch star to ride shotgun with Taveras.....a big scoring threat.

However, those cost a lot of dough so I wouldn't hold my breath.

I realize the PP was about as bad as it could possibly last night, and it has been frustrating at several times this year. But we are ranked right in the middle of the pack, i believe howie said 14th last night. of course we can always improve but I would read this thread and think we were in the bottom 3.

A PP ranking of 14 is average. But average is not good enough if you want to be a playoff team and beyond.

And like I said, if you go back a few years, our PP has really been awful for the better part of the last decade.

But it's been Allen's responsibility these last couple of years, so he gets the critique.

The last two years Allen has been behind the bench.............but the problems go back to way prior to that.
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I don't want to jinx anything, and please no one get angry at me, but has anyone noticed besides Jurcina, our injuries diminished more and more the longer Cappy's been coach.   That's not to say we wont see another injury to one of our players, but it's odd that since the coaching change it's been waning more and more.   Style of coaching?  Practices? 

:dontknow:

Just an observation.   I haven't really had to update the Injury scoreboard in quite some time except to take names off.

You can update it now.....

D Andrew MacDonald torn labrum in his hip. Done for season.

Oh crap. That sucks. Goaltending just became that much harder on our team. Get the surgery as soon as possible.

wow--- that's one of the fastest jinx I've ever seen :rofl: :rofl: (just teasing)

This injury situation is getting beyond ridiculous
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