GDT - Game 1 Islanders at Sea Dogs Oct 1

[radarc]

Finally - another season is about to start for the Memorial Cup host Saint John Sea Dogs. The Charlottetown Islanders arrive in SJ for a home/home series with one of the top teams from last year and potentially two of the top teams in the Atlantic Division and the Q overall.

The Sea Dogs will be missing Ryan Francis who is still at Calgary's training camp. I am not sure about the Islanders lineup.

Looking forward to another interesting season.

Go Sea Dogs Go!!!!!

[countryboy]

The only player for the Islanders who is still at an NHL camp is Ben Boyd in Columbus....should have a pretty normal roster.

[dutchinc]

Oct 1, 2021 12:14:44 GMT -4 countryboy said:

The only player for the Islanders who is still at an NHL camp is Ben Boyd in Columbus....should have a pretty normal roster.

Boyd is in the projected line up.

[yoyomamajoe]

Anyone watching the online streaming? DOn't have sound and picture quality is very poor. Thought it was going to be better this year? My $20 webcam gives better picture

[Judas In My Mind]

Oct 1, 2021 19:22:19 GMT -4 yoyomamajoe said:

Anyone watching the online streaming? DOn't have sound and picture quality is very poor. Thought it was going to be better this year? My $20 webcam gives better picture

Yes. No audio also. I found the quality was good for the most part in period one. Then at intermission it looked like the camera controller was playing around, and period two has been terrible.

[islander19]

What an embarrassment for the mem cup hosts…Somebody hook their iPhone up, it would surely be a better stream than this.

[ysj28]

Oct 1, 2021 20:15:45 GMT -4 islander19 said:

What an embarrassment for the mem cup hosts…Somebody hook their iPhone up, it would surely be a better stream than this.

CHL used the wrong feed. The feed they selected to broadcast was the coaches feed that is broadcast down to the iPads rather than the center ice camera

[switchback]

Thought Poirier was your best d man all weekend. Never really noticed any of the other big name guys. In is is a guy that came in highly touted but honestly has been a disappointment for me anyways since he’s been a seadog. Lemieux made some good saves maybe once Francis gets back the team will take off but for both games this weekend seemed to be a lot of the same for your team. As a Islander fan I really believe that Dwyer isn’t the right guy for a memorial cup driven team he will likely prove me wrong just never been a fan of his coaching even when he was here.

[Slap Shooter]

Oct 3, 2021 9:25:51 GMT -4 switchback said:

Thought Poirier was your best d man all weekend. Never really noticed any of the other big name guys. In is is a guy that came in highly touted but honestly has been a disappointment for me anyways since he’s been a seadog. Lemieux made some good saves maybe once Francis gets back the team will take off but for both games this weekend seemed to be a lot of the same for your team. As a Islander fan I really believe that Dwyer isn’t the right guy for a memorial cup driven team he will likely prove me wrong just never been a fan of his coaching even when he was here.

Francis returning will definitely help the offense. I didn't watch the game last night but Friday night I thought some of the guys gave up good scoring chances trying to setup Dufour for the big shot.

The two games goes to show that right now the Islanders are a better team than the Sea Dogs. They will need to make more changes to fix that.

As far as Innis goes, he hasn't been bad but I was hoping for more. He is definitely physical but I don't think he has been good enough to be a 20 on a Memorial cup team.

Still seeing alot of the same problems as past years, not ready to start games and getting down early in the game.

I was hoping that four years into a rebuild that we would be able to come out on top in these big rivalry games.

Definitely could have brought in a bigger name coach but I really can't comment on Dwyers coaching abilities yet. I think bringing in Paul Boutilier will be a big help.