Can New York Islanders Center Casey Cizikas Be the Team's Key Penalty Killer This Year and Beyond?

Es ist der Lockdown Podcast-Nedwork. Your team every day. Und viel mehr kann zum Livestream verfolgen. Die Zukunftswoche von DM. Bist du dabei? Alle Infos auf die MDE Slescht Zukunftswoche. Bist du dabei? any of these centers are traded we'll see but it's a critical season right now for KC Cezicus because since it is most likely the last year that the identity line is together Cezicus needs to prove to the islander's brass that there is life for him after the identity line. We have got more to get to on today's show we're going to answer one of your email questions plus we'll talk about the rookie who stood out most in rookie camp now that rookie camp is fully over we have that plus our islanders birthday of the day a former number one pick of the islanders whose career was cut short by injury just when he seemed to be rounding into form all that and more still to come on today's locked on islanders podcast. 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If you're a business owner listen up your company could be mentioned right here with the NHL season right around the corner locked on has a special locals only NHL kickoff package to local businesses yes only to local businesses can sponsor this podcast for the upcoming NHL season find out how you can get this exclusive sponsorship and hear your business on this podcast text the word advertising to three three seven seven seven or visit locked on podcast dot com slash advertising and let us know who you are our team will assist you to achieve advertising success with locked on once again text the word advertising to three three seven seven seven or visit locked on podcasts dot com slash advertising we look forward to hearing from you so rookie camp ended Tuesday done and i think you know a lot of players had a big chance of making an impression but the one player who really stood out the most in my opinion has got to be i say a george and there's a lot of factors involved in the way george has played and look he's now going to be part of the big camp which certainly is important for the new york islanders but george you know really looking very very good and you know to me it's important to see george is only nineteen years old and here is what rick koalski had to say about is a george he is of course the coach of the bridge port islanders if you were going to teach a kid the proper posture and skating he's probably not too far off he's always centered he doesn't overextend his mobility in his feet make him really tough to get by one on one now george is going to play for the one den nights of the o h l the junior league he's because he's nineteen he either has to play in the n h l or in juniors he is not eligible to play for bridge port this year but that means really that the most he can do is play nine games with the islanders if he plays ten he's got to stay with the islanders all year and i don't think that that's going to be something that this team is really ready to do so overall george just looking very good and uh... another thing that koalski had to say about him his mobility his his stick he's strong he's composed with the puck and he makes a good first pass all very positive things to have in a young defense min and then again he adds this which typical of the islanders brass i think sometimes it's better for a young player to go back and play with their peers as opposed to rushing it and having them play in a man's league his mobility like i said all the assets he has they certainly fit in to what we think would be an effective player at the american league level so is a george not eligible for bridge port but probably close to ready to play in the a h l he'll have one more year of juniors and i expect him fully to be with bridge port next year with a chance to fight for a roster spot when that happens but clearly i think you know tristan lennick's look good the gold tender he had some some good moments uh... some of the other defense min uh... on this roster had their moments but to me is a george who just signed a contract is entry-level deal he looked the best we have uh... an email that also uh... deals with a young prospect this one is from christy did not say where he was from but christryte gill love the show do you think rooslyn isca cough will get a legitimate chance this year considering the aisles could use some offensive help i think the kid is electric on the ice and very talented playmaking abilities with a nice shot outside of the size and veteran presence what else could hold them back how soon do you think we see him on the island christ first of all thank you for the kind words and for the email don't forget locked on islanders at gmail dot com if you want to ask a question and look christ i think size is the biggest thing that is holding him back that and the fact that lulamarello and lay in lambert tend to prefer to have their veterans in the line up rather than their young players i think you're right that isca cough his skill set fits what the islanders need to improve this team you want this team to get younger faster and more skilled isca cough checks those boxes and the big question with isca cough is is he ready to take the physical pounding of an eighty two game regular season when he's you know five eight and that may be generous and a hundred and sixty five pounds and that may also be generous uh... you know can you imagine him getting checked uh... you know uh... a six foot four two hundred and ten fifteen pound player were battling in front of the net with a guy likes a day no chara or or uh... even a scott may feel it won't be easy and what we saw from isca cough last year he got off to a really good start and then slowed down it let's say after the first six weeks or so of the season and a lot of people speculate that's because the physicality of the a-h-l kind of caught up with him he needs to show in camp that he can take hits be physical battle for position and the other thing that all i wonder players need to show to make this team isca cough needs to show that he'll back check and that he knows what to do without the puck picking up his defensive assignment being in the right position if he doesn't do that we've seen how young players who can't do that do not last on this team they may get called up for a game or two then they get benched uh... when they make a mistake or two we saw that uh... you know last year with william do four in the only game he played in the atl i think barring a very very strong preseason in training camp isca cough starts the season in the a-h-l but if the islanders are slumping and looking for offense or when injuries hit if he has a strong camp isca cough is probably one of the first players to be called up and i think at some point this season we will see him uh... in a new york islanders jersey and it'll be up to him to prove that he is ready for prime time and that you know he can be the answer for the new york islanders and earn a permanent spot look we saw Hudson fashion do this last year he was called up when injuries hit and he never came out of the line up so realistically speaking it will be up to isca cough to prove that he deserves a spot and does not deserve to leave the line up so christ again thank you for the email great question i know a lot of people are big isca cough fans and let's see if the young russian can get it done is is the last year of his contract and i wouldn't be surprised if he heads to the k-h-l or uh... you know as a free agent tries to leave next year and sign elsewhere if he doesn't feel as a legitimate chance to make the not new york islanders and play in the n-h-l this coming season so gonna be interesting we'll keep an eye on isca cough lot of skill not a lot of size if he can prove he can play despite the lack of size he's got a shot and i'm rooting for the kid i hope we see it we've got more to get to on today show some quotes is 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group here and everybody knows what to expect from each other so i'm excited about this year Matthew bars all added i'm confident in this group i love where we're at with the deals we got this summer getting mayfield and angle done we've added some good size but the core it's in and now we've got to make it happen lame lambor kind of joking around that uh... he feels very good about his gold tenders when barlamov uh... semi-anbarlamov signing a four-year extension and certainly the extension sign by ilia syroken the starter he just laughed it off and said i sleep well and uh... that certainly is a good thing and again even though this roster isn't all that different this year you hear a lot of these players saying well we look at it differently then we did a year ago and lame lambor adding that as well he said anytime you can add competition as well as internal competition from within i think it's a great thing we've added some guys that have uh... n-h-l games some guys have over a hundred so that just adds to the competition and i think bohor that more or less summed it up i'm sick of the summer training and all that i want to get going well boh i could tell you right now islanders fans want to get going as well it's really sort of time for this team to just get out there and and hit the ice and oh yeah it it it's just uh... a great time to have this happen i am ready you just feel that chill in the air and you know showtime let's let's bring on some hockey and and and get to the point where uh... we're going to see some exhibition games in what about a week not even so i am also looking forward to that in fact less than a week first preseason game september twenty six islanders at madison square guarding to face the rangers at seven o'clock eastern time start and yeah it's gonna be televised on msg and i can't wait i mean we're literally talking uh... about you know next Tuesday so bring it islanders rangers just around the corner and just a lot to look forward to time now for our islanders birthday of the day where a day late with this one i mentioned lot of important islanders related birthdays this week yesterday uh... Tuesday was the forty second birthday of former islanders goalie rick dp atro dp the native of lewiston main first overall pick in the two thousand nhl entry draft not just first round number one overall spent a year at boston university and then join the islanders in two thousand two thousand one signed that now infamous fifteen year contract that made him an islander for life and then you know we saw a lot of us him get injured during the skills competition at the all-star game where he was mic'd up and had a camera on his mask and all of a sudden you hear him say out you know that that that hurt something popped you know whatever it is and he just absolutely had his career disrupted by injury after that you look back at two thousand six two thousand seven two thousand eight uh... you know sixty three sixty two and sixty three games played in oh five oh six oh six oh seven oh seven oh eight and then never played more than twenty six games in the season after that and only played more than eight games in the season once and that was in two thousand ten two thousand eleven deep eight row when he got hurt was well on his way to becoming a very very good nhl gold tender and yet you know never got there a lot of fans upset when he got hurt and uh... blamed him for the contract i think the islanders because of the injury settlement will probably be paying him until he's like ninety and i know i'm exaggerating but uh... he he really you know who if somebody offered you that contract would turn it down uh... i don't think i would uh... so rick dp atro a good guy uh... and a fine gold tender and now a broadcaster on uh... radio uh... he you know really is one of the big what ifs in islanders history played in three hundred nineteen nhl games all of them with the islanders had a two point eight seven career goals against average a nine oh two save percentage one of his better games with the islanders have out december sixteen two thousand six at the old barn the nassar veterans memorial coliseum the Atlanta thrashers are the visitors you'll have had burg in goal for the thrashers rick dp atro in goal for the islanders and dp getting it done with a thirty seven save shut out in this game islanders get goals from six different players and end up with a six nothing victory two point games for charon baits and the hillbert radic martinac mero shitan mike cillinger as the islanders really spread out the scoring but dp the story thirty seven saves islanders outshot thirty seven to thirty two but when it going away six to nothing rick dp atro a good guy and uh... again one of the great what ifs in islanders history he is our islanders birthday of the day i want to thank everyone once again for making locked on islanders your first listen every day every day is tomorrow on the show we will continue our player by player look at you know one big question surrounding each islander player on the roster we'll take a look at the goalie ilia syroken he's a big key to this team let's see what we have to say about him tomorrow and don't forget tomorrow veterans report take their physicals uh... actually that's you know today and then tomorrow they head out onto the ice so oh so much to talk about uh... as training camp officially is under way and i am excited to see what this islander team can do until then have a great day everybody stay safe and of course let's go islanders james allen dot com is the online destination to easily designed a customized engagement ring and save up to fifty percent compared to traditional stores you pick a diamond whether it's lab created or created james allen has over two hundred thousand conflict free stones then you pick your ring setting and metal and if you need some help they have real time diamond consultations available where an expert can walk you through it all get twenty five percent off your order at james allen dot com code locked on that's james allen dot com code locked on if you're a business owner listen up your company could be mentioned right here with the nhl season right around the corner locked on has a special locals only nhl kickoff package two local businesses yes only two local businesses can sponsor this podcast for the upcoming nhl season find out how you can get this exclusive sponsorship and hear your business on this podcast text the word advertising to three three seven seven seven or visit locked on podcast dot com slash advertising and let us know who you are our team will assist you to achieve advertising success with locked on once again text the word advertising to three three seven seven seven or visit locked on podcast dot com slash advertising we look forward to hearing from you