Episode Matt Stajan (413): Team of the Week: New York Islanders

As the bye weeks start leading up to the All Star game, the Oilers are running hot and the Leafs are without Auston Matthews for at least 3 weeks. Lots of teams seem to be on a mission to get Connor Bedard but Gary Bettman says nobody tanks....hmm   Listen Here:  iTunes  Google Play  Stitcher  Direct MP3   iHeart Radio Banter   Title Player  Matt Stajan-> 01-02 Belleville Bulls Steve Cooke -> Matt’s brother Matt Stajan -> 01-02 Bulls Jason Spezza -> 03-04 Senators Rob Ray Matt Stajan -> 03-04 Leafs Nik Antropov -> 09-10 Thrashers Mark Dobson Matt Stajan -> 09-10 Flames Olli Jokinen -> 99-00 Islanders kenny Jonsson _. 02-03 Islanders Eric Manlow   Feedback - Howard Hargrove   News Jets struggling - Bowness pissed during press conference after losing 4-0 to Flyers Matt Berlin - Emergency Back up for Edmonton gets 2 and a half minutes of playing time vs Chicago. Gary Bettman on tanking: “Nobody tanks because we have a weighted lottery,"  "You’re not going to lose games to increase your odds by a couple of percentage points. That’s silly. And frankly, suggesting tanking, I believe, is inconsistent with the professionalism that our players and our coaches have. Nobody tanks." Friedman - NHLPA expected to announce new Exec Director - maybe as early as All Star Weekend Mike Gillis one of candidates Bally’s declaring bankruptcy - significant revenue shortfall - how will it affect the cap? Leafs Matthews - on LTIR due to knee sprain Does it matter if Lightning catch them? Bye Week Feb 2-9 Oilers 8 game points streak going into All Star McDavid at 92 points in 50 games - 150 pt pace Draisaitl nursing an injury?  Lots of trade speculation - Friedman says Bjugstad is possible Oilers start Bye Week - Off until Feb 7 Binnington getting into scrum with Avs - Georgiev did the skate to centre ice Does the NHL have a Pride night problem?  Rangers advertised they would wear pride-themed warm ups and then didn’t.  Flyers / Provorov Guess the 5th I have a pop quiz for you after Guess the 5th Team of the Week New York Islanders 25-22-5  55Pts  6th in Division 2 points out of Wildcard spot (Penguins have 3 games in hand) CF% 49 (23) SF% 49.72 (18) GF% 54.1% (8)  SH% 8.55 (13)  SV% 92.89 (5) What the hell?  All Situations SH% 9.3 (23)  SV% .914 (6)  PP% 15.54 (31)  PK% 83 (4) Sorokin is #1 but both goalies have been great Summary - 5 v 5 play overall not great but good results PP terrible  Not likely to make playoffs if results come back to actual play Crazy Stat -  Hot / Not  Metro NJD 8-1-1 / CBJ 3-6-1 (now last in league) Atlantic TBL 8-2-0 / MTL 4-5-1   Central COL 7-3-0 / ARI 3-6-1  Pacific EDM 7-1-2 / VGK 2-6-2 - things are tight in Pacific DOPeS  Valimaki fine for slash on Max Jones - meh