Scott Gomez’s power play has been an unmitigated failure. Worse, in fact, than anything that has proceeded it.
It isn’t unusual for the Islanders to struggle out of the gate on the man advantage. In previous years, we explored how Doug Weight’s unit was one of the worst in the league at the start of the season. But this is different. The Gomez experiment has been a colossal failure, and the Isles as a team are suffering as a result.
This offseason, the Isles stripped the interim tag off of Weight and elevated him to full-time head coach.