Doug Weight provided a scathing, unsparing soundtrack as he showed the most recent game video to his Islanders players on Friday. He then ran an intense practice, breaking up the top line. Finally, he singled out one person in particular for the way the team has stumbled out of the All-Star break.
“It’s on me,” he said.
The coach called the compilation of 20 clips from the 5-0 loss in Toronto on Wednesday, “One of the worst films I think I’ve ever shown.”
Referring to sequences such as one in which two Maple Leafs got the better of four Islanders who were basically just standing around, he said, “It makes me ashamed.