A New Year's Resolution For Each Member Of Islanders

The 2024 portion of the New York Islanders schedule didn't go their way. 

After 38 games, the team is 14-17-7 for seventh in the Metropolitan Division, with the season so close to slipping away. 

Here's a New Year's resolution for each member of the team, starting with management:

Lamoriello: Sell, sell, sell. 

Roy: Help fix one of the many issues, especially the starts and endings of games.

MacLean: Try having the man advantage play below the dots rather than above. 

Albelin: Try a different structure. The flush/wedge doesn't work with this group.

Desrosiers: Take more control of the PK.

Barzal: A fast-forward button for him to get into midseason form. 

Lee: Keep doing what he's doing because he's playing like a top-flight power forward. 

Horvat: Rediscover the consistent scoring touch from a year ago. 

Pageau: Help lead the PK out of the basement. 

Duclair: Stay healthy and help with the transition game. 

Tsyplakov: Cut down on penalty minutes and turnovers and also drive the net more. 

Nelson: Play with more of an oomph in the defensive zone and find the back of the twine early in 2025. 

Palmieri: Shoot the puck more, as he's averaging a tad over two per game. He has one of the better releases on the team. 

Holmstrom: Get healthy, and unlike when he suffered a knee injury two years ago, have the confidence to go back into board battles immediately. 

Cizikas: Get back to being the chippy forward he has always been.

MacLean: Move the puck quicker, especially in transition. 

Engvall: Crash the net. It's really that simple. 

Fasching: Play the simple brand of hockey that had him sticking in the lineup two years ago.

Martin:  Continue to do the job description when called upon. 

Dobson: Find another battle level in own zone.

Romanov: Don't join the rush as much.

Pelech: Get that jaw piece off soon.

Pulock: Fire the missile any chance he can.

George: Don't be as aggressive in the offensive zone.

Mayfield: Stay on his feet on 2-on-1s.

Cholowski: Continue to find ways to get pucks on net from the point. 

Sorokin: Get back to basics. Play more positionally sound and rely less on reflexes.

Varlamov: Get healthy.

Hogberg: Stay ready.