Islanders suspend star for one game for being late to team bus

Watch Islanders suspend star for one game for being late to team bus - New York Post on Dailymotion

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00:00He was late today, he was late this morning here, so that's the culture of our team.

00:06And we made the decision to not play him tonight.

00:11And Barsley, he doesn't feel good about it, but he respects the decision, he understands it.

00:18He was really good about it.

00:20Like I said to him, it happened to me when I was in Colorado, different ways,

00:25but, you know, didn't have a good practice, missed two games.

00:28So, I mean, that's the culture of our team, and we believe in it, but he's good about it.

00:35He's very good about it.

00:37Is this a one-game thing and clean slate starting tomorrow?

00:41Yeah, play in Washington, absolutely.

00:43No one here is mad at Barsley.

00:45You know, it's just a culture that we put in place, and we're a team.

00:52We stick together, and those compassion is a very important thing,

00:57and we have a decision to make, and we made that decision today.

01:02When you say late, late for the team bus, late for a meeting?

01:06It was late this morning to the rink.

01:08Okay.

01:12Just what else is not a...

01:14No, it's not a big deal here in a way that, hey, it happens.

01:17We know that, but that's the culture that we have, and we put in place, and we make decisions.

01:23Is that policy new this year?

01:25Has it existed for since you've been here?

01:27I can't go back to how things were in the past, but I know how things are today,

01:32and I think everybody knows now.

01:34I mean, it's fair to say that's how you coach, right?

01:37Yeah.

01:38Those are your standards for what you want.

01:40No, it's on my standard.

01:42It's the organization's standard.

01:44Right.