It’s been six years — six long years — since the New York Islanders made their last playoff appearance. To be more precise, it’s been six years and four days since their Game Five loss to the Buffalo Sabres on April 20, 2007; a loss that sent them packing and set in motion a sequence ...
Back in 2010, Garth Snow started a fairly successful trend that Islanders fans couldn’t have seen coming. Not many Islanders fans could have predicted that players such as Evgeni Nabokov and Michael Grabner would have developed into key pieces for a team that was rebuilding through the NHL Draft, but Snow didn’t stop the pillaging ...
It’s been six years since the New York Islanders last qualified for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Isles have had five top-five draft selections, one of which was traded for a ninth-overall pick (Josh Bailey, 2008) in that span. This team and its fans have seen the inconceivable; be it a game in which the ...
The New York Islanders are 2-2 since snapping their 5 game regulation losing streak. The two wins came off a 4-3 defeat of rival New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden in a shoot out, and featured a come from behind push by the Islanders in the 2nd period. Their next game, they handedly defeated the ...
After suffering a 7-0 defeat at the hands of the Philadelphia Flyers life couldn’t get much worse for the New York Islanders. Or could it? Shortly after being drubbed by the Flyers, the Islanders learned that Brian Strait suffered a broken ankle, an injury that will keep him out of the New York lineup for ...
After a thrilling overtime victory against the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night, Islanders fans must be ecstatic over the way that their team played during a five game road trip. The New York Islanders will be returning to Nassau Coliseum on Sunday having gone 3-1-1 on their road trip, but more importantly, the team ...
After learning about Nino Niederreiter’s camp requesting a trade from the New York Islanders, hockey fans must be wondering where El Nino will wind up in the near future. Islanders fans were undoubtedly left scratching their collective heads when Niederreiter wasn’t given an invite to an abbreviated training camp after scoring 36 points (19 Goals, ...
After scoring six points in Team Canada’s first five games, Islanders fans must be wondering if Ryan Strome will crack New York’s roster if the NHL lockout is lifted. Excelling on an international stage such as the World Juniors has helped youngsters increase their draft stock or prove that they are worthy of occupying an ...
Although bench clearing brawls are more than rare compared to hockey of yesteryear, there’s still a line where a brawl can cross over to the next level. Typically that line is crossed when the goalies cross the line and enter into the fray. Considering that most goalies don’t fight, most goalie fights don’t often end ...
It seems like every off-season the Islanders have the same questions swirling around them. Will they use all their cap-space to land some quality players? Will they get some kind of clarity on the arena situation? As usual the answer to both questions seems to be no. This off-season’s attempt to save the Coliseum ...
