We are now at the All-Star Break of the 2011-12 NHL season and what better time to sit down and grade each member of this year’s Islanders squad? Before we dive into analyzing C minuses and D’s, I did want to bring attention to an interesting tidbit that was revealed after last nights Islanders-Maple Leafs ...
Each year the Hart Memorial Trophy is awarded to the player deemed most valuable to his team, and each year we begin speculation on who that might be around the midseason mark. Now a few games past that mark, the talk of who might be this season’s MVP is in full swing. The names of ...
Now that we are more than half way through the season, Islanders fans are in an unusual predicament. The Islanders are in a 3-way tie for dead last in the Eastern Conference, however they are just 10 points out of the final playoff spot. In the past, we fans would have already given up on ...
A four-game homestand got the Washington Capitals back into the playoff picture, as they won three out of four games after a rough patch on the road in California. The only loss at home came Tuesday after the Caps lost 3-0 to the New York Islanders. The wins prior to Tuesday’s match weren’t pretty, but ...
This should not come as a surprise to anyone who has watched the Islanders play this season. But 3rd year budding superstar John Tavares has been selected to play in his first NHL All-Star Game which will take place in Ottawa on January 29th. Since each team in the league must send a representative to ...
For a young player coming into the NHL, it can pretty be tough to get noticed. With players like Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin, Steven Stamkos and the Sedins getting all the attention, it’s easy to slip through the cracks, especially playing for a small market Canadian team in the Western Conference. But when the same ...
When the New York Islanders selected John Tavares with the first pick in 2009 no one expected him to make the immediate impact that Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin did. Although the general consensus throughout the league was that Tavares was a special player, his 54-point rookie year was to be expected. In the 2010-2011 ...
Jim Neveau, Senior NHL Correspondent The New York Islanders came into this season with some really high hopes for the future. They went all out this off-season to keeping their core pieces in place, as they re-signed Michael Grabner, Kyle Okposo, and John Tavares to contract extensions, and after struggling to a last place finish ...
After a 3-1-0 start the New York Islanders quickly went on a downward spiral going 2-7-3 in their last 12 games, reminiscent of their awful 21 game stretch last season. A key difference from last year to this year is they were able to bring up a reinforcement in Nino Niederreiter, the 5th overall pick ...
Aaron Ekblad became the first defenseman ever granted “exceptional player” status in CHL history last spring. Currently a defenseman for the Barrie Colts of the Ontario Hockey League, Ekblad is playing in the OHL a year earlier than anyone else his age this season, as every other 1996-born player isn’t eligible to play major junior yet. ...
