Islanders Transactions
Isles Not Likely to Reunite Cizikas, Martin & Clutterbuck
July 29th, 2018 On July 3, the Toronto Maple Leafs traded forward Matt Martin back to the New York Islanders in exchange for minor-league goaltender Eamon McAdam. This move generated some joy and excitement in Islander country as Martin was a very popular player on and off the ice during...
Predicting Brock Nelson's New Contract
July 23rd, 2018 On Aug. 3, Brock Nelson and the New York Islanders will present their cases to an arbitrator in Toronto. Nelson is the only Islander without a contract for the 2018-19 season and as a restricted free agent, has used his right to file for arbitration. Coming off a three-year...
How Losing John Tavares Hurts the Islanders
July 14th, 2018 It has been nearly a two weeks since the start of free agency. July 1 was the day that the New York Islanders lost John Tavares, their captain and star player for the last nine years, to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Over the course of the last two weeks, Islander fans have...
Ho-Sang Demotion Cause for Panic or Patience?
November 1st, 2017 When the Islanders announced last week that they were demoting Josh Ho-Sang to their AHL-affiliate Bridgeport Sound Tigers, Isles fans took to social media (especially Twitter) to express their vehement opposition to the move. A 21-game stint last season provided glimpses...
Islanders Are Better After Drafts
June 27th, 2017 Following the NHL Expansion and Entry drafts, the New York Islanders are a team to watch. Shedding the salary of Mikhail Grabovski and their third-string goaltender JF Berube, the Isles left Las Vegas with their assets intact and with a move, or two, to be made. What they...
Islanders Not Scared of Expansion Draft
June 17th, 2017 Even if the New York Islanders make a trade before this year’s expansion draft, they will lose a quality player. There’s no way to deny it. However, with depth in the prospect pool and in the AHL, the Islanders know they can still enter the 2017-18 with a better...
Possible Islanders Trade Packages for Duchene
February 14th, 2017 The Colorado Avalanche have a decision this trade deadline -- whether or not they trade former first-round pick Matt Duchene. The New York Islanders have an even more important decision: do they trade away pieces of their valued defensive core and youth in order to get...
Islanders Should Buy at Deadline
February 10th, 2017 The New York Islanders have four games in hand on the Boston Bruins and are just two points behind them for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. That statement is like hearing a broken record at this point in the season. Despite hot streaks and much better...
Should Islanders Take a Chance on Iginla?
February 3rd, 2017 The trade deadline is looming and the New York Islanders’ playoff chances are getting increasingly better every game. Nevertheless, they’ll have several decisions to make soon. With the expansion draft at the end of the season, they’ll have at least one decision made...
Seidenberg’s Future With Isles Cloudy
January 22nd, 2017 It’s funny what a difference a few months makes in the National Hockey League. After being bought out by the Boston Bruins -- a team he once helped win a Stanley Cup -- Dennis Seidenberg was playing for Team Europe in the World Cup of Hockey, without an NHL contract....
Islanders Dead in the Water
December 20th, 2016 After going on a 5-0-1 run earlier this month in a stretch that appeared to salvage their season, the New York Islanders have lost five straight in heartbreaking fashion. With an ineffective offense, inconsistent goaltending and now Casey Cizikas out, the Islanders look...
Salary Dump to Follow Clutterbuck Deal?
December 11th, 2016 Eyebrows were raised on Friday when New York Islanders grinder Cal Clutterbuck got a five-year extension worth $17.5-million. Citing his aggressive style and age, hockey pundits across the web marked it as the third bad contract Isles general manager Garth Snow has signed...
Can Anders Lee Be Fixed?
November 22nd, 2016 Anders Lee, where are you? Where’s the 25-goal scorer from two years ago? As a matter of fact, where’s the hard-working grinder that scored 15 goals last season and was a force on the power play? With just a goal in his first 17 games, Lee, like Andrew Ladd, Nikolay...
