Islanders Transactions
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...
Islanders Must Make a Deal
November 21st, 2016 Something needs to happen and fast, or else the New York Islanders' season is over. Now sitting at the bottom of the Metropolitan Division with a 5-8-4 record, the team is running out of excuses on offense and in net. A lot of the Islanders’ troubles this season have...
Can a Trade Change Isles' Season?
November 10th, 2016 The Islanders' 5-6-2 start this season through 13 games has the fan base more than upset. They want something done. Imagine the Tasmanian Devil on the hunt for some Little Debbies, with none in sight. But what can be done? A coaching change? Maybe, but a trade is definitely...
Islanders Opening Night Thoughts
October 13th, 2016 With PA Parenteau put on waivers and claimed by the New Jersey Devils this week, as well as the demotions of Adam Pelech and Ryan Pulock, the New York Islanders are sending a mixed message on opening night. On one hand, it’s apparent they want to get younger and faster,...
How Seidenberg Helps the Isles
September 30th, 2016 The one-year, $1 million deal that brought veteran D-man Dennis Seidenberg to the Islanders on Sept. 28 wasn’t without its controversy, as hardcore fans wondered just how injured Johnny Boychuk is and if Ryan Pulock’s spot as the sixth defenseman is in danger. But...
