Posts About "Brian Strait"
Who Is Adam Pelech?
November 10th, 2015 The Islanders announced Monday that they have recalled Adam Pelech from Bridgeport of the American Hockey League. The 21-year-old defenseman was selected in the third round (65th overall) in the 2012 NHL Draft. Why Pelech? The Islanders decided on calling up Pelech over their 2013 first-round pick Ryan Pulock for a couple of reasons....
Hickey Injury Forces Islanders Into Decision-Making Mode
October 27th, 2015 Ever since he was claimed off of waivers by Garth Snow during the lockout shortened '12-'13 NHL season, Thomas Hickey has been a model of consistency for the New York Islanders. Tending to his role as a bottom-pair defenseman, Hickey has been a stabilizing presence for the Isles with his positional play and spatial awareness - even if...
NY Islanders Secondary Pieces on the Market
May 29th, 2015 Who is in Play? The New York Islanders have a few good pieces I expect to be on the trade market this offseason. By themselves in a trade none of these players would garner more than a mid-round draft pick or a secondary prospect. But if you put a couple of these players together along with a Griffin Reinhart or a Ryan Pulock, you're...
Injuries to Boychuk, Hamonic Hurting Islanders
December 10th, 2014 The Islanders have been without Johnny Boychuk and Travis Hamonic for over a week now. While they were able to survive without them at first notching a couple of victories. The last two games have shown us that it will be a never-ending fight until these guys return. There is no timetable for their return yet as the NHL is very...
Islanders Must Add Two Pieces
December 8th, 2014 While dropping a game to the formidable St. Louis Blues is certainly nothing to panic over, the manner in which the New York Islanders lost on Saturday afternoon exposed two areas of serious concern that need to be addressed for the team to make it over the hump. Depth on Defense With Boychuk, Hamonic, and Visnovsky out with...
New York Islanders: Dangerous Underdog or Playoff Pretenders?
April 29th, 2013 With the New York Islanders having secured a playoff berth for the first time since the last day of the 2006-2007 NHL regular season, hockey fans must be wondering how the upstart team will fare in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. It has been an even two decades since the New York Islanders won their last postseason...
New York Islanders: Rewiring Through Waivers
April 24th, 2013 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...
New York Islanders Midseason Report Card
March 11th, 2013 With the Islanders having passed the halfway mark of the season, many hockey fans might not have expected to see New York three points out of the Eastern Conference playoff picture. Even though the Islanders have been inconsistent over their first 26 games of the season, they have shown an ability to play at a highly competitive...
New York Islanders: Who Will Replace Brian Strait?
February 19th, 2013 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 the next six to eight...
Waivers, Sunk Costs, and the Pittsburgh Penguins
February 14th, 2013 With Pittsburgh visiting the Jets on Friday, it's not difficult to imagine a scenario where Tangradi scores a pair of goals to prove that his old team made a mistake.
