Posts About "Oliver Wahlstrom"
Islanders' Internal Options to Fix Scoring Woes
January 13th, 2020 The New York Islanders are one of the best teams in the NHL, but they struggle to find consistent secondary scoring. While being the fifth-best team in the league in goals allowed per game, the Islanders rank only 26th in goals for. Lou Lamoriello has made one trade since becoming the Islanders president/general manager in 2018,...
Islanders' Lamoriello Has Work to Do
December 30th, 2019 New York Islanders fans can tell you all about bad general managing. In the last two decades, the Islanders had both Mike Milbury and Garth Snow in charge. Fortunately for New York, they were able to take advantage of being so far under the salary cap - they were forced to acquire players from teams above the cap. Nick Leddy and Johnny...
Veterans and Rookies Helping Out Islanders’ Farm Team
December 6th, 2019 While the New York Islanders are having a terrific season in the NHL, they have many prospects and a mix of veterans playing for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in the American Hockey League. Their season has not gone as planned, but they’ve had notable players make an impact. They were recently on a four-game winning streak and have a...
Islanders Prospects Force Coaching Staff to Make Big Decisions
November 4th, 2019 The New York Islanders started off this season with some question marks and one of those focused on the talented prospect pool. Who would be the first call-up was up for debate early in September. There are players that fanbases get excited about from the moment they're drafted. That is the case for former 2018 first-round picks...
Islanders Continue to Shuffle Middle-Six Forwards
October 24th, 2019 With the New York Islanders riding a four-game winning streak, they're not quite rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, but head coach Barry Trotz continues to shuffle his middle-six forwards in the absence of Jordan Eberle. Tom Kuhnhackl, Michael Dal Colle, and Oliver Wahlstrom have made appearances next to Brock Nelson and Josh...
Islanders' Wahlstrom "Not out of Place" in NHL Debut
October 15th, 2019 The New York Islanders defeated the defending Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues on Monday afternoon in dramatic fashion, scoring two goals late in the third period before Mathew Barzal set up Devon Toews for the game-winning goal in overtime. Through the first 54 and a half minutes, the Islanders seemed to be on cruise control,...
