The New York Islanders royalty is synonymous with the Stanley Cup winning teams. From Denis Potvin to Mike Bossy, their retired numbers hang in the rafters of first the Nassau Coliseum and now the Barclays Center. While the years following the Cup wins have been mostly lean, the list of memorable players is quite long. Here are […]

The Islanders have re-signed restricted-free agent defenseman Scott Mayfield to a two-year contract with a $625K AAV. The 23-year-old has played 11 regular-season games over the last two seasons, scoring one goal. What stands out is that the deal is one way, meaning Mayfield is no longer waiver exempt. If the Islanders try to send him back to the […]

The New York Islanders will have a new look heading into the 2016-17 season. That could include the best fourth line in hockey. Newsday reports that the Islanders have not had any conversations with the agent for Matt Martin since the season ended. It was pretty much assumed that Martin would be the easiest of […]

The Islanders finished the 2008-09 season with the league’s worst record. The prize for their futility, selecting first overall in the 2009 NHL Draft. There were a few options for general manager Garth Snow to choose from, center Matt Duchene, defenseman Victor Hedman and center John Tavares. Snow did not show his hand until walked […]

The Islanders placed forward Sebastian Collberg on unconditional waivers Friday. Collberg was the cornerstone of the trade that sent Thomas Vanek to the Montreal Canadiens at the 2014 trade deadline. It would seem that this closes the book on the Vanek trade from the Islanders standpoint or does it? Vanek was acquired from the Buffalo […]

Islanders defenseman Travis Hamonic has rescinded his trade request he made prior to the start of the season and will remain with the team. This certainly softens the blow of New York getting eliminated in five games by the Tampa Bay Lightning. It also changes the way general manager Garth Snow goes about his perhaps […]

Ryan Strome did not envision a season like this. Coming off of a 50-point season a year ago, there were high expectations for the 2011 fifth overall pick. Strome went from starting the season on the top line to the press box. The 22-year-old forward was scratched for Game 3 Tuesday night. It was the third […]

The Bridgeport Sound Tigers, as expected, were swept by the Toronto Marlies in the first round of the AHL Playoffs. The Sound Tigers’ loss is now the Islanders’ gain as the team recalled six players, forming this year’s “Black Aces”. The Origins Why the name? It goes back to the Old West, when Wild Bill […]

The New York Islanders have advanced to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 1993. The series win over the Florida Panthers also ended two other long-standing streaks, it was their first Game 5 win since 1987 and by clinching in six games, it gave New York their first consecutive […]

  The New York Islanders Wednesday night, failed to do something they have not done in 14 years, win consecutive playoff games. Seems crazy to think that a franchise who won a record 19 consecutive playoffs series, a feat which probably will never be broken, simply cannot put two wins together.  It could cost them […]

It will never be the Nassau Coliseum, but the Barclays Center stepped up big time on Sunday night. The New York Islanders opened their new home for the playoffs with a thrilling come-from-behind 4-3 win in overtime. The Brooklyn arena was not built for hockey. This is not breaking news. There are about 1,500 obstructed […]

The New York Islanders punched their ticket to the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the second straight season with an improbable 4-3 win in overtime against the Presidents’ Trophy winning Washington Capitals. Now that the first step is complete, the question is raised, who do the Islanders want to face in the first round? Pittsburgh Penguins […]

Could this be the last image of Travis Hamonic in an Islanders uniform? Head coach Jack Capuano announced that the defenseman will miss the rest of the regular season with a lower-body injury. Hamonic left early in the first period after suffering the injury after a knee-on-knee hit with Columbus Blue Jackets forward Scott Hartnell […]

The New York Islanders are on target to clinch their second-consecutive playoff berth for the first time since the 2003 and 2004 seasons. Their path to a potential berth has been, to say the least, uneven. One theory posed by someone has injuries playing a big part of their struggles. That person, head coach Jack […]

The Islanders signed Penn State goaltender Eamon McAdam to a three-year entry level contract on Wednesday. McAdam was selected in the third round (70th overall) of the 2013 NHL draft. The 21-year-old will forgo his senior year with the Nittany Lions and report to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League on an amateur […]

The Islanders’ 2015-16 season has reached critical mass.  They are 1-4-2 in their last seven games and have fallen out of the top three in the Metropolitan Division, possibly preventing a Rangers-Islanders first-round matchup, the first since 1994. They may not even make the playoffs. Following Monday’s loss, they are only three points ahead of the […]

The NHL general managers concluded their meetings in Boca Raton, Florida on Wednesday. The GMs were delivered a framework of rules if the league decides to add at least one team. Las Vegas and Quebec City have filed formal applications to be considered for expansion franchises. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said that the league will do their […]

The Islanders forward lines carousel that has been ongoing for that last two seasons has not affected one line in particular, the fourth line. The line of Cal Clutterbuck, Casey Cizikas and Matt Martin has been a weapon ever since head coach Jack Capuano paired them together last season.  Capuano has never been afraid to […]

The Islanders Tuesday night played the six defenseman (Johnny Boychuk, Nick Leddy, Travis Hamonic, Calvin de Haan, Thomas Hickey, and Ryan Pulock) that fans have been screaming for all season. The move proved productive as Hamonic and Hickey scored two of the three goals in their win against Vancouver. de Haan, the 12th overall pick in […]

Garth Snow went from backup goaltender one day to Islanders general manager the next as Charles Wang fired Neil Smith just six weeks after hiring him back in the summer of 2006. Wang’s firing of Smith, who was the architect of the 1994 Rangers Stanley Cup, resulted in former Isles great Pat LaFontaine, hired as a […]