Buy, Sell or Hold – October/November 2018 Edition 24 games into the season, the Islanders have won 12 games and lost 12 games and picked up the loser point 3 times. They sit 5th in the division and in the playoff mix. Seeing this roster coming into the season ...
Read More »Buy, Sell or Hold – February 2018 Edition
Besides Mat Barzal there is really nothing to be excited about at this point in the season for the Islanders. A 3rd straight losing month as the Islanders went 4-6-2 bringing the last 3 months total to 14-21-5. There was a glimmer of hope on February 9th, as the Islanders ...
Read More »BUY, SELL or HOLD – JANUARY 2018 EDITION
My apologies for the delay, been under the weather the last few days. Unfortunately January looked a lot like December for the Islanders as they went 5-7-1 during the month and gave up another 50 goals, only holding one opponent the entire month under 3 goals (Las Vegas) in a ...
Read More »Buy, Sell or Hold – December Edition
After a stellar November the Islanders had a disappointing December going 5-8-2 for the month ending with a clunker in Colorado. The Islanders had a golden opportunity in the 2nd half of the month with 8 out of 9 games at home over a 17 day period and were only ...
Read More »Buy, Sell or Hold – November 2017 Edition
There was much to like in the month of November. The Islanders took advantage of a favorable schedule and went 8-3-1 to finish 1 point behind Columbus for 1st place. The Islanders won 7 of the last 8 games and are the only team without a regulation loss at home ...
Read More »Buy, Sell or Hold: October 2017
The Islanders overcame a tough start to close the month with a 7-4-1 record while going 5-1 over the last 6. This was good enough to be 1 point off the lead in the Metropolitan division. The Islanders recorded points in all 5 home games going 4-0-1. One concern, which ...
Read More »Buy, Sell or Hold: February Edition
New York Islanders: Hold Last month I said that the Islanders needed at least 18 points to stay in the race, they were able to capture 15 points going 7-5-1 in 13 games which put them 1 point behind Toronto entering into March. While the Islanders have been clearly better ...
Read More »Buy, Sell or Hold: January Edition
An interesting month for the Islanders as they finally relieved Capuano of his coaching duties and Doug Weight led the Islanders to a 5-0-1 record to close out the month with impressive regulation wins versus Columbus, Montreal, and Washington (with Washington and Columbus being 1st and 2nd with the least ...
Read More »Buy, Sell or Hold – December Edition
New York Islanders: HOLD It was a tale of 3 months. The Islanders started the month with a Halak shutout in Washington going 3-0-1 in the first 4 games and things were starting to look up. Unfortunately the next 5 games they went 0-4-1 including 3 regulation losses at home ...
Read More »Buy, Sell or Hold: November Edition
New York Islanders: SELL Let’s be honest, there wasn’t a lot of buying during November and if not for the last 2 games of the month I would have had a different heading for this article. Even with 2 wins to end the month the Islanders went a not so ...
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