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The Islanders officially signed defenseman Robin Salo, their second-round pick from the 2017 entry draft, to a two-year contract on Friday afternoon. The contract Salo and the organization agreed on counts toward this season, despite him finishing his season in the Swedish Hockey League with Orebro HK. Salo could have ...

There were a lot of dark nights inside Nassau Coliseum if you talk about the Islanders from a decade ago. They were a bad team that was in the third year of what felt like a forever rebuild and were trying to find their way out of the wilderness led ...

After what seemed like an eternity, the time has finally come for the Islanders to rock the barn again for the very last time. Well, sort of. According to Governor Andrew Cuomo, any large stadium or arena is now permitted to open starting February 23. However, arenas and stadiums with ...

There are number of things you can point to that have led to the Islanders’ underwhelming 3-4-2 start to this season. One of them, the missing presence from second-line center Brock Nelson, might be the most surprising and eye-opening. Nelson, 29, was due for another breakout campaign but has had ...

Calling a regular season game a must-win is one of the most redundant things in hockey. When that game comes as early as seven games into the year, there’s gotta be a reason behind it. Well, that’s what the Islanders are facing when they take the ice in Washington tonight. ...

In last night’s pre-game show before the Islanders and New Jersey Devils squared off, Shannon Hogan was talking to Butch Goring about the acquisition of J.G. Pageau. Hogan mentioned that both she and Goring spoke to head coach Barry Trotz earlier in the day about the Pageau, and he certainly ...

AJ Mleczko has become a well-regarded name among Islanders fans the past few years. Since the start of the 2018 season, you’ve seen her in-between the benches for home games giving her fantastic insight and as an in-studio analyst alongside the wonderful Shannon Hogan on the Isles’ pre-and-post game for ...

There are storylines abound as the Islanders begin their season tomorrow night, and one of them isn’t on many’s radars as the others. For forward Jordan Eberle, he has reached a pivotal point in his Isles tenure. It’s makes or break time for the 30-year-old from Regina, Saskatchewan. 2021 marks ...

With the NHL season just a week away, Islanders hockey continues to inch closer and closer. The bar has been raised from last season after the Isles got within two games of the Stanley Cup Finals. So now it’s time to find out if this team is ready to take ...

Who expected the New York Islanders to go six games deep into the Eastern Conference Final? The short answer: Only Lou Lamoriello and Barry Trotz. It was a season of ups and downs for the Islanders, from the 17-game point streak to sub .500 hockey the rest of the way; ...