For Lou Lamoriello and Barry Trotz, the challenge is easy to explain, hard to address. With just over a fifth of the regular season gone, the Isles are fighting for a playoff spot in the very competitive MassMutual East Division. As Lamoriello and Trotz assess a roster averaging north of ...
Read More »Islanders ink Robin Salo to entry-level deal
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 ...
Read More »Taub: Ten years later, Micheal Haley remains a folk hero for his role in Fight Night
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 ...
Read More »Islanders could be Rocking The Barn again soon with NYS re-opening arenas
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 ...
Read More »Nichols: Islanders announce partnership with Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty
The New York Islanders announced a multi-year partnership today with Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty. The partnership starts immediately for the remainder of the 2020-21 season and will continue as the franchises moves into their new home, UBS Arena at Belmont Park, for the 2021-22 season. “As a home-grown real ...
Read More »Taub: Isles need Brock Nelson to start his season again
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 ...
Read More »Taub: Islanders already facing a must-win scenario tonight
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. ...
Read More »Q&A: MSG Networks AJ Mleczko talks all thing Isles ahead of the 2021 season
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 ...
Read More »The 2021 season is make or break time for Jordan Eberle
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 ...
Read More »IslesBlog Round Table: 2021 Season Q&A
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 ...
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